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6 Ways You Can Help Animals in JapanWatching the tragedy unfold in Japan thisweek has been absolutely devastating and many of us may feel helpless as we sitin the comfort of our homes as tsunami victims are dealing with unimaginablechallenges. While the focus in Japan is on helping people affected by thedivesting earthquake and Tsunami, many people are also concerned about animals affected by

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Tiny homes are awesome! Check this out: www.tumbleweedhouses.com

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Our Beloved Earth was rated in the top 100 Alternative Energy Websites!Please check out the link and view the other ones as well!Let's support media that seeks to help Earth! The link ishttp://bachelorsdegree.com/top-100-alternative-energy-blogs/So please also continue to read this blog as well, and feel free to contribute.If you would like to ever contribute an article, video, or idea, please

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Ten advantages of eating rawby Susan Jorg, Estacada, ORThe human race learned long ago that cooking meat before eating it would protect them from certain diseases. Since then, this practice of cooking has grown to include all types of foods and is now considered an art. Very few meals are eaten which include raw elements, except for the leafy green salad.One advantage of eating raw is that it

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Not many people get a picture of this proud bird snuggled up next to them.Freedom and JeffFreedom and I have been together 10 years this summer. She came in as a baby in 1998 with two broken wings. Her left wing doesn't open all the way even after surgery, it was broken in 4 places . She's my baby.When Freedom came in she could not stand and both wings were broken. She was emaciated and covered

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http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/165/6/684?maxtoshow=&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=Fontana&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT

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Government Takeover of Your Garden? What the Food Safety Bill Really MeansThe Senate's recently passed food-safety bill intends to make our food system safer, but it's also raised a lot of fears. We separate myth from reality.By Leah Zerbe and Emily MainDon't panic over Internet rumors; continue to support local farmers who produce safe, sustainable food.RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—On Tuesday, the

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McDonald's got hundreds of millions in bail out money12/02/10McDonald's got hundreds of millions in bail out moneyA Fed-bailed out burger joint.I'm not lovin' it.Yesterday the long-awaited Fed bailout data was released. For those interested in perusing it, you can find it here in all of its .xls- and .csv-formatted glory.Since 2007, Bernake has been working overtime handing out US taxpayer

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If You Knew How Dangerous Green Cleaning Products Were, You'd Probably Go Back to Soap and WaterBy Monona Rossol, AlterNetNovember 23, 2010They're hiding under your sink, deep in the basement and out in your garage. They seem to be multiplying and most of them are green, for gosh sakes!They are cleaning products. We have one for every conceivable job: floors, walls, dishes, laundry, windows,

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Trans Fat's Strong Link to Cancer, Diabetes & Heart Disease, and How to Avoid Itby www.SixWise.comTrans fatty acid, also known as trans fat, is an artery-clogging fat formed when hydrogen is added to vegetable oil, a process called hydrogenation. Many manufacturers use this process of hydrogenation because it reduces cost and increases the shelf life and flavor stability of their

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The Best Form of Exercise to Improve Your Mood?by www.SixWise.comExercise is a well-known natural mood booster. You’ve heard of a “runner’s high”? This refers to the euphoric feeling many people get after a challenging run … and research has confirmed that, indeed, endorphins -- your brain’s feel-good, pain-relieving chemicals -- are produced during running.What’s more, those endorphins attach to

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Top Ten Superfoods:Goji berriesCacaoMacaBee Products (Honey, Bee Pollen, Royal Jelly, Propolis)SpirulinaAFA Blue-Green AlgaeMarine PhytoplanktonAloe VeraHempseedCoconutsThis list is from David Wolfe's Superfoods book.

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Rethinking the Food Pyramid: Mindfulness - the Missing Ingredient Eating changes both body and mind, the total of who we are. What we eat and how much we eat changes who we are physiologically. Why we eat and how we eat changes who we are psychologically.Mindlessness is Blindness When we eat

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Dr. Ann Wigmore taught that toxemia and deficiency are the root causes of all disease. Deficiency that means that our bodies are undernourished and are not receiving the proper types and amount of food the body needs. The digestive tract is being overloaded and allergies have developed. Dr. Ann Wigmore believed that about eighty per cent of the population has deficiency disorders because of

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www.fedcoseeds.comwww.seedsavers.orgwww.groworganic.comwww.seedsofchange.com

