Every year when Halloween rolls around do you find yourself torn in two. On the one hand there are many aspects of Halloween that are really fun. Who wouldn’t enjoy a celebration where you get to dress up and get candy? On the other hand do you feel increasingly uncomfortable about how greed driven the event seems to be. So is there a way to keep the fun and turn Halloween around? As a family why not have fun making Halloween treats to … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2013
Hormone-Altering Chemicals Inducing To Obesity
Everyone knows that obesity is a rampant problem in North America, but new research is showing that it is not just a simple matter of eating too much and moving too little. Certain hormone-altering chemicals found in water, air, and soil can induce obesity, too. By disrupting or altering hormones, which are the body’s chemical messengers released by certain glands to affect cells all throughout the body, these invasive chemicals can disrupt … [Read more...]
Living Building Challenge Has Developed The Net Zero Energy Building Certification
Net Zero Energy is quickly becoming a sought after goal for many buildings around the globe - each relies on exceptional energy conservation and then on-site renewables to meet all of its heating, cooling and electricity needs. Yet the true performance of many developments is overstated – and actual Net Zero Energy buildings are still rare. But now, the Living Building Challenge has developed the Net Zero Energy Building Certification and it is … [Read more...]
Monsanto’s Poison…
Michael Warren and Natacha Pisarenko from The Associated Press have reported on the dozens of ways Monsanto's chemical fertilizers and pesticides are poisoning the people of Argentina: BASAVILBASO, Argentina (AP) — Argentine farmworker Fabian Tomasi was never trained to handle pesticides. His job was to keep the crop-dusters flying by filling their tanks as quickly as possible, although it often meant getting drenched in poison. Now, at 47, … [Read more...]
Wise Words For Friday…
Project Peanut Butter
Most of us have it as a breakfast staple every day and don't give it a second thought. But the humble peanut butter has the potential to save millions of lives every year. Sound like a far fetched pipedream? Then consider the possibility that malnourished children could be saved from death just by eating a food source that was easily accessible and cheap. Enter Project Peanut Butter, which is aiming to save two million children by 2015. … [Read more...]
Have You Seen The ‘Huba’?
Industrial designers Malgorzata Blachnicka & Michal Holcer have completed their latest project for mountain lovers, a self-sufficient shelter called ‘Huba'. The mountain shelter based on traditional alpine architecture generates it own energy and is equipped with an effective vertical wind turbine. Wind and rain provides energy which is then saved within a battery and used to supply the shack’s heating, lighting and water pump. Roof tiles … [Read more...]
Do you ever use herbs as medicinal aids?
New Bridge For Lima
Ooiio architecture have been commissioned to design a large bridge over a natural terrain slope to connect two areas of Lima, Peru. One of these neighborhoods houses large shopping centers which act as new urban poles where tourists usually stay on their arrival in Lima. The other, Barranco, is the bohemian area of the city which has maintained its charm and character. It is also where many museums are located. Ooiio proposes a bridge that … [Read more...]
Food For Thought…
Positive thought, that's what we like to see! … [Read more...]