VIA Business Insider by Tony Manfred Milwaukee Bucks forward Larry Sanders has walked away from basketball after five years in the league, agreeing to a buyout with the team after the trade deadline. Sanders had three years remaining on a $44 million contract. He left around $21 million on the table in the buyout. Sanders, age […]
VIA “trueactivist.com” by Sophie McAdam Lasqueti is a secret Canadian island where the vast majority of residents are completely off-grid. Lasqueti is a small island between Vancouver and Vancouver Island, twelve miles long and three miles wide. It is home to a little known community of off-gridders who take pride in their isolation from both mainstream culture […]
VIA Spirit Science by Andrea S Yet again, another year passes and we all think (at least a little bit) about what the new year will bring. While losing weight, eating healthy, and quitting smoking are all fantastic resolutions to have, there is one thing that you could do that would make ALL of your […]
VIA PULPTASTIC Destructive tanks first rolled out onto the battlefields during World War I nearly a hundred years ago. A century on, some of them can still be found in those same combat zones, which are now peaceful meadows and serene beaches. Nature has swallowed these instruments of war, with hauntingly beautiful results. #1. Shumshu, Russia. u-96 #2. […]
VIA “themindunleashed.org” If I have learned something from Socrates is that you cannot teach people anything; you can only make them think. You can only draw out of them the wisdom which is latent within them. And by doing so, you help open their eyes, making them realize that they were born with wings and that they […]
“Don’t allow anyone to tell you that what you’re dreaming for yourself and for your family isn’t possible. It IS possible.” – Howard Shultz, CEO Starbucks Knowledge. from The Do-ers
VIA Higher Perspectives On any given night in the central Oregon city of Eugene, there are about 3,000 people who don’t have a home to return to. Opportunity Village Eugene, a nonprofit organization based in that city, has a big plan to end it. Tiny houses. The mission of Opportunity Village Eugene is simple but impactful: they […]
VIA Spirit Science and Metaphysics Thanks to FollowGreenLiving and Inhabitat| According to a recent announcement made at the ICLEI World Conference 2015 in Seoul, South Korea, Vancouver has pledged to run on 100 percent renewable energy. This applies not only for their electricity, but also for their heating, cooling, and housing as well. Bordered by the Coast […]
VIA Higher Perspectives It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words, but some pictures are far more powerful than others. The pictures featured below capture human condition and highlight some of the worst and best moments of mankind’s modern existence. Some of the pictures may fill you with happiness and joy, […]
VIA Collective-Evolution by Joe Martino The funny thing about testing in school is that all it truly does is show the understanding an individual has on a certain subject at a given time. Their understanding can change drastically in following months, yet the test score is typically all that matters. We then go on to judge […]
