Wednesday 29 August 2012

Open day this Saturday at Runnymede Eco-Village.

This Saturday Sept 1st, we’re having an open day with workshops at Runnymede Eco-Village. 


From 2 p.m, there will be a pottery workshop with locally dug and prepared clay. There will also be some traditional structure building.

If you don’t fancy getting your hands dirty you can take a look around the eco-village, sit by the fire and/or have some food and refreshments.

In the evening, weather depending, we’ll be having a fireside music jam, to which everyone is welcome. Please bring an instrument if you can/like.



Korean Honey Tea

Honey is a natural preservative and after awhile the lemons kindof dissolve into the honey to make a fragrant, sweet, marmalade like concoction. 


This would make a really thoughtful dinner party gift. A perfect hot drink during the cold months, and very soothing to a sore throat!

Friday 17 August 2012

Free From Harm

Free From Harm 


We’re all somewhere on our own path. We all aspire to do the right thing to protect the earth and the animals that inhabit it. Free from Harm is your online hub to empower you with the best information, tools and resources to guide you on that path.

Comfortably Unaware

Author of “Comfortably Unaware: Global Depletion and Food Choice Responsibility,” Dr. Oppenlander is a sustainability and wellness advocate, writer, and speaker committed to improving the health of our planet. 

Through literary work or in person, he brings an eclectic combination of experiences regarding this topic spanning the past 40 years.


Thursday 16 August 2012

Care2 Make a Difference

This site has so much going on, too hard to list all the things they do.  Primarily it's a petition site, but it's so much more.


They have causes, healthy living, news, community and lots and lots of feel good stories.  Please take time to have a look at it.

Loves Food - Tastiest Food on the Web

This fresh-tasting salad is just the kind of lift you need to tickle your taste buds in winter. Remember to wash your hands after chopping the chilli – you’ll soon know about it if you don’t and then absent-mindedly rub your eyes!"


This fresh-tasting salad is just the kind of lift you need to tickle your taste buds in winter. Remember to wash your hands after chopping the chilli – you’ll soon know about it if you don’t and then absent-mindedly rub your eyes!"

This is another fabulous foodie fest, lots of recipes, journals, videos and ideas for meals, all laid out simply with gorgeous photos to make you feel hungry.

I've added this site to my side bar links.




Teach Your Old Brain New Tricks

Self Help for People who wouldn't be caught dead doing Self Help

My mission in one long run on sentence: To offer easy-to-absorb insights and advice to help you bloom into your happiest, most loved, highest potential self – and have fun in the process – because I use playful analogies, feisty humor, and stylish graphics to distill big ideas (from the latest scientific studies to ancient wisdom) into short, easily-digestible, life-changing tips.


Basically, because my books and programs are created to be fun, you’ll absorb methodologies for creating a happier more successful life with total ease – including ideas from: Aristotle, Martin Seligman, Viktor Frankl, Bertrand Russel, Jung, Freud, biology, Buddhism, cognitive therapy, Darwinism, Neuro Linquistic Programming, neuroscience, positive psychology, sociology, quantum physics, western philosophy, Zen of Bazooka Joe – and then some.

Although it's a shop, it looks fun, fresh and interesting, worth a look.


Homesteading / Survivalism

The largest homestead, survival, and self-reliance page on Facebook.   Another great page, so much information for living a more healthy life.



Depression: "I’ve never seen you without a smile on your face"


I have experienced problems with my mental health, on and off, since early childhood. However, it is only recently that I have felt truly able to discuss these experiences with those closest to me.


In the past, others’ perceptions of me as happy-go-lucky and my own misconceptions about mental illness made me feel uncomfortable about opening up to people.

Somewhere between the ages of 5-10 years old, after a series of stressful events, I started to struggle with anxiety and depression. Convinced I was suffering from an incurable illness, I would spend hours reading the family medical dictionary.

I developed a fear of vomiting which escalated and started to take over my life. As darkness fell in the evenings, my fear would increase. I was unable to sleep properly, scared of being alone with my thoughts.

One persons account of their struggle with coming to terms with and explaining their mental health issues to a largely unaccepting world.  You're not blamed for physical illness, why are you for mental illness?


Organic Gardening

This is a great facebook page, for the discussion of organic gardening, tips, and techniques.





10 Health Benefits of Ginger

1. Ovarian cancer treatment
2. Colon cancer prevention
3. Morning sickness relief
4. Motion sickness remedy
5. Reduces pain and inflammation
6. Heartburn relief
7. Prevention of diabetic nephropathy
8. Migraine relief
9. Menstrual cramp relief
10. Cold and flu prevention



Friday 10 August 2012

10 Rapidly Vanishing Environmental Wonders


Glaciers, forests, islands, species, and entire ecosystems are disappearing in front of our eyes. The worst part about it is that many climate change deniers view the Earth as some all-powerful entity that will self-correct if we do too much damage.

But in reality, if we continue to alter the planet’s atmosphere and ecosystems at such a rapid rate, the human species could ultimately render planet Earth uninhabitable. It will become just another one of the countless barren planets floating through the universe. Fortunately, this has not happened yet. 

ByzantineFlowers ~ Health & Wellness, Natural & Herbal Remedies, Whole Foods, Diet, Recipes, Home & Garden...

The Organic Farm Revolution – Supporting Your “Inner Farmer”


No matter where you live, what type of lifestyle or budget, we can find better ways of eating foods that would benefit our health & family. Don’t have a backyard to garden, a balcony or deck? There are a number of possibilities in which we can be proactive in fighting the unknown food sources you get from the mega supermarkets.


Tuesday 7 August 2012

5 Simple Veggie Dinner Ideas

Here are five veggie dinner ideas for during the week from Sweet on Veg.



Guacamole Portobello Mushroom.

For the other meals and recipes, see the link above.


"Visually & Respectfully Yours" / Tibetan Buddhism

Seven toxic foods, drinks, and additives to cut out of your diet for good

With so much conflicting information out there about which foods are healthy and which foods are not, it can be difficult for many people to determine how best to approach a healthy lifestyle that includes eating well. 

But a good place to start is to avoid these seven toxic foods, beverages, and additives that are quite common in the American diet.

Diet sodas and beverages sweetened with artificial chemicals High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), the silent killer. Most vegetable oils, including hydrogenated and 'trans' fat varieties

etc

Alzheimer's is really just 'type-3' diabetes, new research shows

Emerging research on the widespread degenerative brain disease known as Alzheimer's suggests that this prevalent form of dementia is actually a type of diabetes. 

Published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, a recent study out of Rhode Island Hospital (RIH) confirms that Alzheimer's is marked by brain insulin resistance and corresponding inflammation, a condition that some researchers are now referring to as type-3 diabetes.


Eating more healthy saturated fats like coconut oil can help prevent, cure Alzheimer's Since many elderly individuals that have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's take statin drugs to lower their cholesterol levels, the first logical step would be to stop taking these drugs.

Not only have statins been shown to cause and exacerbate Alzheimer's, they have also been shown to cause diabetes. So taking them, as many elderly dementia patients do, runs contrary to common sense, and will only make the problem worse.