Yoga in an Age of Anxiety: Sowing Seeds of Transformative Possibility and Magic.
by Carol Horton on Apr 14, 2011
To live in the U.S. today is to live in a culture that’s soaked in anxiety to the point of saturation. What with rampant unemployment, debt, economic instability, social dysfunction, and trash culture, not to mention war, global warming, and the threat of terrorism, millions of Americans have become used to slogging through what’s come [...]
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Are Polar Bears a Good Indicator for the Effects of Climate Change? ~ Ashley Warner
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 14, 2011
As such, it seems that polar bear populations are not the best sign of global warming.
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Colorado Says NO! to GMO’s—Rally on 4/16! ~ Heather Henning
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 14, 2011
This march/rally is intended to raise awareness to the dangers of GMO’s. Please join us while we make our voices heard.
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4 Reasons & 10 Ways to Rid Chemicals from your Home & Clean Meanlessly Green.
by Madison Moross on Apr 14, 2011
With controversy over the safety of products, and the hoots and ha’s about how well green products work, how do we live “green” and stay clean?! Well, last month we made it our mission to explore how to clean in ways that are not toxic to the health of our bodies and planet. After some [...]
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An Old Boulder Staple Opens Anew; Alfalfa’s Returns.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 13, 2011
A much-loved source of delicious, organic food, the unique grocery store has been sorely missed since its disappearance in 1996…
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{Denver Event} Learn About Indigenous Models and Sustainable Communities.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 12, 2011
Honoring Mother Earth Everyday. Next weekend (April 22-24) I am excited to be attending Honoring Mother Earth Everyday: Indigenous Models and Practices for Sustainable Community at the Woodbine Ecology Center in Sedalia, Colorado just 40 miles south of Denver. The weekend long program intends to bring an indigenous light to past and future models of [...]
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A New Proposal for Peace in Libya. ~ Andrew R. Weston
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 6, 2011
The turmoil in Libya and the Arab world today is a major conundrum…
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Our Ocean Connection
by Lynn Hasselberger on Apr 6, 2011
Explore our vital connection to oceans April 10-16. Recognizing the importance of protecting the health of our ocean and understanding our dependence upon it regardless of its proximity, the National Environmental Education Week (EE Week) 2011 theme is Ocean Connections. The ocean covers nearly three quarters of our planet’s surface, provides 70 percent of the [...]
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{Boulder Event} Communikey Festival: Artists as Agents of Change. ~ Lauren Higgins
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 4, 2011
My artist instincts have always been a reliable guide. Even as a child, developing my creative expression and perception inevitably heightened my concern for the world around me…
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce – renamed the “Gas Chamber”!
by Bud Wilson on Apr 4, 2011
The struggle between Ecological Imperatives and Economic Fears is playing out with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s stand on Climate Change
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Todd Berger of Cypher13 at Ignite Boulder: We depend on Earth, Earth does not depend on us.
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 30, 2011
Business Earth: only one Man I know has the guts to present Environmentalism + Business to a Rowdy Crowd. Todd and I go way back at this point—we’ve served maybe close to a decade each in the business community in Boulder, Colorado. But we only talk once every couple months, coffee in hand, usually. Still, [...]
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Book review: Animal Factory (David Kirby)
by Todd Mayville on Mar 26, 2011
Animal Factory is another book in what may soon become an over-saturated market on the source of our food, in this particular example, poultry, pork, and dairy. Kirby takes a look at factory farms/CAFOs (Confined Animal Feeing Operation) and their environmental impact. Unlike other books on the market about similar topics, Kirby doesn’t demonize the CAFO farmers; [...]
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24 Things.
by Marylee Fairbanks on Mar 26, 2011
I want to try an experiment.. Get rid of ONE thing every day From April 1st until Easter Sunday April 24th. Wanna play?
24 things.. Do it with me. Log on and tell me what you tossed and what you dream for the open space.
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The Handbag That Recycles For You. ~ Kaitland Hunter
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 23, 2011
My new favorite company that helps you look fashionable in an eco-friendly way is Matt and Nat, who uses on average twenty-one recycled bottles…
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Catching Thoughts: Shiny Sheen
by Celia Aurora de Blas on Mar 17, 2011
Avoiding pain causes us to pervert ourselves: we’ll do weird things, say weird things and generally settle in a detached place so that we feel safe. If we’re creative, that detached plain becomes a fantastical place where only our versions of sugary sweet feel goods are allowed in, kinda like the fantastical life that our [...]
