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arth Day was launched 43 years ago calling for immediate remedies to the widespread abuse and disregard for the well-being of planet Earth, which most people still take for granted as a given… although it is not. At that time New York City was blatantly using the ocean as a dump. Syringes, moved about by tides, cluttered our summer beaches along with whatever trash did not sink to the bottom to forever contaminate the marine ecosystem. Smog and sludge, species becoming extinct, leaded gas and oil slicks were becoming familiar terms. Landfills were filling up fast across the Northeast under lax standards as the U.S. strived to top economic progress following the Second World War. In 1980, we welcomed news that the Environmental Protection Agency was launching a Superfund program to police cleanup of the most toxic sites identified throughout the United States (see map). As of last month, The New York Times reports that the EPA has so far overseen many billions of dollars spent by polluting industries in completing the cleanup of more than 1,000 sites nationwide.

Because Congress discontinued the Superfund industry tax in1995, available supplemental monies were gone by 2003 and the EPA has had to scramble for financing ever since. The red dots show where cleanup work has yet to be done; New Jersey is still swimming in red.

The Clean Water Act, passed in 1972, was another step forward in protecting waterways and groundwater supplies, penalizing the factories and industries responsible for their pollution. Many river quality studies now report regenerated ecosystems and cleaner water is flowing along more eastern rivers.

Regardless, the Environment America Research & Policy Center reports that industry discharged 226 million pounds of toxic chemicals into America’s rivers and streams in 2010.

What our early immigrants considered free land for the taking is now contaminated land, water and food, at an extraordinary cost. The philosophy of short-term profits for some at the expense of others continues to threaten our collective environment, health and future. That ingrained Western attitude of doing business is only now being challenged by pioneering companies concerned with the triple bottom line of people, planet and profit.

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newsbriefs NJBalance Wellness Center Starts SuPerME! Children’s Series

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Balance Wellness Center has started a series of programs named SuPerME!, an acronym reflecting the aim of the program’s design: to address the Spiritual, Physical, Mental and Emotional well-being of children. The center’s owners, Maryann Miller and Susan Drummond, believe it is important to offer these types of programs for children of all ages and to provide them with a safe place in which to explore and accept their gifts and talents.

Each class in the SuPerME! series lasts approximately 50 minutes; children are divided into four age groups: ages 5 to 7, 8 to 10, 11 to 13 and 14 to 17. SHINE, the first program in the series, consists of four modules, presented with the change of seasons. The first module, called Spring, starts between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. (depending upon age group) for six Sundays beginning April 7. Children will plant seeds and learn around the theme of growth. Sessions will include movement, story, sharing, art, singing crystal bowls, raw food sampling and meditation.

Cost: $90 for spring module, with a 10 percent discount for sibling groups. Location: 43 S. Main St., in Medford. For more information or to preregister (required), call 609-975-8379, email NJBalanceWellness@gmail.com, visit njbalancewellnesscenter. com or find NJBalanceWellnessCenter on Facebook.

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he spring session of AFTERWARDS begins April 11 at The Starting Point of New Jersey, in Westmont. The unique eightweek transformative program combines the healing methods of therapy with the self-empowerment of life coaching to help anyone that has experienced an event or situation that changes life profoundly, including the loss of a loved one, divorce, serious illness, job loss, retirement or similar significant changes. For those that are between one and five years past such a forever change and feel stuck or uncertain about their lives and future, the program can facilitate breaking through the lingering inertia that remains.

Each two-hour weekly workshop includes group coaching, self-exploration, sharing and individual exercises designed to embolden and guide participants toward reclaiming and recreating their lives purposefully and deliberately. Participants also receive one half hour of private one-to-one coaching from each facilitator to address their unique needs and situation.

AFTERWARDS was developed by two experts in the field of loss and life transitions: licensed clinical therapist Patricia Obst, LCSW, and certified life coach Sharon Roth-Lichtenfeld, founder of GoodGrief Lifecoaching.

Location: 215 Highland Ave., Ste. C, Haddon Township.

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GMO Free NJ to Host Class and Documentary with Expert One-Day Healing Retreat at Pine Jeffrey Smith Wind Zen Center MO Free NJ, a local grassroots group, is hosting two events

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he Pine Wind Zen Center, in Shamong, will hold a daylong retreat called, Lessons Learned from Abandonment, Betrayal and Loss. The program will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., April 13.

The day will focus on healing, freedom and love and will be an inquiry into the nature of human resilience, resolve and strength. The retreat includes periods of seated and walking meditations, as well as teachings on compassion and loving-kindness by Seijaku Roshi, author of Kokoro–The Heart Within, and founder of Pine Wind Zen Center. There will be opportunities for Q-and-A and sharing.

Pine Wind Zen Center is a non-residential contemporary Zen-Buddhist Monastery that offers a context for meditation training Seijaku Roshi and practice and education in Zen-Buddhism and community, offering courses and training focused on learning how to live in our world responsibly, with kindness, benevolence, wisdom and all victorious mastery, and how to integrate this practice into everyday living.

with Jeffrey M. Smith, a leading consumer advocate and author on the dangers of genetically engineered (GE) food, also known as genetically modified organisms (GMOs). He will lead a special training, called the Activist’s Circle—for individuals that want to take powerful, anti-GMO action—from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., April 20, at Cherry Hill Public Library, located at 1100 Kings Highway North, in Cherry Hill. Seating is limited and reservations will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis. The cost is $10 per person.

In addition, Smith’s award-winning documentary, Genetic Roulette, will be screened from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m., April 18, at Collingswood Public Library, located at 771 Haddon Avenue, in Collingswood. The event is free, but seating is limited and must be reserved in advance. Under Smith’s direction, the film interviews and presents the research of physicians and scientists as part of exploring the serious health conditions that may be related to genetically altered crops, from allergies and intestinal disorders to diabetes and autism. The screening will be followed by a discussion of actions that can be taken right away to create a healthier future for all. GMO Free NJ will provide complimentary bags of organic popcorn and a drawing for a non-GMO prize.

Cost: $75, vegetarian lunch included. Location: 863 McKendimen Rd., Shamong. To register, call 609-268-9151 or visit Jizo-an.org.

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Green Degree Programs at Burlington County College and Stockton College

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ast fall, Burlington County College (BCC) and The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (Stockton) launched degree programs in the growing field of sustainability. Recently, the colleges signed a Guaranteed Admission Program (GAP) Agreement for the new degrees. The agreement will allow BCC students studying sustainability to transfer seamlessly into Stockton’s program after earning their associate’s degree.

Students that meet the necessary requirements for the degree program will enter into Stockton College with junior status and be able to graduate with a bachelor’s degree within two years.

BCC is the first two-year college in the tri-county area to offer comprehensive green associate degree programs. With support from a NASA grant, BCC created the Center for Sustainability and Alternative Energy and is now offering four green degree programs. Stockton College’s sustainability program integrates the natural sciences, technology, economics, policy, ethics and other fields. Enhancing sustainability education is a core component in Stockton’s 2020 Strategic Plan.

For more information on BCC’s Center for Sustainability and Alternative Energy, please visit Bcc.edu/green. For more information on BCC’s transfer opportunities, please visit Bcc.edu/transfer.

Wellness 2013 Brings Renowned Health Experts to Cherry Hill

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ellness 2013 is a full-day symposium to promote wellness and prevent disease, emphasizing the latest information on natural health, nutrition, supplements, exercise and non-toxic personal care products. The event runs from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., April 21, at Fox EDU Center, in Cherry Hill, and boasts three renowned keynote speakers: Caldwell Esselstyn, M.D., JJ Virgin and Jeffrey Smith. The event is the brainchild of Doctor of Osteopathy, Allan Magaziner, medical director and founder of the Magaziner Center for Wellness, in Cherry Hill.

Dr. Esselstyn, a surgeon and medical Dr. Esselstyn doctor who directs the Cardiovascular Prevention and Reversal Program at The Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute, is an advocate of the vegan diet. He was featured in the movie Forks Over Knives and is known for his book, Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease. Esselstyn’s talk will focus on Plant-Based Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Disease.

Virgin, one of the nation’s foremost fitness and nutrition experts, will speak about her New York Times best-selling book, The Virgin Diet: Drop 7 Foods, Lose 7 Pounds, Just 7 Days.

Smith, the author of Seeds of Deception and the director of the documentary film Genetic Roulette, will talk about genetically engineered (GE) foods, also known as genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Location: 7 Carnegie Plaza, Cherry Hill. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit Wellness2013.com.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Caldwell Esselstyn, MD Plant Based Nutrition in the Prevention & Treatment of Chronic Disease

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newsbriefs Spring Recycling and Reuse Event in Haddon Township

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addon Township is hosting the fifth annual Go Green event, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., April 20, in the parking lot of the Westmont Theatre. The event makes spring-cleaning greener by offering options for recycling and donating unwanted items to be repurposed elsewhere.

NJ Aid for Animals will collect blankets, towels and unwearable clothing. A TerraCycle Brigade will be available for the collection of difficult to recycle and previously non-recyclable items (call for details). Gently worn shoes and clothing, as well as household goods, will be collected for repurposing. Electronic equipment will be collected for recycling, documents can be shredded, and pharmaceuticals can be disposed of properly.

Family fun includes face painting, recycling games and a Rizzo’s Reptile Program from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Location: 49 Haddon Ave., Westmont. For more information, call 856-854-1825, email BPrince@HaddonTwp.com or visit HaddonTwp.com.

Magnum Computer Recycling Relocates to Pennsauken

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agnum Computer Recycling (MCR) has relocated its world headquarters to 5070 B Central Highway, in Pennsauken.

Its new, state-of-the-art facility enables MCR to continue its exceptional customer service and superior computer and electron-

ics recycling services. The company is dedicated to improving the environment while helping clients dispose of their e-waste in accordance with local, county, state and federal laws.

“We are so pleased to relocate to our larger facility,” comments John Martorano Jr., founder of MCR. “Our clients will find greater convenience in our new centralized location. It also provides our team of employees with more efficient office space, which features world-class technology. It will give us a competitive edge in meeting our clients’ rapidly changing business recycling needs.”

Magnum Computer Recycling provides the most efficient recycling services in the tri-state area. The company’s mission is to heighten the public’s awareness regarding the importance of recycling computer equipment and related electronics.

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Owner Dr. Katherine Perez-Rivera, a licensed psychologist who treats children, adolescents and families, has transformed the vision for the shop and has reopened with a focus on greenwear: clothing that is Earth-friendly and recyclable.

Besides clothing, My Fair Lady features new jewelry that is recyclable, as well as various

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A Bus Pass to Green Well-Being

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here’s a way to simultaneously help both Planet Earth and one’s own health, report scientists from Imperial College London, in England. The researchers examined four years of data from the country’s Department for Transport National Travel Survey beginning in 2005, the year before free bus passes were available for people ages 60 and older. The study team found that those with a pass were more likely to walk frequently and take more journeys by “active travel”— defined as walking, cycling or using public transport.

Staying physically active helps maintain mental well-being, mobility and muscle strength in older people and reduces their risk of cardiovascular disease, falls and fractures. Previous research by Taiwan’s National Health Research Institutes published in The Lancet has shown that just 15 minutes of moderate daily exercise lowers the risk of death in people over 60 by 12 percent, and another study at Newcastle University found that 19 percent of Britain’s adults achieve their recommended amount of physical activity through active travel alone.

Public health organizations in the UK believe that “incidental” exercise, such as walking to and from bus stops, may play a key role in helping seniors keep fit and reduce social exclusion.

Getting the Lead Out

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he U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently redefined the “action level” for lead exposure in children. Youngsters are now considered at risk and qualify for careful medical monitoring if they have more than five micrograms per deciliter of lead in their blood—half the previous threshold. Lead poisoning can cause cognitive and behavioral problems, and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends testing blood lead concentration levels at age 1 and again at 2, when concentrations peak.

Most lead poisoning cases occur in substandard housing units, especially those with window frames still coated with lead-based paint banned since 1978.

Families in dwellings built before 1950 should also be vigilant about lead. The Consumer Products Safety Commission cautions that home lead test kits sold online and at hardware stores may not be reliable enough to identify and remove sources of exposure. Professional contractors offer more accurate results.

Children exhibiting blood lead levels above the new threshold are usually monitored, rather than treated with medications that carry serious risks. Once lead sources are removed, children’s blood lead levels typically return to a more normal range within weeks.

The CDC confirms that rather than remedial treatment, the primary goal should be making sure children aren’t exposed to lead in the first place. Fortunately, the levels of most of America’s youngest children today are well below the revised action point, with average blood lead content of 1.8 micrograms, while school-age children, teenagers and adults face little risk.

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Coffee and Vision Loss Linked

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asing up on java consumption or switching to decaf may be a wise move for coffee lovers, according to a scientific paper published in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.

The study links heavy consumption of the caffeinated beverage to an increased risk of developing exfoliation glaucoma, a condition in which fluid builds up inside the eye and puts pressure on the optic nerve. This leads to some vision loss and in serious cases, total blindness.

Researchers obtained data from 78,977 women from the Nurses’ Health Study and 41,202 men from the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study that focused on caffeinated coffee, tea and cola servings. They found that drinking three or more cups of caffeinated coffee daily was linked with an increased risk of developing the eye condition, especially for women with a family history of glaucoma. However, the researchers did not find associations with consumption of decaffeinated tea, chocolate or coffee.

“Because this is the first [such] study, confirmation of the U.S. results in other populations would be needed to lend more credence to the possibility that caffeinated coffee might be a modifiable risk factor for glaucoma,” says Doctor of Science Jae Hee Kang, of the Channing Division of Network Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in Boston, Massachusetts. “It may also lead to research into other dietary or lifestyle risk factors.”

