On Nature Blindness (Mine and Yours)
My nature blindness, is, I hope, just a bit of myopia, but I could be legally blind. I have no idea.
Gorgeous, Ethically Harvested Bespoke Wood Plantation Shutters to Transform Your Home
These energy efficient shutters will keep your home cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
Find Out What Happens to Our Trash
Discarded plastic items await recycling (Photo: Shutterstock) There is no magic place called “away” where our garbage goes. We learned this early on in grade school. My boyfriend’s 7-year-old cousin, Charlie, is an ardent recycler at his home and perhaps the finest example of what we all should be doing when it…
Meditate on This: 5 TED Talks That Will Bring You Closer to Nature
Take a breather, and watch how connected we really are to the world around us.
Gorgeous! World’s Biggest Tree Captured in One Photograph
"The President" got its portrait taken!
Timberland Empowers Local Farmers and Communities By Planting Millions of Trees in Haiti
We've always been impressed with Timberland's commitment to do well and do good. (We happen to dig their footwear, too.)
Walk in OMBU Shoes and Reforest Our Planet
I’d wager that you never thought you could purchase a pair of shoes while helping with the world’s reforestation efforts. But it’s true. We now live in an age where more and more consumers recognize the merits of products made responsibly. OMBU is a fresh, young company intent on providing…
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…
Simple Ways to a Green 2008 Holiday
Every year there are things we do to minimize the consumptive haze. This year, with the economy being what it is and people mowing each other down at Wal-Mart, many are choosing alternatives to corporate Christmas debris. Here are some of the tips that help my family to slow down,…
Help Fight Chocolate Extinction!
First the honeybees (and duh, the honey) and now chocolate is on the decline? Say it ain’t so!! According to this CNN article on the subject of chocolate extinction, “Yields are declining all across the cocoa plantations of West Africa, where two thirds of the world’s supply is grown, as…
