Here’s what caught our eye this week!
AGRICULTURE
Why Farms Want Cold Winters
There’s an old Bob Dylan line: “He not busy being born is busy dying.” It’s one to keep in mind when looking at farms in winter, at the brown fields, skeletal orchards, and vineyards waiting for a shot of green. Despite appearances, winter… Read full article
From Grist
SUCCESS
Success in 7 Short Steps
People who succeed in their jobs and in life are typically blessed with a special blend of four qualities: efficacy (self-confidence), resilience, hope and optimism. This mental confection, which scientists call psychological capital, reflects… Read full article
From Scientific American
EQUALITY
Protestors at Apple Stores Demand ‘Ethical’ Products
In an effort to protest the working conditions in the Chinese factories that make Apple products, demonstrators delivered a petition to six different Apple stores in four different countries. The petition, which asks… Read full article
From The Two-Way: NPR’s News Blog
SPIRITUALITY
Hugging is in. But what’s wrong with a handshake?
The first time I remember being hugged was when I was 18. I had just returned to Vancouver from three months hitchhiking from Britain to Greece and back again. I arrived home to Vancouver at 4 a.m. My mother and uncle, who lived with us, showed up to greet me. My uncle suddenly gave me a big hug. I think I liked it… Read full article
From The Search: The Vancouver Sun Staff Blog
MENTAL HEALTH
Mindcheck Builds Community Around Mental Health Awareness
Former Vancouver Canuck, Rick Rypien, struggled against depression for years, and sadly passed away in August 2011. The NHLer was touted as a “a quiet hero” who “confided in those he knew best of his plans to support others and help alleviate the stigma associated with mental illness by… Read full article
From The Daily Gumboot
COMMUNITY
Where Am I? The Middle-Class Crisis of Place
Craig Bartholomew, a philosophy professor at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario, has been at work on a curious topic. “When people ask what I’m working on, and I say, ‘place,’ I get a blank stare,” Bartholomew says. But examples help. “The home is a place, the city is a place… Read full article
From Christianity Today
EQUALITY
A People’s History of Robin Hood
In the late 1950s, a handful of peaceniks protested mandatory ROTC on a major U.S. university campus by carrying signs and wearing green buttons. Back when The Adventures of Robin Hood was a giant hit on television, most everybody knew that green was Robin Hood’s color and that Robin could not… Read full article
From Yes!
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