Sustainable Lifestyle articles:

Bad Air = Brain Fog?

New studies show bad air may be as risky for our minds as it is for our bodies

Going Green in LA

Green Festival Returns November 17–18 If you’ve never been to a Green Festival, you’ve missed what is probably the largest green consumer event in the country. Seeing so many green exhibitors in one space is truly encouraging—makes you realize we really are making progress in creating a more sustainable world. This year’s event at the […]

Bees & Buddhists

Bee on a flower by acidpix

I won’t even mention that enlightened master Winnie-the-Pooh. “That buzzing-noise means something,” the bear mused to himself when he heard the hum coming from a treetop in the Hundred Acre Wood. “You don’t get a buzzing-noise like that, just buzzing and buzzing, without its meaning something.”

Platefuls of Politics

Pesticides or farmers markets? It’s not that simple, but the president has power over food

The Truth Behind Certified Organic Labeling

organic nectaries by Lindy lower res

Generally, organic means organisms that are not genetically modified and are grown free from potentially harmful inputs such as toxic pesticides, synthetic fertilizers and hormones, antibiotics, irradiation, and plastic pellet- or animal waste-laden feed.

Film: Bitter Seeds

Indian farmer begging Monsanto

Monsanto’s war against conventional farmers and other sentient beings