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arth Day, on April 22, will again again as a galvanizing force on ways to save our planet. With the theme of End Plastic Pollution, the Earth Day Network (EDN) is setting a specific focus this year on the importance of reducing the use of plastics and finding more Earthfriendly alternatives (EarthDay.org).

The nonprofit notes that of the approximately 300 million tons of plastic annually produced to make bags, bottles, packages and other commodities worldwide, only about 10 percent is successfully recycled and reused. The rest ends up in landfills or as litter, leaching dangerous chemicals into soil and water, endangering humans and wildlife alike.

EDN asks everyone to pledge to switch to sustainable alternatives, subscribe to its newsletter, spread the word via social media, educate and mobilize citizens to demand action, and donate to support the adoption of a global framework to regulate plastic pollution that will engage individuals, companies and governments worldwide.

Further, EDN is extending people’s ability to take personal responsibility by self-rating and guiding their involvement via practical toolkits. “People can create and follow a plan to reduce their plastic footprint and also share that data to help 4

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others via the Billion Acts of Green online campaign,” says Valeria Merino, vice president of Global Earth Day, adding that participants will be able to create an ongoing record and track their commitments. The initiative is also providing materials, tips on organizing cleanup events and social media tie-ins.

Help Clark County celebrate and forward progress in sustainability efforts by participating in local Earth Day 2018 events.

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Natural Awakenings is your guide to a healthier, more balanced life. In each issue readers find cutting-edge information on natural health, nutrition, fitness, personal growth, green living, creative expression and the products and services that support a healthy lifestyle.

Contents 20 HEALTHY CLIMATE, HEALTHY PEOPLE

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Why a Warming Planet is Harming Our Health

23 PAUL HAWKEN Shares a Plan to Reverse Global Warming

24 CHANGING OUR DIET TO COOL THE CLIMATE Good Food Choices Enable Global Health

26 TOUCHING THE EARTH The Healing Powers of Going Barefoot

28 GARDENING ASANAS

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Yoga Poses to Stay Pain-Free

30 INTO THE WOODS

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Nature Helps Kids Build Skills and Character

28 SOLAR HEATS UP

Demand Surges as Prices Fall

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Homeowners Lite its Eco-Friendly Cost Savings

34 HEALTHY HOUSE Easy Ways to Green It Up

DEPARTMENTS 8 news briefs 9 special events 12 health briefs 16 global briefs 18 action alert 19 eco tip 23 wise words 24 conscious

eating 26 healing ways 28 fit body

16 26 healthy kids 32 green living 38 natural pet 40 calendar 43 classifieds 44 resource guide April 2018

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news briefs

Unique Locally Created Aromatherapy Products

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a’Mi Products LLC, a North Las Vegas company, is offering 15 percent off all aromatherapy sprays available on their website during the month of April. Their entire line of handcrafted semi-precious gemstone jewelry and essential oil-infused body and room sprays, created with love, assist in raising vibrations, balancing chakras and manifesting love, peace and prosperity. “They are a labor of science, natural healing traditions, reiki and a lot of love for keeping your mind, body and spirit in harmony,” says creator and owner Robin Gil. The company takes a comprehensive, holistic approach to aromatherapy sprays in order to provide their customers with relief from common anxieties, insecurities and ailments. They also offer Sage Smudge Spray Kits with incense, ceramics, embroidered bags and other accessories. Their Sage Smudge Mist is a healthy alternative to burning sage.

“Based on a culture of love and harmony, none of our products are tested on animals. Ja’Mi Products are based on a careful study and use of essential oils, vitamins, the principles of aromatherapy and the energetic effects of gemstones to offer you a whole wellness experience,” says Gil. For online purchases, retail locations and wholesale opportunities, visit JaMiProducts.com. For more information, call 702-9858848 or email 102030robin@gmail.com. See ad, page 11.

Planting Our Psychic Seeds

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nn Marie, owner of CC Spiritual Center, is offering a New Moon Workshop from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., April 16, at the optimal time of the new moon to learn about the planets, retrogrades, eclipses and how they impact our lives.

She says, “We are living in such an intense time on this beautiful planet. So many people are looking for answers and want to know what to do next. Let us go back and learn from the ancient indigenous people. Let us begin once again to flow with the cycles of nature.”

The new moon is a time of new beginnings. “Time to check in with our spirit and start our new 29-and-a-half-day journey through the lunation,” notes Marie. “We are also in springtime, the best time to plant our seeds, our projections and intentions for the next six months. What do you want to create and where do you want to be by the fall equinox?”

Cost is $25. Location: 101 S. Rainbow Blvd., Ste. 32, Las Vegas. For more information, call 702-274-2235 or 702-576-1960 or visit HeavenlyGenetics.com.

Learn to Be Emotionally Free

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ictoria Stitzer, NLP, EFT-TFT master practitioner and expert in rapid behavior modification, will facilitate a workshop, Eliminate Cravings and Addictions Under 10 minutes—Permanently, from 3 to 6 p.m., April 22, at Transformations Wellness Center, This information promises to allow attendees to lose weight, fat and inches using the power of the mind. They will learn basic principles of Emotional Freedom Technique and thought field therapy. “By the end of workshop, you will be proficient enough to disconnect your own cravings, addictions, negative behaviors and feelings in under 10 minutes, and much more!” avows Stitzer This power therapy uses the body’s meridian system to facilitate emotional and psychological change. “It is beyond amazing,” says Stitzer. “I have never seen any treatment so extraordinarily powerful, where clients receive immediate relief from their suffering.”

Cost is $35. Location: 8871 W. Flamingo Dr., Ste 102, Las Vegas. For more information, call 702-659-2390, email Victoria@TransformVegas.com or visit TransformVegas.com. See ad, page 25 and in the Community Resource Guide.

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Brain Enhancement for All Ages

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rain Solutions is offering free consultations and enrollment for summer. Kirsten López, MA, founder and executive director or Brain Solutions Inc., of Summerlin, offers brain-based programs that are individualized to improve brain performance across all ages with no medications.

Issues include ADHD, LD, anxiety, language development, dyslexia, ASD, Tourette’s Syndrome, MS, stroke recovery and more. The programs at Brain Solutions generate enduring results for important components such as memory, balance, sensory integration, processing and self-control.

“As our understanding of the human brain grows and medical interventions expand, we all work to educate ourselves on the new developments. Neuroplasticity is one of those areas with growing and exciting applications to bolster functioning in school, work and life in general, says López. “Come learn more about this groundbreaking work and how we can help your family.”

Natural Awakenings readers receive $250 off the Tomatis program in Apr. For more information, call 702-340-2248, email Info@BrainSolutionsInc.com or visit BrainSolutionsInc.com. See ad, page 31 and in Kirsten López, MA the Community Resource Guide.

Green Cleaning Class for Earth Day

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n honor of Earth Day, Melody Bartone-Helmick, of Alternative Pathfinders, a certified clinical master aromatherapist and practicing herbalist, will lead a class, Green Cleaning with Essential Oils, at 1 and 6:30 p.m., April 19. She is also a professional member of the National Association of Holistic Aromatherapy and member of the American Herbalist Guild. Participants will receive 15 recipes for products to clean counters, polish wood, clean floors, keep toilets smelling fresh and clear and create an all-purpose spray to take home.

Bartone-Helmick says, “Every day we are exposed to toxins and chemicals in our environment, and while we may not always be able to control what we are exposed to outdoors, we can take control of what we use in our home. With the use of a few natural ingredients and your favorite essential oils and herbs, you can quickly and easily make green cleaning products that will help you create a safe, toxin-free home.”

Location: 4045 Spencer St.,Ste. B26D, Las Vegas. For more information, call 702-460-4080, email Melody@AlternativePathfinders.com or visit AlternativePathfinders.com/green-cleaning. See ad, page 35 and in the Community Resource Guide.

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Yoga and Meditation Festival Offers Classes and Celebration

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M FEST, the largest yoga and meditation festival in Las Vegas against the backdrop of the Red Rock Mountains, showcasing a variety of yoga styles and methods of meditation on The Lawn at Downtown Summerlin from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., April 28. A portion of the OM FEST ticket sales will be donated to HELP of Southern Nevada.

The festival features yoga classes and workshops throughout the day in ashtanga yoga, hatha yoga, vinyasa yoga, kundalini yoga, pranayama principles and practice, and soul dance movement meditation with live drumming. The night will conclude with a full moon meditation.

Master of Ceremonies Lyndsay Hailey will introduce many renowned instructors and presenters from all over the Las Vegas Valley including, including Festival Director Cosmin Mahadev Singh, Tiaga Priti Kaur, Paul Benedict, Susan and Greg Holmes, Jennifer Knox, Richard Kashanski, Joe Montelbano and Amelia Bruff.

In addition to a Kid’s Zone, more than 30 vendors offer healing techniques, natural products, apparel, jewelry, accessories, home décor, crafts and fine art.

Natural Awakenings Greater Las Vegas is a proud sponsor. For more information, call 702-900-8461, email Contact@) OmYogaFest.com or visit OmYogaFest. com. See ad, back cover.

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Las Vegas Again Hosts Nevada’s Largest Natural Health Solutions Conference

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he seventh annual Health, Healing & Happiness Conference & Expo 2018 will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., June 9 and 10, at Tuscany Suites & Casino. This is the largest event in Nevada focusing on natural solutions for body, mind and spirit. A welcome reception will take place at 6 p.m., June 8.

Participants will learn from thought leaders in nutrition, healthy living, spirituality and personal development; explore and practice many options for physical and emotional healing; and experience laughter and friendship, connected to a like-minded community.

They will meet pioneers in healing with nutrition, overcoming cancer, diabetes and obesity; laughter therapy; emotional and sound healing and personal empowerment, including more than 30 presentations and 70 vendors.

Highlights include renowned conference speakers, inspiring workshops, free lectures and samples, vegan food demonstrations, yoga, meditations, digital gift bags, a comedy show, vegan lunch, buffets and a raffle. Attendees can come just for the expo or enjoy the entire conference, grab an all-access bundle to hear all the amazing speakers or select single session tickets for individual speakers.