Turmeric Acts Against Cancer

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hroughout history, the spice turmeric has been a favored seasoning for curries and other Indian dishes. Its pungent flavor is also known to offer medicinal qualities—turmeric has been used for centuries to treat osteoarthritis and other illnesses because its active ingredient, curcumin, can inhibit inflammation.

A new study led by a research team at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, in Munich, Germany, has shown that turmeric can also restrict the formation of metastases and help keep prostate cancer in check. The researchers discovered that curcumin decreases the expression of two pro-inflammatory proteins associated with tumor cells and noted that both prostate and breast cancer are linked to inflammation. The study further noted that curcumin is, in principle, suitable for both prophylactic use (primary prevention) and for the suppression of metastases in cases where an established tumor is already present (secondary prevention).

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ardening can be a healthy pastime… as long as toxic tools aren’t involved.

Researchers at the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Ecology Center recently tested nearly 200 garden essentials—especially hoses, hand tools, gloves and knee pads—for chemicals and heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, phthalates and Bisphenol A (BPA), which are linked to birth defects, hormone imbalances, learning delays and other serious health problems. The researchers found that nearly two-thirds of the tested products contained levels of chemicals that concerned them greatly.

Cautious gardeners should seek products that are free of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and lead-free, and follow good garden hose hygiene: Avoid drinking out of the hose, don’t leave it exposed to the sun (where water within the hose can absorb chemicals) and always flush it out before watering edible plants.

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ge-related bone mass loss and decreased bone strength affect both genders. Now, the first randomized study, published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, indicates that consuming a Mediterranean diet enriched with olive oil may be associated with increased serum levels of osteocalcin, a protein that plays a vital role in bone formation. Earlier studies have shown that the incidence of osteoporosis in Europe is lower in the Mediterranean basin, possibly due to the traditional Mediterranean diet, which is rich in fruits, vegetables, olives and olive oil.

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globalbriefs News and resources to inspire concerned citizens to work together in building a healthier, stronger society that benefits all.

Label GMOs

Whole Foods Supports Americans’ Right to Know Whole Foods Market has become the first company in the industry to decide that all products containing genetically modified organisms (GMO) in its U.S. and Canadian stores must be so labeled by 2018.

“We support the consumer’s right to know,” said Walter Robb, co-CEO of Whole Foods Market, in announcing the policy. “The prevalence of GMOs in the United States, paired with nonexistent mandatory labeling, makes it very difficult for retailers to source non-GMO options and for consumers to choose non-GMO products.”

Genetic engineering introduces changes in DNA structure—usually to increase crop yield, plant hardiness and aesthetic appeal, rather than improve nutritional content. Acknowledged downsides of artificially transferring genes into plants include substantial increases in the use of chemicals and genetic cross-contamination of fields.

While major food companies funded the defeat of California’s Prop 37 calling for GMO labeling, 82 percent of Americans are pro-labeling, according to a recent poll by market research firm YouGov. On April 8, Americans will demand that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stop choosing Monsanto’s industrial interests over policy transparency and public health. Concerned citizens are beginning to take back America’s food system.

Join the Eat-In for GMO Labeling, Stone Soup style, outside of the FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., April 8. Visit Occupy-Monsanto.com.

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Levi’s Latest Sustainable Moves World record holder and Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt will soon model Puma boots that are “made for rotting,” and when the next Levi Strauss collection arrives, their new jingle will be, “These jeans are made of garbage.” Crushed brown and green half-liter plastic bottles will be on display at retail store displays, of which the equivalent of eight, or 20 percent, are blended into each pair of Waste<Less jeans.

Nike and Gap have their own sustainability programs, and Patagonia has long supported a small ecosystem of Earth-friendly suppliers. But as the biggest maker of jeans in the world, with sales of $4.8 billion in 2011, Levi’s efforts command the most attention.

Levi joined the Better Cotton Initiative, a group of companies that work with local nongovernmental organizations in Pakistan, India, Brazil and Mali to teach farmers how to grow cotton with less water. Last year marked the first cotton harvest given this effort and Levi has blended its share into more than 5 million pairs of jeans.

With cotton prices on the rise and pressure from activist groups such as BSR, an environmental organization that works with businesses, large clothing manufacturers are starting to adopt more sustainable practices.

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Students Learning to Adopt Internet Academics The findings of a survey of teachers conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, in collaboration with the College Board and the National Writing Project, show that the Internet has opened up a vast world of information for today’s students, but digital literacy skills need improvement.

Three-quarters of Advanced Placement and National Writing Project teachers say that the Internet and digital search tools have had a “mostly positive” impact on their students’ research habits, but 87 percent say these technologies are creating an easily distracted generation with short attention spans, and 64 percent say they do more to divert students’ attention than to help them academically.

The good news is that 99 percent of teachers in the study agree with the notion that, “The Internet enables students to access a wider range of resources than would otherwise be available,” and 65 percent agree that, “It makes today’s students more self-sufficient researchers.”

Read the full report at Tinyurl.com/ TeenResearch.

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Cleaning Up the Cloud The New York Times has reported that “cloud” data centers—which store YouTube videos, run Google searches and process eBay bids—use about 2 percent of all electricity in the nation. In some data centers, up to 90 percent of the energy is wasted.

Now, an industry consortium called the Uptime Institute is sponsoring a “server roundup” and handing out rodeo belt buckles to the Internet company that can take the largest number of heat-producing, energy-hungry servers offline. Many centers expend as much or more energy in cooling their facilities as in computing and transmitting data.

Sharing best practices has become common among data center pros. Facebook won the Institute’s Audacious Idea award last year for its Open Compute Project, which enabled both its server and data center designs to be open-sourced for anyone to access and improve upon.

Source: Slate.com

Better Barters

Swapping Trash for Fresh Produce Mexico City’s innovative monthly Mercado del Trueque (barter market) in Chapultepec Park is a winning trifecta for citizens, local vegetable and plant vendors and the city’s secretariat of the environment. There, residents can exchange cardboard, paper, glass, aluminum, plastic bottles, electronic devices and other waste for paper chits that are redeemed at kiosks for vouchers worth points.

The traders can then use the vouchers to buy tomatoes, potatoes, lettuce, lemons and other produce from participating farmers from surrounding districts.

Mexico produces 40 million tons of garbage annually, but only recycles about 15 percent. With this barter system, farmers have gained a new place to sell their produce and earn extra income, while the materials collected are processed for industrial reuse.

Source: IPSNews.net

Nordic Order

Sweden Running Out of Garbage Sweden’s successful recycling program ensures that only 4 percent of the country’s waste ends up in landfills, while the other 96 percent is reused. But this means incinerators that burn waste to create heat and electricity are running short on fuel.

As a solution, Sweden has recently begun to import about 800,000 tons of trash every year from other European countries, most of it from neighboring Norway, which finds it a cost-effective option.

Find details at Tinyurl.com/SwedishWaste.

Gas Saver

Keep Bucks in Your Pocket at the Pump When mass transit isn’t an option, drivers have many ways to save money by coaxing more miles per gallon (mpg) from their vehicle. It’s easy to adopt some simple driving and maintenance habits.

Slow down. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), driving at 55 mph instead of 65 mph can improve gas mileage by as much as 15 percent.

Reduce excess weight. An extra 100 pounds of nonessential cargo in a vehicle could reduce mpg by up to 2 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

Properly inflate tires. The increased surface area of the rubber in soft tires meeting the road creates ongoing drag and a greater demand on the engine.

Keep the engine tuned. Regularly check and refresh fluid levels, especially in colder regions where winter places additional stress on engine parts. While high-quality synthetic motor oil blends may protect the engine better than conventional oil, they don’t eliminate the need for regular oil changes, according to JiffyLube.com. The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence notes that one misfiring spark plug can reduce fuel efficiency by up to 30 percent.

Avoid rapid accelerations and braking. The EPA estimates that about half of the energy needed to power a car is consumed during acceleration, and fuel economy can be improved by as much as 10 percent by avoiding unnecessary braking.

Keep the engine air filter clean.

According to AAA.com, a clogged filter strains performance. In some cars, the filter can be easily checked by the owner; or drivers may ask a technician to do so during regular tune-ups.

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positive choices and the necessary tools for problem solving.

“These elements enable students to take all that they learn and use it with reverence and a sense of responsibility,” says Weil.

Her institute offers the only master’s degrees in humane education that this approach requires, with complementary in-class and online programs for young people and adults.

Her determined vision is slowly becoming a reality as teachers become familiar with these concepts and integrate them into hands-on, project-based learning that crosses disciplines and better marries school experiences with real-life lessons.

Zoe Weil portrait by Robert Shetterly

Make the Extraordinary Ordinary

Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Seymour Papert, a renowned educator and computer scientist, has conducted in-depth research in how worthy real-world topics get students excited about what they learn. They increase their tendency to dig more deeply and expand their interest in a wide array of subjects as they better retain what they learn, become more confident in trusting their own judgment and make the connections needed to broadly apply their knowledge. Young people learn how to collaborate and improve their social and group speaking skills, including with adults.

THE NEXT LEVEL Education for a More Sustainable World

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hat is the purpose of education?” That’s a question Zoe Weil frequently revisits with her workshop audiences. As co-founder and President of the Institute for Humane Education (IHE), Weil has spent most of her adult life researching the answer. Her conclusion is that the U.S. Department of Education’s present goal of preparing graduates to “compete in the global economy” is far too myopic for our times.

Weil’s firsthand research, which grounds her book, The Power and Promise of Humane Education, has led her to forward the idea that the goal should be inspiring generations of “solutionaries” prepared to joyfully and enthusiastically meet the challenges of world problems.

“I believe that it is incredibly irresponsible for America’s educators and policymakers not to provide people with the knowledge of interconnected global issues, plus the skills and tools to become creative problem solvers and motivated change makers in whatever fields they pursue,” says Weil.

Weil points to four primary elements that comprise a humane education: providing information about current issues in age-appropriate ways; fostering the Three C’s of curiosity, creativity and critical thinking; instilling the Three R’s of reverence, respect and responsibility; and ensuring access to both

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We need to build cases for environmental protection around broad-based community concerns like health, quality of life, the protection of watersheds and wildlife and the education of our children. Environmental issues are also social, economic and quality of life issues.

Our challenge is to bring life-sustaining principles into creative thinking for the long view, rather than the short term. ~ Terry Tempest Williams

According to Papert, project-based learning improves test scores and reduces absenteeism and disciplinary problems. “If schoolchildren are given the gift of exploration, society will benefit, both in practical and theoretical ways,” notes Papert.

Telling Transformation

Papert’s observations were affirmed by middle school students at Voyagers’ Community School, in Farmingdale, New Jersey, in one of the IHE 10-week online classes—Most Good, Least Harm—in April 2012. “Initially, students were intimidated and underestimated their ability to express their thoughts and concerns or debate issues with the adult participants. That challenge faded quickly,” remarks Karen Giuffre, founder and director of the progressive day school.

Posing provocative questions like, “What brings you joy?” and engaging in conversations in subjects like climate change, racism, recycling, green energy, genocide and war challenged the students to step up to become respected equals.

“This demanded a lot from these young people, because the experience wasn’t only about absorbing complex issues and developing an awareness of the material, political, economic and cultural world around them. It was also about how they probed their minds and emotions to determine where they stood on issues and what they could do to change their lifestyle, or that of their family and community, to make it more sustainable,” says Giuffre.

The students went on to help organize a peace conference that entailed 20-plus workshops to inspire an individual mindful awareness of peace that motivates and empowers the peacemaker within. It was intended to incite collective action across generations, explains Giuffre, and was followed by community service to people impacted by Hurricane Sandy.

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Children or adults that participate in activities such as those created by IHE or the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) Challenge 20/20 are developing what Peggy Holman describes as “change literacy”, the capacity to be effectively present amid a changing set of circumstances. Holman, an adjunct professional lecturer at American University’s School of Public Affairs, in Washington, D.C., is co-founder of the Open Space Institute-US, which fosters whole-system engagement, and author of Engaging Emergence.

“Conversational literacy—the capacity to talk and interact in creative ways with others that are very different from us—is our birthright. However, change literacy, a necessary skill for future leaders, is learned via curiosity,” advises Holman. “In my experience, children grasp it more quickly than adults, because authentic expression and curiosity come naturally to them. Children don’t have a long history, and so are naturally more present when engaged in exploring things that matter.”

Global problems of deforestation, peacekeeping, conflict prevention, terrorism, water pollution and shortages, natural disasters and mitigation, global warming, education for all, biodiversity, ecosystem losses and global infectious diseases aren’t yet subjects found in a normal curriculum for grades five through nine. However, the Internet-based Challenge 20/20 program now has youth in nearly 120 independent and traditional schools throughout the United States working on solutions that can be implemented both locally and globally.

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deficit, Fay students focused on the challenges families in underdeveloped countries face that must walk miles to find clean, safe, water sources.

A taxing water-carrying experiment brought immediate appreciation for the difficulty of transporting water, prompting them to invent the Water Walker. The modified rolling cooler with heavy-duty straps attached can carry up to 40 quarts of water on large, durable wheels and axles designed to navigate rocky terrain.

Bill McKibben portrait by Robert Shetterly

Re-Imagining Education

of cost,” explains NAIS Director Patrick Bassett. “Together, teams tackle real global problems while forming authentic bonds and learning firsthand about cross-cultural communication.” Qualifying students may have an opportunity to share their experiences at the association’s annual Student Diversity Leadership Conference.