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Maximize your intake of the following raw food:FRESH FRUITS and FRESH VEGETABLES. - Any fresh fruits or vegetables. The fresher the better. If you can pick the produce yourself, that's the best. The next best would be direct from a farmer or farmers market, next best from a health food store, and last from a "chain store". here is why-

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Why it is important to grow or buy - and eat - locally grown food!I couldn't find labels on all of my produce, but let's take a look at what I did find. Here's a list of fresh (and I use that term loosely) produce I ate for breakfast and lunch, where it originated from, and the number of miles it traveled to get to me. It should be noted that the mileage I list is direct from point A to

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Q."What would you eat if you were stranded on a desert with no food in sight but a cow?"A.I would find out what the cow was eating and join it.Q."But god meant for us to eat animals."A.You put a baby in a crib with an apple and a rabbit.If it eats the rabbit,I'll buy you a new car.Me: I'm a vegetarian because animals don't want to be killed for food.Nonveggie: But how do you know what animals

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* The average meal in the US travels 1500 miles before reaching your plate.* Frozen peas requier 150% more energy than fresh peas due to packaging and refrigeration.* A head of lettuce traveling from CA to NC uses 36 times more fossil fuel energy in transport than it provides in food energy.* Farmers selling produce locally can grow varieties chosen for taste instead of varieties chosen for how

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people sell you "death in a bottle" everyday and you buy it, because of marketing and addiction to chemicals. we've been tricked into thinking it's a good thing, or that it's okay. it's part of the corporate "beauty" (for them) - they've trained us not to care.-OBE

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109 Year-Old Author Celebrates Birthday | Age Less, Live MoreShare this on Facebook: Share

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We all know that eating more fresh Raw vegan foods will help in the departments of being happier, healthier and reducing stress. But, here are 6 other ways that can help:1. Gardening & GreeneryAccording to Patricia Farrell, PhD., surrounding yourself with nature's greenery can increase oxygen levels and help you experience more peace. In fact, one British study found that gardening can

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Almond Milk makes about 1 liter ½ cup almonds, soaked and hulled pinch sea salt 1 Tbsp. maple syrup or agave nectar 1 liter water (about 1 3/4 cups) Soak ½ cup almonds 4-6 hours; remove the brown hulls. Put hulled almonds in blender with small amount of water

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40 farmers under 40: Readers' choice | MNN - Mother Nature NetworkShare this on Facebook: Share

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Let’s set the record straight regarding coconuts and coconut oil: They are, indeed, nourishing superfoods. If you are concerned about the fat content in them, guess what? The human body needs good fat, and this is one of the good guys you want. Don’t be deceived by the word “fat”; certain good fats are amazing assets for nutrition and optimal health. The fat in coconuts is used as an energy

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1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc. 2. Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the caffeinated soda and pick up a cucumber. Cucumbers are a good source of B Vitamins and Carbohydrates that can

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High Raw Diet: What Should I Eat? Written by Nomi Shannon, The Raw Gourmet There are as many ways to eat an all raw or high raw diet as there are people. The simplest approach is the Natural Hygiene way. There are no recipes, or even any machinery. You just eat food as it comes from nature. There is a lot to be said about this easy to understand approach, and most of the time it is how I

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When asked what he would do, if he knew the next day he was going to die, Martin Luther replied, "I would plant a tree".

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http://www.off-grid.net/

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Part of the fine print in solar power systems is that whatever wattage number is quoted, it is usually “peak watts,’’ or the amount of electricity that the panel would deliver when the sun is directly overhead. For the rest of the daylight hours, the output is lower; a graph showing minute-by-minute production resembles a sharp mountain peak. One way to do better is to mount the panel on a

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The poor ignorant savage even apologized to a tree for having to cut it down and had sacred groves and woods he left standing—homes of the gods or of his fellow creatures—whereas his successor, who ungodded nature, ravages the heights and brings floods, dustbowls and salt pans into the once fertile lowlands. Or worse, defoliates to facilitate hunting down his brother man.- Jacob Trapp, The

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God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.- John Muir

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Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) The earth is not a mere fragment of dead history, stratum upon stratum like the leaves of a book, to be studied by geologists and antiquaries chiefly, but living poetry like the leaves of a tree, which precede flowers and fruit - not a fossil earth, but a living earth; compared with whose great central life all animal and vegetable life is merely

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Khalil Gibran (1883-1931) Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

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Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) said: Flowers and trees and birds and stars and glaciers, and all the other wonderful things that surround us in the world. We have all of this beauty around us and yet grown ups often lose themselves in offices and imagine they are doing very important things. Can you recognize the flowers by their names and the birds by their singing? ... Young

