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By heather on May 6, 2008 in blog, conscious consumerism, organics, sustainability, wellness | 2 Comments
If econscious market hadn’t been our friends since the beginning, we’d be trying our best to elbow them out of the online green media…
By heather on May 6, 2008 in active citizenship, blog, non-new agey spirituality, yoga | 0 Comments
Seane Corn’s from Jersey, and she has amazing hair. She’s also a world famous yoga instructor, having represented yoga in an iconic Nike commercial.…
By heather on May 6, 2008 in blog, conscious consumerism, sustainability, wellness | 0 Comments
My boyfriend is balding. But that, I can deal with. My problem is the drain—it’s clogged with hair and I can barely take a…
By heather on May 6, 2008 in active citizenship, adventure, blog, enlightened education | 0 Comments
Many dedicated organizations build schools and provide medical care to people in rural parts of the world. But I have faith in the Tibetan…
By heather on May 6, 2008 in adventure, blog, events | 0 Comments
Now that it’s almost Summer, it’s time to break out of your cold-weather solitude, meet the neighbors and get involved in your community. One…
By heather on May 6, 2008 in blog, events, the arts | 0 Comments
June 20-22 in Boulder, Colorado, the Gaia Film Fest celebrates documentary, short and feature films that "inspire and educate." The festival is currently looking…
By heather on May 1, 2008 in adventure, blog, sustainability, wellness | 1 Comment
In recent blog posts and in our Winter 2008 issue, we alluded to a “Texas-sized island of plastic floating in the Pacific ocean.” Sounds crazy,…
By heather on Apr 30, 2008 in blog | 2 Comments
Though all four comments on our website form a resounding cry that Waylon should continue to write the editor’s letter, we’ve decided to throw…
By heather on Apr 30, 2008 in blog | 0 Comments
As summertime approaches, it’s time to break out your world map and plan a vacation—or at least fantasize about planning one. Couchsurfing.com provides the perfect…
By heather on Apr 30, 2008 in blog | 0 Comments
In many traditional societies, learning about your ancestry was a huge part of becoming an adult, of figuring out how you fit into your culture…
By heather on Apr 30, 2008 in blog | 0 Comments
It’s true—elephant seems to be pushing Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton. But its not for lack of trying? As a young woman, I went to…
By heather on Apr 30, 2008 in blog | 1 Comment
My Catholic elementary school used to send boxes of used clothing and shoes to missionaries at the end of each school year. I know it…
By heather on Apr 27, 2008 in blog | 0 Comments
Come for the enlightenment. Stay for the organic/local drink specials, live music & mingling. Every Wednesday: live interviews with people worth listening to, organic…
By heather on Apr 16, 2008 in blog | 0 Comments
Down in New Mexico for a visit, Uncle Earl makes us breakfast in the morning, and then shows me around the vegetable patches and…
By heather on Apr 16, 2008 in blog | 0 Comments
Congrats to Kailee Riches, the winner of our Spring 2007 ecofashion raffle. Kailee won Mademoiselle Modiste’s Rainbow Bright Dress, tailored from re-sourced fabrics. Sarah Richard,…
By heather on Apr 16, 2008 in blog | 0 Comments
Our latest batch of elephantees (printed on organic cotton, fair-labor American Apparel shirts) have arrived, just in time for strutting your stuff in the…
By heather on Apr 16, 2008 in active citizenship, adventure, blog, organics, sustainability | 0 Comments
Depending on where you come from, bottled water is either evil or an angel. For example, if you’re traveling in many parts of South…
By heather on Apr 16, 2008 in blog, conscious consumerism, ecofashion, organics, sustainability | 1 Comment
San Francisco-based bike bag company Timbuk2 recently teamed up with their local Whole Foods (just a bike ride away from Timbuk2’s downtown manufacturing plant) to…
By heather on Apr 16, 2008 in blog | 0 Comments
As the weather (finally!) lightens up and we open our rusty windows, it’s time to sweep under the carpets and blow dust from the…