Positive Change

Join Ziggy Marley in the fight to protect the Amazon Rainforest

Sustainability and environmental protection has always been a crucial movement to the Marley household, and Ziggy Marley takes these principles into action in his effort to protect the Amazon Rainforest and fight agains the existing threats to the indigenous caretakers of the land. Ziggy has...

Couple Plants 2.7 Million Trees Over 20 Years To Restore Brazilian Forest

Photo via Intelligent Living Article by Andrea D. Steffen, Intelligent Living A couple of people can literally make a whole forest of a difference! That’s what renowned Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado and his wife Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado have proven. With the help of many, they planted 2.7...

Marijuana Reform Should Focus On Inequality

Image by Andrew Lichtenstein / Corbis via Getty. Article by Sarah Milov, via The Atlantic. Especially because Americans of color have borne the brunt of the drug war, they deserve to share in the marijuana boom now taking hold across the country. And if America’s long...

6-Year-Old Says No To Bullying With Sweet Back-To-School Shirt

Image by Unfading adornments (Facebook), via HuffPost Article by Caroline Bologna, Huffpost A 6-year-old boy named Blake is highlighting the power of kindness and friendship just in time for back-to-school season. Last week, Blake’s mother, Nikki Rajahn, posted a photo of her son wearing a shirt that says “I...

Illinois Becomes The Latest State To Legalize Marijuana

Photo by Lokal_Profil via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 2.5) Article by Jade via The Shade Room Illinois has now become the 11th state to officially legalize marijuana. The news was announced Tuesday after the state’s new Democratic governor signed a bill legalizing its use. According to ABC News, the Illinois General...

Why Captain Marvel’s milestone status creates so much pressure for it to succeed

Photo by Gareth Cattermole (Getty Images for Disney) Article by Constance Grady and Alex Abad-Santos, via Vox After 11 years of Marvel moviemaking, Captain Marvel has made history simply by existing. The film, about a fighter pilot turned alien soldier turned cosmic superhero, is the first in Marvel Studios cinematic history...