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FYI-Friday: Week in Review

ENVIRONMENT

101 Ways to Save Energy and Environment – for Mother Earth

Saving environment is one of the most-liked content here at OCAAT. I am happy to see such awareness for environment. Also I tend to think that social media is actually spreading good habits in masses, making this planet a better place to live. Once I posted on Facebook about buying reusable shopping bag for grocery it went viral and amidst 20 likes and 17 comment I think at least a couple got inspired and bought reusable shopping bags.
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LIFESTYLE

Awesome Subway-Style Map of U.S. National Parks!

The Sierra Club has created this clever ‘subway-style’ map of U.S. national parks, and you know we just love subway maps, so we couldn’t resist sharing this one with you.
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Number of “Distracted Walking” Injuries Quadruples In Seven Years. Is This A Problem?

The number of people who have landed in U.S. emergency rooms thanks to injuries incurred while they were walking and texting, tweeting, playing video games, talking on the phone, or listening to music on headphones, has more than quadrupled in the past seven years, the Associated Press reports.

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FYI Friday – Week In Review

LIFESTYLE 

Shipping Container Housing Comes To The Beach, Jumps Shark– The Beach Box it! team supports and strives toward a completely sustainable lifestyle. For Full Article: Click Here

Amron Experimental Turns Your Toothbrush Into A Drinking Fountain– We are big fans of Scott Amron; see the related links to the left for all of the things we have shown before. Five years ago, Collin wrote about his Brush & Rinse Toothbrush, quoting the designer. For Full Article: Click Here

Sydney Builds Separate Bike Lanes, Ridership Skyrockets 82%– The Australian city is in the process of implementing its 2030 blueprint for a greener city, and it’s building a hell of a lot of bike lanes. As in 200 kilometers (125 miles) worth. For Full Article: Click Here

Chic Outdoor Furniture Made from Recycled Packaging, African Style– The survival of traditional craftwork may not lie solely in their preservation, but perhaps in their adaptation into modern design. For Full Article: Click Here

FOOD & SPIRITS

Mobile Pizzeria is Built Out Of A 20′ Shipping Container– People are doing wonderful things with shipping containers, but this is a whole different way to slice it. For Full Article: Click Here

Scientist Creates Pizza Healthy Enough to Eat 3 Times a Day, Every Day– a scientist has created what he claims is the first nutritionally balanced pizza—and it’s OK to eat it three times a day, ever day. For Full Article: Click Here

Solar Breweries Come to Michigan– Unsurprisingly for a restaurant and brewery, a smarter approach to generating hot water is key to the energy savings being anticipated. For Full Article: Click Here


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Why Women Date Weaklings

Common knowledge dictates that girls dig guys with muscles. However, new research suggests that women gave up on bulging biceps and strong jawlines long ago, in favor of qualities like loyalty and generosity. In other words, the scrawny geek gets the gal.

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Juice vs. Smoothies

While they are both proclaimed to be healthy, which is better – juicing or making a smoothie?

JUICES
– easier to digest, less for the body to process to get to the nutrients
– you will revive a vast amount of concentrated nutrients in a smaller helping
– juice “fast” have many nutritional and healing attributes

SMOOTHIES
– heavy in the fibers of the fruits and vegetable and can help eliminate bodily waste
– smoothie additions (nuts, protein powder, flaxseed oil, avocado etc.) lower the glycemic index and lower the potential bump in your blood sugar
– can offer much needed protein post workout

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