“Green Monday strives to be the Swiss army knife of green movements and solutions.”- David Yeung Vegans, rejoice, you’ve been doing it right! According to a new initiative called “Green Monday” the impact of not eating meat for even just a single day each week could…
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Bernie delegates walked out on Clinton for the Green Party’s first female candidate
BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI The man with the llama said he was going to city hall and who were we to stop him? “It’s an alpaca,” He made a point to correct the passersby on the thirty-four-block hike up Broad Street.…
Racism is alive and well, but the conversation is dying
For the average person, a typical day consists of waking up, going to work and then heading back home – seldom taking the time to think about what is happening in the world around us. Individual problems and concerns keep…
Bernie supporters marched over a hundred miles to join protesters at the DNC
BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI They call themselves a coalition of ordinary citizens who have gathered to demand fair elections. When the group set out on a 135-mile march from Washington DC to the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Philadelphia, they were…
How funerals can literally cost the earth
At present, the world generates almost 1.2 billion tonnes of waste every year; and only 1-2% of it is composted or recycled. We’re a wasteful bunch, and it seems to be no different when it comes to the environmental impact of…
It’s time for WOMEN to rule the world…or at least half of it.
BY: JACK M. I am not suggesting that our present-day “system” – anything but a patriarchy would be challenging to deny – be completely turned on its head. Perhaps a more appropriate title for this article might be “It’s time…
Mika Brzezinski called for Wasserman Schultz to “step down” over her handling of the primary process
(Source: ©Gage Skidmore/Flickr/Licence) WikiLeaks just released 20,000 emails from members of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and quite a few seem to implicate chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz. A May 18 email, sent by the chairperson to Chuck Todd, NBC’s political director, first quotes…
Thailand’s military is bombing its country with seeds to fight deforestation
BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI In July 2013, Thailand announced a five-year project to fight the country’s massive deforestation problem and earlier this summer the Royal Thai Air Force dropped thousands of kabok, phayung and maka mong seeds over a wildlife reserve…
Park Rangers in the Republic of Congo are risking their lives to save the last mountain gorillas
By: Kassandra Dzikewicz All photos taken at Virunga National Park Gorillas are becoming increasingly endangered; it has been reported that there are approximately 700 mountain gorillas remaining on the planet. Since 2008, the IUCN’s red list has considered gorillas to…
God, guns and the culture of blind fear at the Republican National Convention
BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI The circus has come to Cleveland and the streets are eerily quiet. Uniforms from South Carolina, Indiana, Georgia and California can be seen patrolling the streets on foot, bike and horse. The city was granted $50 million…
The Secret Lives of Mason Bees (and how they’re going to save our food supply)
It’s been highly publicized in recent years that the honeybees are in grave danger. Although we all love that sweet, sweet honey and don’t want it to go, the central issue is that honeybees are tasked with pollinating approximately one…
Are we self-censoring because of online surveillance?
BY: Victoria Heath It’s the biggest leak of government secrets in history, and it all started with a short message to journalist Glenn Greenwald, in December 2012. “I’ve got some stuff you might be interested in.” Just a few months…
This service brings dogs to classrooms and healthcare facilities proving puppies fix everything
By: Jocelyn Schwalm There is a laundry list of the positive benefits to being around man’s best friend, and the foundation “The Good Dog” is looking to provide them. The service offers therapy dogs for education, health care, research and…
Becoming a Canadian Senator is now as easy as filling out an application
BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI Early last fall Canada was promised, “real change” by its new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Among the most anticipated promises was the legalisation of marijuana by 2017, but this week the country’s Liberal government also announced plans…
Pharmaceutical companies around the world are backing out of their involvement with the death penalty
By: Jocelyn Schwalm Capital punishment has always had fiercely opposing opinions, but what happens when the companies supplying these powerful drugs decide they want out? Drug companies all around the world have decided it is time to take a stance…
This service brings dogs to classrooms and healthcare facilities, proving puppies fix everything
By: Jocelyn Schwalm There is a laundry list of the positive benefits to being around man’s best friend, and the foundation “The Good Dog” is looking to provide them. The service offers therapy dogs for education, health care, research and…
These journalists are cutting through the bullshit and fear mongering of today’s media
BY: Victoria Heath For people who actually want to “change the world,” or at least stop themselves from making it shittier, news today is extremely frustrating. It’s primarily negative, full of the same pointless rhetoric, and riddled with bickering hosts…
What happens to the coins people toss into fountains?
By: Adrian Smith One seldom-mentioned but ever-curious question in life has finally been answered—what happens to the coins people toss into fountains? For years and years we’ve all made wishes, tossing loose change into fountains, praying something in those waters…
Arctic birds are becoming reality T.V. stars in an effort to raise awareness and educate
BY: CAROLINE ROLF Almost 100,000 sea birds flock to the island of Hornoya in Finnmark county every summer to mate, nest and hatch their eggs in hopes that a new generation of birds will take flight come the fall. The…
North America’s first dolphin sanctuary is changing the way we look at animal protection
By: Andrew Uyeno Animals live better when they are not stuck in cages, who knew? Wait, we all did. For some reason the people who “care” for animals are finally realising maybe sticking creatures into cages wasn’t the greatest idea.…