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 […]
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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 »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 »Making Climate Change More Actionable
Climate change is classified as a wicked problem, that is, one that’s so complex and connected with other problems that it is very difficult to […]
Continue reading »Starch-Based Diets Healthiest
Dr. John McDougall breaks it down for us in a very short video: throughout history, the healthiest human civilizations were the ones eating complex (unrefined) […]
Continue reading »13-Year-Old Slams Al Gore
In a powerful video from a 13-year-old activist Lila Copeland on behalf of Earth Peace Foundation, a very clear case is being made for for Al Gore […]
Continue reading »Happiness = Accepting Death
Death keeps coming up, in conversations and in what I read. For example, I was talking with two friends this week about how much the American […]
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