Did you know that antidepressants were the third most-popular type of drug dispensed in 2008, with $9.5 billion in sales? Our article "Drugged Out Nation" highlights the damaging effects the overuse of prescription drugs is having on the health of our nation. Image Credit: Slinkachu … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
Drug Ads on TV – A Brief History
In my last article on Health, I stated that we are a Drugged-Out Nation, and that when you take medications, it lessens your ability to achieve true health. How did we get to the point that drugs use is at such an epidemic level? As I mentioned in Drugged Out Nation, the per capita usage among Americans is 12 medications per person. I'm not saying to quit taking your medications right now, as that may not be a wise thing to do. What I am saying … [Read more...]
How Are You Trying To Save The Earth?
"Some day the earth will weep, she will beg for her life, she will cry with tears of blood. You will make a choice, if you will help her or let her die, and when she dies, you too will die." John Hollow Horn, Oglala Lakota, 1932 Image Credit: SavetheEarth … [Read more...]
White Solar Panels Could Blend In With Buildings and Cool Them Down
Treehugger reports that CSEM, a Swiss non-profit technology company, has come up with a technology that allows solar panel to be integrated into the walls of buildings, coming in different colors and having no visible connections. White solar panels have been identified as being particularly useful, not just because of the versatility of the color, but because white solar panels would stay cooler, boosting efficiency and reducing the energy … [Read more...]
Would You Define Yourself As Being a ‘Spiritual’ Person?
What does being ‘Spiritual’ actually mean for you? … [Read more...]
“Every Little Thing You Do Is Magic”
"Every little thing you do is magic" - Never underestimate the power of one. One little step after another consistently results in big impact. The more we each act this way and pass it along, the more we change the world one person at a time. Image credit: Joel Robison … [Read more...]
Should Torture Report Be Released?
Twelve Nobel peace prize winners have urged President Barack Obama to release a damning report by the US Senate into the use of torture in the early years of the War on Terror. In an open letter, the laureates demand “full disclosure” of the extent of American use of torture and warn the practice set an example to the world that has “made us all vulnerable”, not least American soldiers. Do you think they are right to want the report … [Read more...]
The Health Of a Nation
"When a person is unhealthy, it is hard for them to see beyond their physical, emotional and spiritual ailments. Instead, because of their ailments, they are stuck in a quagmire in which they live in a disempowered and apathetic way..." Read more about the worrying Health of our Nation here on our website. Image credit: Julian Wolkenstein … [Read more...]
How About An eTree?
The eTree, created by Israeli renewables firm Sologic, is a public space invention aimed at providing a place to rest, connect to the internet and recharge devices. If it turns out to be a success I can imagine it becoming a little cramped! Where would you like to see some of these? … [Read more...]
Drugged-Out Nation
In my last article, Living a High Density Lifestyle, I showed a photo of some medications, with the caption for the photo reading "Drugs are how many people cope with their stressful lives." And when I talk about drugs, I mean the pharmaceutical kind, not the recreational ones. You know, the stuff you go to the drug store to get. I'm not anti-drugs. There's a time and place for them. They can save lives. And sometimes they are necessary. But … [Read more...]
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