Good News Headlines 10/30/18
It started out modestly enough: David Hertz, having learned that under the right conditions you really can make your own water out of thin air…
Skin Tags: Discover Their Causes And How To Get Rid Of Them
While harmless, skin tags can affect your quality of life. Here are three ways you can try to help remove skin tags manually at home.
What Will It Take To Clean Up The Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
The Arctic Sunrise is visiting the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - a soupy mix of plastics and microplastics, now twice the size of Texas, in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean.
Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM): These Polio-Like Illnesses Are Spreading Quickly
Although acute flaccid myelitis is still very rare, affecting less than 1 in 1 million Americans each year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is monitoring what appears to be an increasing trend in this polio-like disease.
Good News Headlines 10/23/18
A highly competitive race took a dramatic turn recently. It happened during their debate, when the candidates asked for a few extra minutes at the end to do something together…
Science Says We Are Healed By Nature (And Even Houseplants)
In some of my earliest memories, I’m perched between two branches of a plum tree that grew in front of my house. To climb, I’d grip the lowest branches and stretch my foot as high as it would reach, pulling myself up to sit comfortably in my little throne of branches.
Paper-Based Electronics Could Fold, Biodegrade And Be The Basis For The Next Generation Of Devices
It seems like every few months there’s a new cellphone, laptop or tablet that is so exciting people line up around the block to get their hands on it. While the perpetual introduction of new, slightly more advanced electronics has made businesses like Apple hugely successful, the short shelf life of these electronics is bad for the environment.
A Local Food Revolution In Puerto Rico
A year has passed since Hurricane Maria first made landfall in Puerto Rico, destroying homes, roads, and vehicles in its path—and taking thousands of lives.
Good News Headlines 10/16/18
As tempting as it may be to raise your voice, yell, and keep ramping up the punishment to ridiculous levels, some parenting experts say there's a much better option.
Plastic Rivers: Just 10 Streams Carry 95 Percent Of Plastic Into Oceans
Every minute, another truckload's worth of plastic trash ends up in the ocean, amounting to 8 million tons every year.
Your Compassionate Heart
In these unsettled and unsettling times, it is our hearts that will sustain us if we lose faith in the world at large. Our hearts, where compassion lives. Where separation ends and loving connection begins.
Disaster Collectivism: How Communities Rise Together To Respond To Crises
When Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, 2017, Judith Rodriguez was asleep in her home. Or rather, she was trying to sleep, but the sounds of the deadly storm blowing over the island woke her up.
How To Make Your Workplace Healthier
Workplaces are not always the healthiest environments, and sometimes they seem to be a breeding ground for common colds and flus. Here are a few ways you can make your workplace a healthier and happier place to be.
Giving Yourself And Others Room To Grow
There is one essential ingredient missing in most of our relationships — one that is definitely required if we wish to continue in our own development and help others to do the same. What is this powerful catalyst that only we can provide for each other?
My Favorite Self Care Practice
Share your favorite self care treatment or ritual in the Spring/Summer 2019 “Self Care” edition of Spirit of Change Magazine.
Good News Headlines 10/9/18
Many of the images we see of refugees, migrants and immigrants portray them as burdens on society or victims of oppression. A new photo show, Another Way Home, offers a different narrative.
Is Apple Cider Vinegar Good For You? A Doctor Weighs In
As a practicing physician and professor of medicine, people ask me about the benefits of drinking apple cider vinegar all the time.
Save The Date For MAKE SMTHNG Week 2018
The 2nd annual MAKE SMTHNG campaign will support local organizers from around the world in creating events and experiences that invite people to celebrate the holiday season in more sustainable ways.
People Enjoy Your Company Far More Than You Think
In our social lives, we’re constantly engaged in what researchers call “meta-perception,” or trying to figure out how other people see us. Do people think we’re boring or interesting, selfish or altruistic, attractive or not?
Locals Unite To Stop Hog Farms From Polluting Their Community
Sue George never intended to be an activist. The soft-spoken, retired elementary school teacher was content on her century farm near Lime Springs, a town in the rolling hills of northeast Iowa with a tad under 500 people.
The World Is Your Drumming Circle
We are more connected than we ever imagined to rhythms and beats, many that we are unaware of. Our life pace and our hearts reflect sounds from within our bodies as well as from the environment and the cosmos. Our bodies relax and restore with caresses of nature’s healing drumming circles.
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December 28, 2025
Energy levels remain buoyant under the waxing Aries Moon. Appetites grow larger as the Moon tests expansive Jupiter this afternoon. Enthusiasm also swells. Sports fans are boisterous. Minds are keen for knowledge and...
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