$100 Holiday: Less Stuff, More Meaning

Author Bill McKibben offers welcome perspective for rethinking the Yuletide season, so that our obsession with buying presents becomes less important than soul-nourishing traditions and celebrations. Read More »

A Healthy Glow: Burn Earth-friendly Candles

Candles made from soy are an easy alternative to expensive beeswax candles for revelers who have learned to shun passé petroleum-based paraffin for a glowingly Earth-friendly home. Read More »

An Interview with Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee: Director of the Global Oneness Project

Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee and his team have traveled the world, seeking out stories and teachings from leading thinkers whose work and activities emphasize oneness with other people, animals and nature. Read More »

Awakening Consciousness: Bold New Visions for Us, the Earth and the Universe

Today’s technologies help us create instance communications that span continents, cross cultural barriers and bridge political divides. These forged connections weave us all together. Now, inspired organizations are deftly exploring, encouraging and researching the global awakening that accompanies them. Read More »

Bring on the Beat!: Workout Music Pumps up Motivation, While Building Fitness

Music is the magic that can boost our heart rate, energy levels and mood—it’s a perfect workout buddy. Read More »

Buy Nothing: Consider No Cost Holiday Gifts and Activities

Christmas won’t be the same when families get creative and gift each other loving services and homemade crafts, and then venture into the community to do good unto others. Read More »

Celebrating Winter Solstice: A Powerful Moment of Annual Turning

Rituals, like the winter solstice on December 21, can help us remember that life, like the sun, is cycling itself to rebound with strength. Read More »

Coping with Grief Over the Holidays: Finding Peace During a Difficult Time

Holiday celebrations, traditionally memorable for their joys and happiness, can be tough emotional sledding for those grieving the loss of a loved one. There are tips for learning how to be at peace with the activities unfolding around us. Read More »

Eco-Libation: Boxed Wine Beats Bottled

Choosing to sip boxed wine saves half the shipping weight, avoids the environmental impact of glass manufacturing and keeps the product fresher longer. Read More »

Frankincense A Wise Man's Remedy: Herb Shows Promising Natural Healing Potential

Researchers have now discovered that this relatively inexpensive herb has potential as a therapeutic aid for bladder cancer, the fourth most common type of cancer for men in the United States. Read More »

Good Foods for a Healthy Holiday Bash: Create a Brighter, Lighter Table for Your Guests

With a few simple tricks and a substitution here or there, the all-important holiday party foods can be both delicious and healthy. Read More »

Green Wrapping: Alternative Solutions to Wasteful Gift Wrap

If every American went paper-free for just three gifts, we’d save a collective 47,000 football fields’ worth of wrapping paper. Try these alternative solutions. Read More »

Healing Rituals Around the World: Many of Today’s Healing Rituals Draw from the Wisdom of our Ancestors

Many of today’s healing rituals share a vital component. Each has a firm foundation in an ancient, respected healing modality that’s recently made its way back into our collective awareness. Read More »

Healthy Playthings: EcoLogo Program Will Extend to Toys Next Christmas

The EcoLogo Program, known for two decades for certifying the world’s 7,000 most sustainable products, this year turned its attention to initiating its first environmental standard for children’s toys. Read More »

Holy iTunes: Church Music Ministries Adopt Point & Click Repertoire

A website is offering some 1,000 songs and hymns, including scores of Christmas carols, available to customize and download. Read More »

Radically Clear Skin: Glow from the Inside Out

Forget the needle, scalpel and expensive potions. Whether it’s wrinkles, pimples, dryness or irritation that is giving you trouble, health experts say the true path to clear, youthful-looking skin runs straight through the grocery aisle. Read More »

Radical Transparency: GoodGuide Rates Consumer Products

A website is providing consumers with the expertise of scientists and engineers to analyze the impacts of individual products to find out if they are truly safe, healthy and green. Read More »

Santa’s Reindeer: Vast Antlered Herds are Fast Growing Thin

Disruptions in climate and its consequences in diminishing food sources and rising pest populations are believed to be behind precipitous drops of caribou herds. Read More »

Save Greenbacks: Choose to Travel Green This Holiday Season

Follow these tips to help minimize your personal transportation emissions while traveling during the holiday season. Read More »

Set New Year's Intentions: Putting the Laws of Manifestation to Work

On the eve of the new year, thousands of individuals throughout the world are set to write their New Year’s intentions using Tony Burroughs’ simple and effective methods for putting the laws of manifestation to work. Read More »

Sniffle Patrol: Easy Tips to Keep Kids Healthy This Winter

With the FDA’s recent warnings about the safety of over-the-counter cold medicines for children, many parents are looking for new ways to find relief. Here is a rundown of some of safest and most effective alternatives. Read More »

Ten Things Missing from Health Care Reform Debate: A Look at the Real Issues Facing Our Nation's Health

“If we’re going to fix our health care system, we have to come up with something that actually addresses the root cause of disease in America,” says Mike Adams, founder of NaturalNews.com. Read More »

Three Dog Night: Should Fido and Fluffy Share our Bed?

Giving pets bed privileges is an age-old issue, with convincing arguments on both sides. Discover the many pros and cons to having a pet as a sleeping companion. Read More »

We Care: Fund a Favorite Charity at No Extra Cost

A website is providing shoppers access to 800 retailers online, and then lets them donate a percentage of their purchase to their favorite charity at no cost to them. Read More »

World Watch: President Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Barack Obama is now just the third sitting American president to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Read More »