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Human Composting Home to Open in 2021

Human Composting Home to Open in 2021

No longer will the options when we die be a choice between just burial or cremation. Soon it will be possible to compost your remains and leave your loved ones with rich soil, thanks to a new funeral service opening in Seattle in 2021 that will convert humans into soil in just 30 days, as […]

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    Approval Given to Thirty Meter Telescope on Sacred Mountain

    Approval Given to Thirty Meter Telescope on Sacred Mountain

    By Gabriella Rutherford In what its chairperson deemed “one of the most difficult decisions the board has ever made,” the Hawai’i Board of Land and Natural Resources last week approved construction of the controversial Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) on top of Mauna a Wakea (Mauna Kea). The decision has been met with fierce criticism. For […]

    Coal and the Curse of Commercialization

    Coal and the Curse of Commercialization

    By Cher Gilmore A recent Wall Street Journal editorial crowed “Coal Makes a Comeback,” touting the 14.5 percent increase in weekly coal production nationwide in 2017 compared to 2016 and the 58 percent increase in exports during the first quarter alone. That newspaper views the economic growth in coal-producing states like West Virginia, New Mexico […]

    David Suzuki: Love Conquers Fear and Hate

    David Suzuki: Love Conquers Fear and Hate

    Are we entering a new Dark Age? Lately it seems so. News reports are enough to make anyone want to crawl into bed and hide under the covers. But it’s time to rise and shine. To resolve the crises humanity faces, good people must come together. It’s one lesson from Charlottesville, Virginia. It would be […]

    The Great American Solar Eclipse of 2017: What, When, How?

    The Great American Solar Eclipse of 2017: What, When, How?

    Just yesterday at my local supermarket checkout line, I was innocently asked why I needed to pick up a pair of solar eclipse glasses. “Um, because I could go blind,” I responded. “You should get a pair, too.” You see, I happen to live on the South Carolina coast, which is right on the path […]