Author: Daniela

Joseph Dilenschneider Tokyo, Japan 2 hours ago As Dr. Henry Giroux explains, we have become 24/7 viewers of the very “disimagination machines” that produce the images we would normally imagine for ourselves. Swayed by Amazon.com and Google, where we outsource and surrender our imaginations (individually and collectively), neither the Oxford Junior Dictionary nor the masses…

I received an email this morning from Gar Alperovitz a noted historian, political economist, activist, writer, and government official.  He is the president of the National Center for Economic and Security Alternatives and is a co-founder of the Democracy Collaborative, a research institution developing practical, policy-focused, and systematic paths towards ecologically sustainable, community-oriented change and the democratization of…

JR Thorp of BUSTLE breaks down what’s behind all those food labels.  Fair Trade Certified is of particular interest to me.  I knew generally what it meant, but didn’t realize it covered some very specific and legal things. Everything with the Fairtrade Certified label you recognize has gone through them — and the standards are…

From the Environmental Leader: Nebraska Hy-Vee stores will divert excess fruits and vegetables, bakery products, solid dairy products and floral clippings and the Sanimax system will then turn the food waste into compost, biogas and animal feed. Hy-Vee employees at each store will be trained on how to separate the waste to ensure quick and…

In the same way that Earth sunsets pick out the reds and oranges of normal light on the planet, Martian ones emphasize the blue of the sky. “The colors come from the fact that the very fine dust is the right size so that blue light penetrates the atmosphere slightly more efficiently,” said Mark Lemmon,…

VietNamNet Bridge – eBookers.com, a prestigious Europe-based travel website, has curated a selection of international myths and legends alongside stunning hand-drawn illustrations to give readers a glimpse into the variety of cultures in the world. One of the stories is the famous tale of Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam. Wanderlust Storybook is a new…

This interesting article in The Indian Panorama discusses how the Sun God evolved and his possible link to Central Asia.  You can find the entire piece here. In Roman times, Sunday was the first day of the week —an important day named after the Sun-God. Helios or Hyperion was the Greco-Roman Sun-God, who later merged with another Greek…

This follows what I’ve come to know of large corporations.  They don’t create anything new – just use their money and clout to take over companies that are profitable, Peter Whoriskey investigates how large corporations are taking over organic brands in his May 10th article in The Washington Post.  He cites Myra Goodman, who with…

Several interesting articles in Tech Times explore the possibility of alien life on other planets.  Jim Algar reports on data released by NASA’s Messenger spacecraft. The magnetic field of Mercury, closest planet to the sun, is almost 4 billion years old and may once have been almost as strong as Earth’s, scientists say. Data from Messenger gathered in…

From the 10th episode of the PBS series, The Victory Garden’s Edible Feast.