In 2010, 11 students at the Fay School, in Southborough, Massachusetts, partnered with Saigon South International School (SSIS), in Vietnam. After a year of studying, raising awareness and brainstorming solutions for the global water

“Transformative learning, which is vital to the learning journey, goes beyond the acquisition of information,” says Aftab Omer, Ph.D., president of Meridian University, in Petaluma, California, and founder of its formative Institute of Imaginal Studies. “In informational learning, we acquire facts, concepts, principles and even skills, but in transformative learning, we are cultivating capacities. This is how certain capabilities become embodied in us, either as individuals or as human systems,” he advises.

Portrait artist Robert Shetterly tours with his series of more than 100 portrait paintings in traveling exhibits titled Americans Who Tell the Truth. They are helping individuals learn to embody patience, perseverance and compassion, while enhancing their understanding of sustainability, social justice, civic activism, democracy and civil rights, via both historical role models and contemporary mentors such as environmental activist Bill McKibben, conservationist Terry Tempest Williams and renowned climate scientist James Hansen.

“We don’t need to invent the wheel, because we have role models that have confronted these issues and left us a valuable legacy,” remarks Shetterly.

In 2004, he collaborated to produce a companion curriculum with Michele Hemenway, who continues to offer it in Louisville, Kentucky, elementary, middle and high schools. Hemenway also teaches Art in Education at Jefferson Community & Technical College and 21st-Century

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Out of many, she shares a particularly compelling example of a student transformed due to this learning method: “I taught a young girl studying these true stories and portraits from the third through fifth grades when she took her place in a leadership group outside the classroom. Now in middle school, she is doing amazing things to make a difference in her community,” says Hemenway.

Reflecting on her own life, deciding what she cared about most and what actions she wanted to take, plus her

own strengths, helped the student get a blighted building torn down, document and photograph neighborhood chemical dumping and have it stopped and succeed in establishing a community garden, a factor known to help reduce crime.

Among Shetterly’s collection is the portrait of John Hunter, a teacher in Charlottesville, Virginia, who devised the World Peace Game for his fourth grade students. Children learn to communicate, collaborate and take care of each other as they work to resolve the game’s conflicts. The game triggers an eight-week transformation of the children from students of a neighborhood public school to citizens of the world.

Demonstrating transformational learning at its best, they experience the connectedness of the global community through the lens of economic, social and environmental crises, as well as the imminent threat of war. Hunter and his students are now part of a new film, World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements, which reveals how effective teaching can help unleash students’ full potential.

Professor Emeritus Peter Gray, of Boston College, who researches comparative, evolutionary, developmental and educational psychology, believes the transformational method will be accepted as part of the increased demand to integrate enlightened educational approaches in public schools. The author of Free to Learn notes, “A tipping point can occur. It’s happened before, when women won the right to vote, slavery was abolished and recently when gays were openly accepted in the military.”

Weil agrees that when more individuals commit to working toward a sustainable and just world, it will happen.

“What’s more worthy of our lives than doing this work for our children and coming generations?” she queries. “How can we not do this for them if we love them?”

Linda Sechrist is a Natural Awakenings senior staff writer.

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uburbia: home to millions of us but a scourge to environmentalists. Blamed for everything from auto pollution to the obesity epidemic, living the green life in our South Jersey suburban communities has often been limited to recycling and turning down the thermostat. But recent research shows that home gardeners can contribute to bringing a healthy balance to the suburban ecosystem. By replacing invasive or foreign plantings with native species, we can reduce our expenses and pollution

plus turn our yards into a virtual dynamo for biodiversity that forms the underpinning of a healthy environment.

Gardeners know the mind, body and spirit benefits of planting gardens for pleasure, not just for food. Their perpetual growth and change cycles provide a metaphor for life itself. The spread of suburbia can be partly attributed to the garden city movement of the early 20th century, which recognized the public health benefits of a less dense pattern of development. As the popularity of

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University of Delaware Professor and Chair of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware in Newark, Douglas W. Tallamy, poses one solution to improving suburban sustainability in his book Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens. He recommends suburban gardeners replace their reliance on foreign plant species that evolved in distant places like China or Japan with native plants that evolved naturally in a region’s forests and plains before urbanization. He finds that the use of native plants in suburban gardens increases the types of plants and animals in our back yards, the basis of a resilient, healthy environment. He writes, “By favoring native plants over aliens in the suburban landscape, gardeners can do much to sustain the biodiversity that has been one of this country’s richest assets.”

Native plants, like the aster, increase biodiversity by setting out a smorgasbord of “good eats” for suburban wildlife.

Natives attract butterflies and song birds with nectar and seed, and also welcome many insects which become meals for animals such as spiders, bats and snakes.

However, non-native plants, like hybrid tea roses, though intoxicatingly beautiful, tend to invite undesirables to dinner, like Japanese beetles, that can quickly take over and upend the delicate balance of nature, requiring ever more pesticides and fertilizers.

Bolstering Dr. Tallamy’s findings on the environmental benefits of native plantings in suburban gardens is a recent study by the American Society of Landscape Architects, Sustainable Sites Initiative: The Case for Sustainable Landscapes.

In their “Garden/Garden” case study, nearly identical adjacent suburban residential lots in Santa Monica, California, were stripped clean and re-landscaped.

One lot was landscaped using traditional suburban design and planting methods including turf grass and non-native ornamental plants and trees. The other was landscaped using non-traditional design and native plantings. The results dramatize that although initially costing significantly more to install than traditional suburban landscape, the non-traditional native landscape saves the homeowner substantial money over the long haul.

Native plants, once established, require less mowing, fertilizing, watering and pesticides—thereby significantly reducing environmental impacts—while providing food and habitat for wildlife.

South Jersey’s normally generous rainfall and temperate climate means our gardeners can indulge their passion from a vast inventory of native plants. Trees, shrubs, grasses, groundcovers and especially eye-popping beautiful flowering plants are all available in native varieties.

Although natives can often be found at traditional garden centers, a more reliable source is specialized native plant nurseries. A current list of state native plant nurseries can be found at the Native Plant Society of New Jersey website, npsnj.org. The savvy shopper will keep an eye out for native plant sales by local nonprofits such at New Jersey Audubon. njaudubon.org.

There are a few areas to be aware of with native plants. As reported in the “Garden/Garden” study, they may cost more to purchase and install than many non-native plants and the gardener may have to search for a nursery that carries the appropriate ones. Although requiring less maintenance over time, native plants need good soil preparation and just as much watering as non-native plants for the first two to three years until they are fully established. Also, if you live near white tail deer, some native plants may be their preferred entrée and deer protection may be required. Finally, suburban gardeners may need to overcome their own bias toward dramatic, non-native plants and rely on more subtle garden design techniques that will emphasize seasonal changes, plant texture and form.

It is exciting to realize that the modest South Jersey gardener can make a significant contribution to greening the suburban landscape just by adding native plants to their gardens this spring.

Amy Bridges Cieslewicz is a landscape architect practicing in South Jersey.

Just a few Native Plants for Your Gardens TREES River Birch (Betula nigra) With stunning bronze exfoliating bark on multiple trunks, this medium-size tree tolerates wet soils.

Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis) Offering year-round interest, this small multi-stemmed tree has delicate white flowers in spring and dark purple berries that birds go wild over.

Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinia) Another large shade tree, this acorn producer will tolerate a wide variety of soils and will please the neighborhood squirrels.

Tulip Popler (Liriodendron tulipifera) Leave plenty of room for this large-growth magnificent shade tree. It will surprise with yellow-green, tulip-shaped flowers in the spring that attract orioles and cone-like seeds in the fall that cardinals like.

SHRUBS Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) A real shade lover, this broad-leaf evergreen shrub has delicate, lantern-like flowers in late spring and can grow quite large.

Red Chockberry (Aronia arbutifolia) This open, growing deciduous shrub provides prolific white blooms in spring, and bright red berries and foliage in fall. A hit with many birds.

Winterberry (Ilex verticillata) Somewhat unpretentious during the growing season, this deciduous holly is a spectacular shrub in winter with its upright stems covered in brilliant scarlet berries that persist all season. Needs both male and female for fruiting.

FLOWERING PERENNIALS Bleeding Heart (Dicentera exima) Lovely, pink, heart-shaped flowers with graceful fern-like leaves attracts humming birds in early spring.

Brown Eyed Susan (Rudbekia triloba) This prolific summer bloomer is a traditional garden favorite and attracts goldfinches and butterflies.

Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) Bright red blooms on upright stalks, loves damp soils.

Another hummingbird favorite.

Foam Flower (Tiarella cordifolia) A great shade-loving groundcover, the creamy- colored blooms float above the dark green foliage like foam.

Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) Attracting butterflies and other pollinators, these showy flowers look good in cut arrangements.

GRASSES Big Blue Stem (Andropogon) A familiar tall grass along dry areas, this bunching blue green grass turns golden brown in fall and winter.

Common Rush (Juncus effusus) Bright green clumps with swaying tassels; good for wet areas.

Other sources: American Society of Landscape Architects, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas at Austin, United States Botanic Garden. 2009. The Sustainable Sites Initiative: The Case for Sustainable Landscapes. Sustainable Sites Initiative.

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GOING ELECTRIC Tech Advances May Drive Eco-Transportation Mainstream

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ith the opening of three new Supercharger stations for its luxury Model S on the East Coast last January, electric carmaker Tesla now operates a total of nine stations serving its electric sedan owners between San Francisco and Los Angeles and between Boston and Washington, D.C.

That same month, Nissan announced plans to add 500 public stations for electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging, which provide 80 percent of a charge in less than 30 minutes, tripling the number of such stations by mid-2014, including the first ones in our nation’s capital. It also aims to increase the presence of charging stations at workplaces.

These steps in the growth in infrastructure are easing Americans’ transition from gas-powered to electric and hybrid cars. Already, more than 7,000 public charging stations dot the country,

from Custer, Washington, to Key West, Florida (plan a route at Tinyurl.com/ MobileChargingStations). Meanwhile, most EV owners simply charge up at home.

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Excitement has risen in recent years as electric car manufacturers have rolled out more affordable, family-friendly versions like the Nissan Leaf and Mitsubishi i-MiEV. Honda is testing its Fit EV in 2013; with only 1,100 available to lease, opportunities to try out the fun, sporty car are at a premium. These models offer considerable fuel efficiency, easy charging and even apps to check their charge, yet eco-vehicles continue to represent a fraction of overall car sales.

In a 2012 report, the U.S. Energy Information Administration noted that fewer than 10,000 EVs were sold in 2011. While sales of all-electric vehi-

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Obstacles to a stronger EV sales upswing include purchase price, charging time and driver anxiety about range.

“The battery is a big reason the cars are expensive,” says Jim Motavalli, author of High Voltage: The Fast Track to Plug in the Auto Industry. “More public charging is coming,” he adds, “but it doesn’t matter as much as a cheaper upfront cost and longer range—200 miles plus—instead of the standard 100 now.”

Mass Transit

Almost any form of public transportation can run on alternative power—electricity or natural gas, propane, biodiesel or hydrogen. “The big hurdle,” says Motavalli, “is having enough stations to rival the 160,000 conveniently located gas stations we already have.”

Biodiesel buses have been in use for several years at locations like Colorado’s Aspen resorts and Harvard University. Musicians Willie Nelson and Jack Johnson each rely on a biodiesel tour bus. Many school buses—including those in Charleston, West Virginia; Medford, New Jersey; and San Diego, California—have been converted to biodiesel, significantly reducing the toxic emissions and particulate matter children breathe in at bus stops. Some school systems in Michigan and New York use hybrid-electric buses.

Vehicle fleets are also joining the greening trend. Kansas City, Missouri-based Smith Electric Vehicles already produces all-electric, zero-emission trucks for Coca-Cola, Frito-Lay, Staples and the U.S. Marines.

The need for regular recharging, a former obstacle for deploying electric

buses for public transportation, has been cleared by Utah State University’s (USU) Aggie Bus. The groundbreaking, all-electric bus has a plate that draws off electricity across an air gap when it pauses over another plate installed at a bus stop. In mid-2013, WAVE, Inc., the university’s offshoot company behind the project, will launch a commercial on-campus demonstration in partnership with the Utah Transit Authority, via a 40-foot-long transit bus and 50 kilowatts of wireless power transfer.

Such wireless technology could also revolutionize electric-car recharging. “EV owners and operators will now be able to simply drive over a pad in the ground to recharge their batteries, the benefits of which reach far beyond convenience,” says Robert T. Behunin, Ph.D., USU vice president

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Regarding greening travel by train, Europe is leagues ahead of America; half its trains are now electric. A new regenerative braking system being developed

by Deutsche Bahn and Tognum could turn all trains into hybrids. Its innovative drive system converts the kinetic energy produced during braking into usable electrical energy, reducing emissions and saving up to 25 percent in fuel consumption. The first such converted hybrid train testing the technology began carrying passengers in Germany in January 2013.

The International Energy Agency’s 2012 EV City Casebook reports that, “Electric vehicles represent one of the most promising technology pathways for cutting oil use and CO2 on a per-kilometer basis. The experiences of urban drivers and the pioneering policies of local governments can help accelerate the transition to clean and sustainable mobility.”

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Eating Ecology Daily Decisions Make a Difference

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onsuming food has such an enormous ripple effect that making small changes, one meal at a time, can reap big benefits. How we choose, prepare, cook, serve and preserve our food can improve nutrition, weight loss, cost savings and the environment.

Decide What to Eat

Choosing what we eat is critical. New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman believes that no food is absolutely off limits because, “It’s all in the way we use these things.” Yet, he adds, “The evidence is clear. Plants promote health.”

For the past few years, Bittman has experimented with eating vegan for breakfast and lunch, and then indulging at dinner. “It’s just one model of a new way of eating,” he says, “but it makes sense on many levels. By eating more plants, fewer animals and less processed food, I’ve lost 30 pounds and my cholesterol and blood sugar levels are normal again.”

