For women, Twitter can be a hotbed of abuse and harassment so author Courtney Summers created the hashtag #ToTheGirls2016 to empower the next generation.
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The movement to remove industrial sodium fluoride from the world’s water supply has been growing in recent years, with evidence coming out against the additive from several sources. Now, a report from the world’s oldest and most prestigious medical journal, The Lancet, has officially classified fluoride as a neurotoxin — in the same category as arsenic, lead and mercury.
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Teachers, farmers, businesswomen, politicians, mothers, law enforcers — women and girls contribute every day in many visible and invisible ways. In honor of International Women’s Day, we share this glimpse into their lives.
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Water is sacred to the Turtle Mountain Tribe among many other. Water, more than anything, explains why members of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians acted so quickly when they learned their region was next in line for fracking. Within just a few weeks of tribal women meeting on the topic in late 2011, the council banned fracking on the 77,000-acre reservation. They now are developing alternative energy with a Department of Energy grant.
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Peak stuff. Minimalism. De-cluttering. The life-changing magic of tidying up. Our cultural keywords of the moment seem to suggest the appearance of something in the current zeitgeist that has us obsessed with thinking about all the stuff we have and why we have it. Here’s 5 ways to de-clutter that are actually going to change the world we live in by de-cluttering the planet and our homes.
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The Apatani tribe in Arunachal Pradesh is known for its paddy cum fish agriculture. They practice this as well as other sustainable water management techniques that allow them to coexist and thrive.
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The sheer volume of food waste is disturbing, especially in a world where food insecurity and starvation is a reality for many. Not to mention the environmental impact of wasted food ending up in landfills where it decomposes and produces methane gas leading to increased global warming. Many of us treat all printed expiration dates as though they’re ‘use-by’ dates and this leads to good food ending up in the bin. Use-by and best before dates, learn the difference between them.
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“One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” as the saying goes. For TerraCycle founder Tom Szaky, it was more than a saying—it was also his business plan. Founded in 2003, TerraCycle takes your garbage—everything and anything you could throw away or recycle—and transforms it into consumer products like cutting boards, reusable grocery bags, and even yard fencing.
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Toyota moves away from designing cars just for style and adds utilitarian complexity. Its new lime green paint is designed to be safer on the road while saving energy as it is “packed with tiny reflective titanium oxide particles and doesn’t contain carbon black, a common ingredient in paint that tends to absorb lots of heat.”
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In an effort to simply love life exactly as it is right now, no matter what dreams are in the works, Emily Madill, author, professional coach and motivational speaker, made this list of reminders and inspirations to put into practice each day. In this article, she encourages readers to give each a try and see which ones work best.
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