Make Informed Holistic Food Choices

Living a healthy life is dependent upon what you put into your body as well as what you think about the food you put in your body.  Financial worries can cause indigestion and dis-ease. Eliminate the stress of choosing between healthy food and finances by becoming informed.

Many people are choosing to be frugal yet still want the benefits of organic foods.  The Environmental Working Group has been monitoring food and has been putting out this report since 2000.  The Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides features the fruits and veggies with the most and least pesticides.  The updated lists helps you [...]

Rethinking Food Sources – Lessons from Swine Flu Outbreak

Rethinking Food Sources – Lessons from Swine Flu Outbreak

No, I’m not renaming it to “Lessons from H1N1 flu, Mexican Virus, North American influenza or novel flu virus”.  Changing the name removes us from responding to the issue properly.  It is clear that the flu outbreak was caused by conditions in hog CAFO (confined animal feeding operation).  CAFO is another nice acronym removing us from the reality of the operation.

Back to the topic of the blog.  I was living in Northern Westchester, NY in the early 90′s and was in desperate need of organic foods.  I had become convinced [...]

Spiritual Laws and Flu Pandemics

Scanning this mornings headlines about the flu outbreak, I was struck by two different pieces of information, which have become the topic of two posts.

WHO (World Health Organization) upgraded the severity of the spread of the Swine flu spread to Phase Four is very interesting from an intuitive, spiritual aspect.

WHO (World Health Organization) upgraded the severity of the spread of the Swine flu spread to Phase Four.

The following is a gauge for the classifications:

Phase one: No animal viruses circulating are causing infections in humans.

Phase two: An animal flu virus is known to have caused human [...]

Earthday Tips Countdown – Day 9 Water

Water – the source of life

Never put water down the drain when there may be another use for it such as watering a plant or garden, or cleaning. Repair dripping faucets by replacing washers. If your faucet is dripping at the rate of one drop per second, you can expect to waste 2,700 gallons per year which will add to the cost of water and sewer utilities, or strain your septic system. Take shorter showers. Replace your shower head with an ultra-low-flow version. Some units are available that allow you to cut off the flow without adjusting the [...]

Earthday Tips Countdown Day 10 –

Tip #10 Check your tires

Make sure your tires are properly inflated – Proper inflation can improve gas mileage by more than 3%. Since every gallon of gasoline saves money and keeps 20 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, every increase in fuel efficiency makes a difference! Keep the tires on your car adequately inflated. Check them monthly. Save 250 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $840 per year.

Get into the habit of checking your tires every time you put gas in your car.  This habit will not only save you gas but will also spare you the [...]

Countdown to Earthday

What are the top 10 things you can do to create a better world?

You can change small things and create big changes.  Join me for the next 10 days leading up to Earth Day April 22, 2009, in doing one thing different each day to make a world of difference for all.  Some of these things cost nothing at all and some will even save money.

The following is written by Senator Gaylord Nelson, Founder of Earth Day

How the First Earth Day Came About

The idea for Earth Day evolved over a period of seven years starting in [...]