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More Than Lip Service – Elemental Herbs Garner Green Award

Photo: Elemental Herbs Using herbs for preventative or curative health is as old as humankind. But these days before we put some lotion or other on our skin it seems we need a PHD in chemistry to understand the product’s ingredients. Elemental Herbs take a different approach and make lip balms, sun creams, and such like, from stuff we know the names of like: calendula, comfrey, lavender, yarrow, extra virgin olive oil, beeswax, vitamin E, and so on. Most of which are certified organic as well. Throw in a solar-powered kitchen, strawbale greenhouse, biodiesel vehicles, recycled packaging, composting toilet, and much more and you begin to… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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More Than Lip Service – Elemental Herbs Garner Green Award

More Than Lip Service – Elemental Herbs Garner Green Award

Photo: Elemental Herbs Using herbs for preventative or curative health is as old as humankind. But these days before we put some lotion or other on our skin it seems we need a PHD in chemistry to understand the product’s ingredients. Elemental Herbs take a different approach and make lip balms, sun creams, and such like, from stuff we know the names of like: calendula, comfrey, lavender, yarrow, extra virgin olive oil, beeswax, vitamin E, and so on. Most of which are certified organic as well. Throw in a solar-powered kitchen, strawbale greenhouse, biodiesel vehicles, recycled packaging, composting toilet, and much more and you begin to… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Holy Cow: the World’s Happiest Cows and Best Milk

Photo: Bhaktivedanta Manor It’s cow bliss: the dairy in Hertfordshire, run by the Hare Krishnas. There are only 44 of them but life is sweet: on this farm all the cows have names, they are hand-milked whilst listening to Sanskrit music and they feed on grass all year. Calling it a ” Hilton for Krishna Cows “, the new farm is built on the site of George Harrison’s old mansion in the countryside. It is a state-of-the-art “sustainable sanctuary for cattle where animals and nature are given the highest respect.”… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Want to Radically Slash the Methane Emissions of Dairy? Simple, Go Organic

photo: Jean / Creative Commons Want to reduce methane emissions from dairy farming ? Reminder: You should, in the US the greenhouse gas emissions from the dairy industry alone are about 2% of the nation’s total. Just switching to organic methods instead of conventional intensive farming can make a big dent, not to mention improving the welfare of the … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Want to Radically Slash the Methane Emissions of Dairy? Simple, Go Organic

11 Yr Old Speaks Sustainable Truth to Industrial Ag Power at TEDx Asheville – Inspiring! (Video)

OK, so if you’re a regular TreeHugger reader and/or a member of Slow Food, have read any of Michael Pollan’s recent writing there’s nothing in 11 year old Birke Baehr’s five minute talk at TEDx Next Generation Asheville on the gigantic sticky, spiky, … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Adventures In Honey- A Rosh Hashana Love Story At Saul’s Deli

photo: Hofstra Hillel Rosh Hashana , also known as the Jewish New Year, was celebrated this past week. One of the iconic symbols of the holiday, is honey, which is eaten with challah and apples. Honey has important meaning for the celebrants of Rosh Hashana. Honey is prominently displayed on the dinner table and on greeting cards; people traditionally wish each other a sweet new year. Honey is the symbol for hope, happiness, success and sweetness. This year, year 5771, on Tuesday evening, Saul’s Deli, in Berkeley, California, is hosting a p… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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August Eco-Tidbits from Turkey

The rare brown fish-owls recently spotted in Turkey are threatened by continued dam construction, against which protests have been increasing. The sign at right reads “We are taking ownership of our rivers, our culture, our future.” Photos via the Hürriyet Daily News (left) and Bianet (right). The annual heat and humidity of August — and, this year, the start of the f… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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