“In Los Angeles, I drive a hybrid and live in a very simple home. Anything you do from carrying a canteen of water to starting a recycling program in your office makes a difference. Reusing what you already have has always been green – from clothes to boxes to glass jars from the supermarket.” —Continue reading “Thought for Today”
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Activities to Teach Children to Care for the Earth
It is important that we teach our children that it is our responsibility to care for the earth. I don’t think you can start too young with this. Keep it positive, and show not only by words but by example ways that we can help the planet. This is not something we can leave toContinue reading “Activities to Teach Children to Care for the Earth”
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“First, there is the power of the Wind, constantly exerted over the globe…. Here is an almost incalculable power at our disposal, yet how trifling the use we make of it! It only serves to turn a few mills, blow a few vessels across the ocean, and a few trivial ends besides. What a poorContinue reading “Thought for Today”
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“There is an urgent need to stop subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, dramatically reduce wasted energy, and significantly shift our power supplies from oil, coal, and natural gas to wind, solar, geothermal, and other renewable energy source.” — Bill McKibben Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/renewable_energy.html#Y0lqb11hpBmZLAVe.99
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“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.” – John Muir
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“The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it.” – Barry Commoner
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“You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment. In that insight of inter-being, it is possible to have real communication with the Earth, which is the highest form of prayer.” — Thich Nhat Hanh
A Little Sweet Something Extra
Today we have an extra post with something sweet — my recipe for power balls. These are a healthier sweet treat and with no baking required are perfect for summer. Genie’s Power Balls Ingredients: 3/4 c. natural peanut butter (without added sugars, oils, etc. Peanuts and a maybe a little salt are all I want toContinue reading “A Little Sweet Something Extra”
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“A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt
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