Featured presenters include Dr. Gabriel Cousens, M.D., M.D.(H), ND, who will lead the opening ceremony, teach meditation classes and give a conference lecture. He is a holistic physician, author, diabetes researcher, spiritual teacher and founder of the Tree of Life Center. Cousens is the author of seven internationally acclaimed books, including Spiritual Nutrition and Creating Peace by Being Peace. Cousens functions as a holistic physician, psychiatrist, family therapist and cutting-edge researcher on healing diabetes naturally.

Dr. Joel Fuhrman, M.D., is a New York Times bestselling author, expert in nutritional science and creator of the Nutritarian Diet. He specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional methods.

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Dr. Leonard Horowitz, DMD, MPH, MA, is an award-winning filmmaker, as well as author of The Book of 528. He is widely recognized as a prolific and highly credentialed champion of natural medicine at the forefront of shattering the addictive and damaging drug paradigm.

Brenda Cobb, founder of the Living Foods Institute, in Atlanta, overcame breast and cervical cancer without the use of chemotherapy, radiation or surgery by following the simple principles that are taught in her Healthy Lifestyle Programs.

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Conference and workshop tickets are available as all-access bundles ($89 to $385) or single session tickets ($39 to $55). Exhibitor options range from standard (as of $320) and premium with lecture option (as of $480), Sponsorship options range from digital gift bags ($50) to platinum sponsorship ($5,000). Special room rates are available. Location: 255 E. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas. For more information, call 702-9707775, email inamohan@gmail.com or visit Health-Healing-Happiness. com/lasvegas. See ad, page 14.

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health briefs

Whole Grains Help Us Eat Less DeryaDraws /Shutterstock.com

When overweight adults exchange refined grain products such as white bread and pasta for whole-grain equivalents, they tend to feel full sooner, eat less, lose weight and experience a reduction in inflammation, the journal Gut reports. Researchers from Denmark’s National Food Institute and the University of Copenhagen studying 50 adults at risk for Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease found that test volunteers realized these benefits by eating whole grains, and rye in particular.

Ingesting a combination of five herbs while making healthy lifestyle changes significantly reduced symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome in a recent Australian study of 122 women published in Phytotherapy Research.

The herbs were Cinnamomum verum (cinnamon), Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice), Hypericum perforatum (St. John’s wort), Paeonia lactiflora (peony) and Tribulus terrestris (tribulus).

Menstrual cycles returned to normal duration for 55 percent of the women, and significant improvements occurred in body mass index, pregnancy rates, hormones, insulin sensitivity and blood pressure. Subjects also exhibited less depression, anxiety and stress.

High-Fat Diet Risks Multiple Sclerosis Relapse A high-fat diet increases the risk of relapse of multiple sclerosis in children by as much as 56 percent, reports The Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry.

A multi-university study of 219 children also found that each 10 percent increase in saturated fat as a share of total calories tripled the risk of relapse. Inversely, each additional cup of vegetables per week cut the risk of the disease by 50 percent.

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Herbs Ease Polycystic Ovary Symptoms

A Harvard study of 325 women undergoing fertility treatments found that those consuming the most produce high in pesticide residues, such as strawberries, spinach and grapes, were 18 percent less likely to become pregnant and 26 percent less likely to have a live birth compared to women eating the least amount of pesticide-laden produce. Study co-author Dr. Jorge Chavarro suggests that women trying to conceive should eat organic produce or low-pesticide choices like avocados, onions and oranges.

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Conference & Expo for the Mind, Body, and Spirit!

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Less REM-Stage Sleep Linked to Dementia Risk

People that get less rapid eye movement (REM) sleep may have a greater risk of developing dementia, according to a new study published in Neurology. Following 321 people over age 60 for 12 years, Australian researchers found that those that developed dementia spent an average of 17 percent of their sleep time in REM sleep, compared to 20 percent for others. It also took them longer to get to that dream-generating stage.

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Maximum-security prison inmates in Oregon that spent an hour a day for a year watching nature videos were involved in 26 percent fewer violent acts compared with fellow inmates, and reported feeling significantly calmer, less irritable and more empathetic. The University of Utah study, published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, states, “An estimated 5.3 million Americans live or work in nature-deprived venues. Such removal from nature can result in an ‘extinction of experience’ that can further lead to disinterest or disaffection toward natural settings, or even biophobia (fear of the natural environment). People that infrequently or never spend time in nature will be deprived of the numerous physical and emotional benefits that contact with nature affords.”

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Air pollution takes a toll on mental health, University of Washington researchers have concluded. By linking health data for 6,000 people to census tracts, they found that people living in areas with the highest levels of airborne fine particulate matter scored 17 percent higher in measures of psychological distress, including sadness, nervousness and hopelessness.

The higher the level of particulates—emitted by car engines, fireplaces and fossil fuel power plants—the greater the impact.

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Clear Gain

A study published in the journal Science found that forests across Asia, Latin America and Africa release 468 tons of carbon per year, equivalent to nearly 10 percent of the annual U.S. carbon footprint.

Thus, tropical forests may no longer be acting as carbon sinks and could be releasing more carbon than they store.

Lead author Alessandro Baccini, with the Woods Hole Research Center, in Massachusetts, says, “These findings provide the world with a wake-up call on forests. If we’re to keep global temperatures from rising to dangerous levels, we need to drastically reduce emissions and greatly increase forests’ ability to absorb and store carbon.”

Researchers think nearly 70 percent of this loss of carbon storage capacity is caused by small-scale degradation from logging, drought and wildfire. Researchers say that policies to curb deforestation, reduce degradation and restore the integrity of the land could turn forests back into carbon sinks.

Distributed Power Energy Users Control Own Supplies

Some municipalities spend between 20 and 40 percent of their annual budgets on the energy needed to operate wastewater treatment plants. The city of Thousand Oaks, California, has transformed their biggest energy user into an energy generator.

Across the U.S., energy users of all sizes are taking control of their power supply and relieving stress from the grid.

That’s the idea behind distributed energy. Atlantic Re:think and Siemens have partnered to explore this burgeoning energy revolution. View a video at Tinyurl.com/ TheThousandOaksSolution.

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Solar energy is now the cheapest form of new energy in dozens of countries, with record-setting solar farms being built worldwide. Researchers have been investigating ways to make transparent solar panels that resemble glass that could be used as window panels at the same time as converting the light that shines on them into electricity.

“Highly transparent solar cells represent the wave of the future for new solar applications,” explains materials scientist Richard Lunt, Ph.D., from Michigan State University. “We analyzed their potential and show that by harvesting only invisible light, these devices have the potential of generating a similar amount of electricity as rooftop solar while providing additional functionality to enhance the efficiency of buildings, automobiles and mobile electronics.”

As reported in Nature Energy, his team has developed a transparent, luminescent, solar concentrator that looks like clear glass, covered in small, organic molecules adept at capturing only ultraviolet and near-infrared wavelengths of light. The visible light that enables human vision isn’t obstructed, so we can see through the cell. If scaled up to cover the billions of square feet of glass surfaces throughout the U.S., it could potentially supply about 40 percent of our country’s energy needs.

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‘Sink’ Setback

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France Welcomes Beleaguered Climate Researchers

French President Emmanuel Macron awarded 18 climate scientists from the U.S. and elsewhere millions of euros in grants to relocate to his country for the rest of Donald Trump’s presidential term. Macron’s “Make Our Planet Great Again” grants are meant to counter Trump’s intent on the climate change front following his declaration to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord.

One winner, Camille Parmesan, of the University of Texas at Austin, who is working at an experimental ecology station in the Pyrenees charting how human-made climate change is affecting wildlife, says that in the U.S., “You are having to hide what you do.”

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Mobile Trashpresso Turns Trash into Tiles

UK furniture and design company Pentatonic has invented the Trashpresso, a solar-powered, mini-recycling plant that transforms plastic waste into usable architectural tiles. Pentatonic doesn’t use raw goods that create excess waste because they are committed to using materials for their products that incorporate some element of recycling, says co-founder Johann Bodecker.

They want their products to be reusable, too, so they don’t use glues, resins, paints or formaldehydes to create them, a philosophy that influences all company decisions.

The Trashpresso can be used in offthe-grid places where traditional recycling plants would be impractical. It sorts, shreds and compresses trash into plastic fibers to create fully formed tiles. The invention has attracted the attention of companies that want to reduce their own contribution to plastic waste and ocean pollution. Starbucks UK, for example, has commissioned Pentatonic to turn their coffee shop waste into furniture, including bean bag chairs produced from plastic bottles and cups.

Top Polluters

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Just 100 Companies Emit Most Global Emissions

In July 2017, historic new research from environmental nonprofit CDP, in collaboration with the Climate Accountability Institute, revealed in The Carbon Majors Report that 71 percent of all global greenhouse gas emissions since 1988 can be traced to just 100 fossil fuel producers. It’s the first in a series of planned publications to improve transparency and highlight the role companies and their investors could play in tackling climate change.

Offenders ExxonMobil, Shell, BP and Chevron are among the highest-emitting investor-owned companies. If fossil fuels continue to be extracted at the same rate for the next 28 years as they were between 1988 and 2017, global average temperatures would be on course to rise by 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of this century, likely causing catastrophic consequences, including substantial species extinction and global food scarcity risks.

Read the report at Tinyurl.com/ CarbonTop100List.

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U.S. Waste Paper Turned Away

Save Wild Horses Campaign Update

The Trump Administration’s Fiscal Year 2019 budget again calls on Congress to lift long-standing prohibitions on the destruction and slaughter of wild horses and burros. The budget seeks to cut approximately $14 million of the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management Wild Horse and Burro Program by selling as many as 90,000 federally protected American mustangs for slaughter to avoid management costs and supply foreign markets with horsemeat.

So far, citizens have held the line in favor of America’s iconic equine heritage. As Congress discusses appropriations for 2019, we must continue to press our senators and representatives to stand with the 80 percent of Americans that demand protection for these animals.

