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Deep Wells of Concern
One of my editorial tasks at Experience Life is to find and review links to share on the RevolutionaryAct.com social media outlets. Most of the stuff I find is pretty dull, poorly written, we’ve...
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Put That in Your Pipeline and Spill It
“We need to move beyond oil. We need to reinvent society, technology and economy. We need to do it fast and we need to do it creatively. We can.” — Dr. Vandana Shiva In July 2011, courtesy of Exxon,...
View ArticleHow Forests Boost Immunity
New research shows that besides lowering blood pressure and pulse rate, and reducing levels of the stress hormone cortisol, spending time in nature boosts your immune system, too. In a study in Japan,...
View ArticleWake-Up Call
My Brooklyn neighborhood is one of the most historic in New York. Up the block, the F. G. Guido Funeral Home, built circa 1840, was a destination of choice for many a Mafia send-off. The Gothic arches...
View ArticleChange Agents
2011 is almost over, and before we bid it a fond farewell, we’d like to celebrate a few of the people whose expansive vision and hard work have made the world a little bit better this year — people who...
View ArticleThe Frack Effect
As demand for natural gas in the United States increases, so does the incidence of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” a process that involves drilling thousands of feet into the ground and injecting...
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Dryer Dangers
Freshly laundered clothing can smell wonderful, but that familiar aroma might be camouflaging a dirty secret. Your dryer vents may be spewing toxic chemicals into the air every time you use scented...
View ArticleIncrease Your Water Awareness: World Water Day 2014
In Water Wars (South End Press, 2002) activist Vandana Shiva, PhD, writes: “Although two-thirds of our planet is water, we face an acute water shortage. The water crisis is the most pervasive, most...
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What Lurks Under the Covers
If any space in a house should feel healthy, it’s the bedroom. Yet mattresses, pillows, and other bedding can contain chemicals that, while intended to make sleep safer, actually have the opposite...
View ArticleBicycling Values: The Cost of Car vs. Bikes Commutes
A new study finds it’s six times more expensive for you — and for society — to drive a car than to ride a bicycle. The 2015 study, lead by researchers at Sweden’s Lund University and Australia’s...
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