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 […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! ENVIRONMENT School kids convince Crayola to start recycling their pens Like all schoolchildren, students at Sun Valley Elementary School, in San Rafael, California, just love to draw with colored markers, but hate the waste it produces. Each […]

Here’s what caught our eye this week! NATURE 15 Photos Celebrating National Wildflower Week It is around this time of year each year that many places across the world experience something incredible: the bloom of colorful wildflowers…Read Full Article From Treehugger ENVIRONMENT Snow In May? The Nation’s Midsection Bundles Up The National Weather Service issued […]

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 From Spirituality & Practice NEWS ‘Sandy’ Retired from Storm Names; ‘Sara’ Takes Its […]

Here’s what caught our eye this week! WEATHER Storm Brings Season’s Heaviest Snowfall to Midwest, Mid-Atlantic The winter storm that has dumped several inches of snow from the Dakotas to Maryland is expected to linger over the mid-Atlantic on Wednesday, bringing another 5 to 9 inches to many areas in the east…Read Full Article From […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! CANADA The Canadian Penny Died Today It’s a big deal: even Google noticed that today is the last day which the Canadian Mint will be issuing pennies. The copper plated steel coin cost 1.6 cents to make, […]

Here’s what caught our eye this week! ECOLOGY Dolphin Tangled in Fishing Line Approaches Divers for Help Earlier this month, while on an nighttime swim with manta rays off the coast of Hawaii, a group of divers were surprised to see a single Bottlenose dolphin approach and linger among them, though it appeared unable to […]