In Israel, new discoveries at one of the world’s oldest villages are upending the debate about when we stopped wandering (Sunday July 9th, 2023 — Smithsonian Magazine - Washington DC USA)

Researchers have discovered a rare, deep-sea octopus nursery off the western shore of Costa Rica, complete with mother octopuses brooding their eggs and newly emerged hatchlings, according to a statement from the Schmidt Ocean Institute. The team also confirmed that a previously known gathering site of deep-sea octopuses is also an active nursery. (Monday July 3rd, 2023 — Smithsonian Magazine - Washington DC USA)

Camphill MK Communities have been awarded a £75,000 large strategic grant by MK Community Foundation to support their new capital expansion programme in Pennyland. (Thursday June 29th, 2023 — MKFM - Milton Keynes, UK)

On a recent flight to New York, I had the privilege of sitting next to Anna, a teacher in the Waldorf style of education. Based on the approach of Austrian philosopher, Rudolf Steiner, Waldorf schools offer a developmentally appropriate, experiential, and academically rigorous approach to education. They integrate the arts in all academic disciplines for children from preschool through 12th grade to enhance and enrich learning. Waldorf education aims to inspire life-long learning in all students and to enable them to fully develop their unique capacities. (Wednesday June 28th, 2023 — The Business Journals - California, USA)

Even if you are not familiar with the basic principles of Waldorf education, the chances are high that you have heard about forest schools in the United Kingdom or participated in scouting activities at the local branches as a child. Now, educators feel determined to bring back the best elements to the practice of outdoor education by making a positive difference in the lives of young people across the land. (Tuesday June 27th, 2023 — The Solihull Observer - UK)

In 1964, Jane Goodall's husband Hugo van Lawick took a photo of her and an infant chimp reaching out to each other. Decades later, it continues to impact how we view chimpanzees. (Image credit: Hugo van Lawick) (Friday June 23rd, 2023 — BBC online)

As these ways of speaking disappear, some linguists say, so, too, do ways of thinking. At risk are vital clues to unlock mysteries of human evolution, neurology, even medical science. (Friday June 23rd, 2023 — Washington Post - Washington DC USA)

Previous generations of cool roofs were generally low-tech: the equivalent of a fancy can of white paint or gray shingles. These work. On a summer afternoon, estimates Berkeley Lab, a white roof will stay at least 31 degrees Celsius (55 Fahrenheit) cooler than a darker one. But for practical and aesthetic reasons, not everyone wants a white roof. New products approach the performance of white material in dozens of colors, including black. (Tuesday June 20th, 2023 — Washington Post - Washington DC USA)

When Gina Giugni began farming a small vineyard on the extreme Central Coast, heavy tilling and synthetic sprays had stripped the land of its native plants, and invasive species like mustard and malva had taken over. Right away, she was set on reviving the vineyard through a rigorous, sometimes polarizing farming regimen: biodynamics. (Monday June 19th, 2023 — San Francisco Chronicle - California USA)

Many non-believers think it is like witchcraft or some gardening feng shui or yet another hocus pocus kind of belief. But when you see it working, you become a believer. This is why I also no longer believe in tilling the soil or breaking it or, as Olive Puentespina the farmers says, “huwag hubaran ang lupa (do not strip the soil).” (Saturday June 17th, 2023 — Philippine Star - )

Early sunlight slants onto the woolshed veranda at The Wrekin, as a group of Marlborough viticulturists gathers on a stunning autumn morning. (Thursday June 15th, 2023 — Rural News - New Zealand)

In a new study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, a folklorist and an anthropologist say that stories like "Rumpelstiltskin" and "Jack and the Beanstalk" are much older than originally thought. Instead of dating from the 1500s, the researchers say, some of these classic stories are 4,000 and 5,000 years old. This contradicts previous speculation that story collectors like the Brothers Grimm were relaying tales that were only a few hundred years old. (Saturday June 10th, 2023 — Smithsonian Magazine - Washington DC USA)

Thousands of photos are being collected for the Canterbury Hohepa project, Recollect, to showcase nearly six decades of supporting people with disabilities. (Sunday May 28th, 2023 — Stuff.co.nz)

This week, her new exhibition, evermore, opens at Saint Cloche gallery in Sydney and is all about right now. As in, surrendering to the present in order to come closer to the “all-embracing truth” as laid out in the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner. Working with natural pigment powders on raw linen, the work aims to replicate the concept of ‘heart thinking’ which emphasises our connection to our intuitive selves. (Saturday May 27th, 2023 — InStyle Australia )

Nearly any material can be used to turn the energy in air humidity into electricity, scientists found in a discovery that could lead to continuously producing clean energy with little pollution. (Friday May 26th, 2023 — Washington Post - Washington DC USA)

“Biodynamic doesn’t have to be moon-related, but there are cow horns with poo involved,” answers Osborn. “It’s all about microflora – it becomes a living breathing soil and breaks down carbon.” (Sunday May 21st, 2023 — South China Morning Post - )

Few visitors know that London has 640km of waterways – and there's a serious movement taking place to restore these "blue corridors" to their former glory. (Monday May 15th, 2023 — BBC online)

https://bitterwinter.org/anthroposophy-french-state-television-censored-for-its-anti-cult-bias/ (Monday May 15th, 2023 — Bitter Winter - Turin, Italy)

In the first three months of this year a third of the country's electricity came from wind farms, research from Imperial College London has shown. (Thursday May 11th, 2023 — BBC online)

The citron of Calabria in southern Italy had almost died out from extreme weather and lack of economic value. But growing the crop under a canopy of solar panels has given the fruit a new lease of life – with lessons for many climate-stressed crops. (Monday April 24th, 2023 — BBC online)