More than a decade ago, Thomas Derrick Hull, a clinical psychologist who researches digital health, had what felt like a wild thought. What if therapists, who can’t keep up with…
Day: September 3, 2024
The Ontario SPCA seeks AnimalSmart™ volunteers to bring humane ed to classrooms
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Stouffville, ON (Sept. 3, 2024) – As the kids head back to school, the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society is recruiting volunteers to join its team of AnimalSmart volunteers to…
Unleashing Creativity: Fun and educational AnimalSmart™ presentations for back-to-school
It’s back-to-school time, which means the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society will be visiting classrooms across the province with its AnimalSmart humane education program! Our program is about educating, engaging,…
How to Make a Long-Distance Friendship Work
If you see Alexandria Agresta breaking into a wide grin, one of her best friends—who lives thousands of miles away—probably just sent her a meme or an inspirational quote from…
Your Cynicism Isn’t Helping Anybody
When I describe “cynics,” you might conjure up a certain type of person: the toxic, smirking misanthrope, oozing contempt. But they are not a fixed category, like New Zealanders or…
Massachusetts cities are quickly embracing new emission-slashing building code option
A year and a half since Massachusetts introduced an optional new building code aimed at lowering fossil fuel use, climate activists are heartened by how quickly cities and towns are…
Convention Invisibility Teaches A Crucial Health Policy Lesson
By MICHAEL MILLENSON It’s close to an iron rule: Politics drives policy. In that context, the health policy issues that were largely invisible at the Republican and Democratic conventions taught…