Making Baskets and Pottery Early humans may have made bags from skin long ago. By around 26,000 years ago, they were weaving plant fibers to make cords and perhaps baskets. Some of the oldest known pottery from Japan’s Jomon culture, seen here, is...

Businesses are embarking on a "new era" of collaborative ventures to solve the world's greatest social and environmental challenges, a new study has found. - edie news centre

In the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) culture, it is believed that our intentions influence our power of co-creation. As a child, I was always hearing of the various cultural rules that governed our daily lives but it wasn't until I became an adult that I...

Japanese monk Seigaku lives a Zen life with as little money as possible in Berlin.

Our ordinary household gardens are good for wildlife, and that’s great for us. This is a report written and researched by Bioregional and commissioned by B&Q, the UK’s leading garden retailer. We reviewed, in depth, the scientific evidence...

Lilac is a self-planned and managed co-housing community in Leeds, England. It embraces the concept of living sustainably and communally. Members of Lilac have their own individual homes but share financial responsibility, the land, the...

Gain a new understanding of Japan's culture with these 20 uniquely Japanese words and phrases.

Vast blooms of jellyfish are becoming increasingly common – perhaps because human-made offshore platforms act as ideal nursery grounds for young jellies

Do you feel that your current lifestyle, job, or business lacks meaning and purpose?
Susie Hutchison is a successful Australian entrepreneur and a founding director of a market-leading global travel software company. Despite her considerable...

Musings on the 'Big Why' and what is it that causes some people to inspire us, apparently effortlessly... Thoughts loosely around our Leeds Entrepreneur Social speakers, Richard McCann,...