Make your voice heard today via the online form at Tinyurl.com/ SaveWildHorsesNow.

Waxworm Wonders

Caterpillars Offer Clues to Plastic Cleanup

Waxworms, a type of caterpillar, are vexing to beekeepers because they devour the wax that bees use to build honeycombs. It turns out that they can do the same to plastic. Ongoing worldwide research reveals several types of bacteria found in waxworms that digest some kinds of plastic at rates that vary from weeks to months.

Scientist Federica Bertocchini, at the Spanish National Research Council, mashed up a quantity of the greater wax moth and applied the paste to polyethylene. After half a day, about 13 percent of the plastic had disappeared.

She collaborated with biochemists at the University of Cambridge to analyze this chemical decomposition of the plastic. They discovered that some of the substance is converted into ethylene glycol, a sign that it was genuinely being degraded. The carbon-to-carbon bonds found in polyethylene are also present in the wax that the caterpillars eat.

Susan Selke, director of the Michigan State University School of Packaging, remarks, “The hunt for organisms that can degrade plastics is on. Right now, we don’t have a good solution for dealing with the plastics that are piling up on our planet.”

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Companies that recycle cardboard boxes were overwhelmed after record-breaking holiday shopping online. The U.S. Postal Service estimated it delivered 10 percent more packages in 2017 than the year before. Amazon, the leader in online shopping, said it shipped more than 5 billion items for Prime members in 2017. All of this cardboard is a huge recycling challenge. Americans routinely toss food waste and other garbage into their recycling carts, and China, the country that receives the bulk of these contaminated recyclables, says it has had enough.

China, by far the world’s biggest importer and processor of recyclables, has put the U.S. on notice that it will begin turning away all but the most pristine used plastics and unsorted waste paper by this fall and early next year. The pronouncement has alarmed U.S. government and industry officials, especially on the West Coast, that face the challenge of either cleaning up the vast, never-ending stream of recyclables to meet China’s strict standards or finding other places to dump the messy items—perhaps in landfills.

The uncertainty caused by China’s looming ban is beginning to slow down the entire West Coast system for sorting and shipping off recyclables. In Hong Kong, which ships its waste paper and cardboard to the Chinese mainland, mounds of the materials already are piling up at docks and in cargo ships being kept at sea.

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The 147th annual Arbor Day on April 27 encourages tree planting worldwide to replenish lost tree cover including trees wiped out in the recent fires in California and hurricanes in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico. The Arbor Day Foundation (ADF) is committed to providing 5 million trees in these areas alone. More than 3,400 U.S. communities will participate as an ADF Tree City. Visit Tinyurl.com/USATreeCityDirectory for a current list and criteria for new communities to apply.

The ADF Alliance for Community Trees (ACTrees.org) supports treegrowing programs for 200 nonprofit member groups nationwide via funding, information sharing and forging helpful connections. Trees are much more than aesthetics, says Program Manager Dana Karcher, who most recently welcomed Community Greening, in Delray Beach, Florida, and Outdoor Circle, in Hawaii, into the fold. “Trees clean the air, are a habitat for animals, retain storm water and more.” An affiliated nonprofit program online at NeighborWoodsMonth.org encourages tree planting each October.

Billings, Montana, earned the latest Arbor Day Celebration Award after 12 elementary schools there engaged in environmental education stations and 180 volunteers planted and pruned trees. Other recent biannual award winners included California’s ReLeaf program and the Atlanta Beltline Arboretum.

The need was great even before the world’s forests lost 73.4 million acres of tree cover in 2016, a 51 percent increase over 2015, due to poor forest management, climate change-driven drought and fires, says Global Forest Watch.

Hopeful global signs: The largest-ever tropical reforestation project in the Brazilian Amazon aims to plant 73 million trees in the next six years on 70,000 acres. A New Zealand participation goal for the Billion Trees Planting Programme targets planting 100 million trees annually for a decade. In July 2017, volunteers in Madhya Pradesh, India, planted 66,750,000 tree saplings in 12 hours, exceeding the previous record by Uttar Pradesh of 50 million in 24 hours, as part of India’s reforestation pledge of 2 billion new trees by 2030.

A $10 annual ADF membership fee includes 10, six-inch-tall seedlings to plant or to donate to a national forest. Karcher’s paramount planting tip: “Dig the hole twice as wide and the same depth of the root ball. If it’s too deep, it’ll suffocate. Give roots space to grow.”

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Why a Warming Planet is Harming Our Health

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amantha Ahdoot’s son Isaac was 9 years old when he collapsed from the heat while playing clarinet at band camp. It had been a record-hot summer following a mild winter and early spring, and Dr. Ahdoot, an Alexandria, Virginia, pediatrician, had already noticed a string of unusual cases: A toddler had contracted Lyme disease in the once tick-free region of Northern Maine. A teenager had suffered an asthma attack in February, a full month before she usually started taking allergy medicine. A displaced grade-schooler from out of town arrived traumatized after fleeing a hurricane-ravaged home with her family. But it wasn’t until she saw her son laying on a gurney in the emergency room with an IV in his arm that she fully connected the dots.

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“I was aware that the weather had changed a lot since I was kid. But it really didn’t hit home until that day that climate change could affect my health and the health of my children personally,” recalls Ahdoot. “I realized it would be a betrayal of my duty as a pediatrician to sit back and do nothing about it.”

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Ahdoot, now a vocal climate change activist, is among a growing number of healthcare professionals that have begun to reframe climate change not as a concern for elsewhere or the future, but as a pressing U.S. public

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health issue today. In one recent survey of 1,200 allergists, 48 percent said climate change is already affecting their patients a “great deal” or a “moderate amount.” In another survey of lung specialists, 77 percent said they were seeing patient symptoms grow more severe due to worsening climate-related air quality.

In a sweeping review published last October in The Lancet medical journal, a team of healthcare professionals proclaimed that the human symptoms of climate change are “unequivocal and potentially irreversible,” noting that since 2000, the number of people in the United States exposed to heat waves annually has risen by about 14.5 million, and the number of natural disasters annually has increased 46 percent.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has also begun to weigh in with a Climate-Ready States and Cities Initiative to help local health departments brace for everything from the hazardous air quality associated with more forest fires to the spread of vector-borne diseases like Zika and West Nile as the range and season of mosquitoes and ticks expands.

Meanwhile, groups like the newly formed and expansive Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health, to which Ahdoot belongs, are being proactive. Its doctors are greening their offices, swapping cars for bikes, buses or carpooling, lobbying lawmakers and encouraging their patients to undertake measures to prevent the problem from worsening. In the process, they say, they might even improve their own health.

“We want the public to understand that climate change is not just about polar bears or receding glaciers in the Arctic, but also about our children and our health here and now,” says Ahdoot.

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Flora and Fauna Issues

During the past century, average temperatures have increased between 1.3 and 1.9 degrees Fahrenheit, with annual increases accelerating in recent years as 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2017 all set records for ambient heat. Such rising temperatures, combined with increased rain and record-high atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, can have a significant impact on plants— both those that irritate or nourish us, says Howard Frumkin, a medical doctor who co-authored the Lancet report and teaches environmental and occupational health sciences at the University of Washington, in Seattle.

Wild, allergy-inducing plants like ragweed and poison ivy are flourishing.

Poison ivy is growing faster, larger and more toxic as excess carbon prompts it to produce more of its rash-inducing compound, urushiol. “We are seeing the season for ragweed productivity expanding, with pollen levels rising higher and earlier and lasting longer by several weeks,” advises Frumkin. In 2016, residents of Minneapolis, Minnesota, endured a ragweed season that was 21 days longer than in 1990. Other, desirable crops, like grains, do worse in hotter carbonrich climes, producing less protein and other nutrients, Frumkin notes.

Meanwhile, bugs are thriving, with longer seasons and wider ranges in which to reproduce.

Mosquitoes’ capacity to transmit dengue fever— the world’s fastest-growing mosquitoborne illness—has risen by 11 percent since 1950, more than half of that just since 1990, according to the Lancet report. Further, the tick that carries Lyme disease is now present in 46 percent of U.S. counties, up from 30 percent in 1998. “My physician colleagues used to treat two or three cases a month during tick season,” says Dr. Nitin Damle, a physician at South County Internal Medicine, in Wakefield, Rhode Island.

Five Steps to Take Today

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Swap tailpipes for pedals: Bike or walk instead of driving, especially for distances of less than two miles, which comprise 40 percent of all car trips.

A study in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives found that if everyone did this in just 11 cities in the Midwest, not only would carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fall, but it would extend 1,300 lives and save $8 billion in healthcare costs due to better air quality and less sedentary lifestyles.

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Eat less red meat: Producing

red meat results in five times more climate-warming emissions per calorie than chicken, pork, dairy or eggs, according to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. It also creates 11 times more emissions than the production of potatoes, wheat or rice.

Eating less red meat can also decrease an individual’s risk of certain cancers.

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Encourage hospitals and doctors’ offices to go green:

The healthcare system is responsible

“Now each of us sees 40 to 50 new cases each season.”

Heat Pollution

Rising heat can also aggravate lung conditions because it promotes the production of ozone, a major lung irritant. With prolonged heat often come wildfires. When one burned for three months in North Carolina in a recent summer, researchers discovered that residents of counties affected by the smoke plume showed a 50 percent increase in emergency trips due to respiratory illness.

Like Isaac, more kids are ending up in hospitals due to soaring temperatures, with U.S. emergency room visits for heat illnesses up by 133 percent between 1997 and 2006. Ahdoot recalls a young football player from Arkansas that showed signs of weakness and fatigue during practice, but wasn’t treated right away. He ended

for about 10 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions, according to a recent study by researchers at the Yale School of Medicine, in New Haven, Connecticut. Boston-area hospitals recently slashed their overall emissions by 29 percent in five years.

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Plant more trees: As they grow, trees remove carbon dioxide from the air. Being around green space has also been shown to boost mental and cognitive health.

