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Eat Locally: An Introduction into the Locavorian World

jessielucier by jessielucier | February 19th, 2010 | Comments (0)
topic: Green Living, Health & Wellness, Healthy Eating | tags: community supported agriculture, eating local, economy, environment, fair-trade, locavore, organic

Buy LocalHave you ever caught yourself, mid-bite into a juicy burger (veggie, beef or buffalo) loaded with all the fixings, and stopped to consider where it all came from?  Like, how did your home-grown tomato end up nestled next to an avocado from California, topped upon a patty of ground beef processed in Kansas?

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Put Mother Nature to Work Feeding Your Family

Leslie Garrett by Leslie Garrett | February 19th, 2010 | Comments (5)
topic: Healthy Eating | tags: food, healthy-eating, natural food, organic, organic foods, organic garden

My grandfather, not one given to understatement, frequently declared many modern-day foods to be “poison” and dismissed them with a wave of his hand. Among the offenders? Margarine (“anything that doesn’t freeze at freezing temperatures isn’t right…”). Pam cooking spray (“work of the devil!”). Whipped cream in an aerosol (“Unnatural!”).

I can only imagine his response to today’s offerings.

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No Toxic Love, Please.

Cheryl Terrace by Cheryl Terrace | February 12th, 2010 | Comments (0)
topic: Green Living | tags: chocolate, flowers, love, organic, organic flowers, sex, Valentines Day

Many of us will send (and receive) flowers for Valentine’s Day (as well as Mother’s Day and/or Easter). However, many of us are unaware the $40 billion floral industry often exploits laborers, and deals in toxic chemicals – not what you want to associate with a gift of love! Check out some of these facts from the bestselling book, The Flower Confidential. We have an opportunity to use this holiday to improve our health, as well as minimize our impact on the environment and build community by making better flower choices, like shopping at Local Harvest, Organic Bouquet, or California Organic Flowers.

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Should You Use Fruit and Veggie Wash?

Leslie Garrett by Leslie Garrett | February 4th, 2010 | Comments (0)
topic: Green Living, Health & Wellness, Healthy Eating | tags: buy local, DIY, do it yourself, fruit, homemade, make your own, organic, pesticide-free, produce, recipe, vegetables

Get good-looking strawberries like this with a homemade fruit and veggie wash

It’s not that my mind isn’t teeming with important thoughts. It is. I read literature. I watch documentaries. I bandy about intellectual ideas with my Ph.D.-waving friends.

But that doesn’t seem to stop my mind from obsessing about the little things.

For example, just this morning I was picking up a few things at the market. I noticed a bottle – from an eco-conscious company – of fruit and veggie wash.

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Organic or Conventional: What’s a Jack-O-Lantern to do?

Kimberly Delaney by Kimberly Delaney | October 22nd, 2009 | Comments (0)
topic: Green Living | tags: conventional, economic, halloween, jack-o-lantern, organic, pumpkins, toxins

Add up all the chemicals that go into candy, face paint, costumes and conventionally grown pumpkins and it’s easy to see that Halloween wins the most-toxic-holiday award hands down. So it’s no wonder that there is so much information out there these days on how to make it greener. In flush times, following these green tips seems like a no-brainer. But these days, I’m looking to cut the fat from my Halloween budget.

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What the Price Tag Doesn’t Tell You: How to Be a Conscious Consumer

Leslie Garrett by Leslie Garrett | October 19th, 2009 | Comments (1)
topic: Green Living | tags: conscious consumer, consumer, eco-friendly products, fair-trade, green products, local, locally-made, Mammoth Hot Springs General Store, organic, renewable, responsible consumer, virtuous consumer

lesliepostYellowstone National Park, of which I’m a huge fan, recently launched a really exciting venture. Its Mammoth Hot Springs General Store has been re-created as an interpretive center to educate the public about climate change and the implications of consumer purchases, recycling, conservation and more. The store’s products are identified accordingly as fair trade, organic, renewable, locally-made and so on. Consumers can then make their choice based on a true understanding of the product’s value.

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Gaiam Employees Harvest Fruits & Veggies from Organic Garden

Gaiam Staff by Gaiam Staff | September 18th, 2009 | Comments (0)
topic: Gaiam Happenings, Green Living | tags: community garden, gaiam, gardening, harvest, organic, organic garden, vegetable garden, veggies

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Gaiam garden volunteers have harvested and enjoyed a bounty of delicious organic fruits and veggies this summer from the Gaiam community garden at our headquarters in Boulder, Colo.

We began harvesting our plentiful red-leaf lettuce in June and now have a healthy new crop of green-leaf lettuce.

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6 Ways to Find Eco-Friendly Restaurants

Jessica Harlan by Jessica Harlan | July 17th, 2009 | Comments (1)
topic: Eco Travel, Green Living, Health & Wellness, Healthy Eating | tags: dining out, eating at restaurants, eating local, eco-friendly restaurants, Green Restaurant Association, green restaurants, healthy-eating, LEED certified, organic, sustainable food, vegetarian

Serving tasteful food

One of the biggest things you can do to support and encourage responsibly raised food is to vote with your wallet. You may be patronizing CSAs and farmers’ markets for local produce, buying organic brands from your supermarket, and studying nutrition labels for evils like high fructose corn syrup and artificial preservatives. But if you’re eating in restaurants blissfully ignorant of where the food on your plate comes from, then you might be undermining your efforts.

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Gaiam Employees Plant an Organic Kitchen Garden at Our Colorado HQ

Gaiam Staff by Gaiam Staff | July 8th, 2009 | Comments (10)
topic: Gaiam Happenings, Giving Back, Green Living | tags: community garden, compost, gaiam, gardening, harvest, herbs, natural fertilizers, organic, vegetable garden, veggies

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“Our garden has gotten people so fired up,” says Kate Weaver, a lead volunteer in a team of Gaiam employees who’s bringing a new organic garden to life at our Boulder, Colo., headquarters. “I’ve never seen so much heart go into anything.”

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Wanderlust Festival: Where Yoga Meets Music and Nature

Gaiam Staff by Gaiam Staff | July 7th, 2009 | Comments (0)
topic: Conscious Living News, Yoga | tags: 50 Days 50 Yoga Studios road trip, environment, environmentalism, green, Kasey Luber, Lake Tahoe, local food, music, nature, organic, Squaw Valley, sustainablility, Wanderlust Festival, Yoga

wanderlust by itselfThis July, a new kind of festival will bring together the world’s leading yoga teachers and best rock ‘n’ roll performers in a breathtaking setting of natural beauty. The Wanderlust Festival, dedicated to both “spiritual and physical exploration,” will take place July 24-26 in Squaw Valley USA, Lake Tahoe, Calif. Gaiam is a sponsor of the festival, and our Yogamates.com editor Kasey Luber will conclude her 50 Days 50 Yoga Studios road trip at Wanderlust.

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