The Green Yogi It’s a tiny detail of everyday life: the packages things come wrapped in, and the ones we buy for putting them inside. If you take a trip to a big box store, or to shops that sell items in large quantity ... or, well, any supermarket, drugstore or hardware store [...]
Creating An Organic Laboratory In The Valley Behind Room 28 of Kester Avenue Elementary School in Sherman Oaks, California the Ms. Anita Avalos’ kindergarten class have been becoming kinder-gardeners. The students, along with parents, teachers, and Urban Organic Gardener Michael Lieberman, have been planting the public school’s first organic vegetable garden. Ms. Avalos, [...]
Environmental education in our nation’s K-12 schools is on the rise with many states leading the way in providing support, training and curriculum. In California, the Education and Environment Initiative (EEI) was established in 2003 to encourage and provide support to teachers and schools to increase environmental literacy by making environmental education an integral part [...]
Picture and feel the difference between walking down the center aisle of a supermarket, and walking through a Farmers’ Market, where you can actually feel connected to the source of real, live food and you somehow find that your mood is lifted. Famers’ Markets are growing dramatically every year. In 2009, there were [...]
The green Yogi Industrial hemp: You could swear by it on the original Gutenberg Bible printed on it, the Declaration of Independence that was drafted on it, or even the first American flag that was made of it. Currently, most industrialized nations do swear by it. Except one: the land of the free. [...]
If you’re reading this, I know you’re all about finding balance in your life. You balance your body and mind through Yoga, food, and self-care. But what about money? How are you doing with balance in that area of your life? If you’re out of balance, you’re probably stuck in either one of [...]
Taking The Temperature Of The Green Economy We’ve all been watching the statistics proclaimed regularly on the news in regards to economic indicators, measurements and forecasts related to unemployment rates, loss of jobs and outsourcing. But not all of these numbers are declining, particularly in California. According to “Many Shades of Green,” a report created [...]
The choices you make every day are ones with a profound impact. From the smallest decisions at the grocery store to what you buy your mother for her birthday, you send a message declaring what type of future you support for the Earth. We have entered an age where each of us need to step [...]
Green Laces For Fans Of The Planet GreenLaces.org presents two simple, yet powerful, steps to save the planet. Step 1: Make a Promise to the Planet. Step 2: Wear GreenLaces shoelaces to show you are a fan of the planet. It is that simple. Natalie Spilger, founder and CEO of GreenLaces.org, is a [...]
Perhaps you have wondered (I certainly have), about the environmental impact of bleach – does it pose a danger to the environment and is it okay to use? We’re talking about household bleach, usually with the name Clorox on the bottle, virtually always seen as a gallon jug. This stuff is used in large quantities [...]