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This is cool. The world’s first and and only Islamic online environmental magazine, published by the Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences. “Our home planet Earth is undergoing rapid and sustained destruction of its eco-systems. This is giving rise to unacceptable levels of pollution, increasing damage to human habitations and ultimately threatening world-wide population…

I do not consistently telegraph to my children how distressed I am about international events. The kids force me to find things I can believe in and trust–instead of complain about. I admire families that speak openly about politics and argue issues over the dinner table. But lately, I’ve been picking up on a cosmic…

Click here to learn more about designers using bamboo, pina leaves, pineapples, and sweet potatoes to create or dye clothes! “Three years ago, the interest in ethical fashion was minimal,” Elizabeth Cazorla, a director of apparel merchandising at La Redoute, told the AFP. “Now 50 percent of our clients say they want to buy fair…

Well, Regis and Kelly donned exercise duds this morning to accompany Sri Dharma Mittra through a few moves on ABC’s “Live with Regis and Kelly.” Mittra, the distinguished director of New York’s Dharma Yoga Center, is author of a book that beautifully illustrates 608 yoga asanas. All three celebrities glided through the “cobra” nicely, but…

Dr. Joseph Mercola, author of “Dr. Mercola’s Total Health Program: The Proven Plan to Prevent Disease and Premature Aging, Optimize Weight and Live Longer,” has posted a video of himself on his website where he directly and passionately addresses what’s happening to organic foods as they go mass market. He’s particularly upset that StonyField Farm’s…

They’ve got so much to work through! Click here. It’s cute.

Every October 31st there comes that moment when your darling child, with cheeks pink from excitement, plops their costumed self down in the hallway and gleefully peers into that sugary, preservative- and food dye-laden sack of Sweet Tarts, M&Ms, and Reese’s Peanut Butter cups. And every year, it’s me who feels like passing out. Hey…

Have you noticed the new purple-bottled “natural essence” laundry soap called “Simple Pleasures” being advertised in places like “Oprah” magazine? I wrote “Queen of Green” consumer advocate Debra Lynn Dadd, and asked her what she thought of this new line, significant because it’s born of the loins of Procter & Gamble, maker of Downy and…

Daniel Goleman, author most famously of “Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships,” wrote this sweet piece for yesterday’s New York Times health section citing scientific studies that show how loving relationships stimulate physiological responses, keeping us happier, healthier, living longer lives. Goleman writes: “…my hostility bumps up your blood pressure, your nurturing love…

In case you missed it, PBS ran Bill Moyers’ report on Green evangelical Christians last night. Here are links to many of the environmentally-hip, otherwise conservative organizations mentioned.
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