If you observed two elementary-school classes, one with children digging holes outside and the other where the kids were sitting at laptop computers gazing into monitors, in which �classroom� would you guess more learning is taking place? Educators who subscribe to the Waldorf progressive model of learning would �dig� the former natural environment over the latter. (Monday March 14th, 2016 — The Daily News Journal - Murfreesboro, Tennessee USA)

From pesticide and fungicide to soap making and cosmetics, neem oil is used in a wide variety of applications. (Saturday March 12th, 2016 — WhaTech - India)

A new study suggests that schools constructed with green building principles make for more environmentally aware students. (Friday March 11th, 2016 — Co.Design - New York, New York USA)

The Camphill movement was founded to give pride to the more vulnerable members of our society, by allowing them to grow in the freedom and protection of shared community. In the past 70 years this great family has spread through Ireland, Britain, Europe, America, Africa and the Far East. As it has grown, it has changed. Members judged able now live more independently, though still with support. (Friday March 11th, 2016 — Irish Times )

Tom Petherick ... has been pretty busy. He is an authority of biodynamic farming, author and columnist for The Telegraph and The Times and an inspector for biodynamic certification body, Demeter. He earns his living writing about or working on the land. (Thursday March 10th, 2016 — Plymouth Herald - UK)

�Bio Meran will simply become part of a producer organisation that is already active in many markets, while Apofruit will enjoy all of the advantages derived from the acquisition�s high level of professionalism in the biodynamic sector.� (Friday March 4th, 2016 — Co-operative News )

Seacoast Waldorf School announced it was awarded a $25,000 from the Davis Family Foundation of Yarmouth. ... The funds will be used toward the construction of a 7,500-square-foot building on the school�s 5-acre Eliot campus that will house the Seacoast Waldorf School middle school program. (Tuesday March 1st, 2016 — Foster's Daily Democrat - )

This philosopher and scientist's insights inspired what has become a worldwide movement of schools that promotes universal human values, educational pluralism and meaningful teaching and learning opportunities. (Tuesday March 1st, 2016 — Nottingham Post - UK)

Organic and biodynamic wines are hot topics. No longer �fringe� wines, they�re now commonplace in our shops, restaurants and homes. (Saturday February 27th, 2016 — TheChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada)

�Dairy farms is not an easy business to be in today. This is an initiative to not just keep farmers on the farm for longer, but also enable them to gradually adapt sustainable, organic and biodynamic changes over the long term,� said Adelaide Hills Dairies managing director Ulli Spranz. (Friday February 26th, 2016 — The Advertiser - South Australia)

A peek into Pasadena Waldorf School�s new ‎Pre-school‬ site on the Mendocino Street campus in ‪‎Altadena‬. Two classrooms, a farm yard with six raised ‪‎garden‬ beds and ‪‎chickencoop‬ plus the new play yard featuring the beautiful and imaginative playhouse (above) built by one of PWS preschool dads. (Thursday February 25th, 2016 — Pasadena Now - Pasadena, California USA)

At Eugene Waldorf School, Perrott says, �every lesson we start with something already from their understanding and then we grow from there. So whether it�s science or math or reading and writing, everything we start with is something they already know about.� (Thursday February 25th, 2016 — Eugene Weekly - Eugene, Oregon USA)

Brazil has already welcomed British biotech firm Oxitec, the private company leading the development of genetically-edited mosquitoes, into the country. Instead of a gene drive, Oxitec genetically engineers mosquitoes to produce larvae that dies after about four days. Still, many are skeptic of their decision to release these mutant mosquitoes into the wild, and their release has ignited an online conspiracy theory blaming Zika�s existence on the genetically modified mosquito. These theories are exactly what the panel�s scientists want to avoid. Clarity and understanding should precede fear. In the words of MIT�s Esvelt: �If Zika is what it takes to talk seriously about gene drives in advance of experiments, so that the public conversation can demand that those experiments are transparent, that�s a silver lining to Zika. And we�d be fools not to grasp it.� (Wednesday February 24th, 2016 — Think Progress- USA)

A big part of biodynamic farming, even if you�re producing vegetables and fruits, are the animals. The Chesters� farm animals are now famous: their stories have been featured on Oprah�s OWN network. (Wednesday February 24th, 2016 — Forbes - )

In December the French government passed a law banning supermarkets from throwing away unsold food. The law requires stores there to donate unwanted food to charities or food banks. (Tuesday February 9th, 2016 — Care2.com)

Grape farmers around the world have also begun to weed out the use of pesticides and chemicals to protect crops. Additionally, grape farmers have begun organic and biodynamic farming, which is much better for the soil that the grapes are grown in, as well as the ecosystem of surrounding areas. (Friday January 22nd, 2016 — Ecopreneurist - )

The scientist who stripped Pluto of its planetary status helped discover it. ... The researchers haven't observed Planet X itself, but believe it exists because of the unique configuration of six objects when they come closest to the sun, according to Science. (Friday January 22nd, 2016 — Huffington Post - USA)

The consonant L is the only water sound in the esoteric alphabet of the harmonious movement art of eurythmy. Rudolf Steiner's association of L with Capricorn always puzzled me, but felt right on some deeper unconscious level. Then one day, a cord of resonance sounded in my Soul. Through the sound and eurythmy gesture of L, we're cleansed and purified, especially during the four weeks after the Winter Solstice, so that the essence of our Souls can awaken in new Light when we reach Aquarius. As we move the golden orange rays up our spine with the purple flow of contemplation, our silver grey earthly self transforms into the soft pink -- eurythmists like to call it peach blossom -- glow of the winter Capricorn light. (Friday January 22nd, 2016 — Huffington Post - USA)

BBC Earth asked mathematicians and physicists to tell us which equations they think are the most beautiful. Their choices range from explanations of antimatter to predicting how sub-atomic particles behave. Explore the 12 equations below, and vote for your favourite in our poll below. (Friday January 22nd, 2016 — BBC online - UK)

The art of making sound visible was first conceived in 1912 by Dr Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian litterateur, scientist, artist and philosopher who lived in Europe from 1861 to 1925. �This form of movement is not a dance, nor a mime, but an art of movement, making visible speech and music,� explains Thomas Sutter, who has led the group for the past decade. �Eurythmy uses for its expression the most flexible of all instruments � the human body.� (Wednesday January 20th, 2016 — Free Press Journal - Mumbai, India)