When a friend sent him a 21st-century United Nations study on how intensive livestock production causes more greenhouse gas emissions than driving a car, Bittman realized how a change of diet is a win-win for him and the environment.

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For a wake-up call on how our food choices affect the planet, the Center for Science in the Public Interest offers a short quiz at Tinyurl.com/EatingGreenCalculator.

Identify Good Sources “One of the most ecologically conscious things you can do to make a great meal is prepare it with food that you grew yourself,” says New Yorkbased lifestyle writer Jen Laskey, who blogs at Frugaltopia.com. “Plant a small

“Double recipes to maximize your time and the fuel used to cook, bake or grill.

Then, think like a restaurant chef and use what you have in creative ways.” ~ Kim O’Donnel, author, The Meat Lover’s Meatless Celebrations: Year-Round Vegetarian Feasts

vegetable garden and a few fruit trees in your yard or join a local community garden. Even sprouting an herb garden on a windowsill will make a difference; plus, everyone in your household will appreciate the choice in fresh seasonings.”

Kansas City Star journalist Cindy Hoedel suggests planting parsley, basil, dill and other herbs every three to six weeks in eggshells in a sunny window after the outdoor growing season for a year-round tasty harvest.

When shopping, renowned activist, author and eco-stylist Danny Seo, of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, suggests bringing along reusable shopping bags and choosing local foods when possible, plus sustainable seafood and free trade, organic and hormone-free foods.

The Socially Responsible Agricultural Project offers more eco-shopping tips, such as carpooling grocery trips and avoiding products with more than five ingredients, at Tinyurl.com/ShopHealthier.

Prepare and Serve Righteously “On average, each person throws about $600 worth of food into the trash every year because of spoilage,” says Seo. Instead of rinsing food before storing, which causes more spoilage, he recommends cleaning it right before meal preparation.

Buying what’s in season (and thus less expensive) makes sense, advises Hoedel. “When you find fresh produce on sale, buy it in large quantities and boil it (one to five minutes, depending on how long the regular cooking time is), and then freeze it in glass containers. This saves money and plastic packaging waste.” Hoedel also likes to store lemon wedges, chopped onions and other leftovers in small glass jars instead of plastic bags.

Seo suggests using real dinnerware, glasses and utensils instead of disposable products. For a touch of elegance, take the advice of travel expert Kathy Denis, of Leawood, Kansas.

“Adopt the traditional French practice of using—and reusing—a cloth napkin all week, or until it is too soiled to use,” she recommends. “Family members like to have a personal napkin ring. Each napkin gets shaken out and then rolled up in the ring for use at another meal.”

“Saving leftovers in the freezer helps keep it full (which helps it run more efficiently) and ensures future meals that require minimal energy to prepare,” advises Seo.

Hoedel’s zero-waste tips, shared via Twitter, include making and freezing lots of end-of-season pasta sauce with tomatoes, peppers and basil.

Food can also be canned or pickled. Seattle cookbook author Kim O’Donnel, who founded Canning Across America and is known for her meatless recipes, says, “My only regret about canning is that I waited so long.

Learning how to extend the season of my favorite fruits and vegetables in a jar is one of the most gratifying and useful skills I’ve acquired as an adult.”

As green eating habits add up, Bittman says he enjoys… “a bit of self-satisfaction knowing that, by an infinitesimal amount, I’m reducing the pace of global warming. And I’m saving money by buying more ‘real’ food and less meat and packaged junk.”

Award-winning cookbook author Judith Fertig blogs at AlfrescoFood AndLifestyle.blogspot.com.

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drenal and liver diseases can commonly plague pets, with adrenal problems occurring more often in dogs but routinely misdiagnosed, and liver disease more frequently present in cats.

Liver Disease

This inclusive term is used to describe any disorder of the liver. In both dogs and cats, common causes include toxins, infections, metabolic problems and tumors. In cats, infections and fatty liver disease are more likely, while dogs more often experience infections and tumors.

Clinically affected pets are usually anorectic (not eating) and lethargic; in severe cases, jaundice may occur.

Conventional therapies depend to some extent on the cause, but in general, antibiotics and hospitalization for fluid therapy and forced feeding, often through a stomach tube, are necessary to give the pet the best chances of recovering. Pets with liver cancer are usually diagnosed too late to be a candidate for surgery, unless only one liver lobe is involved, or chemotherapy.

More gentle natural therapy often results in curing the condition, even in later stages, depending upon the root cause. The herb milk thistle is well known for its ability to heal liver damage. B vitamins, as well as the nutritional

“In my veterinary practice, pets with elevated levels of enzymes indicating liver or adrenal disease are always treated with natural remedies first. In most cases, this treatment is effective and conventional medication is not needed.” ~ Dr. Shawn Messonnier supplements comprising S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe) and phosphatidylcholine, may also be effective treatments.

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Adrenal issues, especially common in middle-aged and older canines, can refer to Addison’s disease or Cushing’s disease—signifying decreased or increased adrenal function, respectively—and are commonly misdiagnosed as liver disease.

Addison’s disease, although not prevalent, is often incorrectly diagnosed because its symptoms of reduced appetite, vomiting, diarrhea and weakness are shared with most other diseases.

Blood testing can be helpful, but is not always definitive.

Cushing’s disease is a more common problem. Signs mimic diabetes and kidney disease, including increases in appetite, thirst and urination. Accurate diagnosis requires specialized blood tests and abdominal sonograms.

Conventional treatment for either disease involves lifelong medication.

Natural therapies that work to prevent and alleviate such ailments may involve adrenal glandular supplements, milk thistle and herbs such as licorice (for Addison’s disease) or ginseng and magnolia bark (for Cushing’s disease).

Regular laboratory testing is important for a pet to allow for early diagnosis and treatment of potentially life-threatening diseases. If a pet develops liver or adrenal disease, combining conventional therapies with natural remedies usually results in successful treatment of the condition.

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his year’s National Park Week, from April 20 to 28, centered on Earth Day, will offer free weekday admission to all 398 national parks from April 22 to 26, adding 134 more historic sites, preserves, recreation areas and other sites to the usual 264 with no entrance fee. Earth Day’s 43rd anniversary celebrations in America and worldwide will encourage everyone to join in the next “billion acts of green,” aligned with the theme: The Face of Climate Change.

Festival, at historic Croft Farm on Bortons Mill Road. The day begins at with a family-fun bike ride (registration 8 a.m.) followed by the festival from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

– rain or shine. Engaging student displays, performances, crafters, plant exchange, and Sustainable Cherry Hill task forces offer ways you to be “green” in your life. Bring recyclables for safe reuse and disposal: single-use batteries, wire hangers, plastic bags, shoes and more. Kid and family fun brings thousands of people to this annual festival and includes Opportunities for children to plant seeds and flowers and create arts and crafts. Enjoy healthy and delicious food and live music and entertainment from area school bands choirs, dance groups and more will be performed on two stages.

“In the face of unprecedented occurrences of extreme weather, loss of species and pollution, it is clear that climate change is affecting our planet. We cannot afford to wait any longer to act,” advises the Earth Day Network, which posts many ideas for participating at EarthDay.org/takeaction.

Find local park activities by state at nps.gov/findapark/event-search.htm or check a park’s website for upcoming programs. Following are other leading local events that will help citizens of all ages answer the call to go green.

Local Events

April 20, Saturday, 10am -2pm 5th Annual Haddon Twp Go Green 2013 Event, Westmont Theatre Parking Lot. Clean out those closets for GOOD! Things to bring- Gently worn shoes, documents for shredding,terracycle ‘trash’, gently used clothing and household goods, electronic equipment, (anything with a plug) blankets, towels, and wearable clothing for NJ Aid for Animals, medicines/pharmaceuticals for disposal.

Face paiting, recycling games, ‘Discover Green’ with Rizzo’s Reptile Program for kids -11:30am-12:30pm, and much more!

June 09, Sunday, 10:30am - 4:00pm Burlington County’s Annual Earth Fair returns to Historic Smithville Park featuring vendors, entertainment for all ages, and kids’ activities with an environmental twist. This family event focuses on ways to protect and enjoy our environment. Children’s activities include “trash” sculpting, papermaking, storytelling, environmental vaudeville and face painting to mention a few. For email info go parks@co.burlington.nj.us

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P ARK IT HERE Exploring America’s National Treasures

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he Kent family, of Amherst, New Hampshire, has faced many “Can I really do this?” moments while adventuring in America’s national parks. So far they’ve visited 57, and with Pinnacles just named a full park in January, they’ll likely be headed for California again. American Somoa, in the South Pacific, potentially the last and most remote destination of their 11-year odyssey, is under serious consideration.

Along the way, father Scott, mother Lisa and (now) 18-year-old Tanner and 16-year-old Peyton each grew increasingly self-confident in testing their skills at everything from spelunking, subtropical snorkeling and paragliding to ice trekking and kayaking subarctic waters.

“If they offered it, we tried it,” says Lisa.

“Our family regularly debates our favorite memories.”

While they hiked and explored natural rock formations at every opportunity—including New Mexico’s Carlsbad Caverns, Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave, South Dakota’s Wind Cave and California’s Yosemite—the gals also liked to ride horses while the guys fly fished. “One of my favorite moments

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was when Tanner and I hiked a Colorado trail to a pristine lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, where he caught his first trout,” recalls Scott.

“I never give the same answer as to the best experience or best park,” adds Tanner, citing Yellowstone, in Wyoming, and Wrangell-St. Elias, in Alaska, as particularly spectacular, partly for their distinctive wildlife. His favorite anecdote? “When I was little, I stared down a barracuda in the Dry Tortugas, off the coast of South Florida, wildly pointing it out to Dad, who was calmly photographing itty-bitty fish and never saw it.”

“It’s so cool to get close to a big animal,” says Peyton, recalling when she and Mom were sea kayaking Alaska’s Glacier Bay near a humpback whale. “I thought we were going to end up in the whale’s mouth,” she laughs.

The family agrees that their longest expedition—eight Alaskan parks in three weeks—was extraordinary. “We had to fly into the Arctic Circle on a float plane and walk the ice using crampons,” Peyton notes about their visit to the remote Gates of the Arctic and Kobuk Valley, among America’s least-visited parks, in

contrast to the most-visited Great Smoky Mountains National Park, straddling Tennessee and North Carolina.

Whether witnessing Kodiak Island bears, Hawaiian volcanoes or Everglades’ alligators, their overarching mission was to visit every major park before Tanner embarked for college. The family’s National Park Service Passport already has 57 stamps secured during school holidays and summer vacations, timed to prime park seasons and complemented by destination photos.

“It’s easy to talk about the big moments, but you can have a memorable time in any park,” says Lisa, from appreciating the beauty of a boardwalk to boarding a ferry for an island picnic.

“Getting back to basics has been really good for our family, part of the glue that binds us together.”

She says her growing children learned to be brave and patient, help fellow travelers and be happy without cell phones. “We moved away from immediate gratification to focusing on a greater good,” remarks Lisa. “We enjoy interacting and doing simple things together.”

The family assesses its national parks tour as affordable, accessible and affecting how they experience life as a software engineer (Scott), physical education teacher (Lisa) and student athletes (Tanner and Peyton). They are pleased to be counted among the innumerable national park visitors that have benefited since the inception of what Ken Burns’ video series characterizes as America’s Best Idea. Lisa sums it up: “You don’t have to do it as big as we did to get big out of it.”

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Guarding against pollution of indoor air is a good place to start; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ranked poor air quality among the leading environmental dangers, reporting links to many common health problems. Here’s how to rid the family home of the top five common household toxins.

Formaldehyde. Traces of this toxin, the same chemical used to embalm the deceased, pervade almost every room. “My clients are often shocked to learn that they likely ingest this toxic, cancer-causing chemical every day of their lives,” says P. Richelle White, a sustainable lifestyle coach and co-owner of Herb’n Maid, a green cleaning and concierge service in St. Louis. “Because formaldehyde is often an ingredient in everyday things like cosmetics, faux wood furniture and conventional cleaning products, they get a daily dose of it.”

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Even at low levels, formaldehyde can cause eye, nose, throat and skin irritation; at its most malignant levels, it can cause severe allergic asthma, infertility and lymphoma, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

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Picture Perfect From athletes to astronauts, mental imagery boosts performance.

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ast winter, Terry Chiplin went for an early morning run near his Colorado home. Snow crunched as his sneakered feet hit the front porch of his mountain lodge, tucked into a secluded forest. Evergreen boughs glistened in the sun, drooping slightly from the weight of the sparkling white powder. The running coach smiled as he lifted his face to the sky, welcoming the large, wet flakes that kissed his face.

“Can you picture it?” asks the bubbly British native and owner of Active at Altitude, in Estes Park. That is visualization, he explains, a concept he uses regularly at retreats he conducts for runners from beginner to elite as a holistic means of boosting performance. “It’s simply a succession of mental images; we use visualization all the time.”

Whether it’s Tiger Woods envisioning a perfect golf swing minutes before taking a shot or Michael Phelps replaying a mental video of an ideal swim the night before an Olympic event, many athletes have long worked with trainers such as Chiplin to move beyond strictly physical preparation and consciously enlist creative mental capacities to enhance their performance. Using imagery and positive self-talk can improve the efforts of any type of athlete and, as 30

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“The notion that we are just a physical body, so we just need to train physically, is old-fashioned,” Chiplin maintains. Shortly after launching his program six years ago, he learned firsthand how powerful the mind could be in boosting (or sabotaging) performance.

He remarks, “It quickly became apparent that the main issues people face are the mental things, what is happening in their heads.” Chiplin recalls watching runners fall from the peak capabilities they had reached after training hard for endurance events as their mileage tapered off in the final days before the race. Similarly, he thinks the sort of “negative visualization” he witnessed can have a similar impact on everyday life events, such as exams, interviews and job achievement.