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Buy your eggs from a local farmer or raise chickens yourself; it's the only wayto be sure that your food is safe to eat.Organic Eggs: More Expensive, but No HealthierBy Jeffrey KlugerThursday, Jul. 08, 2010This year, like every year, has been a busy one for America's chickens. What the birds lack in smarts they make up for in work ethic, laying about 78 billion eggs annually (or 6.5 billion

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If You are Nuts About Health, Try the Top 6 Healthiest Nutsby www.SixWise.comMany people were scared away from nuts during the low-fat craze of the last few decades, but now nuts are making a comeback. Nuts are excellent sources of protein, minerals, "good" monounsaturated fats and other nutrients, and they're good for the heart.A study conducted by Loma Linda University in California that

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Aspartame is the most controversial food additive in history, and its approval for use in food was the most contested in FDA history. In the end, the artificial sweetener was approved, not on scientific grounds, but rather because of strong political and financial pressure. After all, aspartame was previously listed by the Pentagon as a biochemical warfare agent! It's hard to believe such a

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Walmart, KFC, Burger King Paper Purchases Destroying Indonesia's RainforestsBy Matthew McDermott, TreeHuggerJuly 6, 2010Greenpeace is again pointing a finger the international companies responsible for Indonesian deforestation, and the international brands aiding and abetting them through purchasing their products. This time it's the Sinar Mas group and their subsidiary Asian Pulp & Paper

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The Hypnotist's Trick That Can Put You to SleepNext time your racing thoughts keep you awake, calm your mind with this relaxing combination of breathing and eye movement.By Jeffrey Rossman, PhDPractice the upward-eye-roll technique, a method that can help you fall asleep whenever you need to.RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—I marvel at my 14-year-old daughter’s ability to sleep blissfully through

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12 Reasons for Visiting a Farmers' Marketby Alice Henneman, MS, RDhttp://lancaster.unl.edu/food/ft-jul-10.shtmlWhether you've never visited a farmers' market, are a frequent visitor or just enjoy the fresh taste of local foods, this month's Food Reflection's offers a little something for everyone:1. Start by reading the following short article on "12 Reasons for Visiting a Farmers' Market."2.

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The earliest known uses of the word 'vegetarian'Compiled by John Davis, IVU Manager and Historian, with help from members of the ivu-history email groupExtracts from some journals 1842-48 http://www.ivu.org/history/vegetarian.htmlThe records below are *all* the early uses we have been able find of the word 'vegetarian' in print, starting in 1842 - and it is very clear that all the earliest are

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1) Berries They are in season now! Go grab them at the nearest grocery stores for that awesome anti-oxidant power boost. The dark substance of blue, black cherries and strawberries contain precious age-reversing nutritional benefits - nourishing you on a cellular basis. Best of all, they are delicious whether you eat them plain, thrown in as a great addition to any salads, or blended into

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So few wild creatures, relatively, remain in Britain and Ireland: so few, relatively, in the world. Pursuing our project of civilisation, we have pushed thousands of species towards the brink of disappearance, and many thousands more over that edge. The loss, after it is theirs, is ours. Wild animals, like wild places, are invaluable to us precisely because they are not us. They are

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Source (an excellent website):http://earthmother-intheraw.blogspot.com/2010/06/wheatgrass-king-of-alkaline-foods.htmlWhether or not you've ever held the title of Fast Food Queen as I once did, you've likely ingested your fair share of highly processed and chemical laden foods. Let's face it, in this day and age, it's increasingly more challenging to eat a diet rich in whole foods that aren't

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According to this article from the Harvard School of Public Health, one cup of collard greens contains 357 milligrams of calcium, but a cup of milk has 306. Collard greens also are one of the leafy greens with calcium that is more absorbable. (Some greens like spinach contain oxalic acid which interferes with absorption of calcium).In addition to calcium, Collard greens contain Vitamin K which

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PLEASE READ:http://www.care2.com/greenliving/skip-milk-5-reasons-why.html

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Fruit Harvesting TimetableKnow When to Expect to Start Harvesting FruitBy Vanessa Richins, About.com Guidehttp://treesandshrubs.about.com/od/commontrees/a/HarvestingFruit.htm?nl=1The best part about growing fruit trees and shrubs is, of course, harvesting the fruit! Learn when you can generally expect to harvest the different types of fruits with this handy time line. The exact times will vary