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Show compassion: Americans,

per capita, emit six times more CO2 than the global average, according to research by Jonathan Patz, a medical doctor who directs the Global Health Institute at the University of WisconsinMadison. In a TED Talk, he observed that U.S. lower-income populations and those in developing countries are often hit hardest by gaseous emissions. “Those most vulnerable to the health impacts of climate change are often the least responsible,” he says. “Doing something about this is a matter of compassion.”

up with heat stroke, kidney failure and pulmonary edema and ultimately required kidney dialysis. “Every summer now, I see the impacts of increasing temperatures and heat waves on kids,” she says.

Climate change can also impact mental health, according to a recent review by the American Psychological Association.

Exposure to natural disasters can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder. Plus, according to research institutions including the University of California, San Diego, and Iowa State University, chronic heat, especially at night, can interfere with sleep and even lead to aggressive behavior.

Then there’s the worry about what to do about it, and whether it will be enough.

“When you talk with people about what is affecting them, climate is definitely one of the things stressing them out,” says Thomas Doherty, Psy.D., a psychologist April 2018

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Mona Sarfaty, a family physician who is now director of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health, attests that 69 percent of Americans are aware that climate change is occurring, and more than half agree that human activities are at least partly to blame. Yet only a third believe it could ever harm them personally. “So much of the early focus was on the receding glaciers and the penguins,” she says.

“People today still think it will affect ‘those other people over there,’ but not them.”

She agrees with the recent focus on imminent health issues, and is encouraged that a growing number of healthcare professionals feel it’s their duty to inform their patients about climate change to mobilize action.

“When you talk about climate change not only in terms of the health impact it has on individuals and families, but also in terms of the real-time benefits of taking action against it, people are a lot more interested in doing something,” says Sarfaty.

For instance, shifting to clean energy sources like wind and solar instead of coal can effect better air quality and easier breathing now. Cycling or walking to work rather than driving can reduce carbon emissions, boost feel-good brain chemicals and keep weight in check. Writing letters to editors or attending rallies to urge lawmakers to pass climate-friendly policies can not only fend off the anxiety and depression that comes with feeling helpless, but also effect real change.

Ahdoot is taking these steps now. She has solar panels on her roof, is assisting the local hospital to reduce its carbon footprint, takes public transportation to work and encourages her kids to walk whenever possible. “I don’t feel powerless at all. I feel empowered and optimistic,” she says. “The more we know, the more we are moved to act. We can all do something small every day to protect our climate.”

Lisa Marshall is a freelance health writer in Boulder, CO. Connect at LisaAnnMarshall.com.

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Paul Hawken Shares a Plan to Reverse Global Warming

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or author Paul Hawken, a leading environmental entrepreneur working with a coalition of research fellows, advisors and expert reviewers, the climate goal is drawdown, or reversing global warming—the point in atmospheric time when the concentration of greenhouse gases peaks and begins to decline on a year-to-year basis. Hawken edited Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming, a compendium of the 100 most substantive solutions that already exist.

Are you optimistic about achieving the goal?

Why is drawdown the goal?

If we don’t name the goal, we are unlikely to achieve it. To date, language like mitigation, stabilization and reduction has been used to address climate change. These goals are not particularly ambitious and will do little to preserve civilization. Those verbs are about slowing the amount of released gases, but do not reverse them. If you are going the wrong way down a road which heads straight over a cliff, slowing down is not a helpful goal. We need to turn around, and that is what drawdown research is all about.

Why and how did you do the research?

We wanted to know if it was game over with respect to global warming, or could we reverse the buildup of greenhouse gases with techniques and practices already underway? We gathered a qualified and diverse group of 70 researchers from around the world to identify, research and model the 100 most substantive existing solutions.

They modeled the impact the solutions will have if they continue to scale in a rigorous, but reasonable way, and what the cost and profits would be. All carbon data was based on peer-reviewed science. Economic data came from respected international institutions like the World Bank. The goal of the

tion is the most powerful lever available for breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty while mitigating emissions by curbing population growth.

Ranked seventh, family planning, particularly in low-income countries, impacts world population. For women to have children by choice rather than chance and to plan their family size and spacing is a matter of autonomy and dignity.

Together, these two solutions would account for significant reduction in greenhouse gases by 2050. The United Nations estimates a difference between the high and median population projections in 2050 of 10.8 billion versus 9.7 billion. The difference is almost entirely determined by availability of family planning.

book was to present the findings and describe the solutions in ways that fascinated and informed, accompanied by images that enlivened and inspired.

What are the top 10 solutions?

The top 10 solutions, in order, are: refrigerant management, wind turbines, reduced food waste, plant-rich diet, tropical forests protection, educating girls, family planning, solar farms, silvopasture—the intentional combination of trees, forage plants and livestock as an integrated, intensively managed system— and rooftop solar. All 100 are listed at Drawdown.org/solutions-summary-by-rank.

Did any of the solutions surprise you?

None of the solutions surprised us, but their rankings did. For example, educating girls, number six, has a dramatic bearing on global warming. Women with more years of education have fewer, healthier, children and actively manage their reproductive health. Educated females realize higher wages and greater upward mobility, contributing to economic growth. Educa-

Drawdown is not about optimism, hope or pessimism. It is a reality project. The science on climate change is amazing, if not stunning. It is the best problem statement humanity has ever created, which I see as a gift, not a curse. Global warming is feedback from the atmosphere. The Earth is a system, and any system that does not incorporate feedback fails. It holds true for our body, ecosystems, social systems and economic systems. The knowledge of global warming and its potential impacts is creating huge breakthroughs in energy, transport, agriculture, housing, urbanization and materials. If it wasn’t for the science of climate change, we would be destroying our planet faster than we already are.

Focusing repeatedly on the problem does not solve the problem. Diagnosis is not prognosis unless we give up. The science of what will happen if we do not act has been here for a long time. What Drawdown points out is that humanity is on the case. The plan we refer to in the book’s subtitle is not our plan; we found a plan being activated by the collective intelligence of humanity. This is a different story than one of gloom and doom.

It is a story of innovation, creativity and generosity—that is who we are.

Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings.

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hree years ago, the New York Times added a new word to the world’s food vocabulary:

Climatarian (n.) A diet whose primary goal is to reverse climate change.

This includes eating locally produced food (to reduce energy spent in transportation), choosing pork and poultry instead of beef and lamb (to limit gas emissions), and using every part of ingredients (apple cores, cheese rinds, etc.) to limit food waste.

Changing our food choices to support this model can have a ripple effect.

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in a 2017 study published in the journal Climatic Change, looked at how diets impact personal health, the healthcare system and climate. They found that adopting a more plant-based diet reduces the relative risk of coronary heart disease, colorectal cancer and Type 2 diabetes by 20 to 40 percent. National annual health care costs could drop from $93 billion to $77 billion. Direct greenhouse gas emissions could annually drop 489 to 1,821 pounds per person.

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gas emissions and carbon footprint—the energy required to cultivate, harvest and transport food—plus processing associated food waste. Here are some top choices.

Foods that Go Easy on Water

Hydroponic greens are hands-down winners. The Shelton Family Farm, near Whittier, North Carolina, weekly produces 10,000 to 12,000 heads of hydroponically grown Bibb lettuce. The controlled environment and carefully engineered nutrient delivery systems maximize all resources.

“It’s an enclosed system that runs 24/7, and it’s highly efficient from a water-usage standpoint because we recycle the water,” says William Shelton Jr., a fourth-generation family farmer.

“The only water that’s actually consumed is what’s taken up and transpired through the plants.” In a moderate climate, energy costs to recycle the water and keep the plants at an even temperature are moderate, as well.

Dry-tilled heirloom tomatoes, okra, melons and quinoa are drought-tolerant and only use available rainfall.

Foods that Go Easy on Greenhouse Gases

Plants beat meat. “Livestock farming produces from 20 to 50 percent of all manmade greenhouse gas emissions,” says nutritionist and climate activist Jane Richards, of GreenEatz, in Mountain View, California. “You can reduce your footprint by a quarter by cutting down on red meats such as beef and lamb.”

An exception is the vegetarian staple of rice. According to researchers at Project Drawdown, a climate solutions organization in Sausalito, California, rice cultivation is responsible for at least 10 percent of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and up to 19 percent of global methane emissions. New farming techniques, like mid-season draining of the rice paddies, could cut methane emissions by at least 35 percent.

Richards notes, “Meat, cheese and eggs have the highest carbon footprint; fruit, vegetables, beans and nuts, much lower.

The carbon footprint of a vegetarian diet is about half that of a meat-lover’s diet.”

Root crops such as carrots, radishes, potatoes and beets have a lower carbon footprint than above-ground plants due to less food waste. A beautiful beet is easier to grow than a bell pepper that blemishes more easily.

Seasonal, regional fruit, vegetables, herbs and honey have a lighter carbon impact because they are transported shorter distances. Usually what grows best in a region and is consumed locally is also best for the climate.

Foods naturally suited to their environment grow and taste better, and are packed with more nutrients, reports Sustainable Table, an educational nonprofit that builds healthy communities through sustainable eating habits (SustainableTable.org).

Hopeful Developments

New agricultural developments can also benefit our climate environment. According to Project Drawdown research, perennial grains and cereals could be pivotal in reaching soil, carbon and energy targets.

The Land Institute, in Salina, Kansas, has been working with the Rodale Institute, in Berks County, Pennsylvania, to develop a perennial wheat that would not have to be planted from seed each year. This would save soil, carbon and both human and machine energy.

Kernza, a new perennial grain proven to prosper in natural grasslands like the Great Plains, is not yet widely distributed.

Maria Speck, author of Simply Ancient Grains, advises, “With up to 15-foot-long roots, it can be harvested for five years and uses less fertilizer than conventional wheat. Kernza tastes almost like a cross between rice and wheat—sweet, grassy, mesmerizing.”

Michael Pollan, author of Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual and creator of the film Food, Inc., suggests we keep it simple: “Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.” Climatarians would add another guideline—eat as locally as possible.

Judith Fertig writes cookbooks plus foodie fiction from Overland Park, KS (JudithFertig.com).

