Review: Biodynamic wines make use of sustainable solutions The author advocates biodynamics for �effective, creative, enjoyable, stimulating and sustainable solutions to common problems experienced by contemporary winegrowers,� while at the same time reducing the risk of producing �banal wines largely devoid of individuality and interest.� (Tuesday October 4th, 2016 — Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA)

2016 Nobel Prize Winner Yoshinori Ohsumi�s Discoveries Could Change How We Treat Disease Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi, 71, won the 2016 Nobel Prize on Monday for his research on autophagy ― a metabolic recycling process in which cells eat parts of themselves to survive and stay healthy. (Monday October 3rd, 2016 — Huffington Post - USA)

For This Firm, Loans Are Where The Action Is In recent years, an omnibus of impact investing opportunities, from �socially responsible� mutual funds to �green bonds,� have offered market participants access to securities that mirror their desire to create social change as well as their need for financial growth or stability. But those opportunities aren�t enough to change the way investors and businesses think about the world and each other, says Don Shaffer, CEO and president of RSF Social Finance, because they maintain a certain level of distance and opacity between investor and investment. (Monday October 3rd, 2016 — Financial Advisor Magazine - Shrewsbury, New Jersey USA)

Anthony Gismondi: Summerhill's Stephen Cipes an organic leader in the Okanagan Summerhill is committed to producing 100 per cent organic wine, and has had Demeter Biodynamic certification for its Kelowna vineyard since 2012. Certified organic status was achieved in the cellar in 2007, allowing the winery to display the Canadian certified organic logo on its bottles. (Saturday October 1st, 2016 — Vancouver Sun - Vancouver, British Columbia Canada)

India Announces It Will Ratify The Paris Climate Agreement Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Sunday that the country will ratify the Paris Agreement early next month, giving the climate pact a major boost needed to go into effect this year. (Saturday October 1st, 2016 — Huffington Post - USA)

Patagonia’s Ex-CEO Moves To Create Argentina’s Largest Nature Preserve It’s part of the work Kris Tompkins started with her late husband Douglas, the founder of North Face. (Saturday October 1st, 2016 — Huffington Post - USA)

Reef Fish Sing in the Morning, Just Like Birds Researchers from Curtin University in Australia and the University of Exeter in the U.K. placed hydrophones in the coastal waters of Western Australia to study fish sounds and recorded a cacophony of calls. (Saturday October 1st, 2016 — Care2.com - USA)

GUEST COLUMN: Education with limited computer access? Believe it In a Pew Internet Project study conducted in 2012, nearly 90 percent of teachers said digital technologies were creating �an easily distracted generation with short attention spans.� That's hardly the way to promote a vibrant and productive democracy. (Friday September 30th, 2016 — MyWebTimes.com - )

Freeport Waldorf school to expand campus The Maine Coast Waldorf School has launched a $6.1 million capital campaign that includes three major projects. The campaign, which is the largest in the school’s history, will create a new high school campus, expand the school’s Community Hall building, and create an educational support center. Most of the work is expected to be completed next year. (Tuesday September 27th, 2016 — The Forecaster - Freeport, Maine USA)

Detroit’s Waldorf School gets historic marker The 92-year-old founder of the Detroit Waldorf School was present to celebrate the school’s 50th anniversary Saturday by dedicating a historic marker at the Albert Kahn-designed building in Detroit’s historic Indian Village neighborhood. Amelia Wilhelm founded the school with her late husband Rudolf Wilhelm in 1965. (Monday September 26th, 2016 — The Detroit News - Detroit, Michigan USA)

Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: 2012 – Commonage, by Culturstruction Commonage, an art and architectural project, was founded in 2010 in Callan, Co Kilkenny. The name was inspired by Augustinian monks who left their land to the townspeople in the 16th century as a common resource. The idea for an architectural strand for Callan’s Abhainn Rí Arts Festival of Participation and Inclusion came from Patrick Lydon, who had worked at a Camphill Community for people with learning disabilities, and was fuelled by his concerns about the decline of small towns all over Ireland. (Saturday September 24th, 2016 — Irish Times)

Detroit Waldorf School Celebrates 50th Anniversary On Saturday, the Detroit Waldorf School celebrates its 50th anniversary in the city. The building in the Indian Village neighborhood was built in 1913, designed by architect Albert Kahn. (Friday September 23rd, 2016 — WDET - Detroit, Michigan USA)

Gérard Bertrand and the Art de Vivre “Biodynamics changed my life,” Bertrand declared. “It is the DNA of the company.” (Thursday September 22nd, 2016 — Napa Valley Register - Napa, California USA)

Pesticide Companies' Own Secret Tests Showed Their Products Harm Bees: Report Agrochemical giants Syngenta and Bayer discovered in their own tests that their pesticides caused severe harm to bees, according to unpublished documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by the environmental group Greenpeace. The companies conducted the trials on products that used the controversial pesticides known as neonicotinoids, or neonics, which have long been linked to rapid bee decline. Neonics are also the world's most commonly used pesticide. (Thursday September 22nd, 2016 — Common Dreams)

Eugene Waldorf School’s ‘no homework’ policy draws interest Instead of interacting with screens, Waldorf students learn to play musical instruments, work in wood, paint, bake, dance, crochet, sculpt and other crafts ­that are a mandatory part of the academic curriculum, which also includes writing, mathematics, history and other academic basics. (Wednesday September 21st, 2016 — The Register-Guard - Eugene, Oregon USA)

Startup bets on ‘slow water’ In a milestone that took more than a decade to reach, the team is testing the first commercial-scale prototype of a device designed to generate electricity from slow-moving river and ocean currents. Called VIVACE, the device harnesses a phenomenon called flow-induced motion. It weighs 12 tons and it’s submerged in 26 feet of water. (Wednesday September 21st, 2016 — Michigan Today - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA)

Amazing Fossil Find Shows Bug Inside Lizard Inside Snake Researchers working at Germany’s Messel Pit, a disused quarry near Frankfurt, recently discovered a fossil that shows a bug inside a lizard inside a snake. Or as Discover magazine calls it: “essentially a prehistoric turducken.” (Thursday September 8th, 2016 — Huffington Post - USA)

Long-Disputed Maya Manuscript Turns Out To Be The Real Deal New analysis shows the controversial Grolier Codex is no forgery. (Thursday September 8th, 2016 — Huffington Post - USA)

Mighty Oak Elementary opens in Essex The first Waldorf-inspired school in Windsor-Essex opened its doors Tuesday to the delight of local parents seeking an alternative education for their children. (Wednesday September 7th, 2016 — CBC.ca - Windsor, Ontario Canada)

SPINS Partners With Demeter USA to Bolster Biodynamic Product Certification SPINS® proudly announces Biodynamic® certification as the newest attribute to appear in its SATORI™ reporting and analytics tool. The partnership with Demeter USA®, the only certification agency for Biodynamic products in the U.S., enables manufacturer and retailer partners to engage with this growing movement toward healthy and sustainable means of production across a multitude of product categories. (Wednesday September 7th, 2016 — BevNET.com )