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Eat less meat to save the planet - UNThe world needs to change to a more vegetarian diet to stand a chance of tackling climate change, according to a major new United Nations report.By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent02 Jun 2010http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/7797594/Eat-less-meat-to-save-the-planet-UN.htmlThe group of international scientists said the greatest cause of

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CherriesNutritionist Jonny Bowden notes that cherries are packed with anti-inflammatory properties. They contain antioxidants, thought to help the body protect against the damaging effects of free radicals and the chronic diseases associated with the aging process.BlueberriesLike cherries, blueberries contain antioxidants found to promote heart health. A 2009 study showed that rats fed

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PRESS RELEASE:EVEREST WOMEN'S SEVEN SUMMITS ECO-ACTIONIn July 2010 a team of nine Nepali women will begin the first international leg of a tour that will see them climb seven of the highest peaks on each of the seven continents. On successfully climbing all seven summits they will be setting a world record for being the largest team to do so.The team will be using their expedition to

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How Your Endocrine System is Being Harmed by the Top 5 Home Toxinsby SixWise.comThe jury is in: American homes are contaminated with an array of toxic chemicals, including endocrine-disrupting pesticides and many others.The average American spends 65 percent of his or her time at home, says John Spengler of the Harvard School of Public Health. Other experts put the amount of time at 90%. This

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I attended the meeting today of the Florida Fish and Wildlife ConservationCommission on fox and coyote penning. At the meeting, Commissioners woulddecide on the vote to whether regulate or prohibit fox and coyote penning-acruel activity in which trapped foxes and coyotes reside inside fencedenclosures to be chased by packs of dogs, who kill the captive animals.It's hard to believe that for

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Additives that always contain MSG:- Monosodium Glutamate- Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein- Hydrolyzed Protein- Hydrolyzed Plant Protein- Plant Protein Extract- Sodium Caseinate- Calcium Caseinate- Yeast Extract- Textured Protein- Autolyzed Yeast- Hydrolyzed Oat FlourAdditives that frequently contain MSG:- Malt extract- Malt Flavoring- Bouillon- Broth- Stock- Flavoring- Natural Flavoring- Natural

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Dogs Used as Shark Bait on French IslandBy Maryann MottAs Far back as Oct. 19 2005 it was reported by Maryann Mott that live and dead dogs and cats were being used as shark bait by amateur fishers on the French-controlled island of Réunion, according toanimal-welfare organizations and local authorities.At The time the small volcanic island off Africa's east coast was bursting with stray

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Oil plumes invade a dark, mysterious world at Gulf's floorBy ANDRES VIGLUCCIMcClatchy NewspapersDeep beneath the Gulf of Mexico lies a dark and frigid world surprisingly abundant in otherworldly forms of life, much of it fed by gases and oil that seep out of fissures in the sea floor. Here on the sea floor, at near-freezing temperatures and crushing depths that can reach 9,000 feet, are

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How to Make a Backyard Bird Garden15 ways to attract beautiful birds and songs to your yard, and 10+ more bird conservation tips from the National Audubon Society.Source:http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/bird-gardens-47022602?src=nl&mag=tdg&list=nl_dgr_anm_gdn_061610_bird-gardens&kw=istGive Your Hummingbird a Sugar FixCost: $13 for a basic hummingbird feeder.Hummingbirds (

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5 of The World's 7 Sea Turtles are Threatened by the BP Gulf Oil SpillSome migrate more than 1,000 miles. Some wait 50 years to mate for the first time. Some grow to the size of a small car. From the most abundant sea turtle in the world, to the world's only vegetarian sea turtle, five threatened and endangered turtles are in peril, thanks to the BP Gulf oil spill.By Dan ShapleyThe BP Gulf

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Four Possible BP-Style Extreme Energy Nightmares to ComeBy Michael T. Klare, Tomdispatch.comJune 22, 2010On June 15th, in their testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the chief executives of America’s leading oil companies argued that BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico was an aberration -- something that would not have occurred with proper corporate

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The Health Benefits of LycopeneLycopene is the pigment that gives certain fruits their red coloring. This carotenoid is believed to have strong antioxidant powers, with some studies showing a reduced risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease and macular degeneration. There is no established Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) for lycopene, but there's evidence that phytonutrients like lycopene

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The Freegan EstablishmentBy JAKE HALPERNMay 31, 2010I cruised through the West Side of Buffalo last summer with a young man named Kit who was looking to acquire a house. Kit was a 20-year-old Las Vegas native who had just arrived in Buffalo. He had the look of a mountain man fresh off the trail: his face was tanned, his brow was covered in sweat and his hair was pulled back haphazardly in a

