Investing in Mental Health is Good for Everyone
Mental health is important for everybody and painting it can be challenging for many people. As with most preventive practises it’s wise to invest in it. The benefits of keeping…
Body & Mind
The 20 Safest Cities in the World
The Economist safe cities list (pdf link) has been released and the results are pretty neat! There are some cities that you’d expect to be there and some surprise too!…
Harvest Energy From Everyday Activities
Some gyms are capturing the energy created by users to power the TVs in the buildings. But what if we capture energy from our movements throughout the day? That’s what…
Doctors Prescribing Nature
Doctor Robert Zarr prescribes walking in parks to his patients. Regular readers already know that the exposure to nature is beneficial in multiple ways for our physical and mental health.…
Overwhelming Proof You Can’t Eat Enough Fruit and Vegetables
We all know that fruits and vegetables are good for us – but did you know that at any age you can reduce your risk of death by 42%? According…
100in1Day Spreads to More Cities
On June 7th Toronto will be one of many cities having an intervention. 100in1Day is being brought to Toronto through the efforts of Evergreen meaning that Toronto will join many…
Stress Shouldn’t Stress You Out
In this TED talk, Kelly McGonigal examines the biology of stress and concludes that we really shouldn’t be all that worried about it. Stress. It makes your heart pound, your…
Get Help Choosing an Ethical Career
80,000 Hours is a student run organization at Oxford University that helps people find a job or career in something that makes the world better. This is great for so…
EcoParent Online for Helpful Eco-Tips
EcoParent Magazine is all about raising children in an environmentally-friendly way while inspiring respect for the planet. The site currently has a range of tips and information ranging from edible…
EU Bans Cosmetics Tested on Animals
The European Union has banned the selling of cosmetics that have been tested on animals. This will make the lives of many animals better and may encourage innovations in cosmetic…
Low-Protein Diet Can Help Manage Parkinson’s
Researchers in Toronto are looking into ways to help people who are suffering from Parkinson’s by altering diets. So far their research has shown that by embracing a low-protien diet…
Eat Early for Best Calorie Burning Results
If you tend to eat early in the day you are more likely to burn weight than people who eat later on in the day. A study recently looked into…
Leave Loved Ones With an Exit Plan
Get Your Shit Together (GYST) is a website dedicated to making it so that other people don’t need to experience what one mother had to go through when her husband…
Marijuana Decriminalization Lowers Youth Crime Rate
Marijuana has been recently decriminalized in a few states in the USA, and based off of data from California the overall rate of youth arrests will drop dramatically. This is…
A Step Beyond Positive Thinking
Positive thinking gets a lot of praise because people think that just changing one’s thoughts their lives would improve. This is not entirely true. It turns out to really make…
A Good Book Review on Health
Drop Dead Healthy by A.J. Jacobs (Simon & Schuster, April 2012) acts as the conclusion to the author’s bestselling “humble quest” trilogy. As with The Know-It-All and The Year of…
Vogue Wants Woman Who Look Real, not Girls
Vogue, a fashion magazine, has decided to only show women older than 16 and women who don’t appear to have an eating disorder. This may sound odd that they would…