November 17th, 2016 By Paul A. Philips Guest writer for Wake Up World The fact of the matter is that, over the years, we have allowed ourselves to become more and more accepting of the urban way of...
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Iceland: Where Storytelling Forms the Basis of Everyday Life
November 9th, 2016 By Daniel Penev Guest writer for Wake Up World The land of ice and fire – this is the first association millions of people make about Iceland. Although ice and fire are...
Affordable, Eco-Friendly and Energy Efficient: How Re-Purposed Plastic Waste is Helping to Solve Humanity’s Housing Crisis
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World “In Latin America, Africa and Asia 40% of people don’t have access to formal housing. In Bogota alone 750 tonnes of...
If We Are Going to Take Down the Establishment, Progressives, Libertarians, Anarchists and Non-Voters Need to Unite
30th June 2016 By Tim Bryant Guest writer for Wake Up World Anyone paying even the slightest attention to the 2016 Presidential Election can see that this election cycle has been marred and corrupted...
5 Solutions for a New World
By Tim Bryant Guest writer for Wake Up World With the rise of alternative media, seeing the flaws in the mainstream media is quite easy if one knows where to look. It’s also particularly...
The Hidden Truths of Africa: Neocolonialism and the Modern Age of Slavery
By Tim Bryant Guest writer for Wake Up World “The darkest thing about Africa has always been our ignorance of it.” – George Kimble Africa: A Forgotten Continent What does...
Don’t Ask, Just Plant — Taking Back Our Food Sovereignty with Guerrilla Gardening
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World During both world wars, Victory Gardens were a staple throughout the United States, found everywhere from private residences to public...
The Amazingly Simple and Cost-Effective Way to End Homelessness — for Good
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World During a balmy 60ºF December morning, Rene Zepeda is driving a Volunteers of America minivan through Salt Lake City, Utah, looking...
The Unexpected Effect of Decriminalizing Drugs in Portugal, Fifteen Years Later
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Whenever the idea of decriminalizing illicit drugs in the U.S. is raised, there are always those who rant that such a measure would be the...
Greed Trumps Justice: Indigenous Tribe Stripped of Their Native Lands – Over Gold
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World The Dann sisters, Carrie and Mary, are two Western Shoshone elders who live on ancestral and environmentally sensitive lands of Crescent...
Why the Danish are the Happiest People on the Planet
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Happiness is a national obsession in the United States. Take a walk down the self-help isle of your local bookstore and you’ll find a...
Synchrony and Exertion of Dancing Found to Encourage Social Bonding, Raise Pain Threshold
By Christina Lavers Contributing writer for Wake Up World “To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak.” ~ Hopi Indian saying There is not one culture on Earth that does not have...
