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Flax Glowballs – Oh She Glows

Flax Glowballs Vegan, oil-free, soy-free Yield10-12 large balls Prep time5 minutes Cook time0 minutes Chill time60 Total time5 minutes Ingredients 1 cup flax seeds, ground (or just use pre-ground) 1/2 cup rolled oats, ground into flour 1/4 cup Sucanat (or other dry sweetener like white sugar), or more to taste 1 cup mashed banana (~2 […]

Find out what it takes to be an ecotourist

Vacations are an integral part of every person’s life. Following long seasons of hard work, it is well deserved to get away from busy schedules and enjoy nature. The tourism industry is fully built around the need for vacations. While tourism is good, it has its dark side. The entire industry thrives on the existence […]

In Finland, people get prizes for their unwanted textiles

In the quest for a more sustainable future, the Finnish city of Lahti has taken a remarkable step with an innovative pilot program called the Textile Deposit scheme. This incentivized recycling program aims to encourage locals to actively sort and recycle their textile waste instead of sending it to the landfill.  Continue reading below Our […]

Microsoft Build: Responsible AI (Sarah Bird)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android In this episode I spoke to Sarah Bird, Engineering Lead at Microsoft. We talked about what responsible AI is and its main components and best practices. Sarah also explained what generative AI is and example metrics to evaluate systems that use it. At the end we talked about […]

These low-cost housing solutions are made from bamboo

The Housing NOW project addresses home insecurity in a variety of affordable, efficient and sustainable ways. Started by Blue Temple, an architecture design studio based in Myanmar, the structures are constructed using bamboo that is locally available and endlessly renewable. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos In addition to the low costs and reduced pollution […]

How the endangered American chestnut is making a big return

The American chestnut was all but destroyed by fungal blight and logged as settlements spread west when the United States was settled by Europeans. But lately, it’s making a comeback. Endangered for years, the American chestnut is now being appreciated for its many helpful characteristics in cultivated permaculture gardens and its value as a historical […]

Summer in the City

From the middle of March, when a family emergency put this blog on hiatus, until the middle of July, when a funeral mass was held for my dad, my life was split almost evenly between my home in New York City and my parent’s home in Central Florida. The emergency in March was an incident […]