Category: Environment

By Barry Dennis Earth Day is the day when millions of people in 172 countries all over the globe share their appreciation for our beautiful planet. What are you giving back to the earth this year? You might believe that one person can’t do a lot. But if we take the time to change a [...]

By Marlene Buffa The month of May joyfully reminds us of the rebirth of nature.  In acknowledgment, we celebrate Mother’s Day – honoring our birth mothers, and ultimately our spiritual mothers.  Symbolizing the greater gifts of the earth as Mother to all living things, we dedicate one day to recognizing our origins by honoring she [...]

by Dr. Christina Grant In my tiny area of the globe, I am a gardener, keeper of animals, feeder of birds – someone who is concerned about the protection of the earth, land, soil, waterways, air, and all living beings. Increasingly, I am aware of the myriad ways we have become detached from nature, and [...]

by Dr. Christina Grant Made from your table scraps (except meats and seeds) and yard waste, composting is the key to sustainability and organic gardening. It reduces your trash and the amount of junk that ends up in landfills, that is, if you aren’t a big fast food fan and you actually eat fresh food. [...]

By Dr. Stewart Bitkoff So here we are: today NEWS people are now reporting that scientists are just beginning to suspect that the oil spill is much worse than initially reported. No surprise there. It’s the old mushroom philosophy: ‘keep people in the dark and see how much manure you can pile on.’ While I hesitate to [...]

By Dr. Stewart Bitkoff Gradually in this age we are remembering, authentic religious and spiritual teachings are tolerant and The main purpose of religion and spiritual development systems is to provide a basis from which a more complete, balanced life and society can be created. Ideally, religion and spiritual development systems provide a set of rules, a moral [...]

By Dr. Stewart Bitkoff Every day I watch NEWS coverage about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and its growing effect on the region, and I am filled with a deep, profound sadness. It just isn’t the poor ‘greaser’ birds that are covered with slime, or the dead fish and polluted marshlands; or the [...]

This year, six-year-old Gabriella Laws will be trading in her birthday gifts for clean water in Africa. The Calgary-based girl has created a fundraising web page on Canadian Physicians for Aid & Relief’s (CPAR’s) new Face of Giving website – www.faceofgiving.ca and hopes to raise $250 to help provide clean water to community members in [...]

“Being able to share this material with you is a gift and a part of the fulfillment of my life’s purpose,” Oprah Winfrey said on Wednesday, January 30, 2008, as she revealed the 61th Oprah’s Book Club selection “A New Earth” by Eckhart Tolle. She added, “It was an awakening for me that I want [...]

By Lexi Soulios Around the globe, hundreds of millions of people go to bed hungry every night. Over a billion have inadequate access to water. Tens of thousands of children under five years old die each day due to poverty related causes. Why is it that the richest nations allow the poorest ones to suffer [...]

By Dr. Alan Greene, M.D. As a father and pediatrician, I’ve changed many diapers—enough to teach me that diapers are a daily reminder that as humans we deplete resources as we consume, and we make messes with our waste. Those landfill diapers that are so easily tossed into the trash are clearly a major ecological [...]