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Bag it! Boulder : Time for Boulder to Break Up with Plastic
by New Era News on Mar 17, 2011
Every so often, a relationship just grows sour. Don’t be upset. It’s just a part of life. Things will just come in and out of your life as if they never existed in the first place. Pepsi Clear. Your once-yearly fling with Girl Scout cookies. A gelatinous blob of “meat” called the McRib. It’s time [...]
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The Wayseer Manifesto. ~David Telfer McConaghay
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 16, 2011
ATTENTION: All you rule-breakers, you misfits & troublemakers, all you free-spirits & pioneers…
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11 things you can do to help Japan. ~ Brent Binder
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 16, 2011
Create a space for peace in your heart and a space will be created for peace in the world…
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Giving Starbucks a Second Chance. ~ Sara Bruskin
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 15, 2011
Conscious consumerism is a full-time job, and consistent research can help you help our world…
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A Great Day at the Garden!
by Michael Levin on Mar 13, 2011
It’s rather funny that we chuckle at traditional knowledge. Remember the TV show “Green Acres”? I’ll tell you what: when you’re faced with an aggressive rooster and that task of putting him back in his coop is daunting, traditional “simple living” might not seem so easy.
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Conspiring against a continent
by Nadine McNeil on Mar 12, 2011
‘The fact that my demographics differ slightly from that of the typical humanitarian aid [foreign] worker is something I often reflect upon. Jamaican by birth, African by ancestry and universal in outlook, I see my work in this field as my unquestionable duty and service.’
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I have glossophobia.
by Lynn Hasselberger on Mar 11, 2011
It could be fatal. This is why I’m a writer…I have no problem putting myself out there for people when I don’t have to stand up in front of them. The word glossophobia comes from the Greek glōssa, meaning tongue, and phobos, fear or dread. I’m not alone. In fact, some experts estimate that as [...]
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All In Favor of TAX Equanimity – Say “Aye”!
by Bud Wilson on Mar 11, 2011
There is something you can do to “uncut” many of the budget cuts that are eroding our public services nationwide. Check out this growing grass roots movement coordinated by social media and networking! It’s about Corporate Social Responsibility.
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The Feds and Food=Fooderal Confusion [cartoon]
by Joe Mohr on Mar 9, 2011
For those unfamiliar with the work of Wendell Berry (and for those familiar who may need a little refresher), he is David to the agribusiness Goliath. Berry works tirelessly to promote proper land stewardship, sustainability, and conservation and uses every opportunity to point out the drastic short-sightedness of our current path. A passage from his [...]
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Green Shooting Range! ~ Joe Yeoman
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 5, 2011
Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Eco-lovers, and Sarah Palinites can rejoice…
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I Love Getting Smacked Down for a Good Cause. ~ Mark Jordahl
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 2, 2011
Of course, I never actually read the terms of agreement…
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How to Quit Your Life Without Becoming Homeless—Part II. ~ Kala Viv Williams
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 2, 2011
I was at the end of my stamina when the lights and radio powered on…
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Eco-Chic Shoes Go Vegan. ~ Kaitland Hunter
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 28, 2011
Well, this is when I really had to start fanning myself due to pure excitement…
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Samadhi Pants – Polar Bear Blues.
by Joseph Boquiren on Feb 21, 2011
Our neighbors to the north are one of the first to face extinction through global warming.
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Stunning 7 Minute Film on Forests
by Lynn Hasselberger on Feb 21, 2011
Half of the forests that existed at the dawn of agriculture has since been destroyed. Watch this stunning 7-minute film, Of Forests and Men–the official film for the launch of the International Year of the Forests, a global platform to celebrate people’s action to sustainably manage the world’s forests. The United Nations mandated Yann Arthus-Bertrand [...]
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Green Living Principles: The Benefits of a Sustainable Lifestyle (aka Why Bother?)
by Victoria Klein on Feb 17, 2011
The advantages to living a more sustainable lifestyle far outweigh any fear or discomfort of change you may have. Although we can be comfortable with the habits we’ve developed, that doesn’t mean they are the best thing for us or our world.
