Here’s what caught our eye this week! ENVIRONMENT As Exxon Cleans Oil Spill in Arkansas, Shell Pipeline Spills 700 Barrels in Houston While clean up continues at the site of the Exxon oil pipeline spill in Mayflower, Arkansas, yesterday, an estimated 700 barrels of oil (or almost 30,000 gallons) were found to have leaked from […]

This Week, Here is What Caught Our Eye! SPIRITUALITY The Numinosity of Rocks Anyone who is a rock person will take delight in this tribute to them. This glorious article by Patricia Adams Farmer, author of Embracing a Beautiful God appears on the inventivey.…Read Full Article From Spirituality & Practice WORLD 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Kills […]

This Week, Here is What Caught Our Eye! PARENTING Halloween’s Over, But the Junk Food Deluge Isn’t As many of us are witnessing the ill-effects of unfettered access to candy: the poor sleep, mood swings, sluggishness. Not many school kids are going to be in top learning shape today…Read Full Article From The Washington Post: […]

Here is what we found interesting this week! CAREERS Coolest Job Ever: Globetrotting Biologist and Tour Leader Traveling the world, Sentman takes small groups of people (“voluntourists” with Oceanic Society) everywhere from remote atolls in the middle of the Pacific Ocean to wildlife reserves in Kenya.…Read Full Article From Treehugger ECONOMY Tough Times, Even Higher […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! ENVIRONMENT Just 8% of Caribbean Reefs Now Have Living Coral Let that sink in: Just 8% of Caribbean reefs have living coral now. Pollution, overfishing and ocean acidification caused by climate change were cited as the reason […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! NEWS Neil Armstrong, First Man to Walk on the Moon, Dies Former astronaut Neil Armstrong, known for his words, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” has died…Read Full Article From NPR: The […]

Here’s what caught our eye this week! CURRENT EVENTS What Medals Should the London 2012 Olympics Get for Sustainability?  No one can deny that the London 2012 Olympic Games were a brilliant success. The athletes were magnificent, the crowds were enthusiastic, the trains ran on time and the place looked great. London’s claim to fame […]

 Here’s what caught our eye this week! LIFESTYLE The Practice Days of August The month’s leisurely pace is perfect for certain kinds of spiritual practice. Here are some ways you can rest…Read Full Article From Spirituality and Practice NEWS Once Again, A Call To Remember The Victims; This Time In Wisconsin After the July 20 […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! LIFESTYLE The Spiritual Value of Repetition and Routine Variety is the spice of life. We’ve been taught that by our consumer culture since we were very young. Think of all the movies in which immigrants experience for […]