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Getting Personal About CO2
Elevation Massage & Bodywork
Welcome to Elevation Massage & Bodywork, a boutique massage studio located in the heart of the Houston Heights, on White Oak Dr. We aren’t for everyone, but we hope we will be for you! Our treatments are client centered, each session bespoke, tailored around your health and body-care needs. Your body isn’t like anyone else’s so why should your massage session be?
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Each member of our team specializes in deep tissue massage and has over 10 years experience in the massage field, with backgrounds in healthcare, rehab, and functional fitness. You are about to be in the best hands. – Because You’re Worth It!
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Getting Personal About CO2
Tools to Help Track Our Carbon Footprint
The mixed results of the recent COP26 climate summit in trying to forge worldwide cooperation to reduce carbon emissions show that personal action is necessary, although doing so may seem daunting and confusing because it means reevaluating many everyday activities. To help, Graham Hill, who founded the sustainability website Treehugger.com in 2004 and the small-living consultancy LifeEdited.com in 2010, recently launched TheCarbonauts. com to teach us how to reduce our carbon footprint and lead a lower-carbon lifestyle. In August, Hill told Treehugger he viewed the venture in part as “a great way to make a difference to do two things—change your behavior and pressure corporations and governments to change, as well.”
Hill and former Treehugger editor Meaghan O’Neill offer a free one-hour course titled Personal Sustainability Plan that teaches people how to use a carbon calculator. They also offer a six-week course on Zoom that focuses on carbon footprint calculation; renewable energy; plant-rich diet and food waste; electric vehicles; optimizing flying and carbon offsets; and goal setting and personalized resources.
TheCarbonauts.com also recommends composting and waste storage products and helpful books and films. In partnership with Terrapass, it offers opportunities to participate in carbon offset programs on a one-time, monthly or annual basis.
Other helpful carbon-reducing guides can be accessed via the apps United Nations Carbon Footprint Calculator and The Capture. Other personal actions may include: n Buying goods that are pre-owned or secondhand, renting or sharing items and having broken items repaired instead of buying new, all of which cut emissions from product manufacturing. n Considering family staycations instead of flying and taking long road trips. n Choosing Rainforest Alliance-certified products, including coffee, bananas, tea and chocolate. Doing so maximizes the yield from existing cropland of farms that use responsible growing methods, which, in turn, protects and restores forests that sequester carbon. n Walking, biking or taking mass transportation instead of driving.
Taking such basic steps can also help influence others. As Treehugger writer Sami Grover says in his book We’re All Climate Hypocrites Now, riding a bike not only cuts down on our personal carbon footprint, but also sends “a signal to politicians, planners, businesses and fellow citizens.
We Goofed
In last month’s issue we listed the name of Elevated Massage & Bodywork incorrectly in their business brief article. The corrected article is printed to the left.
Via Colori Houston
April 2-3
Via Colori® Houston 2022 is a reimagined creative arts and cultural event drawing thousands of families, artists, and festival goers annually to join in the street painting festival. This event will be held April 2-3, 2022, in downtown Houston at POST, the historic Barbara P. Jordan Post Office. Via Colori means “color street” beckoning us to engage with the environment around us and to connect with our own sense of well-being as we celebrate art and artists.
The Institute for Spirituality and Health is the new charity beneficiary and is honored to welcome sponsors, artists, volunteers, and attendees and Via Colori® Houston. This event promises live music, food, and Via Bambini - an art wonderland for kids of all ages. The focal point of the festival is to invite artists of all levels to create street paintings inspired by and in support of the mission of The Institute. For more information please visit, viacolorihouston.org and follow the event on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @ viacolorihouston. See Ad page 21
2022 Conference on Medicine and Religion
March 13-15
The Institute for Spirituality and Health will partner with leading academic institutions such as, Harvard and Duke for the 2022 Conference on Medicine and Religion. The Institute is inviting clinicians, scholars, clergy, students, and others to take up conversations related to the intersection of medicine and religion March 13-15, 2022, in Portland, Ore. The conference’s mission is to raise awareness of the role that spirituality plays in health and healing. Conference organizers invite participants to address deep questions and issues relating to religious traditions and practices, particularly, though not exclusively, those of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The conference is a forum for exchanging ideas from a wide array of disciplinary perspectives, from accounts of clinical practices to empirical research to scholarship in the humanities. Four executives from The Institute will be attending: Leah Adams, vice president for engagement; John Graham, president; Stuart Nelson, vice president; and Jeff Sokoloff, vice president of operations and conference producer. Visit our website for more information or to register. medicineandreligion.com
Jan. 16, 2:30 p.m.
The Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston invites you to hear multiple faith perspectives on the topic of faith, climate change & justice. A panel of speakers of a variety of faith backgrounds will each address faith, climate change & justice from the perspective of their faith. An opportunity for Q&A with the panel will follow, as well as discussion with all in attendance in break-out groups. People of all faiths are encouraged to attend, as are representatives of local environmental non-profits that would like to work with people of faith on environmental issues. Please join us! The Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston acts to empower the faith community in the greater Houston area to act and advocate on behalf of the environment. Register for this event on www. eventbrite.com at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/faith-climate-change-justice-a-multifaith-panel-discussion-tickets-215039648377. For more information about this event, or the Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston, please contact Lisa Brenskelle at gcs. lrc@gmail.com. 1st Unitarian Universalist Church 5200 Fannin Street Houston, Texas Note that, should COVID not permit this event to take place in person, it will be moved to a virtual platform.
First CoHousing Community In Texas Breaks Ground
January 21 at 3 pm
CoHousing Houston, a group of dedicated community-minded individuals, formed a development company to build their own cohousing neighborhood in Texas. The project, designed by architects Caddis PC of Boulder, Colorado and English and Associates of Houston, Texas has 33 one to four bedroom units. The heart of the property is a 4,000+ sq foot “Common House,” which is used by cohousers as a meeting place, a venue for community dinners and other events that build relationships amongst residents.
Cohousing is an established concept across the US. The communities are specifically designed so that neighbors have greater interaction and space to enjoy activities together. Some of the unique aspects include: community gardens, workshops, common dining areas, and more. The national organization of cohousing communities, cohousing.org, lists over 200 cohousing neighborhoods in the United States.
The Houston project is in the heart of the thriving East End neighborhood. It is a 1.5 acre lot in a residential area. The project has been specifically designed to ensure that the cohousing units have street-facing entrances and porches to integrate with the existing sidewalks and streets in the area.
CoHousing Houston consists of 24 households of different ages, representing a diverse and intergenerational group. Members of the group range in age from infant through to the 70’s
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and households are composed of individuals, couples, and families with children. The group differs from other neighborhood associations in that it makes its decisions by consensus and values individual and active participation in the life and work of the community.
The group holds two primary values: connection and sustainability. While the cohousing concept supports both of those, this project includes design elements specifically in place to ensure sustainability, including geothermal heat exchange, solar readiness, and healthy building elements.
The ground breaking ceremony will be held at 3pm on site at 115 Lenox. Houston Texas 77011 with refreshments following a short ceremony. More information: call Lynn Morstead, CoHousing Houston member at 832-900-2919 or email info@cohousinghouston.com
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HOUSTON METRO Chiropractic Guide
Innate Chiropractic Healing Arts Center
Dr. Jackie St.Cyr, DC 8100 Washington Ave, #210 Houston, TX 77007 713-521-2104 n8chiro.com
HealthPro Chiropractic & Acupuncture
Dr. Alayna E. Pagnani-Gendron, DC 4101 Green Briar Dr. #135 Houston, TX 77098 281-506-0105 healthprochiro.com
Franson Chiropractic
Dr. Brett V. Franson, DC 1652 South Dairy Ashford Rd. Houston, TX 77077 281-701-1596 fransonchiropractor.com
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