Posted from Rodale

Help For Your Grieving Pet

posted by Rodale Mar 18, 2011 4:01 pm

Coping strategies for when your dog loses her best friend
By Justine Lee, D.V.M., Prevention
A Golden Retriever and a Maltese may seem like an odd couple, but Indy and Katie were as close as two dogs could be. After spending their days together, Katie would sleep on Indy’s back each night, her four-pound body rising and falling with his snores. “It was adorable,” says their owner, Karen Wolkenberg of Roslyn, NY. But at fourteen years old, Indy’s health deteriorated, and the family had to put him to sleep. Immediately after, the normally sweet-natured Katie, who at age ten had grown up with Indy, turned nasty, refusing to eat and urinating all over the house. “I’d look at her and think, What’s going on?” Wolkenberg says. “Then it finally hit me that she was grieving.”

Posted from Nature's Head.net

A Few Facts About 

Our Water Supply

Only 3% of the water on our planet is fresh. Less than 1/3 of 1% of this is available to humans.
The rest is beyond our reach--deep within the earth or frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps.

Taken from SlashFood.com

Cocoa Power -- Food from the Edge

by Rebecca Rothbaum, Posted Jun 22nd 2010 @ 12:00PM

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Thanks to its high antioxidant content, chocolate has in recent years undergone a rehabilitation that has transformed it from sinful snack to super food. Now, chocolate boosters can also point to the treat's environmental bona fides: this month, Lindt USA embarked on a novel partnership with a public utility that will use cocoa bean shells to produce electricity.

Taken From Care2.com

5 Ways to Make Living With an Older Adult Easier

posted by Lara, selected from Caring.com Oct 25, 2010 4:01 pm

filed under: Alzheimer's, Elder Care, Family Life, Health & Wellness, Healthy Home, Healthy Mind

By Lara Belonogoff, Caring.com staff writer
One issue that family caregivers don’t often talk about is how cranky everyone can get living under one roof — especially if the person you’re caring for is sometimes or often cranky. You know the toll that it can take on the entire household — and how that person’s mood can rub off on you. But how do you go about making your home a happier place?

From NaturalHomeMagazine.com

Grow With the Flow: Legal Uses of Graywater

Graywater is going legit! Learn how to use it legally with Natural Home's guide to graywater.

By Carol Steinfeld - March/April 2008

Used water from inside discharges into covered troughs of sand, then seeps into the surrounding flower gardens of this Maryland home. --JOHN HANSON/NUTRICYCLE

As many regions’ water costs rise, more people are asking if the water that flows down their drains after bathing and washing—known as graywater—can be used to water gardens. Increasingly, state permitting authorities are saying yes—with conditions.

According to Shape Mag Nov/2010 issue:

Did you know?    Brushing your teeth right after eating or drinking something slightly acidic can actually erode tooth enamel.  If you can't wait 60 minutes, swish with H2O to neutralize the acids.

Making Himalayan Sole

Everyone knows that salt dissolves in water, but what happens when you keep adding salt? You’ll reach the point to where the water becomes saturated, creating a perfect saline solution, often known as Himalayan Sole. When the water becomes saturated, there should be salt sitting on the bottom of your jar, no longer dissolving. This simple method allows you to create the HimalaSalt Himalayan Sole that alkalinizes, hydrates, purifies and cleanses your digestive system. It can also be used for washing skin rashes, cleansing wounds, gargling, and endless purifying uses.

An excerpt from "PeopleTowels.com" . You can link to it from this page.

 Why Organic Cotton?
There are many reasons to use organic cotton. Three percent of the world’s farmable land produced more than 50 billion pounds of cotton in 2007 and twenty five percent of all insecticides that are manufactured are applied to these crops. In fact, cotton is the most heavily sprayed field crop on the planet. One third of a pound of toxic chemicals are used to produce one pound of cotton fiber. By purchasing organic cotton, you save our land and water from being polluted by thousands of pounds of toxic chemicals.

Where are all the bees?

We are all holding our breath in anticipation of the upcoming video of Bob capturing his bees.  News has it that his first endeavor resulted in a few hitches.  But we all know Bob will endure.  So, as soon as we have bees, and as soon as we figure out how to actually load a video, the entire adventure will be posted for your viewing pleasure.   =:o)