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A new company is turning low-value wood chips into structural beams that are 10 times stronger than wood. The product, which could replace hardwood taken from rainforests, is expected to be on the market soon. The World’s First ‘Super Wood’ is Weeks Away from Full Production https://woodcentral.com.au/the-worlds-first-super-wood-is-weeks-away-from-full-production/ Related Reading
‘Freedom Seat: India to Germany on a Tandem Bike with Strangers’ is a documentary film available for viewing on WATERBEAR, a “free platform that brings inspiration and action together through award-winning, certified films and documentaries that you can stream at any time, and on any device for free.” “In 2019, Naresh Kumar cycled 8,646 kilometers…
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The word “regenerative” appears on the labels of all kinds of groceries these days, but defining the word and knowing whether is effective is slippery. The truth about ‘regenerative’ food labels https://one5c.com/what-is-regenerative-farming-136942251 Related Reading
Rent and teacher shortages are rising, so this school district is building a village of tiny houses on a school’s soccer field that offers dignified and affordable housing for service professionals like teachers, nurses and firefighters. Another one is being built on a basketball court that offers affordable housing, life skills, therapy and job training…
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A Boston political scientist wrote the blueprint for undermining autocrats that activists used successfully in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Across Asia. He identifies three approaches that have worked especially well. Three Well-Tested Ways to Undermine an Autocrat https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/opinion/authoritarianism-democracy-protest.html Related Reading
While the federal government backslides on climate action and panders to fossil fuel interests, dozens of states, counties, cities and tribes are suing those same interests for fraud, climate damages and racketeering. Here’s a look at the overwhelming evidence behind those lawsuits. Decades of Deceit: The Case Against Major Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Fraud…
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It is amazing how lightly taxed our richest people are compared to everyone else. It could destroy our democracy if we don’t change it. Concentrated wealth is destroying our country. We must start making the rich pay their fair share. We Must Reform Our Regressive Capital Gains Tax for the Sake of Our Democracy https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/reform-regressive-capital-gains…
“STREET LEAGUES” is a documentary film available for viewing on WATERBEAR, a “free platform that brings inspiration and action together through award-winning, certified films and documentaries that you can stream at any time, and on any device for free.” “Street Leagues” follows a group of players as they rise from their daily struggles with homelessness and…
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Robin Wall Kimmerer’s new book, The Serviceberry, explores reciprocity and gift economies as alternatives to market-driven scarcity and competition. Recognizing the intrinsic value of all life and fostering mutual responsibility is a key step toward better environmental sustainability. Reciprocity: Rethinking Our Relationship with the Natural World https://e360.yale.edu/features/robin-kimmerer-interview Related Reading
With the U.S. facing a nationwide housing shortage, and with developers having largely abandoned building new entry-level homes, families sharing their living spaces with non-relatives is on the rise. Why Americans are moving in with strangers twice their age https://www.vox.com/housing/396042/why-more-americans-are-living-with-strangers-twice-their-age Related Reading