Over the next 30 years, the world’s population will grow from 7 billion to roughly 9 billion people. The thought of feeding another 2 billion people is daunting. The idea of doing so while simultaneously…
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Here is something scary. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the largest accumulation of ocean plastic in the world and is located between Hawaii and California. The mass estimated to comprise 1.8 trillion pieces of…
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Amy Ippoliti is passionate about helping. She has learned that true happiness comes from helping others. As she is quick to acknowledge, “We are each other’s keepers.” Amy is also passionate about living a mindful,…
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In their glistening icy habitat, the polar bear reflects an unearthly beauty. Their home rings the Arctic Circle and includes parts of Canada, Russia, the United States (in Alaska), Greenland, and Norway. As ice retreats,…
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Has there ever been a special place that you’ve visited, held in your heart, and fondly remembered long after you left? A safe haven and a place above all others that will always be special…
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In 1969, Michael Reynolds graduated from Architecture School and moved to Taos, New Mexico. Inspired by television news stories about the concerning issue of global garbage accumulation and the lack of affordable housing, Reynolds put…
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Hemp fabric is not a newcomer to the fashion industry. In fact, hemp itself isn’t even a newcomer to our civilization. The earliest discovered woven fabric, dating back to 8000-7000 BC, is hemp. While hemp…
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To describe the impact that Africa had on me would be to say that I felt like I had come home; home to a place steeped in the historical beginnings of nature. Our first destination…
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Humans can be messy. As our overall impact on the ecosystem grows, our tendency to be messy results in serious problems for the planet. Humans continue to create a variety of synthetic and toxic compounds…
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In yogic traditions, the word "Prana" is a Sanskrit word meaning, "life force." At least that was the case before 1992, when the word also came to mean "an environmentally-responsible company from Carlsbad, California making…