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Strawberries Can Give You Cancer? Poison Gases Being Used to Grow CropsBy Jill RichardsonJune 22, 2010Mmm, fresh, red, plump, juicy strawberries. You know what tastes really great with them? It’s a secret I learned as a kid. Dip them in sour cream and then dip them in brown sugar. Delish. Or dip them in homemade whipped cream, or chocolate, or both. Or, if they are fresh picked, just eat them

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Certain Plastics May Hurt Male Sexual FunctioningThe more you’re exposed to the bisphenol A (BPA), the more trouble you’ll have getting erections and enjoying your sex life, suggests new research.By Adam BeanProtect yourself from unhealthy BPA effects by keeping the chemical out of your food and drink.RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—The chemcial bisphenol A, or BPA, has been widely used in plastic

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On Chef Menteur clings Village de l’Est, a neighborhood of vinyl-sided or light-colored brick ranch houses in a perfectly mid-century suburban layout with sidewalks, a few main avenues, and a couple shopping centers. A low mound on the north side of town, covered in tangled weeds and shrubs, marks the levee that holds in the Pontchartrain overflow. Six thousand Vietnamese people live in this

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The Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens is a California non-profit organization that was established in 1997 to preserve and operate Fairview Gardens, the historic farm where our products are grown. Founded in 1895, Fairview Gardens is considered by some to be the oldest organic farm in southern California, and is now preserved in perpetuity through an agricultural conservation

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A group of volunteers created the Homeless Garden Project in 1990 to provide a place of safety, beauty, and work opportunities for people who were homeless. Today, we provide a bounty of activities at our 2.5 acre organic garden, attracting a wide variety of individuals living in Santa Cruz County.http://www.homelessgardenproject.org/

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by Todd Woody.The California Assembly has passed legislation [PDF] that takes the first step to requiring that a percentage of electricity generated in the state be stored.Electricity, of course, is the ultimate perishable commodity. If the bill is approved by the California Senate and signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, it would apparently be the first time a state will move toward mandating

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If one faction of the deepwater drilling debate continues to deny any serious risk of more exploratory drilling - an example of this denial would be the court injunction, just now successfully obtained by oil industry attorneys, overturning the Federal exploratory drilling moratorium in the deepwater Gulf - it is fair and appropriate to state the ultimate potential danger of expanded

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See it fullsized:http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1005/oil-consumption/flat.html

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If we go on the way we have, the fault isour greed; and if we are not willing to change,we will disappear from the face of the globe,to be replaced by the insect. Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French naval officerand oceanographer, born on this date, 1910

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Strawberry-Arugula Salad1 pint strawberries, sliced1 bunch arugulaVinaigrette:1/4 C fresh lime juice1 tsp local raw honey1/2 tsp sea salt1/4 C extra virgin olive oilhandful of freshly torn mint leavesfreshly ground pepper to tasteTo prepare the vinaigrette, combine all ingredients in a jar. Close tightly and shake vigorously to combine. Of course, you can whisk the ingredients in a small bowl,

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Top 10 Goodies about Bananas! Banana Orange Hangover Cure! 1) Bananas are the best choice for top performing athletes and long-distance runners because they contain 3 natural sugars – sucrose, fructose and glucose. When combined with fiber, they give a super boost to energy levels and stamina. 2) Bananas make us happy! Bananas contain tryptophan, which the body converts into serotonin. This

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"Plant a Tree" by Massachusetts poet Lucy Larcom (1824-1893)."PLANT A TREE"by Lucy LarcomHe who plants a treePlants a hope.Rootlets up through fibres blindly grope;Leaves unfold into horizons free.So man's life must climbFrom the clods of timeUnto heavens sublime.Canst thou prophesy, thou little tree,What the glory of thy boughs shall be?He who plants a treePlants a joy;Plants a comfort that will

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Interview With a Fruitarian - Robert Lockhart

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"You may eat from every tree in the garden, but not from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for on the day that you eat from it, you shall surely die." (Genesis 2:16)Please see this moving article about our relationship with Earth today.....Much aloha, Lalitahttp://yourradiance.blogspot.com/2010/05/middle-of-garden-lord-god-set-tree-of.html