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Grounding, also called Earthing, refers to the discovery of major health benefits from sustained contact with the Earth’s natural and subtle electric charge.

Recent research published in the Journal of Inflammation, Integrative Medicine: A Clinician’s Journal, Neonatology and Health indicates that grounding stabilizes the physiology in many ways, drains the body of inflammation, pain and stress, and generates greater well-being.

Grounding can be as simple as going barefoot in nature, including the backyard, for 30 to 60 minutes once or twice a day on surfaces like grass, soil, gravel, stone and

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sand. If this isn’t practical, special grounding mats and pads are available online for convenient indoor use while sitting or sleeping; people with compromised health often benefit from more time being grounded.

The activity restores a primordial electric connection with the Earth that has been lost with modern lifestyles. We wear shoes with insulating, synthetic soles and live and work elevated above the ground.

These overlooked lifestyle factors may contribute to increasing global rates of chronic illnesses. Grounding revitalizes us, akin to charging a weak battery, because our bodies operate electrically and our movements and thoughts are based on electrical signals. We are bioelectric beings.

Eighteen years of grounding research in a variety of indoor settings, plus grassroots feedback from around the world, clearly show that our bodies operate more effectively when grounded. We sleep better, have less pain, more energy and even look better. Here are some of the documented benefits.

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Reduction of chronic inflammation “Inflammation is intimately linked to most chronic and aging-related diseases,” says Gaétan Chevalier, Ph.D., a visiting scholar at the University of California, San Diego, who has conducted multiple grounding studies. “Grounding seems to be nature’s way to reduce inflammation.”

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Enhanced blood flow Thick, sludgy blood is a common feature of diabetes and cardiovascular disorders. Several grounding studies have demonstrated a significant decrease in blood viscosity and enhanced blood flow. “Grounding represents a potent circulation booster; a simple, yet profound preventive and therapeutic strategy,” says integrative cardiologist Dr. Stephen T. Sinatra, of Manchester, Connecticut, co-author of the book Earthing: The Most Important Health Discovery Ever!

Decreased stress Tracy Latz, a medical doctor and integrative psychiatrist in Mooresville, North Carolina, has found, “Patients with anxiety issues, including post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder and depression, often benefit from grounding.”

Improved vagus nerve function The vagus nerve connects with and regulates key organs, including the lungs, heart and intestines. In one study, doctors at the Penn State Children’s Hospital, in Hershey, Pennsylvania, grounded hospitalized premature infants and documented improved vagal function that could potentially boost resilience and reduce complications. “These babies have a lot of health challenges,” observes Dr. Charles Palmer, former chief of the center’s division of newborn medicine. “It seems that they are more relaxed when grounded.” More research is needed.

Within a few months of grounding both day and night, Monteith’s disease symptoms receded dramatically. Her balance and stability improved when standing and walking. She sleeps more deeply and has more energy. An eye issue for which there is no drug subsided. She says her health continues to improve and she looks forward to living each day.

Troy Baker, a recovery consultant for special populations and chief program officer of the nonprofit Adapt Functional Movement Center, in Carlsbad, California, who has been overseeing Monteith’s exercise training schedule, has observed a reduction in the effects of multiple sclerosis since she started grounding.

“Her body is more fluid, not as stiff. She moves much better, with increased energy and stamina.”

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Martin Zucker, a former Associated Press correspondent, has written about alternative medicine for 40 years and is co-author of the book Earthing.

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he Spiritual path is never easy. But the miracles you will be shown as you advance will be more evident and powerful. This will keep you strong in faith and continuing your journey.

You will be shown just enough of the heavens Sean “Walking Bear” Mah to help you discern the duality you endure in this world. Truth will be seen and evil will not be able to hide. Maintain your rituals. Do your morning prayers and you will feel the Creator in every sunrise. Pray every evening and the moon and stars will embrace you. Pray all day and become a temple of Holy Light. Shine like a fiery sun into the darkness of every body and mind that comes to greet you. This is why you walk this path.

To vanquish the fear and terrors that lie in the dark and also in the spiritual realm. To slay the unseen enemy. To walk the path of the Spiritual Warrior until the hour of death comes and the Creator takes you home.

Recognize when you are being oppressed and be vigilant. You will face forces that seek to discourage you in every way. Our enemy is sneaky and very strategic. Fight back like the Spiritual Warriors and Protectors you are. Use warfare words in prayer and in rites.

New practitioners on the path or in a new location are especially vulnerable. The darkness does like the light too bright.

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Sean “Walking Bear” Mah I love to share spiritual teachings because I want to help build an army of Spiritual Warriors and Practitioners. People who believe in the Creator and the supernatural powers here on Earth. People who feel, despite their imperfections, are good enough to have the power of the heavens behind them. People who have confidence in their prayers and know they are being heard despite the silence and hard lessons. I want to train people who will train their Children and as a result produce a future generation of Spiritual Warriors. I want to see more people who are confident in their ability to battle darkness and the unknown. I want people to understand the entire Earth is alive and full of mysterious spiritual beings. I want people to enjoy their lessons on humility and gratitude. This is why I enjoy my journey on this path of Spirituality. This is why I enjoy teaching, ceremony, healing, and praying for others.

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ardening is good for body and soul, but long hours and repetitive movements can negatively impact even the fittest body. While stiffness and pain patterns might manifest in the lower back, shoulders, legs and hands, performing a few yoga poses can lessen pain, increase flexibility, boost stamina and prevent injury.

“Every action needs a counter action for structural balance to be maintained. Repetitive movements can tighten fascia, restrict movement and compromise nerve impulses,” explains Asheville, North Carolina, yoga teacher and back care specialist Lillah Schwartz, author of Healing Our Backs with Yoga: An Essential Guide to Back Pain Relief. “What goes into spasm tends to remain in spasm,” observes Schwartz, who has helped many people overcome back pain and other chronic structural issues.

Practicing yoga before, during or after spending time outside also promotes mind-body awareness which helps us tune into our body’s natural rhythms and prevent physical problems in the first place. Here are some basics to consider when working in the garden.

Be Aware

Great agility and strong muscles cannot compensate for being in one position too long, over-reaching or fatigue. “Listen to your body’s messages such as, ‘It’s time for a rest,’ or, ‘That’s too heavy,’” recommends Schwartz. Remember to take regular breaks to rest, stretch and drink water.

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4. Standing Scissor Twist (Parivrtta Hasta Padasana) standing close to and bracing against a wall or fence

5. Locust pose (Salabhasana) 6. Squat Pull Spinal Traction (Ardha Malasana in traction)

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“Conscious breathing involves both the body and the mind. Long, slow inhalations and exhalations help us tune into our body,” says Schwartz. “Using long breaths when stretching in the garden can help muscles find relief.”

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n Stop and breathe. Take slow, deep breaths with a pause (inhalation retention) between inhalation and exhalation.

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n Don’t resist the pain or allow self-judgment. n Wait for a release.

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Bringing mindfulness to garden work not only helps prevent injury, but helps make it a more enjoyable experience. Here are a few more tips.

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Strike a Pose

Doing yoga regularly will condition the body, but incorporating asanas, or poses, while gardening can be both a fun and practical way to avoid overstressing certain muscle groups and keep the spine and hamstrings supple. Using props in the garden environment such as fences, a wall or a chair can provide convenient support.

Feel free to perform all poses before or after gardening, and all except numbers one and five in the garden.

n If rising early, begin time in the garden with a Warrior 1 pose while facing east.

1. Downward Facing Dog pose (Adho Mukha Svanasana) with

n Stop to drink some water and take pleasure in the garden’s beauty and bounty.

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2. Warrior 1 pose (Virabhadrasana I) 3. Straddle Forward Fold pose (Prasarita Padottanasana)

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

n Be mindful of feeling the breeze when it brushes the skin and pause to breathe deeply. n Notice the music of the birds or other pleasing sounds in the surrounding environment.

Marlaina Donato is a freelance writer, author and multimedia artist. Connect at MarlainaDonato.com.

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INTO THE WOODS Nature Helps Kids Build Skills and Character

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movement is afoot to get kids grounded in nature. Wilderness awareness programs, also known as primitive skills or Earth-based education, teach life-changing survival skills that build courage, compassion and camaraderie.

“We help youth experience a true aliveness in nature. Kids gain knowledge of the outdoors and increase awareness, confidence and self-reliance, while having fun, positive experiences,” says Dave Scott, founder of the Earth Native Wilderness School (EarthNativeSchool.com), in Bastrop, Texas. They often go on to enthusiastically share what they’ve learned about natural flora and fauna with their families.

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Youth engaged with organizations like this one enjoy gaining nature-oriented survival skills, such as making bows, baskets, shelters and fire. “By making a bow out of a particular type of tree, children discover what type of habitat the tree prefers and how to harvest it sustainably. Indigenous skills like animal tracking also help them 30

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“When you learn to trust rather than fear nature, you’re more likely to take care of it,” adds Rick Berry, founder of 4 Elements Earth Education (4eee.org), a Nevada City, California, nonprofit that helps kids and adults connect with planet Earth via immersion in nature. Leaving room for spontaneity and improvisation is important.

While infusing indigenous knowledge into their curriculum, wilderness programs emphasize universal principles such as deep understanding of local environments and life’s interconnectedness.

“Fire making is for everybody. Shelter making is for everybody. We are all caretakers of the land,” says Berry.

Physical and other challenges, such as walking blindfolded through the woods, heighten sensory perception while building confidence. “The landscape is a great teacher with its uneven ground and obstacles, posing an opportunity to learn agility, practice balance and ultimately, expand awareness,” says Simon Abramson, associ-

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Nature-immersion programs like Wild Earth’s further help kids sharpen their observation skills through activities like learning to identify birdsongs and trees. During a popular activity called “sit spot”, children learn to sit quietly, listen and observe from a specific location they may revisit over the course of a day or year to witness nature’s varied beauty.

Another time, they may try “foxwalking”, creeping silently and slowly, or test their “owl vision”, using peripheral vision. For younger kids, instructors may incorporate such skills into a game like “coyote or rabbit,” where by staying still, they can avoid detection by a predator.

