We’re surrounded by plastic–eating from it, drinking from it, and wearing it. But unlike other materials, it doesn…
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Dispatch From The People’s Climate March: To Change Everything, It Takes Everyone
More than 310,000 people flooded the streets of New York City at the People’s Climate March on Sunday, September 2…
CDC on Sexual Violence: 1 in 5 U.S. Women Have Been Raped
Sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence are a public health threat, according to the Centers for Diseas…
5 Hot Springs Spas: Vacation with Healing Waters
Hot springs spas make the ultimate R&R vacation. I stood in the middle of a field in Iceland alongside a bab…
Eyebrow Styles Over the Ages
It’s interesting to look back and pay homage to women’s beauty as represented by eyebrow styles from around the wo…
A Song for the Oceans that Will Change How You View Water Forever [Video]
Watch as shaman Angaangaq shares a powerful song for the waters of the world out amongst massive icebergs. It’s so…
Domestic Abuse: Why the #WhyIStayed, #WhyILeft Hashtags are Important
We’ve all likely seen–or at the very least heard of–the video of Ray Rice, the indefinitely suspended profes…
USDA Farming Techniques Improve Ugandan Crop Yields
Between 1987-2007 much of Northern Uganda was engaged in a civil war that left the rural nation closed off to developmen…