Environmental campaigners have dragged controversial investments into the spotlight, claiming that major European banks are linked to businesses that harm threatened species, deforestation in Brazil and other questionable environmental practices. European banks, including Switzerland’s UBS, Britain’s HSBC and Spain’s Santander, have been thrown into… Continue Reading “How European Banks are linked to Deforestation and Slavery”
With rising food costs you might be looking to supplement your diet with as much free produce as possible. To do so, you may just have to stroll down to the park. The city of Andernach in Germany is one of the world’s edible… Continue Reading “Cities turning Parks into Orchards where people can Pick & Eat for Free”
The United Nations reported that about half the world’s population could be affected by severe water shortages in the next 20 years due to a number of increasing global development factors. In its World Water Development Report, UN researchers said shortages could directly impact… Continue Reading “World Water Shortages could affect half of the Global Population over the next 20 Years”
Vietnam demands Monsanto pay compensation to the victims of Agent Orange, which the company supplied to the US military during the Vietnam War, in response to Monsanto being ordered to pay $289 million to a man whose terminal cancer was linked to their products.… Continue Reading “Vietnam demands Monsanto to pay Compensation to Victims of Agent Orange”
In recent decades, pollution, diseases, and other human enhanced threats have wiped out half of the world’s corals and 90% of those in Florida. Also invasive species such as the Lion-fish have decimated wildlife population living in these coral reefs. And this past summer,… Continue Reading “Florida to unleash an Army of Crabs to help save Coral Reefs”
Sydney , Australia – Australians have roundly rejected greater rights for Indigenous citizens, ending plans to amend the country’s 122-year-old constitution after a divisive and racially tinged referendum campaign. With 88% of polling places reporting, around 59% of people had voted against a proposal… Continue Reading “Australia rejects Greater Human Rights for Indigenous people”
Sun-stones have been described in Viking tales from the 13th–14th century AD, used as a navigation tool for transatlantic crossings to the new lands of Greenland and Iceland, and possibly even North America, as confirmed by the discovery of the archaeological site of l’Anse… Continue Reading “The Viking Sun-Stone Navigation Crystals”
Mount Shasta, located near the Oregon border in northern California, holds the distinction of being one of the world’s preeminent sacred mountains. It is recognized as an eligible Native American cultural and cosmological property on the National Register of Historic Places. Artifacts found in… Continue Reading “Spirits and Danger on a Sacred Mount Shasta in California”
The US suicide rate increased by 2.6% in 2022 to 49,449 people, according to statistics released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as official data continues to show an upward trend after numbers fell in 2019 and 2020. The… Continue Reading “Sharp rise in American Suicide murder rates”
For years, the Galaxy Ghost Ship has been parked in an inlet on Koh Chang. It was built with the intention of being a floating hotel, but it is now closed and abandoned. The Galaxy was a genuine ship that had a leak and… Continue Reading “The Galaxy Ghost Ship in Thailand”
At least 10,000 people were feared missing in Libya on Tuesday in floods caused by a huge storm that burst dams, swept away buildings and wiped out as much as a quarter of the eastern city of Derna, Reuters reports. More than 1,000 bodies… Continue Reading “Libya floods wipe out 25% of Tripoli, 10.000 feared missing”
Indica and Sativa are the two main types of marijuana plants. Sativa (Cannabis sativa) is often said to be energizing, while Indica (Cannabis indica) is relaxing, but the reality is not that simple. The chemical makeup of both species can vary widely, and a… Continue Reading “Difference between Cannabis Indica versus Sativa”
Europe is undergoing a Conservative Christian Revival and the media aren’t telling you about it. Reports of Christianity’s Death in Europe have been greatly exaggerated. But Dr. Stephen Turley his basic argument is that there is a worldwide turn to conservative values, traditionalism, and nationalism, in… Continue Reading “Conservative Christian Revival in Europe”