Earth Day enjoys a high profile among environmental happenings, garnering support from more than one billion green-minded individuals this year alone. But one smaller-scale initiative is gaining ground. Earth Hour, a worldwide endeavor to simultaneously switch off the lights, recently united millions in the fight against light pollution. The anti-light-pollution movement continues to surge in support as artistic undertakings draw attention to the cause.

Pharmacy Herbs: In the aftermath of new regulations permitting pharmacies in Madrid to install much brighter signs on their storefronts, guerilla art collective Luz Interruptus staged an artistic protest against the resultant, unearthly green light permeating public and residential spaces throughout the city. Hierbas de Botica, or Pharmacy Herbs, is an installation of fluorescent green nightsticks arranged to resemble outgrowths of “mutant weeds.” The installations were deliberately placed in preexisting patches of neon green light set off by pharmacies’ traditional signage. The temporary work was suggestive of a radioactive garden, highlighting the collective’s conviction that the pervasiveness of unnatural light in urban society will have its consequences.

TV shows like Top Chef and magazines like Lucky Peach have brought the concept of eating out—or, at least, eating well—into people’s living rooms. Now, chefs have followed them, with a slew of in-home dining options giving foodies a reason to never step into a restaurant again.

Tavolo: Tavolo, the Boston restaurant renowned for its pasta (and whose meatballs grace the pages of Bon Appétit), is now coming right into fans’ kitchens. Homebound hosts can arrange for a two-hour visit from owner Chris Douglass or chef de cuisine Nuno Alves, either of whom will prepare an Italian meal for up to 15 guests. In addition to the $60 per person fee covering ingredients and a list of suggested wine pairings (presented in advance, so the host can prepare accordingly), the package also includes step-by-step instruction for preparing the dish at hand, be it lamb pappardelle, squash risotto, or any of the other stand-out items on the menu.

The Web has simplified the hunt for employment, much to the relief of job seekers everywhere. But the relative ease of applying for work has arguably made things more complex for employers, who can be inundated by irrelevant or flat-out bizarre submissions. Now, though, some companies are using digital platforms in their favor, expressing their culture and needs in creative ways and tasking applicants with proving their worth prior to an interview.

Drawsome Intern: Ad agency Muse Amsterdam harnessed the popular power of the app Draw Something in a recent hunt for intern candidates. Rather than submit a straightforward CV, young creatives were directed to download the app and log in as a “Drawsome Intern.” Player-applicants could then sketch a word of their choice, knowing Muse recruiters would be browsing for the most “beautiful, stupid, and genius drawings” in the bunch. The artists behind the most compelling sketches were invited to apply to the internship. This ingenious recruitment method helped Muse cut back on inbox clutter while giving its recruiters a glimpse into each applicant’s creative prowess.

Thanks to the ubiquity of free Wi-Fi service, the freelance set is already well-accustomed with the concept of the multipurpose coffee shop. Lately, however, cafés around the globe are introducing other ancillary services that go beyond mere caffeination and office amenities. From design studio facilities to nutrition counseling, no longer is the café just coffee.

Café Therapy: Prague, long beloved by architecture buffs for being a living textbook of iconic styles through the centuries, has always enjoyed a reputation as a city well-suited to those who appreciate creativity. Now, a small eatery called Café Therapy is translating the city’s aesthetically-inclined sensibility into a humanitarian effort by offering in-house art therapy classes, including candle-making and ceramics. A partnership with a local aftercare center, the program was created as a way to provide recovering addicts with a safe and calming space in which to socialize. All crafts made in the program are used in the café—customers who like them enough have the option to purchase.

It’s certainly not unusual for a yoga studio to include a partner café, but the menus of such are largely comprised of a limited selection of smoothies, juices and unimaginative takes on the avocado—not exactly inspired dining. Suggesting that there may be an audience hungry for a side of dinner with their sun salutations, a few restaurants and events are pairing physical spirituality with equally thoughtful meals.

Isa: Though its fare is of the farm-to-table variety, self-dubbed “Brooklyn primitive, modern” restaurant Isa is not your typical locavore restaurant. (Indeed, there’s not a kale salad to be found.) Unadventurous eaters will likely be turned off by the oblique dish descriptions that are merely lists of strange ingredients (dust?) with no details as to the preparation. Those who dig its futuristic-hippie vibes, however, will likely appreciate that they can get centered before feasting on its Source Family-by-way-of-El Bulli cuisine. Every Tuesday and Thursday before dinner, Isa hosts Vinyasa yoga classes in its upstairs in-house studio. After working up an appetite, yogis retire to the dining room for dinner and appropriately “healthy” beet juice cocktails.