12/17/2022
I support health sovereignty. This means you can choose the type of health care and health practitioner that most matches your lifestyle and health philosophy. If you ever feel pressured into doing a procedure or taking a drug you are not sure about, leave the office, do some research, and get a second opinion.
This practice is not just for eye care, but it is for your entire health and wellness. Let’s take the power back and trust our bodies to heal naturally.
02/18/2016
"Native Abundance grants will help indigenous peoples restore their traditional food systems and meet the challenges of providing adequate food and nutrition to their communities. However, the benefits of this program go beyond funding; the initiative will offer communities the opportunity to share their experiences and food knowledge. We all have the opportunity to learn from these millennia old indigenous practices."
Native Abundance and the Wisdom of Native Food Practices
Food is one of the greatest gifts Mother Earth gives to us (probably a very close second behind the oxygen we need to breath). It is amazing how you can place a tiny seed in the soil and weeks to months later a plant emerges with edible fruits or vegetables. Despite what the seed and... Read More
02/18/2016
“Unless we are willing to encourage our children to reconnect with and appreciate the natural world, we can't expect them to help protect and care for it.” -David Suzuki
(thank you Britni!)
Teach Your Children Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants with this Creative Board Game | The...
As a father I can relate to this one. What better way to learn than to do it while playing a game
02/18/2016
The Solar Village Is The First Community In The World To Produce 4x More Energy Than It Uses
Source: www.minds.com | Original Post Date: January 29, 2015 - After architect, Rolf Disch, built the Heliotrope (the first building in the world to capture more energy than it uses) he set his sights higher. He successfully created a retail, commercial and residential space called Sonnens
02/17/2016
"In this new paradigm, consumers could choose food produced by degenerative, toxic chemical-intensive, monoculture-based industrial agriculture systems that destabilize the climate, and degrade soil, water, biodiversity, health and local economies. Or they could choose food produced using organic regenerative practices based on sound ecological principles that rejuvenate the soil, grasslands and forests; replenish water; promote food sovereignty; and restore public health and prosperity—all while cooling the planet by drawing down billions of tons of excess carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in the soil where it belongs."
http://regenerationinternational.org/blog-five/2015/10/28/from-sustainable-to-regenerativethe-future-of-food?fb_action_ids=10207881483170526&fb_action_types=og.recommends
regenerationinternational.org
02/17/2016
"Our innate responses to our environments without question served our survival thousands of years ago. Today, they still serve our basic biology but not necessarily the ways modern life has skewed our daily behavior toward unhealthy diets and relative inactivity."
4 Ways Winter Affects Your Physical Health
With winter all but officially upon us, we might already be feeling the season, maybe even planning warm weather vacations. I venture most of us have wondered if we’re not somehow healthier during the summer months. Is it just a mental vitality from the additional daylight hours and relative ease of…
02/17/2016
"We waste 165 billion dollars worth of food per year. That’s more than the budgets for our national parks, public libraries, federal prisons, veteran’s health care, the FBI, and the FDA combined."
Awesome TEDtalk and Solutions provided!
Solutions to the Food Waste Fiasco
Solutions to the Food Waste Fiasco in / Dumpster Diving / Food / Social Issues by Rob February 2, 2016 1 comments We’ve got a Food Waste Fiasco on our hands America and it’s time we end it. But before diving into the solution you’ve got to see the problem. Here’s my TEDx talk that wi…
02/17/2016
"..And so Organic India was born, with the goal of supporting wellness for all and livelihood for farmers by sourcing herbs grown with farming practices that actually restore soil health, instead of degrading it, and turning them into teas."
http://newhope360.com/natural-products-expo-west-2016/one-supplement-brand-s-journey-regenerative-agriculture
One supplement brand’s journey with regenerative agriculture
The CEO of herbal tea and supplements company Organic India explains the company's roots in organic and regenerative agriculture.
11/13/2015
: Rajendra Singh is considered a hero in the state of Rajasthan, in India, for single handedly reviving five rivers that had been dried up for decades.
His exceptional work and dedication have earned him the nickname ‘Waterman of India’. He came up with the concept of a johad that stores water collected during the rainy season so that it can be used for human or animal consumption throughout the year.
11/02/2015
"One farmer noted how signs of climate change had been subtle for the past 15 years, but have become conspicuous in the last three."
Indigenous Seed Savers Gather in the Andes, Agree to Fight Climate Change with Biodiversity
As climate change makes it more difficult to practice agriculture in their ancestral homelands, indigenous communities are exchanging seeds in hopes of finding the hardiest varieties.