Posted in Activism, Art, Bodycare, Business, Children, Climate Change, Clothing, DIY, Energy, Environment, Family, Film, Global Warming, Health, Holidays, Illinois, Movies, Organic, Prayer, Recycling, Reviews, Shopping, Sustainable, THIS WEEK'S DISH, Toys, Trees, tagged Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) on 29 November 2007 | 1 Comment »
* Journey down “The New Main Street” of green businesses and eco-friendly, fair trade gifts, plus check out our preview of the newly released documentary What Would Jesus Buy? *
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Serving Up a Weekly Helping of
Sustainable & Organic Gardening, Food, Health, and Community
by Adam Brockman & Aireen Joven, November 2007, #37
THIS WEEK’S DISH -
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Posted in Art, Children, Earth, Family, Farming, Food, Fruit, Garden photos, Gardening, Health, Homestead, Life, Love, Meditation, Music, Nature, Peace, Photos, Spiritual, THIS WEEK'S DISH, Time, Trees, Video on 18 November 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Serving Up a Weekly Helping of
Sustainable & Organic Gardening, Food, Health, and Community
by Adam Brockman & Aireen Joven, November 2007, #34
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WELCOMING AUTUMN AND CHANGE: a short meditation
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You may say that [...]
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Serving Up a Weekly Helping of
Sustainable & Organic Gardening, Food, Health, and Community
by Adam Brockman & Aireen Joven, October 2007, #31
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LABEL SAVVY! -
Shelf Life…Or Death?: Hydrogenated Oils & Trans Fats
“FEEDING THE YOUNG (COMIC)” by Mike Adams and Dan Berger, originally published Friday, March 23, 2007. To [...]
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Posted in Art, Chicago, Earth, Events, Illinois, Love, Meditation, Music, Nonviolence, Peace, Video on 3 October 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Serving Up a Weekly Helping of
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by Adam Brockman & Aireen Joven, September 2007, #30
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UNTIL EVERYDAY IS A CELEBRATION OF PEACE:
Chicago’s International Day Of Peace
MAKE ART NOT WAR. On September 26, 2005, we marched through Washington D.C. during the international call [...]
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Posted in 13 Moon Calendar, Activism, Art, Books, Earth, Education, Environment, Food, Gardening, Healing, Health, History, Life, Love, Meditation, Nature, Nonviolence, Peace, Politics, Prayer, Ringing Cedars, Seeds, Spiritual, Sustainable, THIS WEEK'S DISH, Time, Video on 20 July 2007 | 2 Comments »
“The very nature of the calendar the world follows has stunted the mind and body’s innate timing sensibility… Our sense of time is a fundamental perception. If the standard measure of time that we use is irregular, then we must contemplate deeply and understand what this does to our mind over centuries of [...]
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Posted in Animals, Art, Children, DIY, Family, Food, Garden photos, Gardening, Grains, Homestead, Nature, Organic, Photos, Spiritual, THIS WEEK'S DISH, Water on 5 July 2007 | 1 Comment »
* Summer has arrived! Come take a photo tour of the sculptural art in our garden. You will meet Buddha, a turtle, the sun, a girl angel, a pink dragonfly, many plants and more. We also give a big shout out to the loving creator of this magic garden, Aireen’s mother Ting.*
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Posted in Activism, Art, Children, Climate Change, Earth, Environment, Family, Global Warming, Healing, Health, Life, Love, Meditation, Miracles, Music, Nature, Nonviolence, Peace, Photos, Prayer, Spiritual, Sustainable, THIS WEEK'S DISH, Water on 22 June 2007 | 7 Comments »
“I am being given a way for us all to participate in a healing of mother earth, and a launching of the human race into a time of health, peace and positive change. But, for this to happen, you will need to sit in meditation for just one hour of your life.”
- Shelley [...]
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Posted in Abuse, Art, Childhood, Depression, Healing, Health, Life, Love, Music, Nature, PTSD, Peace, Spiritual, Therapy, Trauma on 16 June 2007 | 1 Comment »
Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley
Please add your own answer below. Thanks.
Who helped you, whether they knew it or not, during a “dark night of the soul” in your life, or continues to help you today?
What moment or experience brightened your world just when you needed it?
What art, music, aspect of nature, [...]
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Posted in Abuse, Art, Books, Childhood, Children, Depression, Family, Healing, Health, Life, Love, Music, Nature, Nonviolence, PTSD, Parenting, Peace, Photos, Politics, Sexuality, Spiritual, THIS WEEK'S DISH, Therapy, Trauma, Video on 15 June 2007 | 6 Comments »
* Understanding the effects of abuse & trauma on the individual and the world – including holistic healing, the life-changing work of Alice Miller, how we can all be someone’s candle in the closet, and the healer’s palette. Adam reflects more on his childhood, while he and Aireen illustrate how healing yourself and helping [...]
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Posted in Abuse, Art, Childhood, Children, Depression, Family, Healing, Health, Life, Love, Music, Nature, Nonviolence, PTSD, Parenting, Peace, Photos, Spiritual, THIS WEEK'S DISH, Therapy, Trauma, Video on 11 June 2007 | 7 Comments »
* The first in a series of articles about the effects of childhood abuse and neglect on the world and on the individual, Adam shares his personal story, while he and Aireen paint a picture of what it means to treat children with love and respect while honoring the children we once were. *
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