Kids learn to listen both to nature and their own inner voice, which can be challenging in the midst of dominating peers and authority figures. “We build on the tradition of vision quest, in taking time to get quiet in nature and hear what the heart is saying,” says Berry.

Activities may be patterned after natural cycles of the seasons, the four directions and diurnal rhythms. On a bright morning, emphasis is on high-energy, outward-facing activities; day’s end brings a pause to reflect, glean and share what participants have made and learned.

Lasting Life Lessons

Mother Nature’s lessons can be hardearned, but the outdoor trials that kids experience are often their most honored and memorable moments. Whether youths try out a wilderness program for a season or stay on for years, Earth-based learning can have an enduring impact.

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They help foster healthy relationships not only with the Earth, but with other people, according to Samuel Bowman, a program coordinator with the Wilderness Awareness School (WildernessAwareness.org), in Duvall, Washington. Teamdriven activities like building a communal shelter can help kids learn how to work through conflict, listen to others and appreciate differences.

“The kids that have come through our programs prove to be creative problem-solvers prepared to handle just about anything.

They have focus and commitment, and tend to be service oriented,” observes Abramson, noting that 60 percent of their instructors are alumni.

“Thinking back on kids we’ve worked with, you can often see their wilderness journey reflected in their paths as adults, how they are making choices with their heart and pursuing their passions,” concludes Berry.

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Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature (CoyotesGuide. com) is an inspirational publication for teachers, mentors and parents based on ancient worldwide cultural wisdom, including mythic animal stories, nature-based ceremonies and survival tools.

The Tracker School (TrackerSchool.com), founded by wilderness expert Tom Brown in 1978, offers 75 classes on wilderness survival skills and a list of tracker clubs and affiliates across North America and beyond. Tom Brown’s Field Guide to Nature and Survival for Children is another respected resource.

Children & Nature Network (ChildrenAndNature.org) connects children, families and communities with nature through evidence-based resources and tools, broad-based collaboration and grassroots leadership.

This international initiative was co-founded by Richard Louv, renowned author of Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder.

Earth Skills Alliance (EarthSkillsAlliance.com) is a collective of youth program leaders dedicated to Earth skills instruction. Its annual conference and other platforms share best practices and experiences.

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SOLAR HEATS UP Demand Surges as Prices Fall

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hour year-round compared to the average electric price of 10.34 cents per kilowatt hour tracked in March 2017.”

New solar panel designs coming online mean even greater savings. Panels with built-in micro-inverters are cutting home installation costs for large central units (although their longterm, all-weather durability isn’t clear yet). A breakthrough at Japan’s Kobe University means single solar cells could achieve 50 percent efficiency, up from the 30 percent formerly accepted as the upper limit.

Ugly panel frames may also be a thing of the past. More aesthetically pleasing frameless panels are expected this year from big players like SolarWorld, Canadian Solar and Trina Solar, with adapted mounting hardware. Producers like Prism Solar and DSM Advanced Surfaces are also working on frameless clear panels, with cells bound between panes of glass. These attractive clear panels are highly resistant to fire and corrosion.

Tesla, which recently acquired SolarCity, is marketing tempered glass photovoltaic shingles that integrate with tile roofing materials to make the installation nearly undetectable. Tesla claims they’re three times as strong as standard roof shingles and guarantees them for the life of the house.

Solar Works for Many Now

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ow is a good time to buy a solar system and get off the grid. Solar photovoltaic prices have fallen 67 percent in the last five years, reports Alexandra Hobson with the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).

It’s a boom period for solar—a record 14.8 gigawatts were installed last year in the U.S. Solar represented 39 percent of all new electric capacity added to the grid in 2016, surpassing natural gas (29 percent) and wind (26 percent). In the first quarter of this year, solar and wind together comprised more than half of all new U.S. power generation.

The Solar Investment Tax Credit was extended for five years at the end of 2015, so homeowners and businesses can qualify to deduct 30 percent of the installed cost from their federal taxes.

Also, there’s no upper limit on the prices for the qualifying panels.

There are 1.3 million solar systems in the U.S. now, with a new one added every 84 seconds. Some 260,000 people currently work in the industry, double the figure of 2012. California is the leader in installed capacity, followed by North Carolina, Arizona, Nevada, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Utah.

Technical Breakthroughs

In 2016, the average residential solar system produced seven kilowatts, at an average installed cost of $3.06 per watt, according to Hobson. A system costing just over $21,000 before taking the income tax credit yields a final net cost of $15,000. “It’s a perfect marriage for residential customers,” says Bill Ellard, an energy economist with the American Solar Energy Society (ASES). “The systems will produce electricity for about five cents per kilowatt32

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For an average household electric load of 600 kilowatt-hours per month, for example, a daily dose of five hours of direct sunlight and four-kilowatt system will likely meet demand. For households with higher usage, especially in the South and West, bigger installations are the norm. “Solar system sizes have been growing fairly steadily as the price has come down,” Hobson notes.

Thanks to Google Earth, solar installers usually know if a property has the right conditions; avoiding the fee for an onsite inspection. Houses with a southern orientation within 40 degrees of direct southern exposure are golden. Those with flat roofs work well because the panels can be tilted for maximum effect.

Adjustable panels can also be adapted to the best angle per season.

Panels can’t be in shade for a significant part of the day.

Rooftop installers can work around vent pipes, skylights and chimneys. If major obstructions are a problem, ASES suggests a ground-mounted array or solar pergola, a freestanding wooden frame to mount panels.

Solar systems heat swimming pools, too, offering huge operational savings over conventional heaters. They start at around $3,500 and average $5,500, compared to an average $2,664 for a fossil-fuel heater, reports HomeAdvisor.com.

Determine if a state has net metering laws, which make it easy to sell excess power from a whole-home system back to the grid. Check for local tax subsidies on top of the federal 30 percent.

The beauty of solar is that once the system is in place, operating costs are negligible. The lifespan of today’s panels is two decades and the payback is just two to three years.

Jim Motavalli is an author, freelance journalist and speaker specializing in clean automotive and other environmental topics. He lives in Fairfield, CT. Connect at JimMotavalli.com.

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The systems work by moving water through plastic pipes sunk into the ground, and using a heat exchanger to warm or cool refrigerant that then circulates throughout the house. Operating like a conventional heat pump, it needs less than half as much energy—just one kilowatt-hour of electricity—to produce 12,000 BTU (British thermal units, a standard energy measure). Its efficiency is double that of the best air conditioner and 50 percent superior to the best natural gas furnace, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. Planet-friendly geothermal energy emits no pollution and reduces the need for fossil fuels.

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Pumped Up About Geothermal

Homeowners Like its Eco-Friendly Cost Savings

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t’s an uncertain time for home-based geothermal heating and cooling, which has been increasing for years. The good news is that the cost of the technology is down and its efficiency is up. Yet a helpful 30 percent federal income tax credit inaugurated in 2009 disappeared in 2017 and may not get renewed anytime soon, even though H.R. 1090, a bill aimed at restoring the credit, has had strong support in Congress, led by New York Republican Congressman Tom Reed.

While ideal spots for tapping into Earth’s energy are where tectonic plates meet and move, such as along the U.S. West Coast and in Alaska, it’s a misperception that it’s only possible in corresponding states. Anyone in the U.S. can use a geothermal heat pump, which works by accessing the constant 50-degree temperature just below the Earth’s surface.

Iceland is equipped to get 50 percent of its energy from geothermal. Other countries now accessing it for at least 15 percent of their energy include Costa Rica, El Salvador, Kenya and the Philippines.

While they can cost $20,000 to $25,000 for an average-sized home, the systems are long-lasting; most provide a 10-year or longer warranty, based on having few moving parts that may break.

The above-ground compressor and pump have a 20-year life expectancy and the expensive underground piping system should last a lifetime, says Brian Clark Howard, a National Geographic editor and co-author of Geothermal HVAC [heating, ventilation and air conditioning]. “Once the wells are dug and the loops are in, you’ll probably never have to revisit them.”

According to Ryan Dougherty, chief operating officer of the Geothermal Exchange Organization, which represents manufacturers and installers, a typical home system costs approximately $24,000 installed, including the ground heat exchanger and all necessary ductwork.

Renewable energy often makes sense without subsidies.

Dougherty still sees geothermal as a good deal for homeowners, with a payback period of seven to 10 years.

Dale Binkley of Landenberg, Pennsylvania, installed his home’s geothermal heat pump in 2006, before the 30 percent federal tax credit took effect. His out-of-pocket cost was $23,522, with a small federal credit and modest rebate from the local utility.

Binkley is pleased. “The system is easy to maintain, cost efficient, and works well. It heats and cools better than I thought it would,” he says. Binkley saved $1,000 on his heating and cooling bill the first year, a savings he continues to enjoy every year.

Added Benefits

“You’ll gain outstanding temperature and humidity control, plus a better running, more-efficient HVAC system,” Howard says.

“Installing geothermal will also increase property values.” Institutional customers reap comparable benefits. As a tax-exempt entity, the Cozy Green Library, in Darien, Connecticut, uses geothermal heating and cooling, along with energy-efficient computers, LED light bulbs and storm water biofiltration,

Carefully evaluating options allows homeowners and commercial landlords to make an informed decision about tapping into Earth’s free energy.

Jim Motavalli, of Fairfield, CT, is an author, freelance journalist and speaker specializing in clean automotive and other environmental topics. Connect at JimMotavalli.com.

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In the Kitchen

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Defrosting trays have been available for a while, and although they aren’t a miracle solution, they are eco-friendly and easy to clean; thawing most meats, seafood and vegetables usually takes just 30 to 60 minutes. It’s one way to avoid using the microwave.

Most cutting boards of sustainable bamboo or cork originate in China, creating a big carbon footprint. Glass boards are breakable and hard on knives. Consider planet-friendly boards made of recycled cardboard and food-grade plastic combined with flax husks.

A countertop convection oven set about 25 degrees lower circulates heated air to cook food 25 to 30 percent faster and more evenly than a conventional oven; it uses less energy and has fewer emissions.

