Review: Cartwheels in a Sari ~ a memoir of growing up in a cult.

By Caroline Treadway on May 7, 2009

In her memoir Cartwheels in a Sari, Jayanti Tamm reveals her childhood as "the chosen one" in the spiritual cult of Sri Chinmoy. Chinmoy was an Indian guru known for spreading peace and lifting extremely heavy objects.  His sari-swathed…

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Happy wheels, happy world: Bikes Not Bombs! Photos via Caroline Treadway.

By Caroline Treadway on May 6, 2009

April 11, 2009-Bikes Not Bombs volunteers strip old bike wheels and toss them into a pile of bike parts headed to the Vijana Center, a school in Tanzania. Bayla Shepley pulled inner tubes off used…

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Amazing Grass Bars

By Caroline Treadway on Feb 17, 2009

With a name like Amazing Grass, I expected these energy bars to taste like dry lawn clippings pressed into the familiar rectangle I associate with flavorless meals-to-go. Luckily, I was wrong! These too-healthy-to-be-tasty sounding bars…

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Review: Dr. John Douillard’s Ayurveda Health DVDs

By Caroline Treadway on Feb 13, 2009

Everything your mom taught you is true. That is, if she told you to eat your seasonal veggies, go to bed early and empty-stomached and do yoga first thing. This DVD series features basic-to-detailed…

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Planet Dog=happy pooches without the squeak!

By Caroline Treadway on Feb 11, 2009

Who says there’s no such thing as fun AND silence? Soothe your ears and nerves with Planet Dog's squeakless toys. Bask in quietude while your fuzzy friend paws, gnaws and salivates away on these…

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Have a Haiku Moment! [Haiku Mind; Shambhala Publications]

By Caroline Treadway on Jan 5, 2009

Explore the simple allure of haikus from ancient and modern masters like Matsuo Basho to Jack Kerouac in Haiku Mind: 108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart via Shambhala Publishing, $18.00. Prized for…

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Product Review: Navitas Naturals

By Caroline Treadway on Dec 22, 2008

The health foodies at Navitas Naturals—a California-based sustainable biz—have a mission: to bring you tasty, traditional curatives while building the indigenous communities that grow them. Since 2003, founder Zach Adelman has combed the globe…

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elephant journal reviews: Guayaki—San Mateo Mate.

By Caroline Treadway on Nov 24, 2008

Who can resist a college project turned sustainable business offering intoxicatingly good tea and a negative carbon footprint? Certainly not Guayaki founders Alex Pryor and David Karr, whose award-winning eco-biz now stands as a…

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Holy Tomato! [Wholemato Review via Caroline Treadway]

By Caroline Treadway on Nov 6, 2008

I don’t even like ketchup, ordinarily, and I could eat this stuff by the spoonful—it’s that good. Nothing like the creepy red goop that lasts forever in your fridge. So rinse out your high-fructose…

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Ecopreneurs Wow Boston and Beyond with Cool Designs. [Bias Design, Eco T-shirts: Photo Slideshow]

By Caroline Treadway on Nov 2, 2008

When Krista Siana and John Nutting started making t-shirts for friends’ bands, they had no idea they’d started a business. In 2006, Siana and Nutting entered the world of young eco-preneurs when they realized…

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Book review - Touching Enlightenment, by Dr. Reggie Ray

By Caroline Treadway on Nov 1, 2008

So, what does your sexy bod have to do with Buddhism? Everything and nothing, according to Dr. Reggie Ray, the innovative and unorthodox Buddhist leader/Naropa professor. Ray recommends a strict diet of getting into…

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Book Review: Explorers of the Infinite, by Maria Coffey

By Caroline Treadway on Oct 27, 2008

Maria Coffey explores how extreme sports soothe a spiritual nerve for elite athletes. From alpinists and astronauts to swimmers and sky-divers, Coffey reveals athletes’ addiction to a fear-inspired, single-mindedness that banishes normality and welcomes…

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Turistas Gone Local: An Eco Vacation to Mal Pais, Costa Rica

By Caroline Treadway on May 26, 2008

The road to Mal Pais is dusty. It’s so dusty that the torso-sized leaves arcing over the road are gray-brown shapes against the blue sky. From the back of our taxi, Costa Rica looks…

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