* In this third edition of LABEL SAVVY!, we expose some of the most common toxic chemicals found in everyday bodycare and cosmetics products, while offering ways to seek out and identify truly natural, non-toxic alternatives (including D.I.Y.)!
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* LABEL SAVVY! – Bodycare…or Bodyscare? Identify Toxic Ingredients & Natural Alternatives!
Posted in Activism, Bodycare, Business, Cancer, Cosmetics, DIY, Environment, Food, Garden photos, Health, Label Savvy, Organic, Parenting, Photos, Reviews, Shopping, THIS WEEK'S DISH, Vegan, Vegetarian on 14 December 2007 | 3 Comments »
* THE NEW MAIN STREET: Green Gift Ideas, Trees For The Future & What Would Jesus Buy?
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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* THE TURTLE AND THE BUDDHA – Photos Of Sculpture In The Garden
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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* POLL #1: How To Grow All Yr Food Within 5 Years?
Posted in 90 percent, Biointensive, DIY, Food, Gardening, Homestead, Life, Poll, Seeds, Sustainable on 29 June 2007 | 1 Comment »
“When I go into my garden with a spade, and dig a bed, I feel such an exhilaration and health that I discover that I have been defrauding myself all this time in letting others do for me what I should have done with my own hands.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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* Cool. 90% Personal Emissions Reduction Begins In Our Garden…
Posted in 90 percent, Animals, Biointensive, Bodycare, Chicago, Climate Change, Clothing, Compost, DIY, Family, Food, Gardening, Global Warming, Grains, Homestead, Illinois, Life, Organic, Peace, Politics, Raw, Recycling, Sustainable, Vegan, Vegetarian, Water on 20 June 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is a project by Simple Living called Riot for Austerity 90% Emissions Reduction Project. Individuals and families are invited to participate, at what ever level one can, to actively and consciously change one’s life to reduce the negative impact one has on the planet – and increase the positive impact one has [...]
* SPRING IN A GARDEN – An Ode In Pictures
Posted in Compost, DIY, Food, Garden photos, Gardening, Homestead, Organic, Photos, THIS WEEK'S DISH on 1 June 2007 | 1 Comment »
* Photos from our garden, including the pale pink peonies in full bloom, the compost pile, the mini-greenhouse, planting sunflower seeds, the Pesticide Free Sign, radishes, and mustard greens. *
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* If You Plant It, They Will Grow – A Diary Of Two Beginning Gardeners
Posted in Biointensive, Compost, DIY, Garden photos, Gardening, Homestead, Organic, Photos, Recipes, Sustainable, THIS WEEK'S DISH on 25 May 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Our first spring review of the backyard garden, from planning where to dig the new beds, a primer on biointensive double-dug raised beds, some of the varieties of veggies, flowers, & herbs we’ve planted so far, a recipe for how to make special compost tea to boost ailing plants, and the innards of our compost piles.
* Chicago Says Yes! To A Green Future
Posted in 2008 Election, Activism, Animals, Books, Business, Chicago, Childhood, Children, Climate Change, Clothing, Compost, DIY, Dennis Kucinich, Education, Family, Food, Global Warming, Health, Illinois, Life, Music, Nature, Nonviolence, Organic, Parenting, Peace, Photos, Politics, Recycling, Sustainable, THIS WEEK'S DISH, Vegan, Vegetarian, Water on 28 April 2007 | 3 Comments »
* Our inspiring, delicious, and consciousness-raising experience at Chicago’s first ever Green Festival on Earth Day weekend. We review vegan food and drink, talk a little about the low-waste, green management of the festival, organic clothing, and eco-books for kids & grownups. Speakers included Bill McKibben, Frances Moore Lappe, David Korten, and Presidential Candidate [...]
* Bug Off? Nonviolent Conflict Resolution In The Garden
Posted in Animals, Biointensive, Books, DIY, Family, Food, Garden photos, Gardening, Health, Homestead, Nature, Nonviolence, Organic, Peace, Pets, Photos, Spiritual, Sustainable, THIS WEEK'S DISH on 14 April 2007 | 1 Comment »
* What to do (or feel) when the local wildlife chomp on your tulips or lettuce, the home & garden bible Better Basics For The Home by Annie Berthold-Bond, zen in the garden, “you must be the garden you wish to see”, and how Mother Nature works in mysterious ways. *
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