4th Grade Predicts Your Adulthood
Clinical psychologist Dr. Mitch Prinstein writes about how our tendencies in 4th grade predict how we turn out as adults. He puts forward five categories […]
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Seeing Beyond Orange: My Weekend In Jail (Part I of II)
I spent this past weekend in the San Francisco County Jail. No, it’s not what you think. Wait, what did you think? 🙂 I’ve been […]
Continue reading »Veg Kids Feel and Learn Better
According to the New York Coalition for Healthy School Food, students who eat a vegetarian diet are healthier and perform better in school compared to meat-eating […]
Continue reading »The Rise of Biomimicry for Social Innovation
Biomimicry, defined as the conscious emulation of nature, has been around for a long time. Indigenous peoples mimicked nature to adapt successfully to changing conditions. […]
Continue reading »Routines, Rituals, and Creativity in Writing
Via the excellent newsletter Brain Pickings, this article summarizes the research on what makes writers leverage their creativity and flow. I tweeted this post a […]
Continue reading »5 Ways to Cut Plastic Pollution
An article via One Green Planet provides a helpful summary for how to stop using plastic and stop contributing to the extinction of marine species. […]
Continue reading »What’s Causing Colony Collapse Disorder
Fungicides and pesticides, including insecticides, are contributing to bee die-offs, according to scientists. Bees were not designed to ingest these noxious chemicals, and neither are […]
Continue reading »How Nature Educates Children
I’m always hungry for how nature inspires us. Recently I read an article about a teacher who was inspired to take her students outdoors into […]
Continue reading »Game-Like Activities Boost Cognition & Balance
As we age, it is important to stay active, but not just in any way: playful, unpredictable, and creative activities are more helpful. Research suggests […]
Continue reading »Awesome Guide to UN Climate Talks
As a climate change professional, I’m very familiar with the acronym COP, and in 2015 we’re having COP21 in Paris. It stands for Conference of […]
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