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Take-Out Good & Eco-Fail
Monday, 5 Oct, 2009 – 10:12 | View Comments
Take-Out Good & Eco-Fail

Yesterday we were in NY City and needed to eat. We were near a health food store that was about as organic and concerned for the environment as you’ll find. They also offered …

Black Garlic – Gourmet and Good for You
Saturday, 3 Oct, 2009 – 11:40 | View Comments
Black Garlic – Gourmet and Good for You

Fermented garlic, also known as black garlic, is a new gourmet food favorite that is expanding its presence in the food world. It is made by aging fresh garlic clove heads for a month in …

Beeswax Candle Brilliance: Air Purifiers!
Friday, 2 Oct, 2009 – 13:59 | View Comments
Beeswax Candle Brilliance: Air Purifiers!

When you are at the ocean, or on top of a mountain, and you get that uplifted feeling, it is because the air is rich in negative ions. Compare that to being in a …

entera16 Principles to Guide us into The Future – Video
Friday, 2 Oct, 2009 – 11:48 | View Comments
entera16 Principles to Guide us into The Future – Video

Check out this inspiring video, 16 Principles to Guide us into The Future – Human Beings can Transform Their World, from my friend, colleague and Global Healing leader Phil Lane Jr.
–David Randle, …

“Certified Sustainable” Label = Greenwashing Eco-Fail
Friday, 2 Oct, 2009 – 9:17 | View Comments
“Certified Sustainable” Label = Greenwashing Eco-Fail

Rodale Daily News reports that the Natioanl Sustainable Agriculture Standards Institute is considering an agri-business label called “Certified Sustainable.” Farms that use pesticides, chemical fertilizers, and even gene modified organisms (GMOs) will be able to …

Roasted Corn Pudding in Acorn Squash
Thursday, 1 Oct, 2009 – 15:41 | View Comments
Roasted Corn Pudding in Acorn Squash

Heidi Swanson, author of Super Natural Cooking, loves to pull recipes out of vintage and out-of-print cookbooks, and put them on her www.101cookbooks.com blog. Sometime she builds off a recipe she finds, such as building …

Neighbor Burning Trash – Eco-Fail
Thursday, 1 Oct, 2009 – 15:33 | View Comments
Neighbor Burning Trash – Eco-Fail

My neighbor throws all of their “paper” trash into their backyard burn barrel and the smell is horrendous, especially when there is plastic in the trash. I can get a headache for hours, and the …

Online Proof of Non-organic Eco-Costs – Eco-Win
Thursday, 1 Oct, 2009 – 12:02 | View Comments
Online Proof of Non-organic Eco-Costs – Eco-Win

Organic Valley, America’s largest organic farmers’ co-op, has launched an online calculator called “Organic Counts!” which shows how Organic Valley farmers and consumers collectively kept 89.5 million pounds of synthetic fertilizer and 1.25 million …

8 Wonderful Ways to Use Washing Soda – Ask Annie
Thursday, 1 Oct, 2009 – 8:55 | View Comments
8 Wonderful Ways to Use Washing Soda – Ask Annie

Hi Annie… I was looking at all your green cleaning product recipes. My daughters and I have started to wash our hair with products made from home that are non-toxic. Both my girls have very …

Chocolate is Healthy — Eco-Win
Thursday, 1 Oct, 2009 – 7:34 | View Comments
Chocolate is Healthy — Eco-Win

Now I can justify my chocolate addiction because chocolate just passed a clinical trial test for artery health! “Our results suggest that regular consumption of nutritional doses of cocoa may have an effect on all …