Roxane Uzureau had attended a ZeroWaste and responsible living event in Singapore back in 2018. It was there that she unwittingly got to know her barePack co-founders: Maximilien Mason, 29; Valerian Fauvel, 35; and Clement Hochart, 33. While waiting for one of the speakers to arrive onstage, she casually shared …
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Dr. DeVany’s title quote has haunted me for years; I typically ponder the significance of this deadpan assertion during my morning jog. “Come on, this can’t be dangerous, can it?” I assert that my morning jog helps me enjoy nature, clear my mind for the impending busy day in front …
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Author’s Blurb: Cashless payment apps, to me, are like debit and credit cards. I’ve always only sorted my cashless payment apps into a folder where I can easily access them, pretty much like a wallet. My actual debit and credit cards on the other hand, I’d keep in my Apple …
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By In April, when my adoptive mother began to decline after months of battling cancer, I tried to show my love and let her know I was thinking of her through phone and Skype calls, gifts and handwritten letters. I was managing her finances and helping to coordinate her care, …
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First, it was murder hornets. Now it’s stinging caterpillars. As if there wasn’t enough to worry about in 2020, foresters in Virginia are warning that if you see a caterpillar that looks like a wig on a tree, don’t touch it. The Virginia Department of Forestry said it had received …
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Bats were once of interest mainly to specialists and devoted conservationists. But the global pandemic pushed the animals squarely into the spotlight as the apparent original source of the novel coronavirus. Now, once arcane research into the large number of viruses that live in bats has acquired a new urgency, …
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Approximately 43 million Americans who carry student debt backed by federal government programs can reduce or suspend loan payments until December 31, 2020, based on the latest outline in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Even better? The interest rate on those loans continues to be 0%. [ Read: Best Private Student …
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“I should work out today.” “I should eat better.” “I should stop shoving food in my face.” How many times a day do you find yourself using the word should? Most of my clients know what they should be doing to improve their health, but can’t seem to motivate themselves …
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Vitamin C is one of skincare’s most popular ingredients because it’s proven to protect skin from photodamage and pollution, help brighten dark marks, and stimulate collagen production. Pretty much anyone who knows anything about skincare will tell you it’s on their ingredient shortlist. But let’s say you just… don’t want …
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