Lifestyle
Alongside taking care of other people and the planet, make sure you take good care of yourself. The Lifestyle section at the Optimist Daily has solutions for everyday wellbeing on topics like food, beauty, fashion, and the latest trends. Curious about caring for houseplants, eating plant-based, or parenting tips? It’s all in there.
This app is betting on a future without banks
It looks like any other banking app, but SoFi Money aims to change banking as we know it. With a community based on memberships, SoFi not only offers peer-to-peer payments but also accepts mobile check deposits. The app strives to offer a financial hub that offers loans to members as Read More...
For just $5, you can now start a responsible investment portfolio
People interested in investing typically have two hurdles to clear: First, the learning curve associated with where their money might go and, perhaps more importantly, making sure they can afford it. For millennials, that’s increasingly an ever-more complex value question. Many only want to put Read More...
UK company launches crypto mining electric bicycle
50cycles, a specialist electric bicycle manufacturer, has revealed what it has described as the world’s first range of cryptocurrency mining e-bikes. Toba, the new series of crypto mining bikes, are estimated to generate approximately £20 (approximately $26.5 USD) worth of ‘Loyalcoin’ per Read More...
How to break the stress reaction cycle
As hard as it may sound to pull out of this stress reaction cycle, it is possible. The first step in creating any positive change is always raising your awareness of what the cycle is, how you participate in it, and what pains the cycle Read More...
Scotland is subsidizing electric bikes to encourage sustainable and active travel
Scotland is a very hilly place. Sometimes it seems it is nothing but hills. I asked engineer and long-distance runner Es Tressider of Highland Passive why he moved there and he told me “for the hills.” It is often cold and wet and windy. On a recent visit I was almost blown off the roof of Read More...
Goldman Sach's new exchange fund will invest in companies that do ‘good’
Why can’t companies be an instrument for goodness? That’s one of the questions spiritual guru Deepak Chopra posed to billionaire Paul Tudor Jones II in the fall of 2012, which led him to build a foundation based around the idea behind those questions. Until now that foundation merely listed Read More...
Relax like a deep-sea dweller with these relaxing ocean soundscapes
Sometimes we point our readers towards articles that provide quality tips and tricks for reducing stress and improving sleep. This is not one of those times. Instead, follow the link and take a dive into the deep blue sea for 10 hours of relaxing ocean soundscapes produced by BBC Read More...
10 tips for traveling more responsibly
Each year, almost 1.2 billion people travel abroad, making travel and tourism one of the largest industries in the world. Representing a whopping 10 percent of the global economy, it supplies millions of jobs and benefits countless Read More...
To have what you want, you must give up what’s holding you back
If you pay attention to your life, you’ll begin to see the patterns. In 2005, the National Science Foundation published an article showing that the average person has between 12,000 and 60,000 thoughts per day. Of those, 80 percent are negative and 95 percent are exactly the same repetitive Read More...
Why you don’t have the right to believe that the earth is flat
We have the right to know certain things, but do we have the right to believe whatever we want? No, frankly. A belief is not knowledge. A belief is not necessarily true. And more importantly, some false beliefs can be outright dangerous. Take a look here to see why it’s definitely not within our Read More...