Health Patio

Photo by Dez Pain
Eat your vegetables… exercise… don’t smoke… don’t drink… reduce your carbon footprint… give to the less fortunate… meditate… volunteer… don’t pollute… plant a tree… save the planet… buy organic… buy local… help fight injustice…
You do what you can, but in the end - you’re just one person. Although one person’s actions can […]

 April 4th was National Walk to Work Day.  We might have missed it, but there’s no reason we can’t extend it to today and to places other than work.   As someone walks, he or she is saving money put into their vehicles (including costly repairs and gasoline) and spending a lot of their own energy instead - with each mile a person burns approximatly 100 calories. 
According to […]

As I plan my own wedding, I have been keeping an eye on my eco footprint my event will have.  While planning a wedding one is presented with an almost impossible number of options, as I keep an environmental eye on my selections, the choices are no less diminished.  You can buy earth-friendly napkins, invitations, flowers and […]

For Cobbler Lovers … The easiest recipe on earth.
Mmm…the smell of cinnamon! The written words alone are enough to evoke mouth-watering, feel-good sensations of delicious comfort foods. Odors and emotions are processed in similar brain structures, so this shouldn’t be a surprise. Research at the University of Chicago published last year […]

Still trying into the hour spring forward? So are environmental researchers! Traditionally, daylight saving has been seen as a positive switch for the environment because of the decreased need for artificial lighting, which, with small appliances, accounts for 25% of United States’. In fact, the installation of daylight savings has always been […]

Fashion Week in New York began with the Earth Pledge Creates Future Fashion Show, which included a hemp-based pant suit by Calvin Klein, a dress made of recycled cashmere by Michael Kors, and a Donatella Verace hemp-silk gown. Earth Pledge, a non-profit organization, which originally began as a United Nations committee and promotes […]

…or, says Tal Ben-shahar who teaches the world to focus on the good, “Positive emotions are key elements in the development of a resilient psychological immune system based on optimism and self esteem.”
“Attaining lasting happiness requires that we enjoy the journey on our way toward a destination we deem valuable. Happiness, therefore, is not about […]

Faith the Dog was found in the backyard of a flea market area on January 21, 2003.  She was born with severe birth defects in front legs, making her unable to walk on either of them.  Neighbors took her in and taught her to walk and run on just two legs.  Her feat is so inpsiring, […]

 
 The American Institue of Architects’ (AIA) Committee on the Environment holds a contest for the year’s Top Ten Green Projects.  You can see details of the last several years winners at their website.  This picture above is of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Global Ecology Center
(Global Ecology Research Center), a winner for the 2007 competition.  Some […]