The Legendary Origins of Tea
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.
Spirit of Change - Spring 2008
Whole Foods Healthy Cooking: Spring Cooking
Ah, spring! While it’s not the height of produce season in the Northeast and farmers markets are still a distant memory, it IS an exciting season.
EarthTalk: Carbon Offsets
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.
EarthTalk: Environmental Clubs at School
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.
Earthtalk: Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs
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).
EarthTalk: Green Jobs
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.
Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
“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).
A More Perfect Vision for Humanity
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.
Mastering Alchemy: Creating Heaven on Earth
Learn how to use your aura as an antenna of your personal energy field to transform thoughts into new creative opportunities
Feng Shui For Everyday: Foreclosure And The Wealth Sector
I live in Lyme, Connecticut. Our home is surrounded by forest and it’s beautiful and I don’t want to leave it.
The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife
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.
Wisdom from Christiane Northrup on Sex and Menopause
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.
Cultural Crossroads: A Vision for the Future of America and the World
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.
Musings: Miracles, Midlife, and Waking Up the Mind
A good friend’s husband was recently diagnosed with stage four inoperable brain and lung cancer.
Dear Louise
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.
How To See Chakras
There is nothing more beautiful than to see and experience the chakra system of another person.
