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    THE ENDS NEVER JUSTIFY THE MEANS: Gandhi’s radical lesson for today

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    ALASKA WINGS: Soaring across the mountains while releasing fear and doubt

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    INEFFABLE: A visitation from a beautiful soul I’d never forget

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    MINDFUL LEADERSHIP IN STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS: Empowering leaders to create positive change

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    HANAMI DREAMING: The start of spring in Japan

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    REFLECTIONS ON TODAY’S POLITICAL REALITIES: We can prevail over ignorance, lies and Trump

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    IMPEDIMENTS FACED: A safe return home from La Paz, Mexico

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    TYING UP LOOSE ENDS: One last—and glorious—day in La Paz, Mexico [Part 7]

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    NIGHT SEA JOURNEY: Buying back sanity in La Paz, Mexico [Part 6]

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Rachel Walls
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LOCAL, ORGANIC & SUSTAINABLE: Understanding natural food labels

Rachel Walls·October 15, 2013
A few days back, a friend of mine, aware of my generally* healthy eating habits and advocation of all things...
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SUSTAINABLE FASHION: More than just another trend?

Rachel Walls·October 3, 2013
Each year, fashion designers around the world kick off September with another round of Fashion Weeks. From New York to...
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SEEDS. LIFE. SOIL: A socio-political self-help memoir about organic gardening

Rachel Walls·September 3, 2013
To create the best environment in which your seeds will thrive, your soil is it. Yes. It as in the basis....
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FARM SHARING: Community gardening on the farm

Rachel Walls·August 28, 2013
If a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program and a community garden were to procreate, a farm share would be the...
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A WORLD OF WASTE: Effect of poor waste management on the planet

Rachel Walls·January 29, 2012
Since the 1970s, major changes in waste disposal have taken place around the planet. Recycling has become a regular component of garbage pick-up—even...
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FIND YOUR HIDDEN PASSION: How to discover what’s right for you

Rachel Walls·January 20, 2012
Many believe that your work should reflect what you love to do so much that you’d want to do it for free. But many of us wander through life clueless as to what...
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URBAN FARMING: Growing healthy food in cities—a food revolution

Rachel Walls·January 7, 2012
As more and more people grow concerned over what is happening with our food supply—from harmful chemical exposure to under ripe harvesting—urban farms...
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