Living Roundup: Greening Starbucks, Naked Yoga & More

How to Green Your Starbucks

At Starbucks Ideas, customers get a chance to say what they expect from the world’s largest chain of coffee shops. Here’s a list of requests for making Starbucks more environmentally responsible. Be sure to vote on them! (Lorna Li - Green Marketing 2.0)

Did Earth Hour Make a Difference?

According to some initial results, it appears that Earth Hour not only inspired people around the world to have some creative fun in the dark, but also tamped down pollution that fuels global warming. (The Daily Green)

Army’s New PTSD Treatments: Yoga, Reiki, Bioenergy

The military is scrambling for new ways to treat the brain injuries and post-traumatic stress of troops returning home from war. And every kind of therapy — no matter how far outside the accepted medical form — is being considered. (Wired)

Fab or Fad: Will These Niche Yoga Classes Go Mainstream?

Some spin-offs work — the American version of The Office — while others … well, does The Simple Life really need a fifth installment? The same holds true for today’s crop of derivative yoga classes. IYogaLife separates the practice-transforming blends from what they hope will be short-lived trends. (IYogaLife)

Are Energy Drinks Offering a Dangerous Jolt?

Energy drinks and kids are a bad mix. Studies have linked excessive caffeine in children to elevated heart rates, hypertension, anxiety, headaches and interrupted sleep patterns. (Miami Herald)

Setting A Limit To Sit With Emotions

Sometimes we feel a strong emotion in reaction to something that has happened, but emotions also visit us seemingly out of the blue, flooding us unexpectedly with joy or grief. Like the weather, they come and go, influencing our mental state with their particular vibration. (DailyOm)