Mindful: Last year the Cochin International Airport in Southern India became the world’s first fully solar-powered airport. When a woman contacted online retailer Zulily to return a winter coat, they refunded her money and told her to donate the coat instead of returning it. Ever heard of a “solidarity fridge?” No? That’s because the town of Galdakao, Spain, is the first to install one. To minimize food waste, citizens bring leftovers to an outdoor fridge and anyone can take from it....

A recent study divided people who had completed substance abuse programs into treatments using three different approaches: mindfulness meditation, relapse-prevention, and the 12-step method. The participants were assessed at three intervals over the following year. Twelve months later, fewer meditation participants reported relapsing – in the case of both drug and alchohol use – than participants from the other two treatments. For more about the study, click here. You can also read the report on the trial, here....

** Keep scrolling to learn what exactly the money piece is, how to get the look, and inspo for your next salon appointment. What is the money piece trend? Also known as face-framing highlights, money piece hair is a popular coloring technique that is achieved when you get the front strands of your hair balayaged a brighter shade (usually two to three shades lighter!). The finished result leaves you with face-framing ‘money pieces’ that add dimension to your hair and help brighten and lift your complexion....

The moto watch 100 looks like a versatile smartwatch The moto watch 100 looks like a versatile smartwatch Right now, we’re all waiting for Wear OS 3 to launch on other Wear OS devices, but that honor belongs only to Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 watches. Luckily, these watches use Motorola’s own Moto Watch OS. This can be either good or bad depending on your software preference. Regardless, it’s hard not getting excited about this new watch....

Here are 5 takeaways from the new school-based mindfulness intervention study: 1. The mindfulness training employed in this study did not help young people with their mental health or well-being 1. The mindfulness training employed in this study did not help young people with their mental health or well-being The mindfulness curriculum was shown to be no more helpful than the standard social-emotional teaching in the schools. The training was developed by the Mindfulness in Schools Project and was taught by school teachers, after they had first learned mindfulness for themselves and then attended a four-day training to teach mindfulness to students in 10 sessions of 30-50 minutes....