Carbon offsets are monies that consumers and businesses pay voluntarily to compensate for the greenhouse gas emissions they generate directly by driving, flying, running the air conditioning and otherwise using non-renewable energy.
Participating in an environmental club is an excellent way for high school students to learn about environmental issues while providing measurable benefit to their community.
Analysts at the nonprofit Earth Policy Institute (EPI) estimate that the United States could close 80 coal-fired power plants if Americans switched over en masse to compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs).
With just about every company trying to green its products, services and internal operations these days, there has never been a better time to find a green job.
“In late summer 2007, reports of ice melting were coming at a frenetic pace. Experts were “stunned” when an area of Arctic sea ice almost twice the size of Britain disappeared in a single week,” writes Lester R. Brown in his new book, Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (W.W. Norton & Company).
Although I interviewed Marianne Williamson on the phone for this interview, I saw her in person when she spoke at Harvard Medical School last November as part of The National Institute for Whole Health’s Celebrity Speaker Series.
Learn how to use your aura as an antenna of your personal energy field to transform thoughts into new creative opportunities.
I live in Lyme, Connecticut. Our home is surrounded by forest and it’s beautiful and I don’t want to leave it.
I began my career giving talks about A Course in Miracles in 1983. In 1992, I published my first book about it. In 2007, having been reading the book for three decades and lecturing on it literally thousands of times, I came out of meditation one day and thought, I’ve become an advanced student of the Course.
According to holistic expert and MD Christiane Northrup, midlife can be a time for both men and women to experience some of the best sex of their lives.
In this final chapter excerpt from What Would Jefferson Do? (Harmony Books, 2004), bestselling author Thom Hartmann reflects on why democracy works and how we can return to the Founders’ ideals.
A good friend’s husband was recently diagnosed with stage four inoperable brain and lung cancer.
Today, you are either a coffee drinker or a tea drinker. There could be no more evidence of this than finding a Starbucks at the Great Wall in China, in the back lanes of Beihai Park and at the Forbidden City.
Take notice of which vegetables and fruits are growing. Eating what’s growing in your area during any season helps the body adjust to the season and makes for a healthier choice.
Dear Louise, I’m a 40-year-old woman who has been recently diagnosed with menopause and have also found out that I have the sickle-cell trait.
Amazingly, everyone can see the chakras, however we just don’t know what we are looking for. There is nothing more beautiful than to see and experience the chakra system of another person.
A new age in garden practices is blooming including organic gardening and bringing heirloom varieties of seeds back into home gardens.
The average North American produces between 60 and 150 gallons of wastewater every day, much of it a result of washing dishes and clothes.
Yes the city of San Francisco did just recently ban plastic bags. Large supermarkets and pharmacies there must eliminate plastic shopping bags by early 2008 in favor of bags made from either paper or compostable and biodegradable cornstarch.
Feeling trapped in your windowless office cubicle? Try some feng shui advice to bring harmony to your office space.
With all the excess of energy and material expended for just one day of a traditional wedding, planning a wedding for the “green” bride and groom may seem impossible...
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