Although unclear about its exact mechanism, sports psychologists have long recognized the value of positive mental imagery, especially in building skills and reducing anxiety. In working with athletes, they apply shared models such as those reported in The Sport Psychologist.

Both professional and amateur runners have benefited from Chiplin’s camps, including graduate Ginny

Landes, 62, who says visualization techniques have changed her running outlook and her life.

“My goal is not high achievement or personal records; it’s to always finish my run feeling good,” says Landes, of Lafayette, Colorado. As part of the visualizing process, she says she also clears her mind of negative thoughts, stops comparing her performance to others and accepts factors that are out of her control, whether it’s bad race weather or competitive colleagues.

Practicing helpful visualization techniques consistently in daily life can lead to better returns across the board, not just in athletics, according to Terry Orlick, a performance consultant from Ottawa, Ontario, and author of many self-improvement books, including Embracing Your Potential and In Pursuit of Excellence.

Orlick has worked with people from many walks of life that use imagery in their quest for improvement, including surgeons, musicians, pilots, dancers, astronauts and CEOs. When working with Canadian Olympic teams, Orlick found that 99 percent of the athletes practiced visualization an average of 12 minutes per day, four times a week.

Studies have linked imagery and improved performance in a variety of sports. For instance, researchers found that golfers that used visualization and positive self-talk improved their putting performance (Journal of Sports Science & Medicine). Another study showed an increase in confidence among novice female rock climbers, leading to better performance (Journal of Sport Behavior).

For Landes, her personal experience is all the proof she needs. After years of rarely being able to run the entire course of a major annual race in Aspen—generally walking the last stretch—Landes tried visualizing herself having a strong finish as she trained and prepared for the event. For weeks, she replayed the last three miles many times in her mind.

Then she ran the race, paring 12 minutes off her previous year’s time. “It felt great,” Landes says, “and it worked.”

Freelance journalist Debra Melani writes about health care and fitness from Lyons, CO. Connect at Debra Melani.com or DMelani@msn.com.

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Healing the Ecosystem Within A Conversation with Bioneers Co-Founder Nina Simons

by Brita Belli

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ioneers are innovators from all walks of life, seeking to make the world a better place in ways that respect the Earth and all of its inhabitants. Their organization, considered a “network of networks,” connects people and ideas through their annual National Bioneers Conference, local community action groups and original multimedia productions, including the award-winning “Revolution from the Heart of Nature” radio series.

Bioneers co-founder Nina Simons, co-editor of Moonrise: The Power of Women Leading from the Heart, talked with Natural Awakenings about the role each of us plays today in creating a more sustainable tomorrow.

How can we be hopeful about the state of the Earth?

I feel that we each need to cultivate a balanced view. It’s important to hold what I call a “both/and” awareness, which recognizes how seriously our planet’s life support systems are compromised and how intensive the demand is for us to engage in reversing their deterioration. At the same time, I remain deeply hopeful, because so many people are awakening to the urgency of the issues we face and many more are now mobilizing to act in positive ways.

Does this mean that you see a societal shift toward a better way of thinking?

Our state of mind is directly affected by

where we place our attention. If our primary source of information is mainstream media, then it’s easy to feel depressed and hopeless.

Each of us would benefit from limiting our daily media intake, because it influences our inner story and impacts how we nourish our psyches, stories and visions.

One of the greatest medicines for despair is action. When we act on behalf of what we love and those in need, it can help restore gratitude, a sense of faith and a more balanced view. That’s why natural disasters often elicit the best kinds of responses human beings can offer: compassion, empathy and a desire to generously contribute to solutions.

To what extent does healing the Earth depend on healing ourselves?

We co-created the current political, economic, energy, industrial and food production systems based on competition and hierarchies that are wreaking havoc on Planet Earth and on our collective quality of life and future survival. As long as we participate in them, we perpetuate them. We have an immense opportunity to reinvent our selves and society’s systems right now.

Our culture conditions us to be hard on ourselves, judging and comparing our talents and actions while often valuing ourselves primarily based on our work or relationships. To be the most effective change agents we can be, I believe we need to reverse these

patterns and learn to consider ourselves and all of life as sacred and inherently worthy of love.

One of the most powerful things each of us can do at this pivotal point is to claim full responsibility for our inner “story-scape”—to shift our personal story about the impacts we’re capable of having, what our capacity for action really is and how bringing ourselves in service to life at this moment can be meaningful, joyful and effective.

Isn’t there often a conflict between what people believe and what they do?

We each contain a complex ecosystem within us. The more we can become conscious of cultivating ourselves to be authentically and fully in heartfelt service to what we love, the better we can show up on behalf of the Earth and the people and creatures with whom we share it as home.

Do you see women playing a particular role in this transformation?

While every person is a unique mix of both masculine and feminine qualities, I think that women as a whole have a deeply embedded coding that inclines us to be especially strong in caring, compassion and collaboration. As leadership capacities, I believe these three—and connecting across differences—may be among the most essential to resilience. Our future as a species will clearly benefit from more women finding their voice, truth and connections to power.

The more women that can articulate their individual experiences in support of an inclusive collective vision, the more we can begin to tip our institutions, culture and the men we love to increasingly value these “feminine traits,” which I refer to as relational intelligence. For a long time, we have perpetuated a fatally flawed culture that has put intellect first. It’s past time that we all put the wisdom of our hearts, bodies and intuition first, with intellect in a supporting role.

Freelance writer Brita Belli is the editor of E-The Environmental Magazine.

Connect at BritaBelli.com.

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MONDAY, APRIL 1

Meditation and Messages through Mediumship – 6:30pm. Also May 13. Alchemy exists with medium, Alaine Portner, E-RYT, in combination with meditation, messaging and Crystal Bowls. She communicates with the energies of loved ones and symbolic messages that are both personal and purposeful to you. $40. Yoga Center of Medford, Rte 70 & Hartford Rd, Medford. Pre-registration required: 609-654-9400 or YogaCenterOfMedford.com.

TUESDAY, APRIL 2

Meditation & Teaching – 7-9pm. The evening consists of periods of seated and walking meditation, and a talk by a Senior Ordained Priest.

Donations appreciated. Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong. 609-268-9151.

Jizo-an.org.

Reiki I Certification Session – 7-9:30pm.

3-wks. Anyone with a Reiki curiosity is welcome to learn its history, empowerment, symbol and applications. Yoga Center of Medford, Rte 70 & Hartford Rd, Medford. Register: 609-654-9400 or YogaCenterOfMedford.com.

THURSDAY, APRIL 4 Crystal Bowls Meditation – 7:30-9:30pm.

With Michele Haliwell. Healing, balancing and relaxation with the beautiful sounds of the quartz crystal “singing” bowls. The bowls are

sound healing instruments that bring you on a vibratory journey into deep meditation and higher states of consciousness. $23/pre-registration, $25/at door. Yoga Center of Medford, Rte 70 & Hartford Rd, Medford. 609-654-9400.

YogaCenterOfMedford.com.

FRIDAY, APRIL 5 Community Yoga with Live Music – 6-7:15pm.

Join a fun yoga class for all ages, shapes and sizes led by Janet Watkins, and enjoy the fantastic sounds of live vocals and guitar by Paul Bartholomew. $5.

Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

Preparing the Soil to Plant Your Dreams – 7-10pm Using Natures Gifts of Essential Oils, crystals etc., to isolate and dissolve patterns that impede your growth and the blossoming of your Dreams.

Please bring sketch pad, colored pencils, journal or notebook and desire to expand. $25. Cherry Hill.

Registration required: 856-904-5566, Andrea@ HealersUniverse.com. HealersUniverse.com.

SATURDAY, APRIL 6 Eden Energy Medicine 101 & 102 – Apr 6 & 27. 9am-5pm. Based on Energy Medicine by Donna Eden. Presented by Elsie Kerns. Experience empowerment, self-healing, vibrant health in a way that is effective, time efficient, affordable and available 24/7. CEUs available. $150/EEM 101; $145/EEM102. NJBalance Wellness Center, 43 S Main St, Medford. 609-975-8379. NJBalance.com.

Free Music Lovers Event – 12-4pm. Family friendly. One-of-a-kind rock music tour industry memorabilia on display via “Rock It Cargo.”

Free lawn concert: The Jugband. Woodstock Trading Company, 1880 Rte 70, Cherry Hill.

856-424-6166. WoodstockTradeCo.com.

Hipster! A Hip Opening Workshop – 1-3pm.

Move through a combination of standing and seated hip opening poses along with some restorative hip openers, followed by a deep, healing relaxation to leave you refreshed, relaxed, and full of energy. $25. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 7 Community Reiki Share – 10:30am. Newcomers welcome. For those with an interest in balancing the mind, body, and spirit with healing alternatives, or simply satisfying your curiosity of Reiki. Reiki Trainings and Certifications offered at the Center. $22/pre-registration. Yoga Center of Medford, Rte 70 & Hartford Rd, Medford. Pre-register: 609-6549400. YogaCenterOfMedford.com.

Opening Exhibit: The Pine Barrens at First Light – 12-4pm. See the stunning photography of Ernest Cozens. His transfixing images of the Pine Barrens and Jersey Shore are framed by hand using re-claimed wood. Exhibit runs thru June. All work is for sale. Pinelands Preservation Alliance, 17 Pemberton Rd (Rte 616), Southampton. 609859-8860 x 21. PinelandsAlliance.org.

Yoga R&R – 6-8pm. With Janet Watkins. Using blankets, bolsters, pillows, blocks, straps and other “props” to support the body, restorative yoga creates profound shifts in the nervous system, thus allowing a physiological shift to deep restfulness and well-being. $25. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 9 Tea with the Angels: Archangel Zadkiel – 11am-12pm. With Kristy. $10 cash; $13 credit/ debit card. Dragonfly Yoga at Pilates Core Center, 1919 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856-985-0900.

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Introduction to Crystals I & II – Apr 9 & 30.

7-8pm. Presented by Dee McFadden. What is a crystal? Learn the geology, folklore and history of crystals. Crystals are powerful tools that can increase our vibratory effect on our physical, emotional and spiritual bodies. Discover their various uses and some unique fixes for everyday challenges. $25/class. NJBalance Wellness Center, 43 S Main St, Medford. 609-975-8379.

NJBalance.com.

THURSDAY, APRIL 11

Eden Energy Medicine Study Group – 7-8:30pm. Based on Donna Eden’s Energy Medicine book, each class has a theme, with plenty of time for questions and practice. Led by Elsie Kerns and Paula Anderson, EEM Advanced Practitioners. No prior experience needed. $15. AcuHealth Center, 100 W Camden Ave, Moorestown.

Paula: 856-222-9444. Acu-HealthCenter.com.

A Brief History of Yoga and Buddhism – 7:15pm. Presentation will examine the major chapters of yoga’s history, the arrival of the Siddhartha Gautama Buddha, and consider the teachings on the ensuing periods. Facilitator: Michelle Storz. $15. Yoga Center of Medford, Rte 70 & Hartford Rd, Medford. 609-654-9400.

YogaCenterOfMedford.com.

FRIDAY, APRIL 12

Psychic Fair – 6-9pm. Psychic readers, vendors and more. No cover charge, sign-up and pay for readings the day of. Dragonfly Yoga at Pilates Core Center, 1919 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill.

856-985-0900. PilatesCoreCenter.com.

Crystal Bowl Meditation – 7-9pm. With Michelle Halliwell. Experience a guided meditation, a chakra balancing using visualization, and then we will move into a spectrum of meditative sound for about 30-40 minutes. Come and join us on this sound journey. $20. Contact Lisa, Bliss Body Studio: 856-261-0554. BlissBodyNJ.com.

SATURDAY, APRIL 13

Healing Retreat – 8am-5pm. Includes periods of seated and walking meditation, and talks by Seijaku Roshi. Focus of retreat is Awaken the Sleeping Giant; Lessons Learned from Abandonment, Betrayal, and Loss. A day dedicated to healing, freedom and love. $75/nonmembers, lunch included. Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong. 609-268-9151. Jizo-an.org.

Energy Healing in the Angelic Realm – 11:30am-1:30pm. Participate in a Chakra Clearing technique that improves energy, health and sensibilities. Learn how to create harmonious and healthy relationships everywhere. $40. Yoga Center of Medford, Rte 70 & Hartford Rd, Medford.

609-654-9400. YogaCenterOfMedford.com.

Uplifting Presentations, Music and Poetry – 5:30-8pm. With Skys, Willie Tapps, Tom Grasso, Harriet Rola. Hugh Organ presents about local and global human trafficking; what is being done to prevent it. Silent auction. Proceeds to Covenant House and Ananda Marga Central Children’s Home. Sponsored by Neohumanist Initiative, Inc. Donation: $10; free/under 10 yrs. Moorestown Friends Meeting House, 118 E Main St, Moorestown. 267-241-8356, Suniita7@yahoo.com.

SUNDAY, APRIL 14

Discover the Power of Your True Self – 10am3:30pm. Facilitator: Robert Egby. 3 parts: Observing your limitations and negative ego; Practicing the freedom of living in the Here and Now; Letting yourself love yourself unconditionally. $40; Pre-payment/preregistration required. Dragonfly Yoga at Pilates Core Center, 1919 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill.

856-985-0900. PilatesCoreCenter.com.

Eckankar Worship Service – 11am-12pm.

Come celebrate the experience of the Light and Sound of God through the Eckankar Worship Service. About an hour long, services include singing HU, followed by a discussion on this month’s topic: “What is the Holy Spirit?” Acu-Health Center, 100 W Camden Ave, Moorestown. More info: 609-261-0019 or Acu-HealthCenter.com.

