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Monthly Archives: December 2007
Relaxed thinking
I’m always listening to music. Whether it be calm, loud or anything in between, it always sends out a message. No matter how vague or in your face, there is most likely a deep(er) message. But, you’re never going to … Continue reading
Leave No Trace
A new name and wrapping for an old idea, ecotourism is a spreading buzz word. The idea is to travel without negatively impacting the visited site. Indeed, many ecotourists attempt to help revitalize the area by buying from local … Continue reading
Like attracts like!
Well, yes… after all, if l like you and you like me, that’s a good place to start a friendship! The idea that opposites attract doesn’t have to mean that the city mouse and the country mouse get married. But … Continue reading
Reduce Reuse Recycle
It’s elementary! Remember Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle from your fourth grade classroom? Revisit them! Reduce – try to avoid buying products that come with a lot of packaging. In a society that pushes consumerism, restrict yourself while shopping. Make a … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology
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The Little Things
In a previous post, I provided a link for a quiz that revealed your Ecological Footprint. Here’s another way (slightly more complicated) way to calculate part of your footprint (adapted from The Green Book by Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas Kostigen): Home energy carbon … Continue reading
Posted in Climate / Human habitat, Ecology, Work/life balance
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No Child Left Inside
As Americans’ obesity continues to rise, our concerns are for the adults suffering from heart disease, diabetes, and other weight-related illnesses. In the mean time, children’s obesity is increasing drastically as their parents’ largely sedentary lifestyles become their own. In 1976, 5% … Continue reading
Free hugs
Free hugs here.
Posted in Mental and emotional health
Tagged celebration, community, emotional health
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Eggselence: A New Study about Free Range Chickens
Even if stories of featherless, beakless, sick chickens doesn’t make you want to spend an extra $1.50 on a dozen organic and/or free range eggs, you might want to consider more than the financial costs of your purchase. According to … Continue reading
Posted in Nutrition / Fitness / Weight, Ways of knowing
Tagged cholesterol, eggs, organic food
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If you want something done right…
… collaborate with a few friends. That is the message behind some statistics that show entrepreneurial business success is positively correlated to learning “difficulties” such as dyslexia and attention attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD.) The activist/author/public speaker Girard Sagmiller, diagnosed … Continue reading
Ecological Footprint
Want to know how you measure up in terms of green living? Go to http://www.earthday.net/footprint to find out what your ecological footprint is. Here are my results: CATEGORY GLOBAL ACRES FOOD 4.7 MOBILITY 1.7 SHELTER 2.5 GOODS/SERVICES 3 TOTAL FOOTPRINT 12 … Continue reading