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April 2007
Earthwatch April 2007
Traversing the Miles: Monarchs Threatened in their Own Backyard
by Michelle Fletcher
Some of my earliest memories of growing up in northern San Diego's coastal communities are visions of unparalleled color, swarming about the beaches and hillsides. Like a single entity, the breathtaking fluidity of these formless waves swarmed southward—a perfect vision of nature's artistic and fantastic talents. Stragglers flitted about my hands, tickling my face like gentle eyelashes; I was another transitory image in their breathtaking journey. Earth Watch
Bay Area April 2007
Nature at Play: The School Gardening Movement
by Rebecca Sang
Jorge eyes me with sharp sixth-grade distrust, holding the purple thing between his thumb and forefinger like something you've found decomposing in the basement. In reality, we're standing in the sun-drenched garden at Caritas Creek, an environmental education center in Occidental, CA. "It is not," he says, having clearly decided that I'm up to another one of my tricks—one that he's not going to fall for under any circumstances.
"It is," I say, trying to appear as genuine as possible. "It's a carrot. Really."
Amber sidles up and takes the offensive vegetable out of his hand, peering at it curiously. "It could be," she says.
"What is it, really? A beet?" I sense in Jorge's voice a small opening, and smile.
The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved
The Male Herbal (2nd Edition)
Karl Anthony
Vision Cafe April 2007
Vision Quests: A Life Changing New Trend
While stress is on the rise, vision quests are quickly becoming the new retreat for high level executives, health practitioners, computer analysts, artists, stay at home moms and everyone in between. According to Catriona MacGregor, vision quest leader, life coach and author of Healing the Heart of the World, going out in nature to "find oneself" benefits people from all walks of life. Quest participants report benefits like stress reduction and time to focus on goals and meaning in their lives Vision Cafe...
Featured Story April 2007
Derrick Jensen and Jesse Wolf Hardin
Derrick Jensen and Jesse Wolf Hardin are more than environmentalists; more than writers who fill pages with idyllic words of a more hopeful and beautiful future. They are men rooted in a deeper understanding of the complexity of today's world, in all its bountiful glory and power-driven ugliness. Through their writings, speeches, and actions, they force us to abandon complacency, to face head on the problems that threaten the livelihood of our communities, our schools, our children and most importantly, our beautiful Earth. Jensen is the author of numerous books that... Feature Stories
Cool Cities
The once hotly debated science on global warming is now officially unanimous and unequivocal. The latest assessment report by the International Panel on Climate Change, a UN faction that studies human impact on the environment, revealed with great certainty that people are the main cause of global warming. The burning of fuels for electricity, gas for transportation and deforestation has ravaged the world's natural systems.
Greek to Me April 2007
Between Heaven And Helen's Half Acre
by Michael Raysses
I grew up in a small town in the Midwest that was anything but urban. Yet it wasn't really bucolic, either. So as a kid, I didn't really have a direct relationship with the soil. Actually, that's not entirely true—I would say that until I was in the seventh grade, I had a very tumultuous and intimate connection with the ground. One that culminated in our meeting rather abruptly when a friend of mine and I cut off all of the elastic from our underwear, tied it together, nailed it to the top of my family's garage, and jumped off, thinking the flimsy bands of rubber and cotton would guarantee us a gentle landing. The ground knew better, holding itself resolutely against our descent. Terra was never more firma. Greek to Me...
Holistic Living
A Healing Scent: Kesca Body Candles
Snacker's Delight: Crum Creek Soy Bites
Gifts of Great Skin from the Garden:Making Your Own Personal Care Products
Natural Health April 2007
Relief for Back Pain Sufferers
by Dr. Robert Janda, MA, DC
Every once in a while something comes along in the healing arts that upgrades an entire field of therapy. This 'something' has entered the field of spinal disc care, bringing realistic hope where there was little before. Spinal discs are the soft tissue pads between the spinal vertebrae that allow the spine to move and flex. They are subject to rupture, bulging and degeneration, something nearly all of us are subject to at some point in our lives. Even if you do not directly experience disc injury, aging can eventually affect you as the discs slowly dehydrate, loose height and your spine stiffens. Natural Health...
Mind - Spirit April 2007
The Ringing Cedars: Hope for the World
by Leonid Sharashkin
Ten years ago my mother gave me a book. She urged me to read it, promising it would change my life. I glanced at the cover featuring an attractive blonde and a simple title—Anastasia—a popular girl's name in Russia. My mother could not clearly explain what it was about; she only said it was a required read in her yoga class. The book couldn't be found in bookstores and was only available from one warehouse in Moscow. She spent two hours there in a line of people who came for this particular book. Mind & Spirit...
Viewpoint April 2007
Honoring the Divine Mother
by Bhava Ram
"May there only be peaceful and cheerful Earth Days to come for our beautiful Spaceship Earth as it continues to spin and circle in frigid space with its warm and fragile cargo of animate life." —United Nations Secretary General U Thant, Burmese diplomat; March 21st, 1971, on the first international recognition of Earth Day. Viewpoint...