Foods come out crispier, which also makes for great veggie chips. A conventional oven is still best for soufflés, breads or cakes that rise as they bake.

Replace chemical-coated nonstick pans, disposable parchment paper and aluminum foil with reusable, eco-friendly, U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved silicone mats. They are easy to clean, affordable and available in many sizes and shapes.

Run the dishwasher when full and at night. Off-peak hours won’t cut the electric bill, but are more efficient for the power

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plant, reducing its energy footprint.

Skip the garbage disposal to save water and energy. Use food waste for plantnurturing compost. Plastics numbered 1, 3, 6 or 7 are prone to leaching into food or drinks. Recycle or repurpose those already on hand to store craft items, small toys or office supplies.

On the Floor Keep floors clean and healthy by leaving shoes at the door. They track in dirt, pesticides, chemicals, pet waste and leaked fluids from vehicles. Slippers or socks with a grip sole keep feet warm and prevent falls.

Bamboo flooring is sustainable and eco-friendly, but is also shipped from China. Using local products reduces shipping costs, supports American businesses and can give the home a unique design.

“Logs salvaged from the bottom of the Penobscot River turn into flooring, ceilings and accent walls,” advises Tom Shafer, coowner of Maine Heritage Timber, in Millinocket. “The cold temperature preserves the wood and gives it a natural patina. It’s now available in peel-and-stick, affordable planks called timberchic. Planks have an eco-friendly, UV-cured finish.”

In the Bathroom

Instead of air freshener sprays, hang petand child-safe plants.

Use fast-drying towels up to four times before washing. Hand towels see more frequent use, so change every other day. Longer wear makeup stays longer on a washcloth; to prevent reintroducing germs to the face, use a facecloth only once.

All-natural cleaning products are easy to find or make. For some tips, see Tinyurl. com/LovelyEcoLoo.

To find hakuna matata, you must look beyond what you see. – Rafiki

In the Bedroom

From sheets and bedding to a fluffy robe, choose eco-friendly organic cotton in white, or colored with environmentally safe, nonmetallic dyes.

Blue light from a smartphone, computer, tablet or TV can foster sleeplessness.

“I keep all devices out of my bedroom and block all unnatural light,” says Leslie Fischer, an eco-minded mom and entrepreneur in Chicago, who reviews mattresses for adults and babies at SustainableSlumber. com. “I sleep on a fantastic mattress that won’t fill my room with pollution.”

A good pillow is a necessity. Citrus Sleep rates the Top Ten Eco Options at Tinyurl.com/NaturalPillowPicks.

Mattresses should be replaced every eight years. In the U.S., an average of 50,000 end up in landfills each day. California law requires manufacturers to create a statewide recycling program for mattresses and box springs. An $11 recycling fee, collected upon each sale, funds the Bye Bye Mattress program. Connecticut and Rhode Island also recycle them. “An alternative is extending mattress use with a topper,” says Omar Alchaboun, founder of topper-maker Kloudes, in Los Angeles.

What and Where to Recycle Find out where and what to recycle at Earth911.com. Enter the item and a zip code or call 1-800-cleanup.

Going green is money-saving, environmentally wise and coming of age, which makes eco-friendly products easier to access. Earth Day is a perfect time to make simple changes that can have long-lasting and far-reaching results.

Connect with the freelance writer via AveryMack@mindspring.com.

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rocery bags, bottles, cups and straws Expanding Footprint comprise much of the 9.1 billion Lacking space, technology and equipment tons of plastic manufactured worldto transform waste into reusable materiwide in the past 65 years. Once discarded, als, U.S. municipalities typically ship it to 79 percent resides in landfills and litters the a sorter for processing elsewhere; often environment, with more created daily. to China, where new regulations restrict

Annually, the equivalent of five grocery what’s accepted, leaving trash haulers bags of trash for every foot of coastline scrambling. Although recyclable, these are worldwide enters the oceans, killing 100,000 the worst plastics: marine animals. A 2016 World Economic

#3, Polyvinyl chloride, used in plastic Forum report says that by 2050, the world’s wrap, toys, squeeze bottles and packaging seas could contain more plastic than fish. for peanut butter, contains lead and phthal At the 2017 Our Ocean Conference, ate esters (chemical compounds) that affect the Ocean Conservancy and its partners development of testosterone, according to announced a $150 million preventive plan. a study by the National Institute of Child “This is a major breakthrough for trash-free Health and Human Development. seas,” says Susan Ruffo, the conservancy’s

#6, Polystyrene, in Styrofoam, plastic managing director of international initiautensils and disposable or carryout contives. “Our research found improved waste tainers, is toxic to our brain and nervous management in Southeast Asian countries system; ask what restaurants use.

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#7, Polycarbonate, found in the linand China] can halve plastic going in the ing of canned foods, sports drinks, juice ocean by 2025.” drinks, ketchup bottles and clear sippy

When the United Nations launched cups, contains bisphenol A (BPA), a proven the Clean Seas campaign in 2017, Indonesia endocrine disruptor. pledged $1 billion to reduce plastic waste by 70 percent within eight years through educaSmall Changes tion, taxes on plastic bags and investing in Make a Difference alternative products. Increased awareness is Recycling weakens plastic grocery bags, crucial to buy and discard less, create alternanecessitating double-bagging to avoid spills. tives and recycle more to support the planet’s Average families annually accumulate about overall health.

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1,500 plastic bags, with 99 percent ending in landfills, as litter or stuffed in the pantry, according to the Center for Biological Diversity. Worldwide, many countries ban or tax bags.

“Annually, 50 billion water bottles are sold globally, including 30 billion in the U.S. That’s 1,500 individual water bottles thrown away per second,” says Deanna Latson, co-founder of ARIIX, which makes water purification systems, in Bountiful, Utah. “One filter can purify the equivalent of thousands of them a year.” The U.S. annual bottle recycling rate is 23 percent.

Beth Terry, of Oakland, California, author of Plastic-Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too, offers 100 tips at MyPlasticFreeLife.com, including this planet-saving advice: 4 Opt for bar soap instead of liquid, soap nuts in lieu of plastic-packaged powders, and baking soda and lemon or vinegar rather than sprays to clean.

4 Ask the butcher to wrap meat in paper, forgoing trays and plastic wrap.

4 Buy fruit and vegetables at farmers’ markets; return containers for reuse.

4 Turn out-of-fashion garments into cleaning rags; skip plastic scrubbers.

4 Carry reusable water bottles and cloth shopping bags.

4 Avoid over-packaged frozen foods.

4 Use glass jars for leftovers and storage.

4 Buy kitty litter packaged in paper.

4 Choose stainless steel pet food and water bowls.

As a substitute, glass is endlessly recyclable, but facilities are few. Find resource centers at gpi.org/glass-resource-locator.

“Plastic innovations stop at invention and don’t follow through to end-of-life solutions,” says Tom Szaky, CEO and founder of TerraCycle, in Trenton, New Jersey. It accepts both basic and difficult-to-recycle waste including pens, laboratory waste, cigarette butts, art supplies, small auto parts, bathroom cleaning waste, toys, candy wrappers and coffee pods (TerraCycle.com).

Contact Influencers

Tell companies when products have excessive or harmful packaging. In Delray Beach, Florida, Saltwater Brewery created biodegradable, safely edible wheat and barley six-pack rings to replace traditional plastic rings that are hazardous to wildlife.

Restaurants routinely provide fresh plastic straws with refills.

BYOS (bring your own straw), whether plastic, stainless steel or paper, and let management know why. Americans daily discard 500 million plastic straws (StrawlessOcean.org/alternatives).

“Consumers are willing to change if options are available,” observes Szaky. “Manufacturers need to offer high-quality, reusable products designed for reuse equal or superior in value to single-use, disposable items.”

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While studying Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) in the Sabangau peat swamp forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, primatologist Helen MorroghBernard, Ph.D., of the University of Exeter, UK, observed an orangutan chew the leaves of a plant that were not part of its usual diet until it formed a lather. The orangutan spit out the leaves and used the lather much like humans apply a topical pain reliever.

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“It’s amazing how much we’ve learned, but forgotten,” says Ira Pastor, CEO at Bioquark Inc., in Philadelphia, a life sciences company developing biologic products to regenerate and repair human organs and tissues. “We live with other organisms which from a health and wellness perspective are much further advanced than humans. No other species tries to cure with any single solution. Nature employs multiple options. We’re not appropriately imitating nature yet. We need to do more.”

Cindy Engel, Ph.D., of Suffolk, England, author of Wild Health: Lessons in Natural Wellness from the Animal Kingdom, says, “Animals rely on plants to provide them with the essentials of life, making their health intimately dependent on plant chemistry to provide everything they need to grow, repair damage and reproduce.”

She continues, “Wild animals carry diseases that affect livestock and humans. It’s sensible to explore why they’re successful in fending off the worst effects in order to find ways to improve our own health, instead of just trying to eradicate the disease. We can learn from behavioral self-help strategies animals employ.”

Accomplishing this is more difficult than ever, she believes, because today’s severely shrinking habitat makes it hard to find truly wild animals and plants.

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Western medicine has strayed from what nature offers to keep us healthy. Now is the time to take care of both the planet and all living beings on it. “We’ve discarded thousands of years of evidence,” says Pastor. “We cannot destroy the bounty of possibilities.”

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SUNDAY, APRIL 1 Happy Easter!

Easter Sunday Celebration – 9am and 11am.

Celebrate the Good News of the resurrection of the spiritually awakened divine human that each of us has come here to be - a new human living in harmony with God, others and all life. Love donation. Unity of Las Vegas, 222 S Rainbow Blvd, 215, LV. 702-382-8688. unitylasvegas.org

THURSDAY, APRIL 5 Usui/Holy Fire II Reiki I & II Certification – 9am-5pm. Two day. Reiki originates from Japanese healing teachers. Reiki healing energy is powerful yet very gentle so that it can be used for anyone in any situation. Learn Reiki from an experienced and Licensed Teacher. $410. Reiki Healing Arts at Illumine Wellness, 9224 Pitcher Wedge Dr, LV. 801-633-3545. reiki-healing-arts.com Demystifying the Pendulum – 6:30pm. What is a Pendulum? How do they work? Does it really move by itself? How do I clean them? Get answers to these questions and more. (Pendulums available to use while learning.) $10 energy exchange.

