It seems a bit crazy that we should have to defend recess and play in schools. However, schools across the United States have been reducing or eliminating recess in favor of increased time spent on subjects covered in standardized testing. Unfortunately, this trend may actually do more harm than good. Exercise, free play and creative ... Read more
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. This talk and countless discussions related to this topic led one of the authors of this site to start homeschooling her children in 2009. Watch the full video below.
Comedian Michael Jr. goes off the cuff at a live comedy show and uses this improvised moment as a great explanation for knowing your why and exploring one’s purpose in life. It’s not what you do, it’s the why that steers your journey. “When you know your why, your what becomes more impactful because you ... Read more
In the last 500 million years, planet Earth has had to recover from five cataclysmal blows. Experts and scientist says we are now facing the sixth. This infographic explores some of the key causes of Earth’s current mass extinctions.
According to new data from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), it looks increasingly unlikely humankind will meet the targets set out by the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and slow the planet’s crash course toward a climate disaster. Earth’s average global temperature is already over 1°C (1.8°F) above the pre-industrial period and the last 5 ... Read more
“You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward.” Rocky Balboa
How is today’s warming different from the past? Throughout its history, the Earth has gone through climate changes which were not caused by humanity. Scientists use evidence such as tree rings, layers of ice in glaciers, coral reefs, and sedimentary rocks to determine and build the record of Earth’s past climates. The Paleoclimate record combined ... Read more
Extinction is a fact of life. Five times in Earth’s history, cataclysmic mass extinction events have wiped out not just a few animals, but up to 96% of life at one time. Scientists are now raising the question: are we entering the sixth great mass extinction? Catch this episode from Halfway to the Moon and ... Read more
Homelessness is a pressing issue around the globe and the city of São Paulo in Brazil is no exception. The city has opened shelters to help house the nearly 20,000 homeless people living in the streets of São Paulo, but few of them have taken advantage of the situation…until now. Below is a video chronicling ... Read more
The planet is experiencing a mass extinction event with an estimated 30,000 species being driven to extinction per year. This mass extinction differs from all previous extinction events in being driven by a single species rather than a planetary or galactic process. Humans have cause multiple waves of extinctions, first as hunter-gathers targeted animals for ... Read more