The Weekly View 11/4/2026
The Sound of Silence. Amazing animal love to make your day a little brighter and put a smile on your face.
The Sound of Silence. Amazing animal love to make your day a little brighter and put a smile on your face.
President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva's victory in Brazil is good news for the Amazon. Environmentalists exhaled with relief as a victory for his challenger, Flávio Bolsonaro, would have been devastating for the environment.
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Join spiritual teacher Leontine Hartzell for a specially crafted spiritual journey to connect with the energies of ancient sacred sites in beautiful northern France.
America undivided. 10/28/01: Ray Charles performs “America the Beautiful” prior to Game 2 of the World Series in Yankee Stadium. Be sure to watch through to the end!
Claudia Sheinbaum, president of Mexico, just put qigong on the world stage. With a casual comment about practicing qigong for good health personally, she suggested formally introducing it in Mexico, signaling a massive sea change for qigong and tai chi globally.
The Weekly View this week is The Great Bell Chant (End of Suffering). Read by Thich Nhat Hanh, chanted by brother Phap Niem.
Saudi conservationists have turned a large solar farm into a brilliant breeding ground for threatened native gazelles. Located in a massive, 24,500-square-mile nature reserve, the solar plant is now hosting Arabian sand gazelles, a species of special consideration for wildlife managers.
In a historic stand against animal cruelty, Switzerland has become the first country in the world to ban both the import and sale of fur. Last year, the Swiss Federal Council banned all imports of fur and fur products produced using “methods that involve cruelty to animals.”
The Norwegian government established a new marine protected area covering approximately 714 square miles, equivalent to almost 260,000 football pitches. Called the Andfjorden Marine Protected Area, the area is home to rich and varied marine life, whales and seabirds.
The Nyerere-Udzungwa Wildlife Corridor (NUWC), Tanzania’s first official wildlife corridor, links savanna elephants to rainforest, and is the country’s first wildlife corridor to be given official protection. It’s designed to keep elephants out of people’s crop fields.
In a stunning display of profit sharing, the Fertitta brothers announced that each of Station Casinos’ 10,000 employees were to receive a bonus consisting of $1,000 of company stock for every year they’ve been on the payroll, totaling $70 million in gifts.
Nature is no less powerful or unforgiving than it was on the Oregon Trail, and treating it with respect is essential. Combining advances in modern medicine with thoughtful preparation helps stack the odds in your favor.
The United Nations has voted to adopt a resolution for the world to formally phase out the traditional Mercator map of the globe in favor of the 2018 Earth Equal design that more accurately displays Africa’s size.
A rare win In Indian Country — what happened was something that almost never happens in Indian country: a coalition of tribes and organizers banded together and drove out a mining company in a matter of days.
With complications from diabetes taking its toll, a Chinese man outfits his van and takes his paralyzed wife on an epic road trip across coastal Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces: ‘Die on the road, not in a hospital.’
Filmed in Utah, two-time Emmy winner "Navajo Highways" is a children's puppet series told almost entirely in Navajo to help kids learn the language. Creator Pete Sands said the show is a way to keep the language alive for kids who might otherwise never hear it.
“This is what’s working,” report nine indigenous leaders from around the world on biodiversity and climate solutions in their communities. Mongabay interviewed these diverse leaders to mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on Aug. 9.
New Jersey governor Mikie Sherrill has announced statewide housing resources and a coordinated support system that ensure no veteran has to go homeless in the state. Now, more veterans consistently enter housing in New Jersey each month than enter homelessness.
Zero roadkill has been recorded as Amazon canopy bridges secure 15,000 wildlife crossings, and Brazil’s federal transport department officially designates the rope bridge design as the recommended national standard for highways to curb the millions of wildlife deaths recorded on roads annually.
A man dressed as Spider-Man helped a person in a wheelchair cross a busy street in Arkansas. A traffic camera caught it on video and the Jonesboro Police Department posted the footage on social media hours later.
Home sharing can’t solve the housing crisis, its fans acknowledge. But it could make a dent, potentially unlocking thousands of spare bedrooms across the country without requiring new construction that would change the character of neighborhoods.
Four states — Utah, Virginia, Idaho, and Oregon — just made it easier to build wildlife crossings, and the bipartisan effort is being called a 'blueprint.' Conservationists are celebrating.
Since the Roswell incident of 1947, we have increasingly heard credible testimony that we are not alone in the universe. This evidence has come from reliable military whistleblowers, twelve of whom have now testified under oath to the US Congress about the existence of these beings.
On this historic semiquincentennial birthday, we look back at the brilliant tapestry of innovation, culture, and community flourishing for two and a half centuries and offer 250 reasons to love America on her 250th birthday.
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