Warming Linked To Spread Of Zika Virus
Scientists believe that record average temperatures may be helping to create an environment that has led to big increases in the number of disease-carrying mosquitoes.
A Kentucky Domestic Violence Shelter Helps Women Grow Food—And Confidence
Many survivors of domestic violence have had their attempts at work and creativity sabotaged for years. On these 40 acres of rolling farmland, they're being restored.
Latin American Doctors Suggest Monsanto-Linked Larvicide Cause Of Microcephaly, Not Zika Virus
As the Zika epidemic “spreads explosively” around the world, pregnant travelers have been put on pause due to the virus’s suspected association with microcephaly, the congenital condition in which a baby’s head is abnormally small.
Dear Americans, Please Stop Dreaming Of A Better Nation
This political season seems decidedly more bizarre than others have been. It's not just the fact that someone as arrogant and ignorant about real life as Donald Trump is leading on the Republican side.
Eat Your Water With The Top 10 Hydrating Foods
Drinking 8 glasses of water a day is completely and totally unnecessary if eating any of these foods with relative consistency.
How To Get A Healthy Night’s Sleep
Sleep – it’s a vital requirement for everyone, and yet few of us seem to be getting enough of it.
What's The Best Way To Store Fruits And Veggies To Preserve Freshness?
Although room temperature is one of the best ways to store fruit and vegetables in the short-term, due to our busy lives it is often difficult for us to preserve them without using a refrigeration source. Read these pro tips on storing the most popular produce so you can enjoy them when you want to while preventing spoilage.
Hunting Mammals Adds To Forest Fragility
The Amazon forests’ large mammals play a key role in maintaining the ecosystem that removes CO2 from the atmosphere and helps to slow climate change.
Year of the Monkey: Touch the Sky
Recognition of the chasm between culture informed by nature and culture that has lost its living literacy with deep ecology will determine what happens to all of us in this generation.
I Love You…Actually I Love Your Microbiome
What determines chemistry between two people? Who has not said, “They have good chemistry together?”
The Clock Is Ticking
National Grid’s sanctioned experiment with the residents of Worcester recently passed the one-year mark. This, as the utility’s two-year “smart meter” pilot program — renamed Smart Energy Solutions — entered its second year January 1st.
Eight Guiding Intentions That Will Transform You And Everybody Around You
Intention is everything. What you experience daily in your life--how you act, what you speak and how you feel affects every human being around you. Once you realize the domino effect created by shining your light on others, it becomes very contagious.
What Our Breasts Are Telling Us
Author Florence Williams and her daughter discovered they had high levels of toxins—like flame retardants—in their bodies. Getting rid of the chemicals was harder than they expected.
For Optimal Health And Weight, Eat Real Food
Michael Pollan's PBS documentary "In Defense of Food" is based on Pollan's book by the same name. The title may seem odd at first. What kind of defense might food be in need of?
Do Not Send Us Bottles of Water. Instead, Join Us In A Revolt
Many of you have contacted me wanting to know how you can help the people of Flint with the two-year long tragedy of drinking water contaminated by the radical decisions made by the Governor of Michigan.
Arrival Of Imbolc
If you go outside and use your higher senses, you will be able to identify an emerging aliveness stirring beneath the death of winter from this date forward. I love that sensation!
Direct Democracy May Be Key To A Happier American Democracy
Is American democracy still “by the people, for the people?” According to recent research, it may not be.
Weekly Musings: Oceans of Love
With the use of plastics expected to double in the next 20 years, the World Economic Forum concludes that by 2050, pound for pound, there will be more plastic than fish in the world’s oceans.
10 Foods That Fight Allergies
Taking antihistamines is the most common way to ward off seasonal allergies; however, there are certain foods that can help you alleviate the symptoms of a runny nose, sneezing, congestion and watery eyes.
The Bravest Response To Fear
From strangers on the street to Muslim refugees—why we should embrace the humanity of people we may fear.
Just Who Exactly Benefits Most From The Global Giving Of Billionaires Like Bill Gates?
Is the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation promoting the interests of multinational corporations at the expense of social and economic justice?
Daily Astrology
November 27, 2025
Thanksgiving is here and emotions are all over the map. The day of gratitude begins with the Moon in cool, calm Aquarius. An early morning lunar square with Venus can increase the need to connect with others...
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