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Curiosity as an Instrument of Love: Thoreau’s Touching Account of 24 Hours with a Tiny Owl – the Marginalian Arts
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Curiosity as an Instrument of Love: Thoreau’s Touching Account of 24 Hours with a Tiny Owl – the Marginalian

On a raw October afternoon in 1855, Henry David Thoreau encountered a small screech-owl on a hemlock stump and did something radical: rather than shoot it for study as naturalists of his day would have done, he gently captured it, brought it home to observe for twenty-four...

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Hermann Hesse on How to Hear the Wisdom of the Inner Voice – the Marginalian
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Vidya Bhavani Suresh: the Chennai Dancer Who Teaches You to Read Bharatanatyam, Not Just Watch It
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'They Have heart': Honolulu Medical Clinic Marks a Decade of Serving Immigrant Fishermen | Hawai'i Public Radio
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3 Teens Win Global Earth Prize for Inventing Tamarind Powder That Easily Removes Microplastics
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Better sleep, Improved health, Happier people: How ‘Cool Roofs’ Could Help Millions Avoid Deadly Heat | Global Development | the...
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The Schools Giving Children a Say in How They Are Run Schools
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The Schools Giving Children a Say in How They Are Run

When a six-year-old suggests a "buddy bench" for lonely classmates and watches it become real, something shifts - not...

Václav Havel, Writing From Prison, on How to Hold Your Failure – the Marginalian Inspiration
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Václav Havel, Writing From Prison, on How to Hold Your Failure – the Marginalian

Václav Havel - playwright, dissident, eventual president of the Czech Republic - knew what it was to betray himself,...

How Utah Is Looking Out for Kids Who Lose a Parent Youth
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How Utah Is Looking Out for Kids Who Lose a Parent

When Ashlyn Stone's partner died in a car accident in 2020, no one from any public agency reached out to help her...

From Barren Shores to Green oases: How a Surfer Looking for Shade Ended up Transforming Costa Rica’s Coastline | Costa... Environment
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From Barren Shores to Green oases: How a Surfer Looking for Shade Ended up Transforming Costa Rica’s Coastline | Costa...

What begins as a surfer's promise to his girlfriend - that he would reforest a shadeless beach so she could enjoy...

Nobody Taught Them to Adult — So They're Teaching Each Other Youth
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Nobody Taught Them to Adult — So They're Teaching Each Other

Every year in India, roughly 30,000 teenagers age out of state-run childcare to become, as one advocate put it,...

Better sleep, Improved health, Happier people: How ‘Cool Roofs’ Could Help Millions Avoid Deadly Heat | Global Development | the... Environment
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Better sleep, Improved health, Happier people: How ‘Cool Roofs’ Could Help Millions Avoid Deadly Heat | Global Development | the...

A simple coat of reflective paint on corrugated metal and asbestos roofs across African townships is proving that...