Miscellaneous
Diana Nyad and the art of realizing your dreams
She could hardly speak when she came out of the water after more than two days of swimming amid sharks and jellyfish. But she did say, “I’ve got three messages: One is, We should never, ever give up. Two is, You never are too old to chase your dreams. Three is, It looks like it’s a solitary Read More...
Your visit to the best example of sustainability, and more
If you want to make a very special trip and witness that sustainability truly exists, you want to go to Gaviotas… (and, by the way, you may discover more priceless opportunities in the current auction of The Intelligent Optimist...) Pessimism about the environment is abundant. There are daily Read More...
India loves Pakistan
Amrit Sharma is a software engineer with one soul purpose in life: to allow love with no boundaries. Sharma, native Indian and entrepreneur, founded IndiaLovesPakistan.com in August 2013 in pursuit his life goal. The India-Pakistan border region of Kashmir is the most militarized border in the Read More...
Noodles help the hungry
Often made popular by college students in the US, ramen noodles are helping a greater cause: fighting global hunger. Ramen noodles are one of the most widespread industrial foods produced, reaching 100 billion servings in 2012. Noodle Narratives, a book written by professors Frederick Errington, Read More...
Say hello to the olinguito, the newest known mammal
Ringeral, an olinguito thought for years to be an olingo, was moved around in zoos across the US, in continual failed attempts to mate her with olingos. But she never wanted to mate, and this discovery helps her express what she’s known all along: that she won’t mate with an olingo because Read More...
Nature and her problem-solving skills
Without knowing it, beavers help the environment by keeping carbon out of the air when constructing dams. According to a recent study conducted by a team at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, beavers’ homes store up carbon, keeping it out of the atmosphere as a result. When beavers Read More...
The power of light
Beautifying a city can seem like a taxing process, and for many American urban areas, it is. With constant space and traffic congestion concerns, cities are constantly faced with the question of how to best invest money. As a result, sometimes embellishing a city gets put on hold, as it can be Read More...
Harnessing the power of two wheels
In rural parts of the developing world, much of the time the biggest problem is distance. The distance between home and the market, the distance to school, and the distance health care professionals have to travel to treat their patients. Bicycles are a cheap cost-effective way to cut travel time Read More...
The Sunnydale Kids
Sunnydale is the location of the largest housing project in San Francisco, and arguably one of the worst neighborhoods in the city. Gangs are prevalent, shootings a regular occurrence, and the children of Sunnydale have it as hard as any in an inner city neighborhood. Big Dog Surf Camp, a summer Read More...
Rising from the marshes
In Southern Iraq nestled between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers lie the Mesopotamian Marshes. A fertile patch of earth often referred to as “The Birthplace of Civilization,” because agriculture, the wheel, and the written word were all conceived of in this corner of the world. These beautiful Read More...