I like to think that it’s inevitable that anyone who begins focusing on improving their nutrition, exercising regularly, being “greener,” and so on will get themselves involved in each of these other things. For me it started with eating better. From there I began to exercise more, and the environmental health came afterward. There are [...]
Factory farms can be cruel to animals, pollute the environment, treat workers very poorly and be bad for our health. I like to think that most of us have at least a vague understanding of why factory farming is wrong, and details to put it all into perspective is a good way to motivate us [...]
I’ve been “living not blogging” the past month – I’ll do my best to start “living AND blogging” again I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what inspires us to be healthy, to eat well, to stay active. Everyone is going to have their own little areas of inspiration, but here are just a few [...]
This is a pretty big question that I think we can all continue to ask ourselves every day, no matter how far along our healthy journey we are. We might be close to our healthy peak in one area of our lives, but in another area we might have lots of work to do. It’s [...]
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Fun tip of the day! Did you know that… Tap water often contains chlorine, which can be damaging to plants? It’s true! The chlorine in water isn’t the best thing for your house plants, but there’s a simple fix to rescue them if they are started to look a little sad: Step One: Fill a [...]
This year for Thanksgiving, I managed to convince the mother dear to purchase a local, organic, free-range turkey for the annual meal. It cost about a dollar more per pound, but it was worth every penny to switch to an ethically-raised turkey from our usual Butterball. The Stats: Turkeys on factory farms are killed by [...]
Yesterday I took an all-day food handler course for my work with Fruit Share, which resulted in an exam at the end of the day (I passed with 98%. Awesome ). I learned some important things about handling food, and throughout the day I made several observations which I thought I might share with you… [...]
Photos courtesy of another Fruit Share volunteer.
Last week the boyfriend and I travelled to Sleeping Giant to hike 53 km over the course of 3.5 days. It was an amazing trip – we both have such a passion for hiking and really enjoyed both the beauty of the scenery and the challenge of the trail. This was easily the toughest hike [...]
