Reduce Stress With Feng Shui

For over 3,000 years Chinese people have turned to the ancient wisdom of Feng Shui to achieve greater harmony in their environment, and in themselves. Today we are bombarded by constant stress. How often do you wait anxiously in traffic, scroll through seemingly endless pages of email, leap at the sound of the cell phone? We are all bombarded by the daily demands of work and family, housekeeping and leisure. The pressure of bills and bosses can leave anyoneís nerves feeling frayed, and all too often we have unfulfilled personal expectations for our lives on top of the stress of just getting through the day. The good news is, you can restore your energy, recharge yourself and release tension by utilizing Feng Shui to create a home that is a sanctuary. Read more..

Think Green when you Clean

We all want to do our part in ensuring our environment stays as safe and healthy as possible for our children and future generations to come. Many people don’t stop to think how their household cleaners can affect the environment, and how toxic they can make the immediate environment of your home. With some careful forethought, planning and effort, your home can be cleaned safely and effectively, sparing the environment, your home, family and pets from toxic chemicals and fumes. Read more..

Beginning Recycling at Home

Every year, tons of material that could be recycled aren’t, and end up clogging our already overwhelmed dumps, waterways and roadsides. Most people think it’s a difficult undertaking to organize a recycling center at home. However, with some creativity and commitment, it can be easy to do. You’ll feel better about yourself doing your part to care for the environment as a result, too. Read more..

Is Your Personal Computing Carbon Neutral?

We are all contributing to global warming, pollution and otherwise damaging our environment – each and every one of us personally. Maybe big companies and corporations do more damage than you as an individual, but you are still doing damage. Hopefully you are already acting responsibly and trying to minimize that damage, or maybe you are here to find out ways in which you can live a greener, more environmentally-friendly lifestyle. So here’s one thing for you to consider… what’s your carbon footprint for your personal computer use? Read more..

How Feng Shui Can Change Your Life

Feng shui is the process of improving your life and your attitude by improving your environment. The basic principles of feng shui teach you to rethink your relationship to the objects in your space in order to help you create an area that is harmoniously arranged, visually balanced, and allows positive energy to flow freely and unhampered. Applying the fundamentals of feng shui can change the way you do business, or the way that you interact with friends and family. Feng shui can help you gain a little extra boost in any area of your life where you feel you have room for improvement. Read more..

Why Feng Shui Works

Feng shui traditions tell us that by changing your environment to reflect your desire for something, you can improve you chances of getting it. This means that you can use feng shui techniques to try to attract love, to try and push your earning power to the next level, or to . There are many different theories as to why, and how, feng shui works. Whether you think one or all of these theories are true, or not, what their sum total adds up to is that if you employ feng shui in an attempt to get love or money, you just might be taking the first step towards success. Read more..

Feng Shui In The Past And The Present

Feng shui is an ancient Chinese art said to increase the flow of chi, or positive life energy, in a space. By boosting the levels of chi and allowing it to move freely throughout a space, feng shui is meant to allow practitioners to achieve their personal goals. For thousands of years the principles of feng shui have been used to attract success in the realm of the heart, in business, and to win friends. The phrase feng shui translates to “wind and water”, two symbols of natural flow. Feng shui practices attempt to create an environment where chi flows as freely and easily as wind or water does in nature. Read more..

How To Make Yarn From Plastic Bags

Here’s a brilliant solution for reusing plastic bags and making yourself a great shopping carry bag made of recycled materials.

This article shows how to make yarn from plastic bags. You can then crochet or knit yourself a bag to carry your shopping, thus reducing the number of plastic bags you consume. It’s a brilliant solution. Thanks to Birds Before The Storm!

Update: Here’s a photo of the finished bag made from bags.

The Importance of Gardening In The Global Warming Era

You have heard about global warming. You have heard the debates about buying local and buying organic and you have probably tried not to give it too much thought. The truth is that every solution that is provided to you seems to be flawed one way or another: organic is expensive, local is expensive and sometimes neither is very fresh when a new shipment of apples just arrived from Chile. So what is a concerned citizen of the world to do when faced with such a dilemma? Plant your own garden of course! It may seem to be a bit of an overreaction to the threat of global warming, but the fact is that it is the simplest and most direct way to make an impact. Read more..

The Organic Difference, Part 5

Local and seasonal

Although not actually written into the legal standards that govern organic food, the majority of organic growers support local food initiatives, which encourage consumers to buy their food locally and seasonally. The organic community supports local food initiatives such as farmers markets, where farmers sell their own produce usually in monthly gatherings held in local towns and cities; box schemes, whereby mostly organic fruit and vegetables that have just been harvested are delivered to your door for a fixed fee; and small independent stores such as healthfood stores or organic fruit and vegetable stores. Read more..

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