Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! ENVIRONMENT There Are More Ways to Fight Climate Change Than Giving Up Meat On Monday morning in Seoul, South Korea, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a veritable bombshell report that essentially translated to: “If we don’t drastically […]

By Maggie Reigh  “If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder … he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.” ~Rachel Carson Will you be that adult for the children in your […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! SUSTAINABILITY If There Are No New Farmers, Who Will Grow Our Food? Programs across the country are trying to make it easier for new farmers to get started and put down roots. Here’s why: There’s only one […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! CANADA Campaign aims to make O Canada lyrics gender neutral again A group of well-known Canadian women has started a campaign calling for more gender-neutral language in the English lyrics of ‘O Canada.’ The group wants the […]

by Susan McCaslin “The unexamined life is not worth living.” Plato I’ve found it helpful to do periodic, non-judgmental self-examinations. The sound of this phrase sits with my soul much more comfortably than the traditional term “confession,” although that term simply means “to speak or acknowledge something together.” Gentle self-examination is certainly related to the […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! HOLIDAYS 10 DIY Gifts You Can Make in Less Than an Hour The pleasures of giving and receiving handmade gifts are many. The headaches of handmaking handmade gifts are often even more. All too commonly our best-laid […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! LIFESTYLE Holiday Shopping for Non-Shoppers As November turns into December, the nation becomes shopping obsessed. Everywhere we go, there’s a plea to buy stuff. If we don’t, it means we don’t care…Read Full Article From Treehugger ECONOMY […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! PARENTING 2012 Holiday Toys: KidsPost Reviews the Hot Toys Starting your holiday shopping this weekend? Our friends at KidsPost asked kids from 10 area schools to test 75 toys, games and crafts…Read Full Article From Washington Post: […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! WORLD Rare White Humpback Whale Spotted Near Norway While the chance to gaze upon a pod of majestic humpback whales swimming wild and free would certainly be enough to stir delight in any nature-loving seafarer, spotting Moby […]

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: […]