Take a moment to think back to what life was like in the early 1900s. Most people alive today would not be able to imagine that because they were not even born yet. However, if you would like to get a taste of the world, and how one lived during the 1930s, you can step […]
This solar farm in Plains, Georgia, is quite incredible. The land it’s built on is owned by former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter. Back in 2017, Carter decided to use 10 acres of land in his hometown in Georgia to create his solar farm. The land which was once occupied by soybean crops […]
Even at age 95, a cancer diagnosis, fourteen stitches to the head and hip surgery, the thirty-ninth president of the United States, Jimmy Carter, building houses for the many people in need. For most, working with Habitat for humanity is a once-off, on the weekend “feel good about yourself” kind of job. Often discovered as […]
In a speech made in 2018, former president Jimmy Carter said the US has lost its place as a global leader of human rights. This was in wake of former president Donald Trump’s cruel immigration laws that separated children from their families upon arrival at the US border. (1) Today, in 2021, president Joe Biden […]
The Indian state of Gujarat is leading the solar revolution, with Modhera being the first solar-powered village in the country. This has set a precedent for Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations. He considers this to be “a reconciliation between humankind and planet.” This project has reportedly supplied the citizens of this village […]
It has been almost 60 years since John F Kennedy, or JFK, for short, gave his famous “peace speech” on his inauguration day. The words he said in that speech still inspire people today. This is especially so when we find ourselves in tough times. His speech about peace still stands today as the world […]
Empathy is defined as the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person. It allows us to form deeper bonds with others and support one another through difficult times. In 2016, researchers from the University of Michigan wanted to figure out if certain countries tended to have more empathetic citizens than others. They […]
When you hear the words “rural America,” you probably imagine that picturesque scene from a Hallmark movie: a charming old farmhouse, a big red barn silo, and a herd of cattle grazing peacefully on rolling green pastures. While this scene may have been the case a hundred years ago, the current landscape looks much bleaker. […]
We’ve all heard the warning before: Cracking and popping your joints isn’t good for you and might even lead to problems like arthritis (though that’s been debunked). Cracking your knuckles and joints has a seemingly therapeutic effect, placebo or not; people love it. The sound associated with might irritate some around you, but that’s another […]
Since the pandemic took over the world, more and more people have gotten into the outdoors. Spending as much time in nature as possible since that’s essentially the only thing you can do anyways. However, if you live in Canada then you’re in luck. The Great Trail is a long-time project of connecting all the […]
Recorded human history is a tiny sliver in the vast history of our planet. What many people don’t realize, is that the world as we know it today was not the same planet that early humans knew. Over the course of human history (and long before it, as well) the Earth’s climate, topography, and various […]
What happens to our bodies after we die? Right now, there are really only a few options. Either we donate our body to science, lay in a box in the ground, or get cremated, but what if we could become human compost instead? In many places around the world, graveyards are full or filling up […]