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Talk to Your Daughters About the Beauty Industry
We all must consider the world wide impact of what we do to look good.
Continue reading »Learning to Love Compost
Camp Ballibay is in the middle of their second year of composting food scraps from the kitchen and dining hall. This environmentally friendly strategy reduces waste and creates a nutrient rich supplement for the camp garden. Recently, our giant camp compost bins were moved from outside the kitchen to a more distant location. The reasons [...]
Continue reading »The Oil Song
Interrupt fun at summer camp for a grim reminder: Good planets are hard to find. Let’s stop screwing up this one.
Continue reading »Slow Money
I’m heading up to VT this week to attend the 2nd annual Slow Money Gathering. What is slow money? Its similar to Slow Food. It’s about knowing where your money is going to and coming from. Investing in companies you believe in. Supporting local/ regional businesses, especially when it comes to food. Speakers at the [...]
Continue reading »What can we do about this mess?
As the oil continues to gush into the gulf, here’s a great idea of what you can do about it.
Continue reading »You Need to See this Movie
Concerned about the economy? The oil spill? Climate change? Here’s something you can do about all three that is positive and uplifting. See this movie!
Continue reading »Speaking of Oil….
Like it or not, you’re eating oil. Its time to re-think our food system.
Continue reading »Love Your Mother
On Mother’s Day and every other day, don’t forget about the most important mother of all: Mother Earth.
Continue reading »Safer Lettuce is Simple!
What can you do to protect yourself from a lettuce recall? The solution is simple.
Continue reading »Dangerous Words
Yesterday, I wrote about the ambiguous nature of one word: sugar. The food industry and well meaning mainstream nutritionists have succeeded in confusing us. Is sugar good? Is it bad? I spend loads of time helping clients understand the distinctions between the sugar found in carrots and how that is completely different from the crystalline [...]
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