Cosmic Campout

Music Festival

World Water Day 2012

 

Many people use water for the following things.  While viewing consider how you would do if water wasn’t available.

-drinking

-cooking

-showering

-Gardening

-washing clothes

-cleaning

-preserving food

Take a moment to appreciate this precious resource and think of ways to preserve it.  You save money and the environment.  How good is that.

Links:

UN World Water Day

What’s Your Water Footprint 

The Story of Bottled Water

Help one billion with little or no access to water

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

French Court declares Monsanto guilty

Finally, US Agri-business Monsanto is declared guilty for the use of its pesticide in farming.  According to the Reuters’ Article:

“Monsanto always considered that there were not sufficient elements to establish a causal relationship between Paul Francois’s symptoms and a potential poisoning,” the company’s lawyer, Jean-Philippe Delsart, said.  Previous health claims from farmers have foundered because of the difficulty of establishing clear links between illnesses and exposure to pesticides.

Vanity Fair’s, Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear, tells the story of Monsanto’s ‘seed police’ and the tactics used to intimidate small farmers, coops and country stores.  The ‘seed police’ are sometimes referred to as ‘Gestapo’ and ‘mafia’ according to the article.

Taking Action

• Watch the World According to Monsanto and become aware the Issues

• Sign Millions Against Monsanto Petition
• Naturalize your home garden
• Read your Food labels

New beginnings, 2012

With a new year, the feeling of introspective and renewals can give us inspiration and motivation to embrace sustainable living in a positive light.  With a little adjustment, one easy way to do this is choosing to eat healthy.  according to Health Canada by eating well and being active for 2.5 hours is a good start on a healthy path.

Consider visiting your Doctor and discuss your plans for eating and activities.  Allergies play a role in some people’s choice so be aware of your situation.

Try a couple of activities such as: walking, stretching, bowling, dancing.  Eating fruits, yogurt and nuts lead to healthier bodies.  One of my favourite snack is apples, grapes, strawberries, oranges, mangoes (changes with the seasons), with homemade yogurt, raisins and nuts.  I try different  combinations of fresh fruits, dried fruits and nuts.

Another way is to make a smoothie with fresh or frozen fruits.

Honey can be added to sweeten to taste.

Either way, delicious and health.

 

 

A Bridge, Naturally

Nature gives all the materials for living and functioning.  This is an amazing example of sustainability, that includes, the social, environment and economic aspects we so rarely see.