VIA “wakingtimes.com” by Waking Times Staff Writer Alex Pietrowski The tiny Nordic European island country of Iceland is presently experiencing one of the greatest economic comebacks of all time. After the privatization of the banking sector completed in 200o, the economy was thrown into a tailspin when over a five year period, private bankers borrowed […]
VIA “collective-evolution.com” by Alanna Ketler Collective Evolution A new law recently passed in France mandates that all new buildings that are built in commercial zones in France must be partially covered in either plants or solar panels. Green roofs, as they are called, have an isolating effect which helps to reduce the amount of energy needed […]
VIA “expandedconsciousness.com” by Sean Suddes Expanded Consciousness As my 30th birthday quickly approaches I thought it would be an original idea (sarcasm) to write 30 lessons I’ve learned in 30 years living on this Earth. In no particular order: 1) Don’t take life too seriously, it’s not like you’re getting out alive. Learn to laugh […]
VIA “themindunleashed.org” by Anna Lemind The Mind Unleashed A 5,000-year-old underground city discovered in central Turkey in December 2014 is thought to be the largest in the world! The previously unknown ancient metropolis was unearthed in the course of the implementation of an urban transformation project initiated by Turkey’s Housing Development Administration’s (TOKİ) in Nevşehir […]
VIA “iheartintelligence.com” by Tanaaz Chubb I Heart Intelligence Do you live in one of the healthiest cities in the world? To determine what constitutes a healthy city, experts looked at the following statistics – Safety Cleanliness Social Connectedness Thriving Economy Access to Healthy Food Quality Medical Care Efficient public transit Easy access to parks and […]
VIA “pulptastic.com” Pulptastic A passenger named Britta Englisch recently decided to share her experience of flying on a Germanwings flight. Her flight took place just one day after co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately sent a Germanwings plane on a suicide descent into the Alps, killing everyone on board. “Yesterday morning at 8:40 a.m., I got […]
VIA “the-open-mind.com” by Jade Small The Open Mind Known as “the last man from Fukushima“, 55-year-old Matsumura is the only person still living in the exclusion zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, which suffered a meltdown after the major earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, 2011. He lives in the small […]
VIA “realclearpolitics.com” by Victor Davis Hanson Real Clear Politics What has gone wrong with the U.S. government in the past month? Just about everything, from the fundamental to the ridiculous. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the United States to warn Congress about the dangers of a nuclear Iran. He spoke without the invitation of […]
VIA “wakingtimes.com” by Cole Mellino Waking Times The Chinese government banned the environmental documentary Under the Dome, which went viral upon release garnering 200 million views in the week after it was released on the Internet for free on Feb. 28. The film exposes the devastating impact China’s polluting industries have wreaked on the environment, bringing home […]
VIA “buynongmoseeds.com” Sure, we’ve all read about the Pyramids and the Pharaoh’s tombs in egypt, but some of the most interesting archeological finds in history are seldom mentioned in history books. It’s doubtful that all archeology is as interesting as Indiana Jones or Robert Brown makes it seem. In fact, I’d venture a guess that […]
