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If your life or livelihood is not on the line, being at home provides comfort, safety and even new skills. Source: Why you might dread the end of quarantine – The Washington Post https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/shannonkeating/post-pandemic-anxiety
The Boston Globe: Can hallucinogenic mushrooms treat depression? New Mass. General center to study psychedelics’ potential. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/03/30/metro/can-hallucinogenic-mushrooms-treat-depression-new-mass-general-center-study-psychedelics-potential/
Electrek.co: First look at the Jackery Explorer 1500 solar generator – ports in a storm. https://electrek.co/2021/03/29/jackery-explorer-1500-solar-generator-review/
The New York Times: Millerton, N.Y.: Unspoiled Beauty With a New Youthful Energy. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/24/realestate/millerton-ny-unspoiled-beauty-with-a-new-youthful-energy.html
Looking to leave your cramped, expensive living space to work from home permanently? We’ve done the research, and these are the US and Canadian cities that provide the best balance of affordability, livability, and connectivity. Source: The Best Work-From-Home Cities for 2021 | PCMag
It is easy to be pessimistic about the future. It is also easy to scientifically verify that pessimism through persuasive papers and charts. It is easier still to lose yourself in bleak visions of fires and floods, food and water shortages, widespread human suffering, violent apocalyptic cults, bad wi-fi, and from there, to numb…
Environmentalists: Life on Earth Hinges on Restoration of World’s Forests https://flip.it/3qojTT
America is running short of wood. https://qz.com/1985276/america-is-running-short-of-wood/?utm_source=google-news
A new book asks whether capitalism is compatible with public health. (The answer is no). https://www.salon.com/2021/03/14/a-new-book-asks-whether-capitalism-is-compatible-with-public-health-the-answer-is-no/
The New York Times: For Planet Earth, No Tourism is a Curse and a Blessing. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/07/travel/covid-pandemic-environmental-impact.html
The Guardian: Land could be worth more left to nature than when farmed, study finds. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/08/land-could-be-worth-more-left-to-nature-than-when-farmed-study-finds-aoe
This is truly the dream. Source: Framework’s Customizable Laptops Are Upgradeable and Repairable
Amateur field recordist Kyler B traverses the globe to explore, experience and share the phonic identities of cities and other environments. Source: Have Sound, Will Travel: One Man’s Global Journey Captured On YouTube | Sound of Life
The New York Times: Opinion | Can You Believe This Is Happening in America?. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/opinion/us-politics-texas-mars.html
What can hunter-gatherer societies teach us about work, time, and happiness? Source: Review: ‘Work,’ by James Suzman – The Atlantic
Harnessing the biochemistry of fermentation. Source: How to ferment your food
An alternative school in Cambridge adjusted and refined its approach during the pandemic to ensure students got what they needed, including later start times and one-on-one meetings with teachers. Source: This Cambridge high school made changes during the pandemic, leading to remote-learning success – The Boston Globe
“I like to see the happy faces, to see people enjoying the property.” Source: This Mass. camping spot ranked among the best outdoor stays in the U.S. | Boston.com
Republicans failed to ensure that the Texas power grid could withstand a cold snap, so the party’s broadcast arm recycled lies about wind energy to deflect blame on to Democrats. Source: Fox News Recycles Lies About Wind Turbines in Texas
The New York Times: Opinion | Don’t Go Down the Rabbit Hole. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/opinion/fake-news-media-attention.html
Work “nooks,” sanitizer-stocked mudrooms, and other new features might soon appear in American houses—for those who can afford them. Source: How the Coronavirus Will Change Home Design – The Atlantic
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Boston.com: This New England town was named by Travel + Leisure as one of the best places to retire in 2021. https://www.boston.com/travel/local-news/2021/02/09/new-england-town-best-places-to-retire-travel-leisure
Making products last longer, and giving old products second lives, is a central pillar of its climate ambitions: Ikea aims to become a “100% circular business” by 2030. That means creating home goods that not only meet Ikea’s definition of “democratic design” — affordable, high-quality, sustainable, stylish and functional — but also can be…
MarketWatch: Why vacation-home markets are booming in Alabama and New Hampshire. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-vacation-homes-are-booming-in-alabama-and-new-hampshire-11612469787
Recompose, located outside of Seattle, has turned its first customers into soil after years of development. Source: The First U.S. Funeral Home That Turns Bodies Into Compost Is Now Open
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