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Gardening Asanas: Yoga Poses to Stay Pain-Free

Mar 30, 2018 12:58PM ● By Marlaina Donato

Overdoing garden work can produce aches and pains, but by integrating yoga positions while planting and weeding, we can emerge pain-free after hours of being on our knees and bending.

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Indigenous Wisdom: Elders Urge Us to Reimagine Life

Mar 30, 2018 12:58PM ● By Anita Sanchez

Indigenous elders from around the world meet together to pass down four sacred gifts of wisdom we would do well to heed.

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Nature’s Remedies: How Animals Self-Medicate

Mar 30, 2018 12:57PM

Creatures in the wild ranging from microbes to elephants cope with parasites, pests and pain using natural substances; it all suggests why our preserving the natural world is good for us, too.

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Healthy Climate, Healthy People: Why a Warming Planet is Harming Our Health

Mar 30, 2018 12:57PM ● By Lisa Marshall

As the Earth slowly heats up, we’re being affected by rising allergens, disaster-related trauma and the increase in insects carrying dangerous diseases.

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Paul Hawken Shares a Plan to Reverse Global Warming

Mar 30, 2018 12:17PM ● By Linda Sechrist

This leading environmental entrepreneur has worked with a range of scientists to draw up a compendium of 100 substantive existing solutions that can turn around rising temperatures.

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Changing Our Diet to Cool the Climate: Good Food Choices Enable Global Health

Mar 30, 2018 12:17PM ● By Judith Fertig

A new word in the food vocabulary—climatarian—points to rising global interest in eating in ways that reduce the impact of our diet on our beleaguered planet.

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Touching the Earth: The Healing Powers of Going Barefoot

Mar 30, 2018 12:17PM ● By Martin Zucker

Simply going without shoes for 30 to 60 minutes a day drains the body of inflammation, pain and stress and generates greater well-being, research shows.

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Healthy House: Easy Ways to Green It Up

Mar 30, 2018 12:17PM ● By Avery Mack

From using defrosting trays to doffing shoes at the door to placing plants in the loo, easy ways abound to make our home healthier for us and easier on our environment.

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