Thanks to an anti-obesity law passed last year, Japanese salarymen across the nation are pulling up their shirts to have their guts measured... and if they're overweight, they face consequences.If you're male and your waist is over 33.5 inches, you're ...Read More
David Lynch's foundation reportedly is offering $1 million in scholarships for students who want to study meditation at a university in Iowa. Although best known for his dark, disturbing films like Wild at Heart, Blue Velvet, Eraserhead and The Elephant Man, ...Read More
Utah state workers were the first state in the United States to switch to a four-day work week and have a three day weekend every weekend; since then Hawaii and Washington have followed suit, while West Virginia and Virginia are ...Read More
A new recycle shop, Pass The Baton, was opened in Marunouchi Brick Square in Tokyo, where each story of things becomes like a baton that will be passed to a new owner. The shop interior was designed by Masamichi Katayama. ...Read More
La Leche League Oxford runs a Maternity Clothes Library, for a small fee per item (currently £2) maternity clothes can be hired and kept for the whole pregnancy. They have many sizes and styles available as well as smart wear ...Read More
Imagine you are walking around your city, and you see an amazing piece of street art in the wall of a building. You go next to it, like in a museum, and take a look at the tag next to ...Read More
As found on Doors of Perception, China has been testing with experiments to re-purify their water supplies, due to what is thought to be caused by fertiliser running off the land into their rivers. Oenanthe Javanicas are planted into floating ...Read More
Cardboard Citizens changes the lives of homeless and displaced people through theatre and the performing arts.Mission: - Present plays performed by homeless and displaced people, to share experiences and problem-solve together. - Work in partnership to widen the reach of the company's ...Read More
FareShare has been operating since 2004 and today has 12 locations around the UK. Established in 1994 as a project within the homelessness charity Crisis, FareShare aims to help vulnerable groups, whether they are homeless, elderly, children, or other groups ...Read More
The inaugural Maker Faire Africa was a gathering of inventors and entrepreneurs from around the globe. One of the main purposes was to showcase African ingenuity to world. Taking place in Accra, Ghana, Maker Faire Africa had local artisans as ...Read More