Today’s Solutions: September 20, 2024

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These biodegradable flower pots are made using waste from the paper industry

Buy a plant or flowers and more often than not it will come in a pot made of black plastic that you’ll get rid of once you replant your new purchase. But that black plastic is incredibly hard to recycle, making the act of growing plants more wasteful than it should be. Now there’s a Read More...

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Study: Living in areas rich with tree canopies benefits your mental psyche

In recent years, study after study has found that living in neighborhoods with abundant green space is linked to positive health outcomes. These include better heart health, stronger cognitive development, and greater overall longevity. No wonder these areas are also linked to lower levels of Read More...

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Another giant financial institution is saying goodbye to fossil fuel projects

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is turning its back on fossil fuel projects. EIB is the European Union’s lending arm, and it has decided to use its money to help stop the climate crisis by no longer funding fossil fuel projects and to ramp up its investments in clean energy. The only Read More...

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3 practices that will help make work a less stressful

If you want to make your life less stressful overall, addressing the stress that comes from the workplace is a good place to start. Our always-on culture has made it harder than ever to relax away from work, with constant pings and notifications keeping us on our toes. To limit the stress that work Read More...

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How to rewire your brain to feel more happiness

Recent studies show that your brain can be rewired through neuroplasticity.  This means that you’re able to delete negative brain connections to improve or even eliminate anxiety, along with other forms of chronic negative thought processes. There are many ways you can start to change the brain Read More...

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Healthy Habits, Healthy Brains: Dale Bredesen on the Alzheimer’s Protocol

To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. - Buddha By Kristy Jansen Last month, my mother’s 75-year-old boyfriend, Walt, was officially diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.   It’s a terrifying diagnosis.  In America today, Read More...

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Why Explore? Highlights from Space Week!

Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.  - Carl Sagan  This past week, our Editorial Team put our focus on the Moon and the stars, the Read More...

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“To Infinity and Beyond” - The Power of Imagination

Science Fiction, Otherworldly Aspirations & Innovative Teamwork By Kristy Jansen July 20, 2019 was the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s first small step on another world, and humanity’s symbolic “giant leap” into the future.  In the intervening decades, we have learned how to Read More...

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Satisfying the Ache for Home

Whole Community Approaches to Accommodation by Amelia Buckley Homelessness has been on the rise in many major cities including Los Angeles and San Francisco, where homelessness rose in the last year by 12 and 17 percent respectively.  But even for those who have a home, it’s often not that Read More...

The Biggest Little Farm - Film Review

Making Friends with Coyotes and Critters: A film review of The Biggest Little Farm

“For a new generation to be able to simultaneously make a decent living and pursue a profession that they feel is synonymous with how they want to live on this planet is an exceptional opportunity.” - Alan York By Kristy Jansen In 2007, a group of my friends and I read Barbara Read More...