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You Won’t Fix the Environment by Going Green. ~ Audrey Mangan
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 17, 2011
But you will by understanding e…
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Whale Talk
by Joseph Boquiren on Feb 14, 2011
The state of our oceans is grim. We will be harvesting only minnows in a few decades. For more on this, please watch the TEDtalk video below: Ted Talk: Jeremy Jackson
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Why I ask our writers to pay $1/month to read elephant journal.
by Waylon Lewis on Feb 10, 2011
We’re asking everyone including myself to pay $1/month…interns have paid…that said if you don’t want to that’s perfectly alright. It’s not a question of appreciation. Here’s what we sent all columnists when we first created our paygate. Read the bottom link (if you can). We’ve put up a paygate so we can hire an editor [...]
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LOHAS networker at Denver Green Spaces: Wednesday, February 16th.
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 9, 2011
Join elephriend Ted Ning of LOHAS, elephant editor Waylon Lewis (and his dad, David, a far better journalist and editor) and many other fun greenies! Bus there, bike there, walk there, carpool there! You are invited to the Denver LOHAS Networking Reception. Wednesday, February 16, 2011 from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM (MT) at Denver [...]
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The Super Bowl is Over—Now It’s Time to Heal.
by Sean Conley on Feb 7, 2011
Injuries like these are part of the game, what players “signed up for”…
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President Obama, you are no longer my leader. ~ Joshua Scott Onysko
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 2, 2011
In general as a culture, we are obsessed with the idea of ownership…
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I Just Opted Out of Receiving the Yellow Pages, and You Can Too.
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 2, 2011
So, why are we still receiving these giant volumes of paper-waste that we’re either going to toss right into…
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Canaries of the Sea: Beluga Whales
by Lynn Hasselberger on Feb 1, 2011
Protect the ocean and you protect yourself. ~Jean-Michel Cousteau Beluga whales are sometimes called canaries of the sea because they seem to sing… There are places on this planet where it’s a marvel that anything survives. But in the cold Arctic waters of the far north, the sea is alive with sound. The canaries of [...]
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The USDA caves to Monsanto. What now? ~ Denise DellaRocco
by elephantjournal.com on Jan 30, 2011
Yesterday the decision came down from USDA Secretary Vilsack…
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The State of the Union just Nuked, Fracked and Clean Coaled Us!
by Bud Wilson on Jan 26, 2011
Let the Congress and our President know how you feel about being Nuked and Duped!
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A Guide to Mindful (Green) Dining in Boulder: Mountain Sun. ~ Joe Yeoman
by elephantjournal.com on Jan 24, 2011
This is the second article in a series of profiles about mindful dining practices in Boulder…
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Healthier Food to Kill Us Slower. ~ John Cahill
by elephantjournal.com on Jan 24, 2011
Wal-Mart Sells Red Herring with Less Salt. Wal-Mart announced that over the next five years they will be making select products from their store’s brand (Great Value) more healthy by reducing sodium by 25%, added sugars by 10%, and removing all “industrially produced trans-fats”. According to a press release the company put out Thursday, they [...]
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A Guide to Mindful (Green) Dining in Boulder: The Sink. ~ Joe Yeoman
by elephantjournal.com on Jan 24, 2011
This is the first article in a series about mindful dining practices in Boulder…
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The embodiment of art, sustainability and philanthropy.
by Lynn Hasselberger on Jan 24, 2011
LINDEE DANIEL gowns: eco-exquisite. Artfully and meticulously crafted, the fabric wrapped in LINDEE DANÍEL gowns are wild silks
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Women Are Sleeping Their Way To The Top.
by Benjamin Riggs on Jan 23, 2011
Arianna Huffington has a big that is really a very small idea…
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Green Living Principles: Need vs Want
by Victoria Klein on Jan 20, 2011
…The distinction between a “want” and a “need” has become ever hazier in our culture. In the end, we have more stuff, less money, and are none the happier for the experience.
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Because Food Doesn’t Grow on Trees. ~ John Cahill
by elephantjournal.com on Jan 18, 2011
A Review of “The Town that Food Saved”.
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We Suck.
by Lynn Hasselberger on Jan 18, 2011
When we drink from plastic straws, that is. Unless you have a health issue that prevents you from drinking directly from a glass, using a straw is superfluous. If you’re concerned about aging, sucking on a straw–like smoking–can cause wrinkles around the lips. If you’re concerned about the environment, many straws are made from polypropylene [...]
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How does a Waterless Urinal work, save money & help our planet? ~ Joe Yeoman
by elephantjournal.com on Jan 17, 2011
Sitting at the bar, drinking down a Fat Tire, waiting for the Jets game to start, I wonder about all the water that went into creating this moment.
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