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Local Contributions of Protected Areas Support...
Fielding Memorial Park fieldtrip, Sudbury © Noah Cole Ontario Nature is excited to officially announce an additional 13,000 hectares of protected and conserved areas now contributing towards Canada’s target to protect 30 percent of all lands and waters by 2030, known as the 30×30 target. The 30×30 target represents a national and international movement to
How to sleep train my baby...
Are you rocking, holding, feeding, bouncing or assisting your child to sleep? Is your baby falling asleep with your help? Are you putting your baby down asleep in her crib? If so, then you have created a sleep crutch and now she can’t put herself to sleep. Sleep training or coaching is the act of
Hammock ~ Nevertheless | a closer...
Nevertheless is a word that Marc Byrd, half of Hammock along with Andrew Thompson, grew accustomed to hearing at funerals in the Deep South. “A loved one is gone. Nevertheless …” The word was meant to convey reflection, recalibration, a pause between considerations, as in Selah. The duo is no stranger to sorrow and loss, which has
FY-2019…Hella Surprise Of A Year!?
It’s still January…so by now, I’m sweating to wrap this up by month-end (at the very latest!), while you’re probably feeling besieged (& bamboozled) by the media’s parade of talking heads who seamlessly re-write their broken #2019 narratives & still pitch their #2020 market prognostications with undaunted confidence. Which is a tad discouraging when I’m
Awakening the Light Within: Meditation, Sacred...
♀️ “Focusing on the light within us is like turning on switches in our chakras, each one bringing us closer to a higher state of being. Through meditation and sacred sounds, we ride the light’s wave toward broader understanding.” ♀️ Meditation isn’t just about stillness—it’s also about illumination. Across spiritual traditions, light is seen as
Acknowledgment
Acknowledging how things are is a key to reducing stress. When we experience difficulties in our lives, so often our default mode is to say NO, NO, NO! to them. We decide that our difficulties shouldn’t be happening, look for someone to blame (often ourselves or people we dislike), and find any way we can
Flow and Reflections RT5
Natural patterns of flow and reflection on the River Thames, December 2024, photographed from Golden Jubilee Bridge between Waterloo and Charing Cross Stations in London.
Kilchurn Session XVIII — A STRANGELY...
Eighteen sessions in, and somehow, todos still manages to unearth mixes that astound. Kilchurn Session XVIII arrives as a continuation of a conversation we’ve been having for over a decade, threading forgotten film cues, elusive ambient B-sides, and left-behind downtempo sketches into a two-hour séance. If you’ve followed the Kilchurn Sessions from the beginning, or
Swedish pension fund blacklists Tesla as...
Swedish pension fund AP7 has blacklisted Tesla and sold all its shares citing labour rights valuations by the US electric vehicle (EV) giant in the US. The fund joins an increasing number of institutions that are shunning Tesla in recent months. “AP7 has decided to blacklist Tesla due to verified violations of labor rights in
Camel Pose: Prepare to Backbend
This entry was posted on Jun 9, 2025 by Charlotte Bell. Backbends are exhilarating. They stimulate the nervous system, and can promote freer breathing. They are the perfect antidote to a sedentary life. Camel Pose (Ustrasana) is one of yoga’s more challenging backbends. The Camel Pose (Ustrasana) we know today—as in the above photo—is not