Exploring the Heart of Communication: Mindfulness for Deepening Relationships – 2-4pm.

A special couples workshop. Build a foundation of communication that may last a lifetime together.

Learn new ways to communicate that you can apply to a variety of situations in your relationships. $45/couple. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856-404-7287. YogaForLiving.net.

Healthy Food Seminar – 6:30-9pm.Learn about how to read labels, where to shop, GMO Foods, what foods must to be organic, how to make healthier choices for a busy lifestyle, and more.

Camden County College, Blackwood. To reserve, Continuing Education Dept: 856-227-7200. More info, Caroline Malko: 856-546-0047.

Yin Yoga Class – 7-8:30pm. With Jean Froese, RYT. Opens up energy meridians throughout the body. Learn to relax in long hold poses and increase flexibility. Done without warming up so as not to engage muscle, but to move connective tissue. $15/drop-in or class card. Bliss Body Studio, 616 Collings Ave, Collingswood. Pre-register: 856-261-0554. BlissBodyNJ.com.

TUESDAY, APRIL 16

Make Your Own Mandala: Numbers, Your Name, & You! – 11am-12:30pm. With Kristy McAdams and Traci Rosenberg. Combine the nurturing creativity of the mandala and the powerful insights of Numerology. $18; pre-registration required. Dragonfly Yoga at Pilates Core Center, 1919 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856-9850900. PilatesCoreCenter.com.

Native Plants and Their Enormous Habitat Value – 7-9pm. Bill Young of Young Environmental LLC will highlight the value of native plants in the landscape. Will talk about natives as components of ecosystems, habitats, and the wildlife they support. $10/person. Pinelands Preservation Alliance, 17 Pemberton Rd (Rte 616), Southampton. Register; space limited: 609-8598860 x 14. PinelandsAlliance.org.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17

Breast Health Awareness Support Group – 6:30-7:30pm. Speaker: Marilee Tolen, RN, Board Certified in holistic health care and an expert on the use of essential oils and building your immune system and prevention of cancer. Free; open to those with an interest in optimizing breast health. William G. Rohrer Center for Healthfitness, Rooms 2 & 3, 2309 Evesham Rd, Voorhees.

To register, Liesha: 856-596-5834 or Liesha@ HealthThroughAwareness.com.

Meditation & Teaching – 7-9pm. The evening consists of periods of seated and walking meditation, and a talk by a Senior Ordained Priest.

Donations appreciated. Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong. 609-268-9151.

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Sacred Sisterhood Circle: Seeding Your Dreams – 7-9:30pm. A woman’s gathering to connect in the Power of Mystic Sisterhood to breathe, sound, share, chant, do ceremony, discover and heal from and through the wealth of wisdom within and around us to co-create and re-create your life with Andrea Regal. $20. Cherry Hill. Registration required: 856-904-5566, Andrea@Healers Universe.com. HealersUniverse.com.

THURSDAY, APRIL 18

Learn to be a Body Detox Coach – 7pm. This is a free Intro to learn the skill of being a body detox coach. Spirit to Sole Connection, 319 E Broad St, Palmyra. 856-314-8881. Spirit2SoleConnection@ yahoo.com. SpiritToSoleConnection.com.

Creative Playtime: Grown Ups Only – 7-9pm.

Come play and create. Free your inner child and get into your creative zone. $20. ExtraordinaryED, 710 Haddon Ave, Collingswood. Jennifer Buerkli: 856-472-4344, JCBuerkli@gmail.com.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 20

Healing the Children 2nd Annual 5k Walk and Fun Run – 9am. Healing the children is a not-for-profit organization for over 20 years that provides donated medical care to children in need within New Jersey and throughout the world. Cooper River Park, Columbus statue area. More info: 973-949-5034 or Htcnj.org.

Experiencing the Five Rhythms of Life – 9am4pm. Class combines Traditional Chinese Medicine with Donna Eden’s Energy Medicine (EEM) to explore the ancient philosophical Five Elements, or Five Rhythms as a metaphor for life. Instructor: Paula Anderson, Acupuncturist, EEM Advanced Practitioner. $75, $65/seniors. Acu-Health Center, 100 W Camden Ave, Moorestown. More info: 856222-9444. Acu-HealthCenter.com.

5th Annual Green Event: Haddon Township – 10am-2pm. Rain or shine. Clean out those closets for good. Bring: Things to Bring: gently worn shoes & clothes; household goods; documents for shredding; medicines for disposal, and much more.

Family Fun: Face Painting, Recycling Games, “Discover Green” with Rizzo’s Reptile Program for kids,11:30am-12:30pm.Westmont Theatre Parking Lot. More info: HaddonTwp.com.

Reiki Level 1 Class – 10am-6pm. With Lisa O’Brien, CRM, ERYT. History and benefits of Reiki; chakra and energy system; attunement & ceremony; complete Reiki treatment and hand positions; self treatments. $125 includes manual.

NCTMB credits available $5. Bliss Body Studio, 616 Collings Ave, Collingswood. Pre-register: 856-261-0554. BlissBodyNJ.com.

Honoring The Goddess Within: A Day to Connect with the Divine Feminine – 12-5pm.

Take an afternoon to retreat in sacred community, reconnect to the Divine Feminine that resides within, and step into your sacred truth. $55. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. Pre-registration required: 856-5461006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

Crystal Bowls Meditation – 6-7pm. Enjoy the relaxing sounds of the crystal bowls with Michelle Bonavitacola at The Crystal Tree. Allow the vibrations to help you de-stress and deepen your meditative state. The Crystal Tree New Age Boutique, 144 Haddon Ave, Westmont. Pre-registration required: 856-854-1328, Info@The- Crystal-Tree.com. The-Crystal-Tree.com.

Living a Zen-Inspired Life – 7-9 pm. Come join Seijaku Roshi, Abbot of Pine Wind Zen Center, as he discusses how to live a Zen-Inspired Life. The focus of the talk is Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong. $15/$20. Yoga For Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. Info: 609-268-9151. Jizo-an.org.

SUNDAY, APRIL 21

Earth Day Celebration and Frog Fest – 10am3pm. Since amphibians are one of the best indicators of environmental conditions, we are celebrating frogs and planet Earth together. Activities with a frog theme, ranging from walks for adults, frog activities and crafts for kids. Rain or shine. Free. Long Bridge Park, 895 Deacon Rd, Hainesport. 609-265-5858.

Quantum Energetics Master Course – 10am5pm. With Jason Taylor Morgan. For people who want to develop stronger 5-D energy proficiencies. Who want to find more satisfying purpose, mission and fulfillment in this lifetime. Explore the multidimensional Self, and learn how to align it with your 3-D Self. $100 discounted. Bliss Body Studio, 616 Collings Ave, Collingswood.

Pre-register: 856-261-0554. BlissBodyNJ.com.

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Naturalist Hike – 1:30pm. Plants and Plant Presses: Ever want to save the early spring blooms from your garden? Join our naturalist to discover some of our native plants and learn how to make a simple plant press you can carry with you. Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge, 4 Sawmill Rd, Medford. 856-983-3329. CedarRun.org.

Conscious Endings Workshop – 3-5pm. Endings come in many ways. Some are forced upon us; others are part of the natural movement of life.

Immediately lighten your stress or sorrow and become more resilient during change. Learn the skills necessary to regularly honor endings. $20/advance, $25/at door. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856-404-7287. YogaForLiving.net.

Yoga Nidra – 6-8pm. With Janet Watkins. A rejuvenating, meditative practice for inducing mental, emotional and physical relaxation, clarity, and self understanding. Meditative class conducted with students lying down or sitting comfortably; requires no previous yoga experience. $25. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

Pranyama and Mantras – 7-9pm.With Ritu Pandya. This course in Pranayama practice teaches the balance between effort and effortlessness and develops mental concentration and clarity, along with vibrant good health. It helps you prepare to sit for meditation. $25/at door, $20/pre-register. Bliss Body Studio, 616 Collings Ave, Collingswood.

Pre-register: 856-261-0554. BlissBodyNJ.com.

THURSDAY, APRIL 25

Essential Oils of South Jersey – 6:30-8:30pm.

Learn about the healing energy in the life giving essential oils. Allergy, flea & tick season is coming, learn how essential oils can help. Instruction on how to use, sampling, testimonials, networking, talk to 14 vendors who use essential oils in their practice. Drawing for a free $100 diffuser. Collingswood Community Center, 30 W. Collins Ave. To register, mary i: 856-981-6774 or maryi@maryi.com.

Enhance the Lotus Jewelry Workshop – 7-9pm.

With Aimee Eckert. Learn the history of the lotus flower and tap into your inner creativity. Everyone will leave with their own piece of lotus jewelry. $20 includes all materials. Dragonfly Yoga at Pilates Core Center, 1919 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill.

Register: 856-985-0900. PilatesCoreCenter.com.

FRIDAY, APRIL 26 Waggin’ Tails and Trails – 4pm. Come out with your canine friend and get some exercise while exploring the Burlington County Parks with a park ranger. Leashes required; no off-trail exploration permitted. Bring water for you and your pet as well as a dog-waste bag. Rain cancels.

Free. Rancocas State Park, Deacon Rd entrance, Hainesport.Registration required: 609-265-5858.

Double Your Yoga Pleasure – 5:30pm, Vinyasa; 7:15pm, Yin. With Amy Stephanik. A challenging 90-min Vinyasa workout with variety of postures to raise energy, strengthen the body, increase flexibility.

A Yin practice follows, holding postures that purposefully target tendons, ligaments, joints, fascia.

$15/class; $25/both. Yoga Center of Medford, Rte 70 & Hartford Rd, Medford. 609-654-9400.

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Yoga for Grief and Healing: Letting Go – 7:30-9pm. Unprocessed, grief causes emotional and physical blockages. Unlock and release grief in this special class using breath, yoga poses, and guided meditation. All levels welcome. $15. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

SATURDAY, APRIL 27 Art Blooms in Cherry Hill: Earth Day Festival – 10am-2pm. Family Fun Bike Ride kicks off the festival at 8am. with 2- & 9-mile rides (must wear helmet). Includes: Local entertainment on 2 stages; Dozens of green vendors & crafters; delicious food; Guided Nature Walk; Interactive educational & student displays. Bring non-perishable food to donate to the Cherry Hill Food Pantry. Rain or shine. Free admission. Croft Farm, Bortons Mill & Brace rds, Cherry Hill. More info: Sustainable CherryHill.org/Get-Involved/Earth-Day-Festival.

Tricentennial Earth Day – 10am-2pm. Join the Environmental Commission, Sustainable Haddonfield, Historical Society, Shade Tree Commission and Crow Woods Gardeners in celebrating Haddonfield’s natural environment and history. Includes live animal show, guided nature hikes, expert tree advice, kids’ activities and much more. Crows Woods Pavilion.

More info: SustainableHaddonfield@gmail.com.

Stepping Into Your Divinity – 10am-5pm.

Join Dana Micucci for an Inner Alchemy Shift as she shares spiritual traditions from around the world. Balance and activate your chakras with meditations, energy work, shamanic practices and more. Awakenings Connection at Omniwell Center, 55 Lakeview Dr N, Gibbsboro. 856-3365591. AwakeningsConnection.com.

EarthGym Event: Connecting with Nature: Soul to Soul – 10:30am-12pm. With Bonnie Hart.

A leisurely paced walk that winds along a beautiful creek; a real gem of a trail. $15. Eagle Walk, Vincentown. More info: 609-970-3401, EarthGym.org.

PPA’s Earth Day Native Plant Sale – 11am3pm. Trees, shrubs, and wildflowers native to the Pinelands will be for sale.Also: Raffle for cool prizes, gardening lectures and tours of the historic barn and farmhouse. PPA Headquarters at Bishop Farmstead, 17 Pemberton Rd, Southampton. 609859-8860 x 23. PinelandsAlliance.org.

Earth and Arbor Day Family Festival – Apr 27-28. 1-4pm. Celebrate amid the beauty of 4.5-acres of children’s-themed gardens and the Philadelphia Eagles Four Seasons Butterfly House. Includes planting activities, a ladybug release, crafts and educational activities to learn

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about and to help celebrate Mother Earth. Camden Children’s Garden, 3 Riverside Dr, Camden.

856-365-9741. CamdenChildrensGarden.org.

Kuan Yin Magnetic Nei Gung – Apr 27 & 28. 1-5:30pm, Sat; 9:30am-4:30pm, Sun. Master Sunyata Saraswati. Activate your energy. Ancient Tibetan/Taoist art. $175 (ages 13-19 contribution).

Atlanticare Lifecenter, 2500 English Creek Ave, Egg Harbor Township. ShenTaoInnergyArts.com.

SUNDAY, APRIL 28 Private Healing Sessions – Apr 28-29. With renowned author and healer, Dana Micucci.

Choose from Reconnection, Reconnective Healing, Shamanic Soul Retrieval and Extractions, and Spiritual Counseling. By appt only.

Awakenings Connection at Omniwell Center, 55 Lakeview Dr N, Gibbsboro. 856-336-5591.

AwakeningsConnection.com.

Tuesday, April 2 & Tuesday, June 11 Joyful Gathering Spiritual Center - This ten-week course teaches you practical tools to use in creating alife of freedom by releasing the past and embracing the present moment in an atmosphere of forgiveness and love. We use practical tools, meditation, music, experiential activities and group interactions to make this a deeply healing and completely enjoyable experience. We will also have a Satori workshop as part of this class! Facilitators: Rev. Margaret Palagye & Carole Mayo. 215 Highland Ave., Westmont, NJ 08108. $180. Audit: $100. Payment programs available. 856-261-4549.

