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Gardening

Go Natural with Your Yard

Our yards are our outdoor homes: fun, beautiful, great spaces for relaxing. But in taking care of them, we often use water inefficiently, produce a lot of yard waste, and overuse chemicals that are bad for the environment and our families’ health. The good news is, by making some simple changes in how we care […]

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Health and Fitness

Tips for Camping with Kids

In keeping with my rants about the importance of “no child left indoors,” I want to thank the editors of Sunset magazine for publishing a great “The Joy of Camping” feature in the May issue (www.sunset.com). In the article Sunset photographer Tom Story and his wife, Sara Paloma, share how they made a successful four-day, […]

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Health and Fitness

Mud is Good! Ten Easy Ways to Connect Your Family to the Joy of Nature

By Richard Louv on June 24th, 2014 Here is a list of great outdoor activities by Richard Louv, author of “No Child Left Outdoors.” I hope you will consider allowing or instigating your kids or grandkids to enjoy some of these fabulous and freeing outdoor experiences: Short on Vitamin N? Here’s a brief list of […]

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Health and Fitness

Doctor’s Orders: More Outdoor Time For Kids

Here is an excerpt from an article by Sharol Nelson-Embry about the importance of kids spending time out in nature. As an outdoor girl, mom, former special education teacher, outdoor writer and soon-to-be personal trainer, I agree with everything she says. It’s time to make time for ourselves and the next generation in the great […]

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Books

Author simplifies Hindi spiritual wisdom to offer daily peace

CINCINATTI, Ohio – Ramesh Malhotra’s Spiritual Wisdom: An Evolutionary Insight provides a comprehensive, easy-to-understand investigation of Mahatma Gandhi’s acclaimed “spiritual dictionary,” the Bhagavad Gita, and the physical and spiritual evolutionary trends that dictate life. Spiritual Wisdom clarifies two principle evolutionary trends. The first is physical, which deals with the investigation of nature by means of […]

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Technology

A world of wonder for kids

“The idea behind Grasslands is to create an oasis, a place where kids can take a break from today’s digital world and explore elements of nature from a new perspective,” says Jill White, President of Waterplay. “Imagine walking into a park surrounded by blades of misty grass, and looking up to see a canopy of […]