Much of the Illinois landscape can be flat and dull, with stretches of nothing but corn for miles—until you reach the wind farms. Then there are hundreds of towering wind...
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FOOD SOVEREIGNTY IS GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD as the repossession of decision-making powers in the food production system, along with the ability to influence...
Floors - Instead of hardwood floor cleaning formulas, a simple solution of half a cup of apple cider vinegar and one gallon of warm water does the trick. When wiping the floor with...
In just the past two years two dozen Tibetans have self-immolated in protest of the Chinese government's harsh treatment of their people. With a tiny population, worsening...
When I completed my Master’s degree, nearly all of my professors and colleagues posed the same question: “What next?” Although I was often tempted to respond by expressing...
I was a good student in school–or at least wise in the ways of memorizing and playing the test-taking game, and quiet enough that teachers liked me. In other words, I got...
Death comes to us all, and every culture has its own way of dealing with it. But despite the differences between our traditions and customs, grieving seems to play an important...
Bruce Lipton is the best-selling author of The Biology of Belief and co-author with Steve Bhaerman of the newly released, Spontaneous Evolution: Our Positive Future and...
For older adults, loneliness is a major risk factor for health problems—such as cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer's—and death. Attempts to diminish loneliness with...
Working to create a sustainable world hasn’t been easy. One reason for this is that people are highly capable of knowing something but acting as if they didn’t. It is epitomized...
No occupation is more demanding than being a mom. Most moms agree the benefits are greater than any pay cheque. Still it’s important find ways to ease the stress...
Albert Einstein once said that it is a miracle curiosity survives formal education. Unfortunately, it often doesn’t. When my husband Rolf and I decided over forty years ago that...
Despite the unfavourable market environment following the global financial crisis and the European debt crisis, the global wind power market continues to grow. One of the main...
Sengcan, an old master once said, “The great Way is not difficult if you just don’t pick and choose.” The open mind is one that is like a metaphorical sky—vast to the point of...
As I walk the streets of Quito,
I weave through mango peels and dogshit.
I dream of love.
And of white roses that never die.
My head bowed,
I avoid eye contact with sweaty men
Who believe they have the God-given right...
With all the noise in your brain how can you even think straight, let alone try to listen to yourself? We're going to do just that. You'll need 10 minutes to sit down and get comfortable...
If you think building or remodelling your home in an eco-friendly manner means spending more, think again. In fact, I urge architects, designers and builders—not to mention...
It is all too common for people to mistake the familiar for the normal. I have along the way. I remember when I was a very young child, looking around me into the world...
In some respects, every method of meditation is like all others, like some others, and like no other. The first level is that of the most general commonalities, disregarding...
I’m currently reading my 150th diet book. You'd recognize some of the titles if you've ever searched “weight loss” on Amazon. Some of the diet books deal with your head: self-acceptance is the key...
Why did Ramana Maharshi, after becoming enlightened at the age of 16, say nothing after he left the caves until someone asked him a question? Why traditional...
In Buddhism, hell or suffering is subtly defined as life lived outside the experience of this moment, where one is easily governed by the rushing nature of the small mind. You aren’t...
What is the Internet?” asks one of the now-hilarious VHS-era videos sampled in the opening sequence of the recent collage-umentary INTERNET RISING. For the next hour, the filmmakers take us...
Today is Sunday and I'm sitting inside a dark house under the AC. Because it's a code red in the nation’s capital, and after two days of going in and out of the sun, I...
