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Here’s what caught our eye this week!
SPIRITUALITY
Becoming More Empathetic
We certainly can use more empathy in a world where national polls have shown an increase in narcissism (self-interest) and a decline in concern about the well-being of others…Read Full Article
NEWS
‘Sandy’ Retired from Storm Names; ‘Sara’ Takes Its Place
“Sandy has been retired from the official list of Atlantic Basin tropical cyclone names by the World Meteorological Organization’s hurricane committee because of the extreme impacts it caused from Jamaica and Cuba to the Mid-Atlantic United States in October 2012,”…Read Full Article
From NPR: The Two-Way
FASHION
Bride Marries in $36 Wedding Dress Made of Upcycled Bread Bag Clips
Eco-conscious newly-weds-to-be will know that in reducing the ecological footprint of one’s dream wedding, there’s more than one way to tackle the problem of the wedding dress…Read Full Article
From Treehugger
ENVIRONMENT
Flying Worst Class: Air travel is About to Get Bumpier and Barfier
Welcome to the Plane Ride From Hell, coming more often to an airline near you thanks to — you guessed it — climate change…Read Full Article
From Grist
POLITICS
Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister, 1925- 2013
Sami writes that ” there was a time when Thatcher was seen as a champion of climate science – shocking the UN in the 1980s with a call to to action on man-made global warming.” In 1990 she said in a speech…Read Full Article
From Treehugger
USA
U.S. is Training Dogs to Sniff Out Smuggled Ivory and Rhino Horns
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has 4 new graduates that will make life harder for wildlife smugglers. Their names are Viper, Butter, Lancer and Locket…Read Full Article
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