By Valerie Reiss, covering for Amy. Found this lovely little reminder on Treehugger today, it’s the Want vs. Need Glass, cleverly designed to overflow at the first drop over need. It’s a statement on water consumption. Here’s what Trendhunter had to say: “Luckily, you can buy something else to acknowledge your wastefulness. The want vs.…

Here’s a fascinating project and website: Fire the Grid. It is the creation of a woman, who with her young son, nearly drowned in a lake in 2002. In the midst of her near-death experience, she heard voices that told her to have faith. She survived. Her son was declared brain-dead, but he rose after…

Corporations are getting into blogging big-time with hopes of warming up their products, and cultivating more personal relationships with consumers. Tide detergent has a message board, with opportunities for readers to log on and write about their laundry experiences. Who’d have ever thought it? But the Patagonia Blog, produced by the noted ecologically-minded maker of…

I’ll be off next week to relax a bit and then go to the Omega “Being Fearless” conference here in New York, where both Al Gore and Jane Goodall will give keynotes! Have a wonderfully healthy week. Take good care of yourselves. Holistic Spirituality editor Valerie Reiss will be subbing for me.

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