Lightning in a Bottle
Dance, music, art and yoga light up the day, with help from solar panels at night
Sustainable Lifestyle articles:
Farmageddon
The Unseen War on American Family Farms
Home on the Free Range
At Healthy Family Farms, everything is free range, especially the kids
Pesticides Can Lower Baby’s IQ
By Elizabeth Barker For moms-to-be, keeping away from pesticides could protect the baby’s brain. In a recent study from Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers found that children exposed to organophosphate pesticides in the womb had lower intelligence scores at age seven. A class of pesticides known to damage nerve cells, organophosphates are widely used on food […]
Sleepover on the Wild Side
Camping with kids is great, but bears? Not so much
One Lucky Elephant
Lucky is a subjective word. The central human character in this endearing film, David Balding, was certainly lucky to make a deep connection with his massive friend, Flora. But whether Flora was equally lucky is less certain. How lucky is any wild animal, really, when taken from its native habitat and made to perform in […]
Light on the Land
Not just another sea of nondescript plants, flowers and shrubs, the public landscape he designed to surround the center is innovative, dramatic and well conceived.
Amy Brenneman Puts Down Roots
This down to earth Valley girl is equal parts activist, suburban mom, and TV industry triple-threat
Backyard Gardening
Most of us neglect the most basic, essential, and valuable skill of all: the ability to feed ourselves.
A Matter of Independents
California is tough for a small business, but we can make it better