by guest blogger Maya Rodale. Bad moods happen to the best of us. Unfortunately, I seem to have a sensitive temperament that makes me prone to moods. Fortunately, I’ve developed strategies to cheer the heck up.
Archive | March, 2012
8 Ways to Avoid Harmful Chemicals
by guest blogger Robin Dodson ,ScD. At the Silent Spring Institute, we recently did a study, called the Household Exposure Study, and the number of chemicals we are exposed to every day is astounding. While it’s difficult to avoid all of the potentially harmful chemicals in everyday products, there are steps you can take to choose safer products and reduce your exposure.
Queen Conch
Talk about eating local! There is nothing more local than eating raw conch on an island where they grow the conch and harvest them right out back!
Doing Laundry in a Costa Rican
Cloud Forest
by guest blogger Wendy Gordon. You would think that Jim Damalas, president of the Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Hotel, would have much more to share with us about his boutique mountain inn. But all he wanted to talk about was the laundry, or more precisely, the laundry water.
A Girls Guide to Bonefishing
Ever since I read an article in Garden and Gun about a bonefishing trip that Yvon Chouinard and Tom Brokaw took, I was curious about the sport. Mostly because it takes place in my favorite place of all, the shallow, crystal-clear turquoise waters of the Caribbean.
Spring Cleaning 101
by guest blogger Maya Rodale. I love cleaning. Weird, I know. I especially love a fresh, clean, organized, and clutter-free home. Please note, I have that approximately two to three hours per year, and spring is one of those times. Here are some tips that make cleaning a breeze…
How to Start Raising Chickens
by guest blogger Jean Nick. Having a few hens is a great way to make good use of kitchen and garden leftovers, harvest your very own amazing-tasting eggs, cut your food miles, and get the greatest compost bin on the block. It’s easy to get started.
Holly’s Almost-Indian Lentil Soup
Holly is my most special, fabulous, wonderful yoga teacher. This soup she makes is nourishing on every level.
Scratch
Raised on America’s first organic farm, Scratch author Maria Rodale learned how to make everyday favorites from, yes, scratch — the way you remember them; the way they turn out best.
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Drawing on findings from leading health researchers as well as conversations with both chemical and organic farmers from coast to coast, Maria Rodale irrefutably outlines the unacceptably high cost of chemical farming on our health and our environment.
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