Only drawback I can see is the need for a form to make the box. Otherwise.... CEWL!

posted by Gale Wallis (bareboards2) 1 decade 11 months 1 week ago • 854 views • 2:50

"The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep away from me in that moment." In a talk equal parts eloquent and devastating, writer Andrew Solomon... continue reading

posted by radx 1 decade 11 months 2 weeks ago • 1,037 views • 29:22

Empire or Humanity? What the Classroom Didn't Teach Me about the American Empire by Howard Zinn Narrated by Viggo Mortensen Art by Mike Konopacki Video editing by Eric Wold To read more from Howard... continue reading

posted by siftbot 1 decade 6 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 12,783 views

(youtube) To ride the Moscow subway for free, do 30 squats. As part of a Russian campaign to make citizens healthier, riders who buy a ticket at Vystavochnaya station in western Moscow have the option... continue reading

posted by pumkinandstorm 1 decade 1 year 2 weeks ago • 918 views • 2:06

(youtube) Malala Yousafzai giving an emotional answer about how she would treat a member of the Taliban if he came to her house. Taken from The Daily Show dated 2013.10.08.

posted by pumkinandstorm 1 decade 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago • 2,062 views • 1:58

Wow that's relleay a good thing!!

posted by bjornenlinda 1 decade 1 year 2 months 2 weeks ago • 1,094 views • 2:47

Burning Man -- once a small, alternative gathering in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada -- has evolved into America's largest arts festival. Thuy Vu reports on how San Francisco's arts and technology communities... continue reading

posted by eric3579 1 decade 1 year 2 months 2 weeks ago • 867 views • 6:13

TED talk on a new approach to removing plastics from our oceans.

posted by kevingrr 1 decade 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 1,262 views • 11:22

Fracking - What it is, how it is done, and its possible problems.

posted by kevingrr 1 decade 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 780 views • 5:04

Now women have to learn how to pee standing up.

posted by Gale Wallis (bareboards2) 1 decade 1 year 5 months 2 weeks ago • 556 views • 2:14

Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA -- in abandoned lots, traffic medians, along the curbs. Why? For fun, for defiance, for beauty and to offer some alternative to fast food in a community... continue reading

posted by eric3579 1 decade 1 year 8 months 3 weeks ago • 522 views • 10:47

(youtube) Light pollution can be a hazard to our health. Just about every organism on the planet lives its life according to the rhythms of daytime and darkness. Excessive light can cause several human... continue reading

posted by pumkinandstorm 1 decade 1 year 8 months 4 weeks ago • 318 views • 1:38

Allan Savory argued that while livestock may be part of the problem, they can also be an important part of the solution. He has demonstrated time and again in Africa, Australia and North and South America... continue reading

Allan Savory has a likely controversial idea on how to help reverse desertification and climate change by reversing the conventional idea of removing livestock and bringing herding livestock back.

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 1 year 8 months 4 weeks ago • 323 views • 22:20

"For the past two years, photographer Lisa Kristine has traveled the world, documenting the unbearably harsh realities of modern-day slavery. She shares hauntingly beautiful images -- miners in the Congo,... continue reading

posted by Hybrid 1 decade 2 years 2 months ago • 960 views • 19:22

Recently Grist's Dave Roberts gave a TED talk of his own, essentially discussing that if we don't do something to seriously reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the next 5-10 years, we're screwed. "You... continue reading

posted by Peroxide 1 decade 2 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 4,689 views • 17:44

Tim Jahnigen had a vision for a soccer ball that would eliminate the need for the hand-sewn leather balls typically donated by relief agencies. But he needed some help to make it a reality.

posted by randeepsamra 1 decade 1 year 9 months 1 week ago • 1,714 views • 3:03

Teacher Pete Kaser decided to remove all the brand name toys in his class and replace them with raw materials like cardboard and styrofoam.

posted by messenger 1 decade 2 years ago • 7,593 views • 1:32