Recycling is the new buzz word in prisons and I’m not talking about the recycling of inmates. Today’s prison…
Culture
Grain Power
A desire to see wood striations seems ingrained in our modern sensibilities, from the art of Rex Ray to the sleek carved…
Pity the Poor Technologists
After thousands of years of striving to develop the longest-lasting, hardest-wearing items for daily use, inventive-mind…
Feed the Need for Food Safety
Security was exceptionally tight surrounding the sentencing in the tainted milk scandal in China. Police roadblocks were…
The United Municipalities of America
As we’ve mentioned before, there’s a growing trend for municipal authorities taking matters in the own hands…
A Collective Consciousness of Hope
School children across America, like the this group from Brandeis Hillel Day School in San Francisco, gathered to sing s…
Death Rate of Forests Doubles, Scientists Find
Imagine if the death rate in your neighborhood doubled. You’d notice. Scientists are concerned by the ominous resu…
Rough Crossing: Britain’s Tidal Powerhouse
At the other end of Britain to wild and wonderful Cornwall is one of my favorite places in the world – Orkney, a w…