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Capsula Mundi burial pods grow live trees from dead people

As with other green burials such as Bios Urna (shrub pots pre-planted with soil, seeds, and human remains) and Poetree Burial Planter (human ashes in a biodegradable cork pot, planted with a boxwood sapling and ringed with the deceased’s inscription in ceramic), families and friends could visit the future flora, care for it and rest in its shade.

QR Codes for Students: Making Learning Click—Literally!

Me-qr is a valuable resource for educators looking to integrate QR codes into their teaching strategies. With their intuitive platform, teachers can create qr code free for a variety of applications, from sharing lesson plans to linking interactive exercises.

The Kibbutz Movement from Israel Revival

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The Shah’s Harem and the Subtle Grace of the Persian Mustache

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How Sustainable Sourcing Practices Protect Our Planet’s Resources

Companies are examining new ways to improve their sustainability practices. It’s not just about them. It’s also about their supply chains, vendors, logistics, and everything else involved in their operations. And consumers are increasingly seeking to do business with those whose commitment to sustainability is demonstrable. 

The Orange Economy: How Religion and AI Are Shaping Innovation

Looking toward the future faith, creativity and technology will often intersect. The pathway from “prophet” to “profit” will not always be clear. However, creativity, at times fueled by faith, will help spur greater creativity where-in new technologies will allow the visionaries of the future to unlock new possibilities for collaboration, innovation, and mutual understanding more quickly than ever.

Christmas tree rentals are the greenest gift for Christmas

In Cork, Ireland you can rent a Christmas tree. Every year Christian families have the same question at Christmas? Should we buy a plastic Christmas...

Would you try chocolate hummus?

Israelis cross the line when the make hummus with chocolate. Lebanese want to the ceasefire called.

8 alternative Christmas trees green up your holiday!

Drop the Ho Ho Ho, and instead chant Reduce Reuse Recycle. It's what the Ghost of Christmas Future is all about. Or when all else fails, rent a Christmas tree. 

Santa Fe Care Center Ratings: What They Reveal About Quality and Care

Growing out in the sustainable city of Santa Fe

Dubai’s first carbon free mosque

The greenest mosque in the Middle East is in Dubai.

The Taliban bans women’s voices, non-Muslim friendships and visits to national park

Women in the Taliban-controlled country of Afghanistan are already banned from showing their bodies and faces in public. A new blow to dehumanizing women is the ban of the sound of women's voices in public. Like the regime in Iran that controls women singing in public and showing their hair, the restrictions in Afghanistan are more fierce and among them bans women from being friends with non-Muslims and from entering national parks: 

Organic mattress topper and eco dorm essentials

Tell your dorm mates you are "upcycling" an old mattress into a luxury organic mattress, one made with sustainably harvested hevea milk.

Zero-Waste Living: Effective Tips for Reducing Household Waste

Useful and Practical Tips to Adopt Zero-waste Living Lifestyle

Why Experience Gifts are the Perfect Sustainable Choice for the Eco-Conscious

Experience gifts are the perfect gift to give. They take the guesswork out of what to get a loved one, and they can be used for any occasion- a birthday, an anniversary, or just because. Now you can rest almost all assurances that every experience that you gift will be an eco-friendly one. 

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