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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.

I went to the most moving and beautiful Taize evening prayer service in Brooklyn last night at the Park Slope United Methodist Church. After 45 minutes of silence, prayer, and chant, I left the sanctuary infused with God’s spirit, prepared for Good Friday and Easter. A Taize service is appealing to anyone who loves early…

There’s a hilarious article about the popularity of green tea on Slate right now, written by editor Jacob Weisberg. I can’t quite tell if he’s really a new convert to the wonder beverage. I kind of doubt it. One thing’s for certain, he’s not buying into green tea’s inflated ad copy! He writes: The implicit…

Hey guys, here is some fantastic “spiritual” couture I’m putting it up, not to arouse your desire, but to affirm that this is a fashion direction you’ll be seeing more. The Asian-influenced silk-paneled jackets are really gorgeous, but here’s the bad news–they’re priced in the area of $5,000. Let’s hope T.J. Maxx soon creates knock-offs…

Spoke to a friend this morning who moaned, “I’m not eating carbs these days.” “Oh!” said I, “I’m off wheat, dairy, and sugar!” When I say I’m off sugar, I mean refined sugar, honey, maple syrup, and all artificial sweeteners (which I’ve never respected). I’m happily off caffeine too. And oh, I’ve dropped chocolate. I’m…

“Queen of Green” Debra Lynn Dadd has posted an article about dyeing Easter eggs with onion skins, cranberry juice, beet skins, red cabbage, wine, and turmeric.

Los Angeles knitter and photographer Lisa Ann Auerbach has lived by the motto “Stop making scarves. Start making trouble” since 2005 when she made her first pair of Iraq War body count mittens. The American body count number knitted into the pattern almost always increases between the completion of the right hand and the left.…
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