Posted in Unschooling, education, empowerment, environmentalism, food, green living, homeschooling, relationships, vegetarian by: Lisa
09 Nov
Should elementary school children be sent home with over an hour’s worth of homework every night? Should that work count for something? Is an elementary school child’s opinion worthy of respect? Is “green”ness an issue we are forcing schooled children to think is not real and worthy? Are school administrators and [...]
Posted in curing diseases, environmentalism, green living by: Lisa
22 Jun
Many items in a typical American home make the humans and pets in them unhealthy. Sometimes the effects are immediate, like in the case of some cleaning products. And, sometimes the effects take a bit longer. On this website, I like to tell as many people as possible about some of the [...]
Posted in business, dome, empowerment, environmentalism, green living, housing, vegan by: Lisa
27 Apr
Changes happen for a variety of reasons. The best being when we see a problem, then work on a solution to solve the problem.
Yet, many people are scared of their problems and don’t do the work to change. It reminds me of the quote:
Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving [...]
Posted in alternate energy, empowerment, environmentalism, green living, vegan, vegetarian by: Lisa
22 Apr
In honor of Earth Day, I want to encourage everyon to listen to NPR’s recent “Rising Demand for Meat Takes Toll on Environment” story.
The friend of mine who originally sent me this story pointed out that one of the experts in the story emphasizes the fact that decreasing your personal meat consumption by just 20% [...]
Posted in ATCs, Unschooling, art, art trading cards, green living, magazines, travel, zen by: Lisa
28 Sep
I’m not a fan of receiving too many catalogs and other mail that I don’t want. However, I am a huge fan of receiving catalogs in the mail that I’m going to keep around a while and reference. Be sure to check out online catalogs before you have a paper one sent to you. If [...]