By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World The Dann sisters, Carrie and Mary, are two Western Shoshone elders who live on ancestral and environmentally sensitive lands of Crescent...
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Why the Danish are the Happiest People on the Planet
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Happiness is a national obsession in the United States. Take a walk down the self-help isle of your local bookstore and you’ll find a...
Synchrony and Exertion of Dancing Found to Encourage Social Bonding, Raise Pain Threshold
By Christina Lavers Contributing writer for Wake Up World “To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak.” ~ Hopi Indian saying There is not one culture on Earth that does not have...
Urban Edible Forests: The Future of Food is Here!
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World “A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes...
Why We Honor The Ancestors
By Gogo Thule Ngane Guest writer for Wake Up World I think many people look at earth-based spirituality as worshiping the outside world; something outside of yourself. Spirit has shown me...
New Study Shows Regular Contact with Nature Reduces Crime, Increases Social Cohesion
By Christina Lavers Contributing Writer for Wake Up World “We need the tonic of wildness… At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all...
How Old Grows Young – Preschools in Nursing Homes Give New Life to Elderly Residents
By Carmen Allgood Contributing writer for Wake Up World Aging can have a lot of issues attached to it: The body is no longer at the top of its game and gravity is slowly but surely drawing...
The Beginning of the End for Monsanto? Communities Fight Back Against Chemical Contamination
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World One of the most hated corporations on the planet, Monsanto is on the hot seat once again. This time, the city of San Jose in the United...
Hunza: A Paradise Of High Literacy, Longevity and Gender Equality in a Remote Corner Of Pakistan
26th October 2015 By Palash Ghosh Guest Writer for Wake Up World The Hunza Valley, a region in the Gilgit–Baltistan territory of northernmost Pakistan, is renowned not only for its spectacular...
Survival of the Kindest: Evidence Humankind is Evolving to Become More Compassionate
By Paul Lenda Guest Writer for Wake Up World In recent history it has been commonly thought that human beings are hardwired to be instinctively selfish. This perception of reality made for way...
Burningman — A Magical Land Where Thoughts Become Things
25th September 2015 By Nanice Ellis Contributing Writer for Wake Up World I’ve recently returned from a long, windy week in the hot (and cold) Nevada desert. As I wash the sand and...
Urban Homesteads and Communal Farms: How To Turn Dirt Into Gold
By Carmen Allgood Contributing Writer for Wake Up World When Tiny is Huge: How a Family Produces 6,000 Pounds of Food in Their Back Yard Just 30 minutes north of Los Angeles in the burbs of...