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Saturday, November 3, 2012
15 foods you can regrow from scraps
15 FOODS YOU CAN REGROW FROM SCRAPS
Organically grown food has more minerals and nutrients that we need than food grown with synthetic pesticides. Organic farming starts with the nourishment of the soil, which eventually leads to the nourishment of the plant and, ultimately our bodies.Besides saving money, you can regrow your own food to save energy, protect water quality, prevent soil erosion, avoid chemicals, promote biodiversity and help beautify your community.
Check out the following links on how to easily grow your own fruits and veggies Read more>>
If you’re really interested in this kind of kitchen food experimentation, you’ll be happy to know about a great book on the subject called Grow it, Don’t Throw It!: 68 Windowsill Plants from Kitchen Scraps by Deborah Peterson. She walks you through all the specifics of growing 68 different things from your kitchen supplies.
The book is packed with tons of helpful information!
The book is packed with tons of helpful information!
Monday, October 29, 2012
Don't drink the water!
N.C. neighbors aghast to learn drinking water contaminated for years
WAKE FOREST, N.C. -- A Wake Forest community is in an uproar after learning the state of North Carolina knew a resident’s water had been contaminated with toxic chemicals and failed to alert other residents for more than six years.
“It makes me feel horrible,” homeowner Michele Hamilton said of unknowingly giving the toxic water to her kids. “They’re the most important things to me.”
The EPA called families in the community this past summer, saying their water is contaminated with a cancer-causing chemical called trichloroethylene, or TCE, and to not drink, bathe or cook with the water.
Gerald LeBlanc, the head of N.C. State University’s Department of Environmental and molecular toxicology, said TCE is a chemical that cleaning industries have used for years to remove grease. It is cheap, highly effective – and very toxic.
“Based upon animal studies, we know that it has the ability to do harm,” LeBlanc said.
LeBlanc said TCE “has been known to cause cancer” specifically leukemia, breast cancer, lung cancer, and there are symptoms associated with TCE exposure that are like Parkinson’s disease. Read more>>
WAKE FOREST, N.C. -- A Wake Forest community is in an uproar after learning the state of North Carolina knew a resident’s water had been contaminated with toxic chemicals and failed to alert other residents for more than six years.
“It makes me feel horrible,” homeowner Michele Hamilton said of unknowingly giving the toxic water to her kids. “They’re the most important things to me.”
The EPA called families in the community this past summer, saying their water is contaminated with a cancer-causing chemical called trichloroethylene, or TCE, and to not drink, bathe or cook with the water.
Gerald LeBlanc, the head of N.C. State University’s Department of Environmental and molecular toxicology, said TCE is a chemical that cleaning industries have used for years to remove grease. It is cheap, highly effective – and very toxic.
“Based upon animal studies, we know that it has the ability to do harm,” LeBlanc said.
LeBlanc said TCE “has been known to cause cancer” specifically leukemia, breast cancer, lung cancer, and there are symptoms associated with TCE exposure that are like Parkinson’s disease. Read more>>
Saturday, October 27, 2012
What To Do With Citrus Peels
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
America’s greenest street eats smog
http://specials.news.msn.com/americas-greenest-street-eats-smogChicago lays claim to the "greenest street in America" with a new neighborhood streetscape that makes use of sustainable technology from the ground up.
CHICAGO - Chicago, the gritty city of stockyards, broad shoulders and the eternal Chicago Cubs, is building a reputation for sustainable technology thanks to one of its not-so-mean thoroughfares -- what city officials call the "greenest street in America."
On Oct. 9, the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) unveiled the project, along Blue Island Ave. and Cermak Rd. in the city's Pilsen neighborhood. The $14 million project includes what CDOT calls the first commercial road use of photocatalytic cement. The material gobbles up nitrogen oxide gases from the surrounding air in a catalytic reaction that is powered by sunlight falling on the road surface. CDOT says about one-quarter of the material for the Cermak/Blue Island streetscape is recycled.
"This project demonstrates a full range of sustainable design techniques that improve the urban ecosystem," said CDOT Commissioner Gabe Klein in a press release. "It provides both mitigation and adaptation strategies by reducing its carbon footprint and integrating technologies that allow the infrastructure to address and adapt to climate change."
The project is also designed to keep about 80 percent of rainfall from going into the sewer system, and to cut energy consumption, the streetscape includes LED lighting that makes use of solar power and wind power (that singular resource of the Windy City). Even the sidewalks alongside the roadway are 30 percent from recycled content.
Officials said the project costs were covered by city capital improvement funds, as well as grants from the Federal Highway Administration, and the Illinois EPA.
This story includes content from The Associated Press, Gizmodo and information from the Chicago Department of Transportation.
Alternative vaccination schedule
Vaccination is a controversial subject, and many parents worry about subjecting their children to them...
In my searches for the truth, I came across this article that was very helpful and I am happy to pass it along. I have a summarized table of a safer vaccination schedule that follows, and the entire article linked at the end of the post.
