michelle victoria No Comment Changing Habits, Climate Change, Industrial food practices, Sustainable Agriculture
Here are 12 facts about food that you may or may not want to know, but you really should be aware of. This comes from The Ecologist magazine that is published in the UK and the information was taken from a book called The Little Book of Shocking Food Facts by Craig Holden Feinberg and Dale
michelle victoria 1 Comment Changing Habits, Sustainable Businesses
I had an email this week from a new friend who had just seen the SmartLifeways web site. One of the things that she pointed out was that by having a link to Amazon for buying the books that I had mentioned on the site I was missing an opportunity to support local, independent book
michelle No Comment Body Care Products, Changing Habits
I am out of town and literally just got out of the shower… While I was showering I looked over at the plastic shower curtain and thought to myself, I wonder how many chemicals are being released while I shower? Then I decided that I needed to repost this story about chemicals. We need to
michelle victoria 3 Comments Changing Habits, Cleaning Products, Farmers Markets, Films to see, Gardens and Farms, Recycling, Restaurants, Sustainable Agriculture, Transportation
There is a wonderful film called No Impact Man (and there is a book version as well) that came out fairly recently about a N.Y. city family that spends a year exploring what it means to live without making any impact on the earth. They went to an extreme that most of us would never
michelle victoria 1 Comment Changing Habits, Recipes, Sustainable Agriculture
I hear quite often that people feel as if they don’t have the time to cook proper meals and that is why they are caught in the snacking, fast food or always eating out syndrom, even when they know that what they are eating is not good for them….But I think most of these people
michelle victoria 2 Comments Changing Habits
Slow Death By Rubber Duck-the Secret Danger of Everyday Things, is a book about the prevalence of chemicals in our everyday lives. Chemicals that are found in our cosmetics, furniture, food and bedding and that remain in our bodies contributing to so many types of illness from cancer to birth defects. But what makes this
michelle victoria No Comment Changing Habits, Sustainable Agriculture
Michael Pollan’s newest book Food Rules, An Eaters Manual is out. This book offers 64 simple rules for eating healthier, for our bodies and for the planet. If this became required reading for everyone in school, at all levels, we would take a huge step forward in reversing America’s health crises, and the problems of
michelle victoria No Comment Changing Habits, Climate Change, Farmers Markets, Industrial food practices, Investing, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Businesses
Friends of Slow Money are at it….. Are you fighting to protect the environment? Mitigate climate change? Save the oceans? End oil dependency? Improve health? Improve food systems? Preserve freedom? Imagine if your $5 contribution (coupled with thousands of others) could launch a whole new movement — one that fixes our food system, empowers social
michelle victoria No Comment Changing Habits, Gardens and Farms, GMO-GE Information, Investing, Sustainable Agriculture
Only two days after the Slow Money conference ended here in Santa Fe and the media is talking about it. What is different about Slow Money’s approach? After attending the conference and gaining a deeper understanding of the organization’s goals I would have to say it is its sincere commitment to make a fundamental change
michelle victoria No Comment Films to see, Gardens and Farms, Sustainable Businesses
I just learned of this wonderful organization, the Slow Money Alliance. They are presenting a new economic vision that is committed to building local food systems and local economies. This is an emerging network of serious investors, donors, entrepreneurs, farmers and activists who are committed to a sustainable future, from the ground up. Read their