Monthly Archives: January 2012

My Chinese brother

Recent news headline in NYT: In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad. If a company that we know and admire and support has practices in place that cause actual deaths, injuries and cancers – how does a thoughtful … Continue reading

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Shirley and Jenny

These two circus elephants – Shirley and Jenny – were reunited at a refuge for abused animals after 22 years apart. Shirley hadn’t seen another elephant during all of that time. Their reunion was surprising, and intense. Carol Buckley, the … Continue reading

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Walk, breathe, repeat.

I can be on the brink of (perceived) hell and an hour of hiking alone will not only pull me back from the edge but will swing my inner pendulum all the way back to gratitude, balance and even, joy. … Continue reading

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Occupy your health

Should everyone have access to healthy products? Or is it the exclusive territory of people who make a lot of money? The uncomfortable truth is, many of the people who buy EO (or shop at Whole Foods, or drive hybrid … Continue reading

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My Man Van

“If my heart could do my thinking And my head begin to feel I would look upon the world anew And know what’s truly real” I’ve always really liked this Van Morrison song. Maybe because I strive to be like … Continue reading

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to hell or the landfill

Sometimes when I am rinsing out the peanut-butter jar for recycling, the little devil on my shoulder says hey man, just throw it in the trash. It’s such a hassle. When I was a kid, we threw EVERYTHING in the … Continue reading

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Cranked

That’s what the surfers call it. Stuck inside a wave, or a series of waves, being pounded mercilessly into the sand until you think you are going to die. And I’m here to tell you that its one of the … Continue reading

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This could be a good time!

I think a lot about how fast this river of life we’re all swimming in together seems to be flowing. I can vaguely remember the concept of long, empty afternoons, from some trip in 1992, or maybe from when I … Continue reading

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Interconnected with everything, even jet fuel

Our bodies carry a “chemical body burden”… traces of over 700 chemicals that we breathe, eat, drink and absorb through our skin. This is pretty much true of all of us – including little babies, junk-food junkies and organic food-eating … Continue reading

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We are the they

We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. When most of us hear the words “peak oil” or “climate change”, we cringe. They are cringe-worthy concepts, living as we do embedded in a system that feels inescapable… a cycle of … Continue reading

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