Infectious disease was the leading cause of death in children 100 years ago, with diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, and pertussis accounting for most them. Today the leading causes of death in children less than five years of age are accidents, genetic abnormalities, developmental disorders, sudden infant death syndrome, and cancer.
Public health officials, however, have not proven that it is indeed safe to inject this many vaccines into infants. Fifty years ago, when the immunization schedule contained only four vaccines (for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and smallpox), autism was virtually unknown. Today, one in every 68 American families has an autistic child. Other, less severe developmental disorders, rarely seen before the vaccine era, have also reached epidemic proportions. Four million American children have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. One in six American children are now classified as “Learning Disabled.”
The CDC has not done any studies to assess the long-term effects of its immunization schedule. The following is a summary of a more reasonable and safe vaccination schedule…
1. No vaccinations until a child is two years old.
2. No vaccines that contain thimerosal (mercury).
3. No live virus vaccines (except for smallpox, should it recur).
4. These vaccines, to be given one at a time, every six months, beginning at age 2:
1. Pertussis (acellular, not whole cell)
2. Diphtheria
3. Tetanus
4. Polio (the Salk vaccine, cultured in human cells)
American children are the most highly vaccinated kids in the world.
To read the original article by Dr. Donald Miller M.D., click here…
In my searches for the truth, I came across this article that was very helpful and I am happy to pass it along. I have a summarized table of a safer vaccination schedule that follows, and the entire article linked at the end of the post.
Infectious disease was the leading cause of death in children 100 years ago, with diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, and pertussis accounting for most them. Today the leading causes of death in children less than five years of age are accidents, genetic abnormalities, developmental disorders, sudden infant death syndrome, and cancer.
Public health officials, however, have not proven that it is indeed safe to inject this many vaccines into infants. Fifty years ago, when the immunization schedule contained only four vaccines (for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and smallpox), autism was virtually unknown. Today, one in every 68 American families has an autistic child. Other, less severe developmental disorders, rarely seen before the vaccine era, have also reached epidemic proportions. Four million American children have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. One in six American children are now classified as “Learning Disabled.”
The CDC has not done any studies to assess the long-term effects of its immunization schedule. The following is a summary of a more reasonable and safe vaccination schedule…
1. No vaccinations until a child is two years old.
2. No vaccines that contain thimerosal (mercury).
3. No live virus vaccines (except for smallpox, should it recur).
4. These vaccines, to be given one at a time, every six months, beginning at age 2:
1. Pertussis (acellular, not whole cell)
2. Diphtheria
3. Tetanus
4. Polio (the Salk vaccine, cultured in human cells)
American children are the most highly vaccinated kids in the world.
To read the original article by Dr. Donald Miller M.D., click here…
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Peppermint Oil Recipe That Repels Spiders
Spiders hate Peppermint.
Add 10 to 15 drops of peppermint essential oil into a spray bottle with 8 to 12 ounces of water.
Use peppermint essential oil with no water for the most protection possible!
Spray wherever you spiders are entering your home... door frames, windows, any small cracks, corners of the ceilings and bathrooms to keep them out of your house.
Source: http://homesteadsurvival.blogspot.com/2012/07/peppermint-oil.html
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Ayurveda Remedies To Lower LDL Cholesterol
Written by Joseph Thomas, Senior EditorGreen tea keeps it’s wonderful benefits right in front of us as one new discovery after another, is brought to our awareness. In this article, Ayurveda Remedies To Lower LDL Cholesterol, we now discover a recent study comprising around 1400 adults that lowered their LDL Cholesterol with green tea.
Ayurveda wise, green tea has been associated with how it works with chi – and more so digestive chi (metabolism). A slight increase in metabolism, without nervousness, is a major benefit.
This study related to Ayurveda Remedies To Lower LDL Cholesterol was found at Natural News.com and was written by Elizabeth Walling.
Here is the start of the piece:
(NaturalNews) Green tea hits the spotlight once again, this time as a natural remedy for lowering LDL cholesterol levels. It has already been shown to prevent flu, improve heart health, and fight obesity, and now researchers at Western University of Health Sciences in California say green tea can also shave a few points off your “bad” cholesterol.
Published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, the study pooled results of 20 clinical trials which included 1,415 adults. The trials, which lasted anywhere from three weeks to six months, used green tea in liquid or capsule form, in addition to placebos for control groups.
Results show that participants, who began the trials with high cholesterol, saw their total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol decrease by 5 to 6 points. Although the decrease was not drastic, it was large enough to be statistically significant. Researchers saw no effect on HDL cholesterol or triglyceride levels.
The capsules contained green-tea catechins, compounds which researchers assumed offered the possible cholesterol-lowering benefits. However, the green tea in its brewed form was consistently more effective than the capsules in lowering LDL cholesterol levels. Once again, whole ingredients offer more benefits than isolated compounds.”
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Scoop out the pumpkin and put a clear glass bowl in the center, add filtered water. Place a clear small plate underneath. Toast the pumpkin seeds and compost the pumpkin when your done.
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