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Eat Naturally, Eat Seasonally
In 1973, Maurice and Maralyn Bailey watched their yacht sink to the ocean floor after it was struck by a whale. For 117 days, the couple floated adrift in the middle of the Pacific and, though, they
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Every day, our world is getting bigger. Scientists make discoveries left and right that expand our horizons exponentially. Technological advances make it possible to dive deeper into the oceans, peer further into the cosmos and learn more
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Winter is the season of more: more food, more layers, more time spent with friends and family, more-just plain more. It can be argued that this penchant for plenty is something deeply ingrained within the very biology
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It’s official: the country with the strongest economy and military in the world has recognized that climate change does exist, and that it is having an impact that can be felt in the here and now. Last
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Too often the tendency is to look at subjects as black and white, good and bad, trash and recycling. Life doesn’t fit into those neat little categories and neither does waste. There are shades of grey, just
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In years gone by, jet setting across the globe was considered a rare treat. Nothing was more glamorous, more capable of attracting the envy of friends and family than to return home after lying for days on
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Increasingly, we are living in a globalized society. Nowhere is this point made more clear than in the airline industry. A Boeing 787 aircraft, for example, is dependent on twelve different countries to supply the component parts.
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You can always measure inflation by how the price of certain products or services has changed. Things like a gallon of milk, a postage stamp and, even, public transport. “It use to be a nickel for the
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Ghosts and ghouls, goblins and grools! What’s a grool you ask? I started saying great and ended up saying cool. Because Halloween is so great, and it has always been so cool! Zero emissions is a goal
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