As we look back on all that happened in 2011, sometimes we forgot to bring our reusable containers, missed an opportunity to enlighten and support others in their journey, or just held back for whatever reason to living more consciously.
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The Handmade and Upcycled Christmas Gift Guide 2012…
Greywater is just what it sounds like, something between white and black. With freshwater on one end of the spectrum, and blackwater on the other, greywater is waste water that results from washing laundry, showering/bathing and using the sink. While there are some soaps and other residues that build up in grey water (resulting in a grayish color, hence …
PRLog (Press Release) – Aug 20, 2009 – Around the world, as many as one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex, or abused in some other way – most often by someone she knows, including her husband or another male family member; one woman in four has been abused during pregnancy. …
Vote Hemp, the leading grassroots advocacy organization working to give back farmers the right to grow industrial hemp (the oilseed and fiber varieties of Cannabis), enthusiastically supports the decision of Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski to sign SB 676 into law today. The bill, which passed the House by a vote of 46 to 11 and the Senate by a …
With biodiversity shrinking as species of plants dwindle, shrinking biodiversity is a problem that affects us all. A study carried out by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization found that the diversity of domesticated animals around the world is also quickly shrinking.
The study indicates that at least one breed per month of domesticated animals is going extinct, …
Hemp not only provides more efficient means for making paper, building materials, cloth and food, it has a tidy little footprint when it comes to its impact on the environment. Find out about the many uses of hemp as well as what you can do to make this sustainable source of food and green products more accessible.