Spiralizing: The Fun And Easy Way To Make Pasta!
Like other foodies, I love a good kitchen gadget! A few years ago, I added spiralizers (also known as spiral slicers) to my collection of kitchen equipment, and I’m so glad that I did!
Top 10 Recycling Questions
Recycling makes the biggest impact when the only things in our recycling carts are items that can be processed by the local MRF and efficiently recycled into new products. Of course, it’s not always clear just what those things are, and it seems like every day brings a new reason to ask: Is this recyclable?
10 Human Behaviors That Stress Dogs Out
Your dog can become stressed for a variety of reasons. But what many people don't realize is the extent to which we, as pet guardians, can create stress in our dog.
Restricting Opiate Use: But What About The Pain?
There is no question that Americans are prescribed too many narcotic (opiate) medications and that the potential harms definitely outweigh the benefits, many of the latter which are unproven or temporary at best.
UpStaging Lung Cancer
The Addario Lung Cancer Foundation and UpStage Lung Cancer have joined forces to present SingOut! To Upstage Lung Cancer on Friday, May 20 at 7:30 pm to raise money for the Young Lung Genome Study, and to bring together Boston’s musical and medical communities.
10 Ways to Celebrate the International Year of Pulses
2016 is the United Nations International Year of Pulses (IYP). Pulses, or grain legumes, include 12 crops such as dry beans, dry peas, chickpeas, and lentils, which are high in protein, fiber, and micronutrients.
4 Arrested at National Grid's Headquarters in Waltham
Four people were arrested at a sit-in in National Grid's North American Headquarters after refusing to leave the premises on Wednesday, April 20, 2016.
The 3 Most Environmentally Damaging Habits You Might Be Able To Change
If going green seems complicated, here are a few key choices that can have a big impact on the planet we call home.
Is There Really A Secret To Inner Peace?
Everyone has his or her definition of what inner peace is. You may describe it as feeling physically, emotionally and spiritually at peace with yourself.
Introducing The Food Rescue Locator
The Food Rescue Locator helps provide information to food donors and connects them with organizations in need. The Locator shows location, hours of operation, type of food recovered, contact information, and other information.
Now In Its 20th Year, Expressive Arts Institute At Salve Regina Accepting Applications For Its Foundation Course
The expressive and creative arts are being widely used worldwide in a variety of human service arenas, including as complementary treatment programs for patients recovering from cancer, heart disease and many other chronic and life-threatening illnesses.
It’s Strawberry Season! Enjoy Them As Nature Intended
This week EWG released the 2016 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™, including the annually updated EWG Dirty Dozen™ list. For the first time ever, strawberries leads the list for the product with the highest number of pesticide residues, displacing apples, which headed the list for the last five years running.
What I Learned From My March With Democracy Spring
The political march is a tool for social transformation in itself. This one gave me a taste of the connected, empowered society I’m working to create.
150+ Sustainability Resources – Ways To Save Energy, Water And Food
This resource campaign was launch to educate everyone from kids to adults – here you’ll find over 100 ways to conserve water, energy and food with individual tips on how to lead a more sustainable lifestyle.
5 Japanese-American Women Activists Left Out Of U.S. History Books
A herstory lesson about five women whose World War II internment inspired them to action.
‘Just the Beginning’ As 400 Arrested On Capitol Steps Protesting Big Money In Politics
The civil disobedience campaign known as Democracy Spring is in the midst of an unprecedented mobilization featuring marches, sit-ins, teach-ins, and rallies in the nation's capital, all aimed to pressure lawmakers to take a stand against the corrupt campaign finance system.
Rebuilding The Bridge With Cuba
I had the opportunity to travel to Cuba March 18-25, 2016, with my mother and two siblings to visit family members, take in the spectacle of President Obama’s visit and Tampa Bay Rays versus Cuba National Baseball Team game, and reacquaint myself with Cuban culture.
The Personal As Ecological: Chinese Medicine And Climate Crisis
As a practitioner of Chinese medicine, it’s clear to me that this dynamic — of warming planet that is less able to absorb greenhouse gases — is not only appearing in the world around us, it’s happening within us as well.
10 Black Women Innovators And The Awesome Things They Brought Us
From a better hairbrush to modern 3D technology, ten things that might never have existed without the invention or innovation of black women.
I Was a Fourth-Generation Coal Miner. Here’s Why I Quit
I was raised in a union home in southwestern Virginia and, like most kids of my generation, was encouraged to do well in school to avoid a life in the mines. For a while, it seemed possible.
Online Musings: A Belief in Spooky Healing
Einstein called it “spooky action at a distance.” Last year quantum scientists were finally able to prove with certainty that subatomic particles — the stuff of which the entire universe, including you and I, are made — can affect each other at a distance.
Daily Astrology
April 29, 2026
Some souls thrive on adversity. This morning’s contentious lunar opposition to fiery Mars requires tact and diplomacy. The waxing Libra Moon is only two days away from her full stage. Folks are excitable. Enthusiasm is great but...
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