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Plan Ahead SATURDAY, MAY 4 Reiki I Certification – 1-4pm. Be able to give this amazing gift of Reiki to your friends, family and pets. Learn in a relaxed and intimate setting. Terra Aurum... bringing knowledge and community together. Instructor Dee B. Mcfadden. Yoga Inspired, 51 S Broadway, Pitman. Info: 609-509-3772 or TerraAurum@hotmail.com.

13 HANDS Concert with Dalien – 7:30pm. A 13 HANDS concert/kirtan experience blends sacred Indian and world chant rhythms. Hang drum, native flutes, ambient, live looping, harmonium, and various percussion, create a musical interactive, healing and very fun experience. $20/pre-registered, $25/day of, free/kids under 6. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon.

856-546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

SUNDAY, MAY 5

Women’s Silent Retreat – 1:30-6:30pm. Finding a quiet space in which to retreat is almost impossible in this world, although it is critical for our overall wellbeing and spiritual growth. Nourishment for the soul in a private sanctuary space. An Ayurveda therapy included to help unwind the stresses and tensions. $95. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. Pre-registration required: 856-4047287. YogaForLiving.net.

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ACCOMMODATIONS PINE WIND ZEN CENTER – Located at 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong, NJ 08088, offers long-term and short-term accommodations for those interested in living in a supportive and conducive environment for spiritual development, or a simpler and serene lifestyle. Guests are welcome to participate in any of the programs. Pine Wind is located 35 minutes from Philadelphia, 75 minutes from NYC, and NJ shore points. For more info, please call 609-268-9151 or email Seijaku@Jizo-an.org.

COUNSELING DRUG AND ALCOHOL COUNSELING – Family/Individual, AETNA, reasonable fee for service. Gibbsboro, J. Lang, LCADC: 609-980-3515.

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SEPTEMBER Bimini, Bahamas Dolphin Adventure – Create your human pod of like-minded sea seekers on this Yoga Retreat to Bimini Bahamas. Discover the alternative to a caged dolphin experience.

Release your own boundaries of adventure. Yoga, Dolphin Magic, Atlantis, Energy Transformation.

The Yoga Center of Medford is now accepting reservations. For more info: 609-654-9400 or YogaCenterOfMedford.com.

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DINNER & LECTURE SERIES – Thru June, 6:30pm. $32/person. Pre-registration required. Crystals I & II Moontide: Folklore of the sea and shells; Crystals & History through the Ages. Haddonfield. Contact: 609-509-3772 or TerraAurum@ hotmail.com.

FOR RENT BEAUTIFUL YOGA STUDIO/COUNSELING SPACE FOR RENT, CHERRY HILL – Looking for a great space and location to hold your workshop, class, private therapy or counseling session. The Yoga for Living studio is available for rental. Counseling room, $15/hour or $75/ day. Call 856-404-7287.

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SATURDAY, MAY 11

Free Maypole Festival – 12-4pm. Family friendly annual spring tradition, weaving colorful ribbons around the Maypole. Free lawn concert: Mother Zeta. Weather permitting. Woodstock Trading Company, 1880 Rte 70, Cherry Hill. 856-4246166. WoodstockTradeCo.com.

SUNDAY, MAY 19

EarthGym Event: Yoga & Hiking – 9:3011am. With Bonnie Hart. An easy walk along the Rancocas Creek through Medford Park with standing yoga postures around a lovely tree. Meet at Pinelands Library, 39 Allen St, Medford. More info: 609-970-3401, EarthGym.org.

Children Are Our Greatest Treasure: First Annual Spring Fundraiser – 5:30-9:30pm.

Will honor Gary Stahl, MD, Head of Neonatal Services, Cooper University Hospital, who will receive a Humanitarian Award in recognition of his longstanding commitment to save the lives of prematurely born babies. Proceeds benefit The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. $55. Lucien’s Manor, 81 W White Horse Pike, Berlin. 856-261-4549.

InfiniteFairy@gmail.com. JoyfulGathering.org.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 13 Balanced Body Barre Training – Apr 13 & 14. 9am-6pm. With Sylvia Byrd-Leitner. $500 + Manual. Pilates Core Center, 1919 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856-985-0900. Register: PilatesCoreCenter.com/Education.

SATURDAY, APRIL 27 Learning to be a Reflexologist – Apr 2728. Weekend workshop. $260. Spirit to Sole Connection, 319 E Broad St, Palmyra. 856314-8881. Spirit2SoleConnection@yahoo.com.

SpiritToSoleConnection.com.

CLASSICAL CHARTRES LABYRINTH DESIGNS – Manufactured for residential, commercial, and institutional settings. These beautiful labyrinths are made from concrete pavers, individually created with your choice of size, color and design, to pass the test of time. Landscape design services and consulting available to help with placement, installation and supporting landscape.

TAKE THE FIRST STEP. To learn more, call: 856-546-0945.

WANTED MASSAGE, CHIROPRACTIC OR COUNSELOR WANTED – Part-time rooms available at a Moorestown Holistic Health Office. Utilities included. Easy access, main road, high visibility, parking on premises. If you want to grow your practice, join us. For details: 856-222-9444, Info@ Acu-HealthCenter.com.

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ongoing events Email don@nasouthjersey.com for guidelines and to submit entries.

daily Early Dawn Meditation – 6-7am. Inform the rest of your day by starting the day out meditating in the silence of the Pine Barrens. The monastery is closed Mon, Fri and the last two weeks of the month. No registration required. $5. Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong. 609-268-9151. Jizo-an.org.

New Year Weight Loss Challenge – 7-8pm.

New classes enrolling now. Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday class available. 12-wk program.

Winners win cash. Cost is a one-time fee of $39 for 12 wks. GNP Nutrition, 106 Bridgeboro St, Riverside. Pre-register, Gaveth: 609923-1203.

sunday Meditation & Teaching – 8:45-10:30am. The morning consists of periods of meditation and a talk by Seijaku Roshi, Abbot of Pine Wind Zen Center. The monastery is closed the last Sunday of the month. No registration required.

Donations appreciated. Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong. 609-2689151. Jizo-an.org.

All About Love Circle – 1-2:30pm. 2nd Sun. Be part of this informal gathering as we look at everyday life and its love affair with love.

Will discuss how we share, demonstrate, accept, use, reject love. Through discussion and sharing, we will raise the love energy vibration for ourselves and the planet. Walk-ins welcome. $15. NJBalance Wellness Center, 43 S Main St, Medford. Register: 856-912-2087 or Maryann@ConsciouslyLiving.net.

Naturalist Hike – 1:30pm. 3rd Sun. Join our Naturalist in search of the wild. Included in the price of regular admission: $5/adults, $3/ ages 4-15, free/age 3 & under. Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge, 4 Sawmill Rd, Medford. 856-983-3329. CedarRun.org.

Techniques of Meditation Series – Apr 7-May 5. 7-8pm. With Ruth Dalphin from Associates For Asian Healing Arts. Improve your ability to focus, reduce daily stressors and your reaction to them, access your inner wisdom and enrich your life. $50/series, $13/class.

Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. Pre-registration required: 856-404-7287.

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monday Deep Relaxation Class – 6-6:30pm. Melt away stress and tension. Begins with a guided relaxation, incorporates a healing breathing practice, and contemplation to carry the peace you cultivate into your life. Come dressed as you are, no special clothes required. Arrive early, door closes promptly at 6pm. $5. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856-404-7287.

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Chair Yoga with Connie – 7:30-9pm. A fun set of exercises you can do from the comfort of your own chair, designed for all levels and circumstances: recovering from an injury or surgery, an exercise program you can do at your desk, increase your mobility and flexibility. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon.

856-546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

tuesday Gentle Yoga with Olga – 5:15pm. Ideal for beginners, Moms to be, or anyone wanting to relax and de-stress. $15 drop-in; class packages available. Dragonfly Yoga at Pilates Core Center, 1919 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856-985-0900.

PilatesCoreCenter.com.

Health Starts Here Cooking Classes – 6pm.

This lifestyle focuses on a plant-based, low-fat diet and cooking techniques that rely on whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables with natural flavors. Whole Foods Market, 940 Rte 73 N, Marlton. 856-797-1115.

Public Meditation Class – 6-7pm. The evening includes a period of seated Serene Meditation followed by a teaching given by Seijaku Roshi, Abbot of Pine Wind Zen Center, or a Senior Ordained Priest. $13. Yoga For Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. Info: 609-268-9151.

Jizo-an.org.

Yin Yoga and Moon Salutations – 6-7pm.

Moon Salutations (Chandra Namaskara) is a practice of empowerment without creating heat in the body, which will shift energy by balancing hot emotions, relaxing and calming the mind and body and restoring balance. Yoga Center of Haddonfield, 20 N Haddon Ave. 856-428-9955.

Pricing: HaddonfieldYogaCenter.com.

Spinal Workshops – 6:30-7pm. Learn how to take care of your body without the need for prescription. Topics vary weekly. Free. McGunnigle Chiropractic, 450 W Crystal Lake Ave, Haddonfield. 856-310-4445.

Medical Qigong Classes – 7-8:30pm. Qigong is a combination of t’ai chi movements in specific sets to activate self-healing and is an ancient powerful practice. Body and Motion Chiropractic, 639 Stokes Rd, Ste 103, Medford. For info & registration: 609-654-7020 or BodyAndMotionChiro.com.

Metaphysical Sharing Circle – 7-8:30pm. 3rd Tues. This group is a safe and fun place to share your metaphysical experiences and ask questions.

Join us for this informal gathering discussing and using different tools and concepts to enhance,

enlighten and develop our intuition. Walk-ins welcome. $15. NJBalance Wellness Center, 43 S Main St, Medford. Register: 609-923-3154 or Susan@NJBalance.com.

wednesday Become a Master Gardener – Thru June.

9am-12pm. Have gardening questions or problems with plants? Stop in and visit with a Master Gardener. Free. Camden County Environmental Center, 1301 Park Blvd, Cherry Hill.

For more info: 856-216-7130 or NJGarden@ CamdenCounty.com.

All Level Yoga with Sylvia – 9:30am. $15 dropin; class packages available. Dragonfly Yoga at Pilates Core Center, 1919 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856-985-0900. PilatesCoreCenter.com.

Community Hatha Yoga – 10:30-11:30am.

Starts with breath work, followed by a gentle warm up of poses, sun salutations and a series of traditional hatha poses that bring balance, strength and flexibility. Ends with a long savasana (relaxation pose). $7. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856-404-7287.

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Mid-Day Meditation – 12pm. Join us for a 10-minute meditation. The focus of this meditation is love. Each week we will raise the love vibration for 2013. Bring your lunch to eat mindfully after the meditation. Treat yourself to a mid-week refresher. NJBalance Wellness Center, 43 S Main St, Medford. 609-975-8379.

NJBalance.com.

Gentle Yoga with Bonnie Hart – 6-7pm. For any ability to increase flexibility and relieve stress.

Yoga in the chair provided too. $15. Earth Yoga Studio at Health Goals, Crispin Square, 230 N Maple Ave, Marlton. 609-970-3401. EarthGym.org.

Green Drinks – 6-8pm. 1st Wed. Network informally with other sustainable-thinking people from all over South Jersey. We provide the room and you buy your own drink. PJ Whelihan’s Pub, 1854 Marlton Pike, Cherry Hill. More info: Lori.

Braunstein@SustainableCherryHill.org or SustainableCherryHill.org.

thursday Yoga Basics with Olga – 9am. Perfect for beginners or for those wanting to get back to basics. $15 drop-in; class packages available.

Dragonfly Yoga at Pilates Core Center, 1919 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856-985-0900.

PilatesCoreCenter.com.

Knee-High Naturalists – 10-11:30am & 1-2:30pm. 2nd Thurs; Sept-June (excluding Dec).

Ages 3-5 with an adult. One of our naturalists will help you and your child explore nature through songs, skits, crafts, and more. Call for themes or check website for an updated schedule. $7/child.

Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge, 4 Sawmill Rd, Medford. Pre-registration required: 856-9833329. CedarRun.org.

Homeschool Classes – 10am-12pm & 1-3pm.

2nd Thurs; Sept-June (excluding Dec). Ages 6 & up. One of our naturalists will teach your child about wildlife, plants and more. Call for themes or check website for an updated schedule. $7/ child. Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge, 4 Sawmill Rd, Medford. Pre-registration required: 856-983-3329. CedarRun.org.

Yoga for Lunch – 12pm. With Olga. This 45-minute class will help you get through the remainder of your work day. $10 cash drop in; $13 credit card/debit card. Dragonfly Yoga at Pilates Core Center, 1919 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill.

856-985-0900. PilatesCoreCenter.com.

Chant, Meditation & Philosophy – 12-1pm.

With Julie. Join us in a “sitting” class, and engage in various yogic topics such mantra chanting, meditation, pranayama and Vedic philosophy. $10. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006.

LiveInJoyYoga.com.

Pilates/Yoga Combo with Props – 5:45pm.

With Olga. Ideal for beginners, Moms to be, or anyone wanting to relax and de-stress. $15 dropin; class packages available. Dragonfly Yoga at Pilates Core Center, 1919 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856-985-0900. PilatesCoreCenter.com.

Level 1 & 2 Yoga with Bonnie Hart – 6-7pm.

Provides a great “workout” while creating peace of mind. $15. Earth Yoga Studio at Health Goals, Crispin Square, 230 N Maple Ave, Marlton. 609970-3401. EarthGym.org.

friday Art After 5 – 5-6:45pm & 7:15-8:15pm, performances. Guided gallery tours throughout the evening. Performing vibrant versions of lesser-known gems from wedding-dance, trance, folk, swing and tango styles, etc. Free after Museum admission; Free/members. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th Street & Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia. PhilaMuseum.org/ArtAfter5.

