This charming restaurant could all be yours in exchange for your best recipe

BY: JACK M. If cooking is your passion and owning your own restaurant is your fantasy, then you better be prepared to invest some serious money to get that business up and running. Between construction costs and buying a piece…

Toronto Police are incorporating mindfulness into their duties

By: Adrian Smith  New recruits from Ontario’s Peel Regional Police attended a lecture on mindfulness last month at the West End Buddhist temple in Mississauga. Bhante Saranapala, or the ‘urban city monk,’ as Toronto’s youth call him, led two dozen…

Why the rest of the world needs to start following Norway’s lead on saving the environment

BY: Zoe Melnyk Norway’s plans to end deforestation and ban gas-powered cars are quickly making it one of the greenest countries in the world. Just last month, Norway promised to ban deforestation. That’s a huge leap most countries in the…

How Banksy has captured our hearts and our minds.

By: Andrew Uyeno We tend to love mysteries. Did aliens land in Roswell? Does the Bermuda Triangle really make ships disappear? Where did Amelia Earhart go? And also: who is Banksy? The graffiti artist from the UK had taken the…

If you’re a sarcastic smartass – you’re probably a better person

BY: Jocelyn Schwalm “It is said that truth comes from the mouths of fools and children: I wish every good mind which feels an inclination for satire would reflect that the finest satirist always has something of both in him.”…

Why you should stop planning your life out and embrace the uncertainty life throws at you

By: Andrew Uyeno  When we were younger, our parents planned out every event, from what time we left home, to where we stopped for lunch, to when we went to bed. Planning your day has value in adulthood, but when…

This journalist quit her $95,000 job in NYC to scoop ice cream on an island

BY: Zoe Melnyk Most people don’t grow up in a southern conservative home and graduate from Yale to wind up scooping ice cream on an island in the Virgin Islands. However, many people do graduate from prestigious universities, land a…

Domestic violence put my life on hold – I’m reclaiming it by taking a 14,000-mile journey

BY: MEREDITH CHERRY If you could escape your daily grind and go on the adventure of a lifetime, what would you do? For me, the answer is clear. This October I will give up my cozy desk job for the…

A look at the incredibly detailed salt labyrinths inside a 13th-century French castle

BY: ERIC ZDANCEWICZ For his newest exhibition, artist Motoi Yamamoto has created two incredibly detailed installations using salt as his only material. The installation is displayed at Aigues-Mortes, a 13th-century French castle. According to The Creators Project, “Yamamoto enters a…

To tackle donor shortage, scientists have started growing our organs in pigs

BY: CAROLINE ROLF Known to science as chimeras – lab created embryos that are part human, part pig – could be a sustainable method of growing and harvesting transplant organs for patients in need. The ultimate goal is a future…

The fundamental guide to leading a more creative life

By: Adrian Smith Ever wondered what it takes to be more creative? This infographic by Pop Chart Lab offers a complete guide to making your inner genius your greatest on-the-job asset. It’s filled with both conventional and completely ridiculous ways…

Forest cemeteries will see tombstones replaced with beautiful, protected trees

 BY: JESSICA BEUKER In the last few years, we’ve seen a rise in the popularity of non-traditional burial methods. Compost-based renewal systems where you become a part of the earth after death, ashes pressed into vinyl records, made into paintings…

Bangkok’s men come to the amulet market in search of protection

BY: CAROLINE ROLF  The halls are lined with thousands upon thousands of trinkets, each with their own protective power. Every Sunday, hundreds of men squat on the ground to study the display cases with magnifying glasses, hoping to find a…

Music is now being used in the treatment process for cancer patients – and it’s working

By: Jocelyn Schwalm Music has the special ability to resonate at our very core. Even when we feel like we are at our most vulnerable, it can console us. Now music is being linked to helping individuals who are undergoing…

The YouTube channel that will make you less of an ignorant asshole

BY: Victoria Heath In 2011, Hank and John Green started the YouTube channel “Crash Course,” with the dream of making education entertaining for kids and adults. Within five years, however, their honest and personable educational videos have amassed over four million…

Meet the 69-year-old ordained minister opening America’s first weed dispensary for seniors

BY: JESSICA BEUKER At 69 years old, Sue Taylor is extremely healthy. A former catholic school principal and ordained minister, the mother of three attributes her good health to eating right, lots of exercise and cannabis. Last month, the city…

Welcome to Base Pirata – a close community of travelers living in the jungle

By: Jessica Devnani The place was called Amazonas Base Pirata. To me, it was kind of like The Beach, except without any of the drama, and a happier ending. Put simply, Base Pirata is a community of travelers who live…

How education is becoming become a roadblock to freedom and success

By: Jocelyn Schwalm “…education has become one of the chief obstacles of intelligence and freedom of thought.” Bertrand Russell Society today places too much pressure on students to be high achievers, but it comes at a high cost. It is…

Having a mental breakdown is actually good for you

BY: Adrian Smith Society expects the best of people—making us work long hours throughout the week with an emphasis on being responsible, levelheaded, and, above all, normal. But this video from ‘School of Life’ expresses a different view, revealing why…

The personal stories of Uber Drivers

  By: Andrew Uyeno One of the best ways to learn life lessons is to sit down and listen. As everyone and their moms now take Uber, it’s the perfect place to do just that. Every driver has his or…