In 2019, Swedish robotics enthusiast Simone Giertz had a simple problem: she didn’t want an electric car, she wanted an electric truck. Well, as they say—necessity is the mother of invention.
Food = Medicine: Small Onions
You might be surprised about the health benefits of onions. From shallots to scallions, onions help your immune system, and are full of antioxidants, vitamins and minerals.
art gallery: swyers’ silvan cyanotypes
Visit the Poetic Earth Month art gallery and experience the details of botany on deep blue in these cyanotype prints from artist Julia Swyers.
There’s No Good Pun for Trash
We embarked on a hunt to solve the ultimate mystery — just what, exactly, ends up in the trash?
Involuntary Simplicity
Sometimes the small moments announce themselves, whether you want them to or not.
Wake Up! The World is Here.
Frog and Toad Are Friends is a book with something to teach all ages — in its stories, in its art, and even in its ability to make a little space for peace.
The Awl-Encompassing Philosophy
The search for a tailor’s awl for an art project becomes a meditation on the intersection of the useful and the beautiful. Buying secondhand isn’t just good for the earth, it’s good for us too.
10 Ways to Go “Fridays for Future” and Tackle Climate Without Waiting for Leaders
While the growing “Fridays for Future” movement has a central goal of influencing leadership worldwide regarding climate breakdown, there’s no need to wait for leadership to come along, before we start making a big difference.
Live Beautiful, Free of Plastic
Why consider living free of plastic? Even the dolls know the answer to that question. (Out of the mouths of babes.)
From Film to Fable, On the Hill Above the Pond
What has film trailer editing got to do with the story of a farm? More than you might guess. Especially if you are Tom Deacon of Fable Foods.
How I Accidentally Cut My Electric Bill Almost in Half by Painting a Room
It all started with painting a room sky blue. I was shocked. My electric bill was cut almost in half. Who knew.
Posted — Short Film
Eight children discover—and build—a world in the woods. It’s a world of imagination. It’s a world they don’t want to leave. One of those children, now grown, remembers what happened, in this short, original film.
