The Oakland School District in California is set to fully transition its school bus fleet to electric buses, meaning this fleet of electric buses and chargers will double as a virtual power plant, sending 2.1 gigawatt hours per year back to the grid, and saving 25,000 tons of emissions.
Fiber is an essential component in a healthy diet. Dietary fiber is part soluble fiber and part insoluble fiber. Both are important not only to gut health but also to overall human health.
I bet you didn’t know that purple martins are in trouble and that we can help save them from extinction. Like most people, I had no idea the purple martin lifecycle is so closely tied to successful interactions with humans.
“The more in tune you are with your culture — no matter what culture that is — it connects you to something bigger,” Lamoreau said. “And that’s really what we look at when we’re in recovery, when we talk about spiritual connection. It’s something bigger than you.”
Mythic stories put us squarely in the middle of the hardest tasks we can imagine, and they force us to work hard, to guess, to take leaps of faith, and to test ourselves to the limit. They also teach us that it’s worth it to “dive deep,” and to experience a change so drastic that it is profound.
As bombs rain down on Gaza, community-led groups are providing children with psychological first aid (PFA) — play, support and laughter — alongside food and healthcare aid.
The inability to see their loved one in person makes it difficult to achieve closure, and the bereaved may be unable to process the loss and move forward. In recent years, this reality has become more apparent, as COVID-19 claimed millions of lives while simultaneously forcing border restrictions.
This recipe for a completely natural fabric and room freshener spray rivals anything you can buy at your local supermarket or dollar store, but without the toxic ingredients. In fact, other than water, the other three ingredients contain powerful and unique healing properties.
That can be a hard question to answer, and a question that continually comes around on our vegan journey, which, like any journey, is not immune to doubt. Natural bodybuilding champ Robert Cheeke offers advice from his forthcoming book "The Impactful Vegan."
A new initiative launched by Parley for the Oceans and the Australian SailGP Team aims to fight plastic pollution by raising awareness through a group of individuals who have a special relationship with the ocean — the sailing community.
Modern technology and international cooperation are key to ending the pileup of waste in this iconic setting.
Castor oil is considered one of the world’s oldest drugs, notable for its anti-inflammatory, wound-healing, hair regeneration and laxative properties.
Why aren’t we all expressing ourselves creatively? We have many false beliefs and narratives about creativity standing in the way, blocking us from accessing the joy and bliss accessed through creative arts. Illuminating these false stories removes them as obstacles so they can no longer stand in our way.
Dramatic dash cam video shows strangers on I-94 in Minnesota come together with highway personnel, and desperately fight to remove a trapped man from a car engulfed in flames — and succeed!
Dowsing is an easy way to check ourselves, get real-time feedback on our decisions, and build our trust and communication with the world of which we are an integral, interconnected part. The best part is, anyone can learn how to dowse!
The “just this” was my way of focusing only on what was right before me — whether that was the lettuce I was picking, the conversation I was having or the observations I was making of the seedlings, — in effect, immersing my mind in the right now versus the “what if” future.
“Most people make the number one writer’s mistake when they start,” he said. “They think they’re talking to an audience. There’s never an audience. Instead, people read everything from books to articles to ad copy one at a time.
Plant-based diets low in fat are a powerful way to achieve good health. Diets focused on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes avoid saturated fats associated with heart disease, diabetes, and other conditions.
Too often, outdoor electric lighting installations at night are over lit, are left on when not needed, and are harmful to the environment. As a result, light pollution is a growing global issue that can negatively affect our environment as well as our quality of life.
With more than 1200 volunteers who have cleaned up nearly 9.9 tons of marine litter from beaches in East Africa’s Seychelles islands over the past five years, this Parley Seychelles cleanup effort shows the potential for citizens to tackle marine trash.
There are many natural plant-based remedies that will help kill bacteria without the risk of building resistance. Here’s a review of 10 natural antimicrobials you can reach for as a first line of defense, before resorting to a pharmaceutical antibiotic.
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