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The Mvskokee Food Sovereignty Initiative has instituted an annual Food Sovereignty Symposium.

At this year’s event, Sally Auger and Diane Wilson presented Dream of Wild Health, a visionary program in Hugo, MN. On a ten-acre farm, youths and families are nurtured in body, mind, and spirit. Through three youth programs, kids and teens learn about responsibility, [...]

Auld Lang Syne is on my mind today, not only because it’s what is traditionally sung at midnight, but because of what it means.  Auld Lang Syne is sung at this time because it symbolizes endings and new beginnings.  The noise and bustle of the holidays is over and we are entering a hopeful new [...]

Here are five more easy actions to live more sustainably!
1. Stop phone book delivery.  YellowPagesGoesGreen.org is a movement against unsolicited phone book delivery.  Sign up to remove your home or office from receiving telephone directories (beware phony sites; you should see a photo of a mountain at the top of the correct page) .  If [...]

I have quite a bit of of stuff in my house which used to serve a purpose but is now useless. Giving some of these items a second life requires some creative thinking. For instance - what to do with shampoos or hair conditioners that didn’t quite match my hair type?
I could leave them in [...]

Cell phones are ubiquitous accessories these days, almost appendages for some of us. Have you ever considered the impact your constant connectedness could have? For instance does your provider do any of the following:

- Donate regularly to Greenpeace, Defenders of Wildlife, Doctors Without Borders, and Natural Resources Defense Council?
- Oppose drilling in the [...]

Why?, you ask, since the store provides bags for you.  Or maybe you’re one of those well-meaning souls who takes them faithfully…and leaves them in the car.
BAYROC, the Bay Area Recycling Outreach Coalition’s BYOBag campaign website gives plenty of reasons:
1.  Each year the US consumes 30 billion plastic bags and 10 billion paper bags, which [...]

According to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Americans own approximately 24 electronic products per household.  The EPA, along with concerned citizens and conscientious businesses, works to educate consumers as to why reusing and recycling products is important.
Electronic products are made from valuable resources, such as precious and other metals, plastics, and glass, all of which [...]

A while ago I bought a fairly large-sized gift for a friend’s baby shower. I brought the present home - and then remembered about the gift wrapping.
Coincidentally, just a few days prior to that I came across some facts on all the waste created by gift wrapping - close to 50 football fields of trash a year in the US [...]

At the Live Green Expo event one of the green home cleaning companies mentioned that they used microfiber for cleaning.
Microfiber? What’s that?
With just a bit of googling I was convinced to buy some and try it to clean things at home.
Target didn’t have any microfiber towels, but an auto supply store came to mind [...]