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Why Are People Eating Their Own Trash?

There are a couple of reasons this disturbs me: First of all, I don’t want to be anywhere near a sentence that pairs “eats” and “trash” and doesn’t involve the phrase “trash compactor.” Second, what are we really deciding is unimportant when we just toss our plastic bottles and stuff, instead of recycling them? Read…

He's Called Rain Man Because Of His Brilliant Idea. It Could Help A Whole Lot Of People.

This is the best reason to stockpile something I’ve heard in a long while. Droughts are a big problem — what if the solution is fairly simple? [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gys8n75yfNY?wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white&w=810&h=456] Read more: http://upworthy.com/hes-called-rain-man-because-of-his-brilliant-idea-it-could-help-a-whole-lot-of-people-lw2-3c

Enh, Who Needs Their Kids To Breathe Anyway?

The coal industry thinks that we’ll believe anything they say. This Coen brothers clip will prove them wrong.  [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-_U1Z0vezw?wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white&w=810&h=456] Read more: http://upworthy.com/enh-who-needs-their-kids-to-breathe-anyway-4

Listen To This Guy's Important Interview. Because Survival And Stuff.

News cycles are depressing, but this dude, Bill McKibben, is not. He’s got a really good point on what we little people can do to help with a really big problem. In fact, at 2:10, listen to him talk about how we should be more like bees. Yes. Bees. //www.thetakeaway.org/widgets/ondemand_player/#file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetakeaway.org%2Faudio%2Fxspf%2F318559%2F;containerClass=takeaway Read more: http://upworthy.com/listen-to-this-guys-important-interview-because-survival-and-stuff

What Does The Future Look Like? I'd Be Pretty Darn Excited If We Can Make It Look Like This.

The world is a tough place. Kids go hungry, families struggle to get by without clean water, climate change is scary … the list goes on and on. It’s enough to make you want to dream of something better. Unilever launched Project Sunlight to help with some of those things. The project includes some cool…

These Filmmakers Went Somewhere They Were NOT Welcome, And What They Captured Others Should Let Go

It’s fast-paced, action-packed, and visually stunning. It’s better than “The Avengers”! (Or so I say.) In any case, this is not your average save-the-whales video. [vimeo 95903058 w=500 h=281] P.S. If you think nothing can ever be better than “The Avengers” (and that is a great movie, BTW), you can still feel OK about thinking…

5 cats that are so over patriarchy

Cats. We love them, but do they love us? We may never know. But there’s one thing we know … cats hate patriarchy. If you’ve ever tried to make a cat live up to your expectations of cat behavior, you probably already know this. They despise ALL systems of unequal power and expectations. Cats are…

Love Your Neighbor, Even If She's A Shark

I first heard about endangered sharks years ago but had no idea how bad things have gotten. Stop-you-in-your-tracks statistics (and cool animations) start at 2:00 and put the issue in perspective. Artists are doing great work to reverse major biases that many of us hold against a really important member of the coral reef community.…