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This piece is so typically Kurt Vonnegut. It's from A Man Without a Country (2005)The crucified planet Earth,should it find a voiceand a sense of irony,might now well sayof our abuse of it,"Forgive them, Father,They know not what they do."The irony would bethat we know whatwe are doing.When the last living thinghas died on account of us,how poetical it would beif Earth could say,in a voice

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This piece is so typically Kurt Vonnegut. It's from A Man Without a Country (2005) The crucified planet Earth,should it find a voiceand a sense of irony,might now well sayof our abuse of it,"Forgive them, Father,They know not what they do."The irony would bethat we know whatwe are doing.When the last living thinghas died on account of us,how poetical it would beif Earth could say,in a voice

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37197396/ns/us_news-environment/WASHINGTON - The planet's average land and sea temperature for April was 58.1 degrees Fahrenheit (14.5 Celsius), the hottest for any April since recordkeeping began in 1880, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday. That was 1.37 degrees F (0.76 C) above the 20th Century average of 56.7 degrees F (13.7 C).

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Transition Snacks are not all raw living foods, but are compromise recipes for when you're tempted to eat outside of the Raw and Living Foods Lifestyle. From chiDiet.com Handbook to Going Raw. Banana and Raw Nut Butter- Grab a banana, a jar of your favorite nut butter, a spoon, and spread. Devine! Ambrosia - Almond mylk, chopped avocado, berries, chopped apple, chopped orange, pumpkin

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"We are the most dangerous species of life on the planet, and every other species, even the earth itself, has cause to fear our power to exterminate. But we are also the only species which, when it chooses to do so, will go to great effort to save what it might destroy." ~Wallace Stegner in This is DinosaurShare this on Facebook: Share

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10 Ways to Spruce Up Your Outdoors for SpringSponsored by The Home DepotLink to full article below1. Plant an Edible Garden and Watch Your Savings GrowEdible gardens are an enjoyable and economical form of gardening. By growing your own vegetables and herbs, you’ll save money while encouraging your family to eat healthier throughout the summer and early fall. Regardless of your yard size, you

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Misleading Pesticide Labels May Be Dangerous to Your HealthLabel directions on bug spray, mothballs, and other indoor pesticides make it seem like you need more of the toxic stuff than you do, suggests a new study.By Emily MainOpt for nontoxic pest-control methods as much as possible, but if you choose to use pesticides, use the minimum amount listed on the label.RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—Often

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The amazing iPhone blazes the trail … to waste?If one in three of the iPhone 1Gs are still ticking, what happened to the remaining 4 million units sold?By Greg SeamanEartheasyApr 29, 2010 Link to full article belowThe headline in today’s AppleInsider reads, “Nearly 30% of Apple’s first-gen iPhones are still in use.”My first thought was, what about the other 70%? After all, the iPhone is a

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Garlic - Allium sativumBy Chester Aaron Link to full article belowGarlic is as beautiful in the garden as it is easy to grow.Growing GuideSoil preparation: Garlic will tolerate some shade but prefers full sun. While I've seen cloves sprout in gravel pits, garlic responds best in well-drained, rich, loamy soil amended with lots of organic matter. Raised beds are ideal, except in very dry

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NutsElson M. Haas M.D.(Excerpted from Staying Healthy with Nutrition:The Complete Guide to Diet and Nutritional Medicine)http://healthy.net/scr/article.asp?PageType=article&ID=1743Nuts are one of nature?s richest foods. They havegood-quality protein and are even higher in fats (asoils) than the seeds. Because of that, they are morecaloric than other vegetable foods (remember, eachgram of fat has

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5 Minutes Outside Can Boost Your MoodA new study shows being outside, even for just 5 minutes, makes you feel good about life and about yourself.By Emily MainFind ways to get 5 minutes of outdoor exposure into your day: A quick walk or a short gardening session is really all it takes.RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—The next time you're looking for a natural mood elevator, turn to nature itself. A new

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Antibacterial Soaps, Triclosan, and YouApril 29th, 2010In this disease-phobic world, we’re taught to wash our hands at every turn, to take germ-killing antibiotics at the first sign of sniffles, and to use antibacterial detergents to kill any bugs that might lurk on surfaces or clothes. But ironically, in our energetic quest to destroy all germs, we use chemicals and drugs that might be

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President's Cancer Panel: Eat Organic, Avoid PlasticsA landmark report says the government has been grossly underestimating the effect of environmental toxins on our cancer risk.By Leah ZerbeEat pesticide-free organic food, drink from stainless steel or glass containers, and never heat plastic in the microwave or dishwasher.RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—Finally, the U.S. government's talking

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