Healing and Bodywork Summer Issue Preview
"When you have your health, you have everything." Especially to those suffering with the pain and symptoms of disease, no truer words can be spoken...
The Coming Transformation
Amidst all the negative news of racism, bankruptcy and the corporate takeover of America, bright points of light from the alternative news media remind us that nothing is one-sided and the possibilities of our reality are infinite.
When Art Goes Viral, Will It Also Go Extinct?
Guest blogger Linda Marks wonders what archeologists of the future will be missing if they try to unearth our world so enamored with virtual reality? The case for preserving the "clutter" of art in the physical.
Physical Empathy and Emotional Empathy
Physical empathy is when we feel things that other people are feeling but we feel them in our bodies. That means when you are picking up something from someone you feel it in your body.
Vietnam Veteran Larry Colburn: War Destroys People
Our good friends at the Peace Abbey circulated this op-ed by Vietnam veteran Larry Colburn on March 16, 2012, the 44th anniversary of the My Lai...
GMO? OMG! Just Label It
> You have the right to know what's in your food. 92% of Americans want the FDA to label genetically engineered or GMO foods.
Wholesale Approval of Genetically Engineered Foods
Over the 2011 holidays, the United States Department of Agriculture announced its approval of a novel strain of genetically engineered corn, developed by Monsanto, purportedly being "drought tolerant."
Universal Healthcare Kicks Off in Vermont
Deb Richter, MD, resolved to fix the health care system almost as soon as she began practicing medicine more than two decades ago in inner city Buffalo.
Seed Libraries
Utne Reader reports that a small number of public libraries around the country are beginning to do for seeds what they have long done for books.
Seeding Our Future
Many years ago my husband decided that he wanted to live on a farm. So we began the search that led us to 23 acres of undeveloped land in Medfield, Massachusetts.
Picture A World Without Honey Bees
In 2007, the term Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) was coined when honeybees in 24 U.S. states and four continents began disappearing. Worker bees failed to return to the hive, leaving the uncapped brood abandoned.
EarthTalk: Pharmacy In Our Drinking Water
Dear EarthTalk: Pharmaceuticals were in the news again recently, how they are polluting water and raising a host of health issues because we dispose of them both unused and used through body waste elimination. What can be done? — Lucy Abbot, Macon, GA
Musings: Protecting Our Food Supply
"The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison." — Ann Wigmore Known as the "mother of living foods,"...
Mentoring Boys to Men
The teenage years are both challenging and developmentally critical for teens as well as the adults in their lives.
Instrumental Partners Program Announced
Worcester Public Schools and WICN 90.5, the NPR jazz station in Worcester, MA, announce a collaboration called Instrumental Partners.
Healthy Cooking Timesavers
If you've been struggling with a hectic schedule and find yourself reaching for takeout menus more often than you'd like, try some of these quick and easy meal prep ideas that have worked for me.
Full Scholarships for Veterans at the Massage School
The Massage School, with two locations in Acton and Easthampton, MA, is offering full scholarships to veterans returning from active duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.
East Coast States Join Together to Curb Greenhouse Gases
Given the lack of federal action to curb greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., several East Coast states joined together in 2008 to form the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)...
Do-It-Yourself Food Safety: An Interview with NOFA's Julie Rawson
Julie Rawson is the executive director of the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) Mass Chapter, a position you might say she has held since the day she walked in the door in 1984.
Vegan is Love: Having Heart and Taking Action
Children are born to love. They love animals, people, the ocean. Vegan is Love: Having Heart and Taking Action helps children really look at what it means to act with kindness, and how veganism is part of a loving life-style.
Ordinary Sacred: The Simple Beauty of Everyday Life
As the world rushes crazily along preparing for elections, financial melt-downs and catastrophes, Kent Nerburn reminds us that the meaning in life comes from our humble appreciation of it.
Daily Astrology
July 2, 2026
This is one of those days when finding comfort in one’s own skin can be difficult. Impulses are contradictory. The Cancer Sun is naturally caring, deeply concerned with the welfare of loved ones. . The Aquarius Moon, on the other hand...
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