The Maori people wept with joy. They celebrated their beloved river being granted the same rights as a human being by the New Zealand government. This means the river now has a legal right to exist. Defenders of the river can now use the courts to sue anyone who seeks to harm it.
Sitting Is The New Smoking
The results are in folks and they aren’t pretty. I hope you’re sitting down for this. Well actually, on second thought, why don’t you stand up for it: Chairs are the new cigarettes. That’s right. Sitting is actually worse than smoking when it comes to health. Evidence is piling up that prolonged sitting increases the risk of …
Life Without Money
Can you live without money? Heidemarie Schwermer can. This 71-year-old German lady stopped using money about 18 years ago. But no, she does not go hungry or live on the street.
The True Cost of Bottled Water
It’s dinner time on a hot summer day. And you have a choice of bottled or tap water to go with your meal. Which do you choose? Well, if you’re like most people in the developed world, you’ll go for the bottled water. After all, it seems safer, cleaner, and it costs money, so it must be better, right? Well, not necessarily. There’s actually more to bottled water than meets the eye.
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Environmental Friendliness
Saving energy and being environmentally friendly is all the rage right now. It makes sense, too, because we’re living in a world with limited resources. And we don’t want to use them up too quickly. At home, most of us make a conscious effort to turn off unused lights or to not waste water. But some people take environmental friendliness up a notch. And the projects they create are changing the world as we know it.
Treasure Hunting In The Trash
The process of looking for discarded food is called dumpster diving. Maximus started dumpster diving as a student in Boston. At night, he and his friends jump supermarket fences after the stores close, open up the dumpster and look for edible treasure. On an average night, they find fruits, vegetables, bread, coffee and even processed foods like ravioli in the trash.
Game Changer
A game changer is an expression that describes an idea so different and original that the system or “game” cannot continue in the same way. Copernicus’s idea was a complete game changer that changed the way we see the world.
Guinea Pigs As A Food Source?
So, you might think of guinea pigs as pets or research animals, but have you ever thought of them as a food source? Yeah, that’s right. You can eat them! In fact, guinea pigs are a traditional food source for people in the Andes mountains, in the area around Peru and Bolivia.