Martin Luther King Jr. and a 7 year old: Same Dream, Different World
I think this speaks for itself… What can you do to make this world a better place? Let me know and I will Twitter about each response as they come it. You can follow me on Twitter at @Green_Luvin.
Attack Winter Chest Colds with These Herbs & Home Remedies
Image courtesy of Flickr user Freeparking: “The Sick Child” by Munch A couple weeks ago, upon returning from Christmas vacation and having caught a chest cold from a family member, I started to get that old familiar feeling: the onset of bronchitis. Ever since I first got it a few…
Human/Nature: Artists Respond To A Changing Planet
If San Diego’s sunny disposition isn’t enough reason to migrate there this winter, then the city’s Human/Nature: Artists Respond To A Changing Planet exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art is certainly a special, added draw. The show gathers the work of eight international artists, each commissioned to respond to…
Vote Change One More Time — For Our Food System
I think many of us agree that our food system is a mess. Our industrial ways are destroying our environment and health. We had hope that Obama would pick a Secretary of Agriculture who would be good for our future but his choice in Tom Vilsack is problematic. There appears…
Eco Beauty Review: Everyday Minerals Makeup
I stumbled across the Everyday Minerals website a year or so ago when looking for alternatives to the MAC pigments I had been using as eye shadow and eyeliner for years. I was surprised to find a wide variety of foundations, concealers, blush, eye shadow, lip gloss and finishing powders…
The Breast Cancer and Lotion Connection
During a breast cancer symposium in San Antonio, investigators reported that women are dosing themselves in extra estrogen without even knowing it. Why is this of concern you ask? Well, when estrogen is absorbed through the skin, it is recognized as a higher more efficient concentration than that of oral digestion.…
Miss Vermont Chooses Eco-Friendly Gown for Miss America Pageant
There’s a lot I don’t like about Miss America. Sure, they give many scholarships to women, but let’s be real: Miss America isn’t about advancing women’s rights and causes, it’s about rewarding beautiful women for being beautiful. In my opinion, the pageant misrepresents itself as something greater than what it…
Back to the Future: Arteco
Technomontage Western Pennsylvania artist Stewart Webb has updated vintage Art Deco design with a thoroughly future-forward “eco” ethos. His “technomontage” jewelry and objects for the home are crafted using repurposed high tech materials. If the towering skyscraper, the glint of a fast-moving train, or the sleek veneer of an automobile…
Book Review: The Green Beauty Guide by Julie Gabriel
These days, it can be dangerous to attempt to navigate the toxic waters of the beauty industry on your own. There’s trouble at every turn – neurotoxins, hormone disruptors and other baddies cloaked in innocuous-sounding alternate names abound in practically every product you pick up at the store. While some…
Connecting with Nature through TreeYoga
Trees also offer a profound lesson in the quieting and stilling of the mind, another aim of yoga. Contemporary spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle has described meditating on natural forms as a method to find presence: “Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Allow nature to teach you stillness.” (Stillness…
