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Take a Digital Detox
Today’s world, for many of us, has become increasingly tech-focused. We start and end our days focused on phones, tablets, and computers, surfing news and social media.
In The Joy of Missing Out, author Christina Crook delves into the impacts our wired world is having on us individually and as a society, and suggests achievable options for taking breaks and reclaiming our control over technology.
August Planting for Autumn Feasting
Planting vegetables in the middle of summer seems wrong – but most temperate gardens can yield a second harvest in autumn. In August, try planting hardy greens along with root vegetables like beets and carrots, and enjoy another round of garden-fresh food through the fall.
Childhood Unplugged Author Interview
In this interview, Katherine Johnson Martinko author of Childhood Unplugged answers our burning questions about how she has created healthy boundaries around screens for her family.
The Basics Of Rainwater Harvesting
Rainwater collection can help ease pressure on both local watersheds as well as regional water infrastructure, while also providing some peace of mind to the homeowner – and a lower water bill.
Essential Rainwater Harvesting provides tools and information, along with step-by-step design help, to build an effective collection system that’s tailored to your situation.
This Tool Will Make Screen-Free Parenting Far Easier
In this guest post, Katherine Martinko, author of Childhood Unplugged, offers a powerful tool to help reduce screen time for kids while opening up a whole new world of skills. All this, and it’s a lot of fun, too.
How Much Screen Time is Too Much for Kids?
How much screen time is too much for kids? What are the effects? How can I take control of screens in our family? Will I go crazy without a handy iPad to hand to my kids? Will they? What if they’re bored?
These questions probably sound pretty familiar to most parents these days. But is it even possible to take back some control over digital devices?
What is No-till Farming?
What are the advantages of no-till farming or gardening? Can moving to no-till methods really help build soil and profitability? Andrew Mefferd, editor of Growing for Market, says it absolutely can, and building on years of experience and research, he lays it all out in Practical No-till Farming.
Do less, produce more, and grow the soil life that feeds crops using chemical-free, organic no till methods.
What is National Indigenous Peoples Day?
In 1996, Canada established National Aboriginal Day; in 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the federal government’s intention to rename this day of observance National Indigenous Peoples Day.
According to Prime Minister Trudeau, on this day, “...we join together on this day to recognize the fundamental contributions that First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation have made to the identity and culture of all Canadians. The history, art, traditions, and cultures of Indigenous Peoples have shaped our past, and continue to shape who we are today.”
But what does this really mean, in terms of Truth and Reconciliation and non-Indigenous celebration and allyship?
Aside from celebrating and acknowledging, how can we move further into true allyship and support of Indigenous Peoples and work toward more integrated and peaceable relationships with the peoples who inhabited these lands first?
What is the difference between Juneteenth and Independence Day?
Many people understand July 4th to be the biggest holiday to celebrate independence and freedom in the United States (the US). While it is certainly the most well-known, it is not the only nor the most important holiday that celebrates independence… Today is known as Juneteenth, and it is an important historical date for many, many families in the US. So, why are there two dates, and how are they different? Understanding the stark difference between the two independences declared in the US is critical to understanding the current social structure of the nation.
What's in an Emergency Kit?
As we work to process the realities of climate change, learning to manage our emotions around this crisis is crucial. But as climate disruption continues and increases, preparing for scenarios such as utility disruptions, local disasters involving floods or fires, or unseasonal freezing or heating can also help us move from panic mode into action mode.
That’s where emergency preparedness comes in. Assembling a kit to help shelter in place, or a “go-bag” in case of disasters that require us to evacuate our homes, are both important, empowering steps to take.
How Do I Cope with Climate Anxiety?
Climate anxiety and eco-anxiety are very real for many of us. How can we process this grief and fear about the climate? Can we transform these into powerful tools for acting on behalf of the climate? Margaret Klein Salamon says we absolutely can. It’s not quick or easy, but doing this work may well be the most important step on the road to addressing the climate emergency.
In this excerpt from “Step Two: Welcome Fear, Grief, and Other Painful Feelings,” Margaret Klein Salamon uses her psychologist background to explain how acknowledging and even embracing these feelings can help us keep from being controlled by them.
Havarti / Gouda-style Quick Vegan Cheeze Recipe
Plant-based cheesemaking has revolutionized the culinary world, offering a wide array of delectable options for those embracing a vegan or low impact lifestyle. Through the use of artisanal techniques and a dash of culinary creativity, talented cheese makers are helping to bring vegan cheezes to the forefront of food conversations
Reducing Your Electricity Generation and Heating
We have relatively little control over how our electricity is generated, except to lobby governments and power companies. But some of us have the option of taking things into our own hands by generating our own electricity. The conditions for that have never been better, and they will continue to improve.
Why is Escaping Overshoot Necessary?
Any population living beyond the capacity of its environment to sustain it is in overshoot. This includes humans, but with one important difference. People make and use artifacts of all kinds which massively amplify our demands on the environment through resource extraction, processing, manufacturing, distribution, use, and disposal. Hence, the capacity of the environment to sustain us depends on the population of both humans and what we make and use, and how.
Majority Culture: What’s Yours Is Mine
When building diversity and inclusion practices in a workplace, how often do we identify where the majority culture’s customs have become the standard? In The Token: Common Sense Ideas for Increasing Diversity in Your Organization, Crystal Byrd Farmer helps transform how organizations view workplace diversity to create a culture of belonging. Today, we take an excerpt on majority culture from the Token and how it demands those who fall outside the majority code-switch to fit in.