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Morning Links: Madonna Practices Yoga In Airplane Aisles


Need Some New Year Inspiration? – Check out some of the most impressive weight-loss success stories of 2010. (That’sFit)

Is It Possible (or Recommended) to Practice Yoga In an Airplane Aisle? – Madonna says yes. (The Guardian)

Craving Christmas Cookies? – Results of a new study on dopamine’s relationship to impulse control, addiction, and some psychiatric disorders. (Science Daily) … More »

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Morning Links: Madonna Practices Yoga In Airplane Aisles

Data Overload? Your Daily Information Intake, In Numbers


We manage pretty well in our data-saturated lives. But sometimes it’s beneficial to take a step back and look at how much information you’re actually processing within a 24 hour period. This informative clip from GOOD‘s blog does just that, and leaves us with just one question: Is all this data necessarily a bad thing? … More »

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Data Overload? Your Daily Information Intake, In Numbers

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Ship Green: With UPS, you can choose to offset your carbon footprint and benefit three different eco-projects from around the world. (via GOOD)
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Irritating Infographic: Why Your Morning Commute Sucks


Ever wonder what causes the inevitable rush hour traffic jam? Surprisingly, it’s not the mass amount of cars or crummy roads. Scientists have discovered the reason for congestion is sprawl. Check out this infographic to see how sprawl affects the commute in metropolitan areas across the country. … More »

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Irritating Infographic: Why Your Morning Commute Sucks

Would These New Warnings Help You Quit Smoking?


After June 22, 2011, all packs of cigarettes will carry “larger, more visible” warning labels as a result of the Tobacco Control Act. The FDA proposed nine designs, all consisting of colored graphics illustrating the negative health effects that smoking can cause. The new warnings will take up at least half of the packaging.
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Would These New Warnings Help You Quit Smoking?

Infographic: How We Really Feel About Eco-Friendly Companies


Global companies are certainly trying to be more eco-friendly (or at least pretend to be) but is the effort really worth it? This infographic examines if “going green” is making a company more or less favorable in the eyes of consumers around the world. … More »

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Infographic: How We Really Feel About Eco-Friendly Companies

Blisstree » LIVE 2010-11-01 13:02:40


Uber-Upcycling: In London, former shipping containers, bottles, and pieces of cork are reborn as classrooms, offices, and youth centers that are 80% recycled and 100% cool-looking. (via GOOD)
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The Secret Life of Beef Video: Your Happy Meal Makes the Environment Sad


At Blisstree, we like to think that we know just how tough livestock production is on the environment (we yak about the topic a lot), but this 6:45 video by environmental nonprofit INFORM reaffirms several shocking facts on the subject that are well worth repeating and sharing. Namely, livestock production creates a massively negative effect on the environment (extensive water usage, destruction of trees for pasture, responsible for 20% of all greenhouse gas emissions around the world, etc.). Also, cows are not supposed to eat corn or grain. These make them sick, which is why many of them are shot up with so many antibiotics. (Did you know that 70% of the antibiotics used in the U.S. are for livestock, not humans?) … More »

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The Secret Life of Beef Video: Your Happy Meal Makes the Environment Sad