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 […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! FAITH Dancing with Thomas Merton I carry two lines of poetry in my head every place I go: Tell me, what is it you plan to do/ with your one wild and precious life? The lines are […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! HOLIDAYS The Surprisingly Sad Origins of Mother’s Day Many Canadians and people around the world show their gratitude for their mothers on Mother’s Day. Some people give cards, flowers, chocolates or take their moms to a restaurant, […]

One of Wood Lake Publishing’s prized authors, Ward Kaiser, has been getting some press buzz in Boston (see article below). Ward’s two published books, “How Maps Change Things“- a conversation about the maps we choose and world we want,  and his revised edition of the previous best-seller, “Seeing Through Maps” both discuss the messages and meanings […]

  Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! ELECTION Trump Confounds The Pros, Connects With Just The Right Voters When American voters must choose a new president, reaction tends to rule. Given a choice between continuity and contrast, we favor contrast — even when […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! LIFESTYLE Should owners in supertall towers be charged for their views? In Toronto, Gail Dexter Lord, a culture and museum planning consultant and co-prez of Lord Cultural Resources, has an interesting idea: monetize the views of cultural […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! POLITICS Britain’s EU Exit: What Comes Next? United Kingdom voters sent shockwaves across Europe and beyond with their vote to exit the European Union. The “Brexit” vote stunned the country’s political elite, the financial markets and British […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! ENVIRONMENT These Researchers Say It Only Takes One Crucial Step to Save Our Oceans “The Earth’s fifth mass extinction 65 million years ago wiped out the dinosaurs. Today’s sixth mass extinction, which is currently underway, is caused […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! ETHICS Death of a King “Cecil was shot not far from here,” says Godfrey, one of the camp’s managers and a longtime Zimbabwe safari veteran, pointing off in the direction of the railway tracks. I ask him […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! HUMANITY Walls Of Kindness: The Charitable Movement In Iran The spread of grassroots charity has also sparked a debate about the failure of the Iranian government to support its poor, so many of whom have been hit […]