Soca Fit Camp – 6-7pm. Cardio workout to the music of the Caribbean. Dance, get fit, burn calories and have fun. $5/class, $25/6 classes.

Join us and bring a friend. GNP Nutrition, 106 Bridgeboro St. Riverside. Pre-register, Gaveth: 609-923-1203.

saturday Yoga On Air with Bonnie Hart – 9:30am. As part of the The Hart of Rock n Roll which airs from 8-10am every Saturday. Listen on the radio at 88.9 FM or on your computer at Z889.org.

Info: EarthGym.org.

The Earth is what we all have in common. ~Wendell Berry

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BONNIE HART

Licensed Acupuncturist & Massage Therapist Helping Touch Massage & Wellness Center 2 Sheppard Rd, Ste 500, Voorhees, NJ 08043 856-489-1500 HelpingTouchMassage.com A nationally Board Certified Acupuncturist whose primary focus is in the areas of geriatrics, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, women’s health and obstetrics, digestive and emotional health. She is also a practitioner of Tui Na, a method of Chinese Bodywork which utilizes soft tissue manipulation, acupressure, and structural realignment methods to lessen or alleviate a wide variety of musculoskeletal and internal organ disorders. See ad, page 33.

AYURVEDIC HEALING PRACTITIONER

Stress-Relief Specialist, Ecopsychologist, MA Transpersonal Psychology Earth Yoga Studio at Health Goals Crispin Square, 230 N Maple Ave Marlton, NJ 08053 609-970-3401 Bonnie@EarthGym.org EarthGym.org One-on-one counseling to unravel the worries of the mind and move into the wisdom of the heart.

Offering knowledgeable, caring guidance. More information through EarthGym.org.

See ad, page 5.

ENERGYWORK ALAINE PORTNER, E-RYT

Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher, Reiki Master Rte 70 & Hartford Rd, Medford, NJ 609-654-9400 • AlainePortner.com Alaine@YogaCenterOfMedford.com YogaCenterOfMedford.com

JANET WATKINS, RYT, CRM

Ayurvedic Healing Practitioner Registered Yoga Teacher • Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness • 118 W Merchant St Audubon, NJ 08106 • 856-816-4158 Utilizing the principles of Ayurveda, nutrition, yoga, meditation, and herbs for natural healing and selfcare to support your body in returning to its natural healthy function. Reiki session, ayurvedic cooking classes, restorative yoga and private yoga sessions.

CHIROPRACTOR Dr. Sylvia Bidwell BIDWELL CHIROPRACTIC

A gifted medium, yoga teacher, spiritual guide and guardian of the Yoga Center of Medford. The Center has enriched the lives of the community for over a generation. During the course of her professional journey, Alaine has fine-tuned her ability as a medium and then fused it with her love of meditation to offer a unique and transformative experience. Individual and group sessions are now available. See ad, page 29.

HEALING ARTS

The Strawbridge Professional Center 212 W Rte 38, Ste 100 Moorestown, NJ 08057 • 856-273-1551 DrSylviaBidwell@verizon.net Bidwell-Chiropractic.com

LISA O’BRIEN, ERYT, CRM

Dr. Bidwell is dedicated to providing patients the best possible spinal healthcare including chiropractic adjustment, massage, electrical muscle stimulation, ultrasound, hot and cold therapy, cervical and lumbar traction, and stretching and strengthening exercise instruction. Her adjustments techniques consist of diversified, activator, arthrostim, SOT blocking, cranialsacral work, active release technique, and PNF stretching. See ad, page 28.

Registered Yoga Teacher Holistic Health Practitioner Bliss Body Yoga Studio 616 Collings Ave Collingswood, NJ 08107 856-261-0554 BlissBodyNJ.com

Personalized healing support with yoga, meditation, Reiki, ancient indigenous healing practices, detoxification and more. Private and group sessions offered in a beautiful, warm and loving space.

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HEALTH COunseling LIESHA GETSON, BCTT, HHC Health Through Awareness 100 Brick Rd, Ste 206, Marlton 856-596-5834 HealthThroughAwareness.com

Liesha Getson is a Board-Certified Thermographic Technician, Holistic Health Counselor, a Reiki Master and Energy Practitioner.

Liesha is a founding partner of Health Through Awareness in Marlton, a cooperative wellness center that provides a variety of alternative services to facilitate healthy living including nutrition and lifestyle counseling, Reiki, thermography, infrared detoxification and biopuncture. See ad, page 15.

HOLISTIC PHYSICIAN JINGDUAN YANG, MD

Acupuncturist & Board-certified Psychiatrist TAO Institute of Mind & Body Medicine 1288 Rte 73 S, Ste 210, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054 • TaoInstitute.com As a leading physician on classic forms of Chinese Medicine, Dr. Yang uniquely incorporates psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, Neuro-Emotional technique, acupuncture and traditional Chinese herbal medicine in the care of patients with a variety of emotional and physical illnesses. Dr. Yang’s practice centers on being as natural as possible. Through the mind-body-spirit model Dr. Yang and his team at TAO Institute are able to treat difficult, complex, and chronic conditions. See ad, page 21.

HYPNOTHERAPY DR. JAIME FELDMAN, DCH

Chairman, Medical & Dental Division, International Hypnosis Federation 214 W Main St, Ste L4, Moorestown, NJ 08057 856-231-0432 • DrJaimeF@aol.com PartsTherapy.com Dr. Jaime Feldman, one of the pioneers in an advanced technique called “Advanced Parts Therapy,” has been able to unlock the subconscious and remove unwanted behaviors: stop smoking (guaranteed), weight loss, stress, depression, pain and anger management, and more. Outstanding success in curing phobias and deep-seated trauma, and treating the immune system to put cancer into complete remission. See ad, page 21.

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BARBARA ANGELO

Kahuna Healing Hypnosis 609-458-6282 KahunaHealingHypnosis.com Discover your Soul’s Purpose.

Release blocks and fears and unleash the healing power of your past lives.

Connect with your Higher Self and realize your dreams. A certified hypnotist and uniquely gifted intuitive, Barbara offers guidance and healing in a warm, joy-filled space. As a teacher and clear channel of spirit, she brings wisdom and compassion to every private and group session.

INTEGRATIVE/HOLISTIC MEDICINE DR. STEVEN HORVITZ

Institute for Medical Wellness 110 Marter Ave, Ste 408, Moorestown 856-231-0590 • DrHorvitz.com Board-Certified Family Medicine blending traditional family care with a holistic focus and preventive, nutritional and integrative approach. We look for causes and triggers for disease before reaching for the prescription pad. Same and next day appointments are available. See ad, page 29.

MEDI-ZEN WELLNESS

Dr. Andrea Iannuzzelli Integrative and Internal Medicine Elmwood Business Park, 767 E Rte 70, Ste B102, Marlton, NJ 08053 • 856-505-0311 Healing@MediZenWellness.com MediZenWellness.com Medi-Zen Wellness specializes in treating patients that have not found answers or relief through traditional medicine alone for chronic pain, fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Epstein Barr and Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Traditional medicine as well as alternative approaches: essential oils, Medical Aromatherapy and Reiki, along with many other Restorative therapies. See ad, back page.

PHILIP GETSON, DO

Health Through Awareness • 100 Brick Rd, Ste 206, Marlton, NJ 08053 • 856-596-5834 Health Through Awareness takes a holistic approach to health and wellbeing. Dr. Philip Getson is a Board Certified Family Physician and certified by four Thermographic Boards. He specializes in thermography, an early diagnostic tool for many health conditions including breast health.

With the mission of providing a balanced approach to wellness, the center offers diet and lifestyle counseling, thermography, the area’s most unique infra red detox sauna (The POD), Reiki, a smoking cessation program, physician standard supplements and ongoing wellness classes. See ad, page 15.

LANDSCAPE DESIGN NOBSKA DESIGN

Landscape Design & Consultation • South Jersey • 774-353-6998 • Nasj@me.com 35 years design experience.

Residential and commercial designs for large and small projects.

Creating sustainable landscape designs while utilizing natural and ornamental plants.

Comprehensive CAD-generated plans for professional use. Hardscaping designs and construction supervision. Call for more info. First consultation free to determine scope of project.

LIFE COACHING CRYSTAL PIZARRO, MA, CPLC, CNWC, CHHP Advanced Wellness Solutions 609-320-6339 Advanced-Wellness-Solutions.com

Fun and effective interventions for optimizing Emotional Wellness and Behavioral Success for adolescents, adults, couples, and families.

Expertise in Marital and Couple Resolution, Parental Effectiveness, Stress Management, Work-Home B a l a n c e , Ti m e M a n a g e m e n t / Decision Making Skills, Self-Esteem and Social Skills. See ad, inside front cover.

MASSAGE tHERAPY JULIE FISCHER

Registered Thai Therapist, CMT 118 W Merchant St • Audubon, NJ 08106 856-546-1006 • LiveInJoyYoga.com It’s a Stretch! Thai massage takes the concept of massage to the next level. This 90-min ancient body aligning Ayurvedic treatment is a relaxing, yet powerful series of assisted yoga stretches, compression, massage and acupressure. What to do? Just lie there and surrender your weary body to a vastly enjoyable healing ritual. Wearing your stretchy clothes, you will be moved and gently stretched until you are reacquainted with muscles you have forgotten about and your body is balanced on every level. See ad, page 20.

BOB SCHUSTER, CMT

Helping Touch Massage & Wellness Center 2 Sheppard Rd, Ste 500 Voorhees, NJ 856-489-1500 HelpingTouchMassage.com Bob Schuster, CMT, is a massage therapist who cares about you. His massage work is designed specifically to your needs: stress relief, pain management, or overstressed joint or pulled a muscle. Using multiple treatment modalities, including Swedish or Deep Tissue massage, Trigger Point Therapy, Myofascial Release, or stretching programs, he will assist you back to optimum health and wellness. See ad, page 33.

numerologist TRACI ROSENBERG, MA

Numerologist & Empowerment Coach 609-417-4526 TraciRosenberg@gmail.com SoulTalkWithTraci.com J o i n t h e r e g i o n ’s l e a d i n g numerologist as you discover your life’s purpose. Encoded in your name and birth date are your lessons, talents, and desires. Traci will help you realize your full potential.

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SPIRIT TO SOLE CONNECTION

Silver Tiger Studio Master William Ting The Lyceum Hall • 432 High Street Burlington City, NJ •856-778-4209

Jeannie Francis 319 E Broad St Palmyra, NJ 856-314-8881 Spirit2SoleConnection@yahoo.com SpiritToSoleConnection.com

Reflexology, Herbalist RH(AHG), Reiki, Medical Intuitive, Detoxing Coach, Master Gardener and Life & Diet Coach.

Join Master William Ting to discover the energy within.

Master Ting has over 30 years experience instructing students in the art of Tai chi.

See ad, page 23.

WELLNESS CENTER LIVE IN JOY YOGA & WELLNESS

NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING CRYSTAL PIZARRO, MA, CPLP, CNWC, CHHP Advanced Wellness Solutions 609-320-6339 Advanced-Wellness-Solutions.com

Whole, organic, superfoods for emotional wellness. Learn convenient ways to incorporate healthier foods in your life and budget.

Complimentary home and grocery store visits will help you read the labels to shop like a wellness pro. See ad, inside front cover.

DONNA WOOD

Certified Nutritionist Health Haven, 1381 New Jersey Rte. 38 Hainesport, NJ 08036 609-346-7696 • HealthHavenInc.com Donna Wood, a certified nutritionist, focuses on nutritional counseling and dietary guidance. Disease does not occur without a cause or imbalance. Discover the “root” of your imbalance. Learn to make better food and lifestyle choices.

Gain self-awareness through our services. Call for an appointment. See ad, inside front cover.

PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL COUNSELING HEALERS UNIVERSE

Andrea Regal Subtle Energy Therapist 856-904-5566 • HealersUniverse.com Andrea@HealersUniverse.com Now you’ve transformed, the next step is transmuting and transfiguring aspects which lead to your Soul’s purpose, fluidity of movement in and out of your multidimensionality, bringing the joy of life through body mind and spirit. 30+ years experience in counseling and teaching the energetics of mind, body and soul connection. Call to schedule your uniquely tailored private session.

Julie Fischer, Registered Thai Therapist, CMT Janet Watkins, Registered Yoga Teacher, Reiki Master, 118 W Merchant St., Audubon, NJ 08106 • 856-546-1006 LiveInJoyYoga.com

Spiritual life coachING LIFE COACHING YOU CAN AFFORD Debbie Smith, CLC-Certified Life Coach 609-234-4263

Are you seeking the secret to a happier life? Perhaps improved self-confidence or better relationships. As a successful Life Coach I facilitate clinically proven coaching sessions that help you shed your emotional baggage. Affordable Group Coaching Classes are forming now; easy access and affordable prices. Call for details. You can’t afford to wait another day.

Our mission at Live in Joy is to teach, demonstrate and live principles of Yoga & Holistic Wellness; to nurture and empower mind, body and spirit of all who desire. We have a wide variety of classes, workshops and wellness offerings that are offered at reasonable prices. Our instructors, practitioners and guest presenters are extraordinary in their fields and we are very grateful for their skills, integrity and presence here. Come and experience Joy. See ad, page 20.

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SUSTAINABLE LIVING SUSTAINABLE CHERRY HILL

405 Country Club Dr, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003 609-238-3449 • SustainableCherryHill.org Lori.Braunstein@SustainableCherryHill.org Sustainable Cherry Hill (SCH) is an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization with a mission of bringing people together for the purpose of building a sustainable South Jersey community.

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She is recognized as a results oriented practitioner who uses a holistic approach for conditions such as chronic pain, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, Epstein-Barr and Autism Spectrum Disorders and Metabolic Syndrome.

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