Gaiam Life - Green Living

The Hope That Travels With You

Valerie Gleaton — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:28:13 +0000

A guest post from our friends at TravelShark

Author:

TravelShark

As an online travel company, TravelShark interacts with many different people throughout all phases of their travels — from picking out a hotel to finding the best crepes in Paris. From these interactions, we have come to realize that travel means something different to everyone.

Quiz: What Does Your Workout Wear Say About You?

Kirs10 — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:51:49 +0000

The 4 C’s of fitness clothing

Author:

Kirsten Longnecker

Are your yoga pants yawn-inducing? Is your sports bra spent? If the last time you bought new exercise apparel the song “Let’s Get Physical” was playing on a radio, it’s time for an intervention.

Much like diamonds, the qualities of yoga and fitness wear fall into four categories. Only instead of cut, color, clarity and carat, our four C’s of fitness clothing are cut, color, condition and crunchiness.

Ryan's Well: How a 6-Year-Old Started Changing the World

GranolaJoe — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 02:08:44 +0000

Ryan Hreljac is working to bring clean drinking water to people around the world

Author:

Arielle Ford

Ryan Hreljac was in kindergarten when he learned that children in a Ugandan village had to walk many kilometers every day just for fresh drinking water. Dismayed, he set out to do enough chores to raise the $70 he figured it would take to drill a well for the village.

It turned out the well would cost more like $2,000 to drill — but Ryan was undaunted, and he raised close to $3,000 that year as his story made headlines.

Hope and Innovation: A Quest for an Old-Fashioned Seed Machine

Kirs10 — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:31:55 +0000

Can you help an organic lavender farmer keep her dream afloat?

Author:

Jena Thompson Meredith

Because she’s dubbed the “Lavender Lady,” most people might expect Norma DeCamp Burns to envision hope as a soft, supple shade of purple. It turns out her version is closer to a glistening stainless steel — perhaps even a slight shade of rust.

3 Reasons Gardening Is an Act of Love

Valerie Gleaton — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:58:06 +0000

Spend some time outside with Mother Earth

Author:

Katherine Robertson-Pilling

When was the last time you put your arms around your mother and told her you loved her? Although she may be the one getting the hug, it’s the giver who gets the real benefits!

HOPE Springs in Thailand: Fair Trade Fashion in Action

sbourassa — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:41:12 +0000

Can you save the world through shopping?

Author:

Mary Jo Cameron

HOPE, Fair Fashion in Action was born after Gina and Greg Hope (pictured below with their daughter, Devaki, and their son, Kaivalya) witnessed the natural spirit of giving and receiving one October day in 2006 in India. Kaivalya, then just 4 years old, smiled broadly and handed his too-small clothing to a street boy in New Delhi.

“The transaction was beyond outward beauty,” Gina recalls. “It was inner purity on both sides, completely lacking judgment. It was the true nature of giving and receiving.”

Greed and Salmonella: A Deadly Duo

Valerie Gleaton — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:35:54 +0000

An excerpt from ‘No Happy Cows’

Author:

John Robbins

For years, the U.S. egg industry has been telling us that there is no connection between salmonella outbreaks and the practice of cramming layer hens into cages so small the birds can’t lift a wing. It’s been their party line for so long they may actually have begun to believe it. In 2011, the leading U.S. egg industry trade group announced, true to form, that caging hens is “better for food safety.”

Make Every Easter Egg Green: Easy Natural Egg Dyeing Tips

mjcameron — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:11:32 +0000

How to make food coloring from actual foods

Author:

Corey Colwell-Lipson and Lynn Colwell with editing by Lisa Truesdale

The ways we celebrate Easter today combine many ancient traditions focusing on rebirth and renewal, both of which have been symbolized throughout the history of humankind through the humble egg. And dunking those eggs in a bath of dyes made of who-knows-what has become just another part of the ritual for most of us.

Honeybee Disappearance Threatens Food Crops: 5 Ways to Help

GranolaJoe — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:19:31 +0000

Author:

Rachel Brand

If ever there was evidence of our connection with other living things, it’s the honeybee and the threat its recent disappearing act may pose to the human food supply.

The Disappearing Honey Bees

GranolaJoe — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:08:21 +0000

Fighting Colony Collapse Disorder

Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is causing honey bees around the world to die without explanation. Backyard beekeepers and experts describe the relationship between humans and bees, how CCD is impacting colonies, and how everyone can help their recovery.