Alternative Pathfinders 4045 Spencer St B26D, LV. 702-460-4080. alternativepathfinders.com

FRIDAY, APRIL 6 Gong Meditation – 6:30-7:30pm. Based on ancient wisdom the gong vibrates, at the same frequency as the body, allowing the body to heal itself. Enter a deep relaxation and connect to innate healing power. $20. Eclectic Reikiology and Metaphysical Center, 2760 Lake Sahara Dr, 106, LV. 702-463-4782. eclecticreikiology.com

SATURDAY, APRIL 7 Aura Camera and Faerie Guide Connection Event – 2pm. With Renee Penley & Leeza Robertson. In these aura camera classes, we focus on connecting you to your personal faerie guide.

This will be the guide with whom you develop a soul connection while seeing the effects through your aura photo. $75. Enchanted Forest Reiki, 2280 South Jones Blvd, LV. 702-948-4999. enchantedforestreiki.com

TUESDAY, APRIL 10 Have U Lived Before? Past Lives Seminar in Salt Room – 6:30-8pm. Exploration into past lives, deja vu’s, prophetic dreams, astral travel and near death experiences with Victoria Stitzer, expert in Rapid Behavior Modification, Master of NLP, Reiki Master. Cost of attendance will be applied towards private session. $25. 10624 S. Eastern Ave, G, HD. 702-243-7258. saltroomhenderson.com

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“Spirit Essence”: A Shamanic Guided Journey – 3:30pm. With Ray Veach. In this class experience a shamanic journey designed to help connect to core soul energy. $20. Enchanted Forest Reiki, 2280 South Jones Blvd, LV. 702-948-4999. enchantedforestreiki.com

Usui Holy Fire II ART Master Certification – 9am-5pm. Three day. This class will give the tools to teach Reiki to others. This class also helps those who want to have a better understanding of Reiki and provides additional tools in their healing work. $1025. Reiki Healing Arts at Illumine Wellness, 9224 Pitcher Wedge Dr, LV. 801-633-3545. reikihealing-arts.com

Essential Oils for Every Day Life – 6:30pm.

An Aromatherapy basics class where we will explore these wonderful gifts of nature no matter what brand you use. History, dilutions, carriers, precautions, applications and more. Create your own inhaler and take it with you. $20. Alternative Pathfinders 4045 Spencer St B26D, LV. 702-4604080. alternativepathfinders.com

FRIDAY, APRIL 13 Usui Reiki III/& Master Teacher Plus Holy Fire 3-DAY Certification Class – 9am-5pm. Three day. In this class you will receive the advanced Reiki attunement and Master Ignitions, the Master Symbol, how to work with the energy matrix of a crystal grid, aura clearing and more. $875.

Enchanted Forest Reiki Center, 2280 S Jones Blvd, LV. 702-948-4999. enchantedforestreiki.com

SATURDAY, APRIL 14 Reiki I Degree Certification Training – 10am4:30pm. Two day. Are you ready to change life forever? Receive Sacred Initiation and connect to Source. Eliminate many medical bills. Ground & Protect from negative energies. Administer powerful treatments to self, others, animals, plants. $195. Senior-Student-Family Discounts available. 7263 Vireo Drive, LV.702-659-2390. transformvegas.com Usui/Holy Fire Master/Teacher Certification – 10am-6pm. 3 day. Learn to use crystals with Reiki, master symbolism and Holy Fire symbol,pre-ignition and ignitions, the attunement process, hands-on practice and how to develop a Reiki practice. Receive the Reiki master attunement and manual. $875. $825/paid in full by 3/20. Eclectic Reikiology and Metaphysical Center, 2760 Lake Sahara Dr, 106, LV. 702-4634782. eclecticreikiology.com Carriers vs Essential Oils – 1pm. Learn the difference between a carrier oil and essential oil and why they are important. Each month we discuss three and what they bring to the blend.

Create your own infusion to take home. $25.

Alternative Pathfinders 4045 Spencer St B26D, LV. 702-460-4080. alternativepathfinders.com

MONDAY, APRIL 16 New Moon Blessing Ceremony – 6:30pm.

The New Moon energy is about new beginnings and setting intentions. Tap into the energies of Grandmother Moon and offer up your intentions for what you would like to manifest in your life. $10 energy exchange. Alternative Pathfinders 4045 Spencer St B26D, LV. 702-460-4080. alternativepathfinders.com

THURSDAY, APRIL 19 Green Cleaning with Essential Oils – 1pm and 6:30pm. Learn how to make green cleaning products to create a safe, toxin free home with your favorite essential oils. Protect yourself, family and the environment. Make your own All-Purpose spray to take with you. $25.

Alternative Pathfinders 4045 Spencer St B26D, LV. 702-460-4080. alternativepathfinders.com

THURSDAY, APRIL 20 Master Sound Healers Training – 6-9pm. SatSun 9am-6pm. Mon. 6-9pm. 4 day. Facilitated

by Internationally acclaimed Jay Schwed. A progressive and innovative journey to transform your life and community with sound healing techniques. Awaken and ignitie the fire within Student financing available: 928-241-0311. $550. Eclectic Reikiology and Metaphysical Center, 2760 Lake Sahara Dr, 106, LV. 702-4634782. eclecticreikiology.com Metaphysical Movie Night – 6:30pm. A movie or documentary meant to expand our awareness, make us question our beliefs and/or stimulate our thoughts. Well end with discussion if time allows. **Space limited so please RSVP. For Earth Day - Avatar. Free. Snacks available for small fee.

Alternative Pathfinders 4045 Spencer St B26D, LV. 702-460-4080 alternativepathfinders.com Treatment and Meditation, Spiritual Practices for Daily Living – 6:30-8:30pm. 10-week class.

This course focuses on the student developing lifetime habits of meditation and Spiritual Mind Treatment (affirmative prayer). Text: “Journey of Awakening”, Ram Dass; “Can We Talk To God?”, Ernest Holmes. Prerequisite: New Foundations of SOM. $210. $120. 702-485-5050. cslsn.org

SATURDAY, APRIL 21 Usui Reiki II Plus Holy Fire Certification Class – 9am-5pm. Learn Reiki II Second Degree to heal unwanted habits and the past. Receive a Reiki II attunement. Learn three Reiki symbols, distant healing, Gyoshi ho, Reji-ho, Byosen scanning, chakra balancing with stones and Holy Fire Reiki. $200. Enchanted Forest Reiki Center, 2280 S Jones Blvd, LV. 702-948-4999. enchantedforestreiki.com

SUNDAY, APRIL 22 Happy Earth Day! Create Your Best Self with FasterEFT – 10am12pm. Hands-on workshop where you’ll put FasterEFT into practice to reduce stress and physical pain, change thought and behavior patterns that don’t work anymore. Live a life by design instead of by default. $5 love donation.

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EFT for Weight Loss, Cravings & Addictions – 3-6pm. Learn basic principles of Emotional Freedom Technique, as well as TFT. In 3 hours, be proficient enough to “disconnect” cravings, addictions, negative behaviors, feelings and be motivated to exercise and/or take action. $35.

Transformations, 8871 W Flamingo Rd, 102, LV. 702-659-2390. transformvegas.com

Treatment and Meditation, Spiritual Practices for Daily Living – 6:30-8:30pm. 10-week class.

This course focuses on the student developing lifetime habits of meditation and Spiritual Mind Treatment (affirmative prayer). Text: “Journey of Awakening”, Ram Dass; “Can We Talk To God?”, Ernest Holmes. Prerequisite: New Foundations of SOM. $210. $120. 702-485-5050. cslsn.org

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Usui Reiki I Plus Holy Fire Certification Class – 6:30-9:30pm. Two days. Receive a Reiki I attunement. Learn how to smudge, Reiki principals, Reiki lineage, Gassho meditation, chakra balancing, hand position, practice and discussion time. The Holy Fire Reiki is an additional form of powerful, yet gentle Reiki. $150. Enchanted Forest Reiki Center, 2280 S Jones Blvd, LV. 702-9484999. enchantedforestreiki.com

Master Sound Healers Graduation Performance – 7-8:30pm. All are welcome. The newest group of Master Sound Healers, at the culmination of their 4-day training, will perform.

Witness a unique, magical journey of sound and healing. Crystal singing bowls, crystal singing pyramids, dolphin spirit bowls, French chimes. $15. Eclectic Reikiology and Metaphysical Center, 2760 Lake Sahara Dr, 106, LV. 702-4634782. eclecticreikiology.com

TUESDAY, APRIL 24 Karuna Reiki Drumming Circle and Chants – 2:30-4:30pm. Holy Fire Karuna Master Teacher Debbie Veach & Ray Veach. Reiki is an incredible energy modality used to heal body and mind.

Combine it’s fabulous energy by flowing it through the beat of a drum for deep healing, , stress reduction and incredible empowerment. $5. Forest Reiki, 2280 South Jones Blvd, LV. 702-948-4999. enchantedforestreiki.com Metaphysical Bible – 6-8:30pm. 8-week class.

This course looks at the metaphysical meanings of Bible parables and familiar stories. Texts: The Bible (King James Version); “Metaphysical Bible Dictionary”, Charles Fillmore, “The Science of Mind” (1938), Ernest Holmes; and two other texts. $220. 702-485-5050. cslsn.org Psychic Fitness – 6:30-8pm. Sun, Apr. 29.

5-6:30pm. 2 day. Build upon the psychic muscle with fun and creative exercises to strengthen all psychic gifts and learn to tap into higher frequencies. $17/class. Eclectic Reikiology and Metaphysical Center, 2760 Lake Sahara Dr, 106, LV. 702-463-4782. eclecticreikiology.com

THURSDAY, APRIL 26 The Conscious Energy of Plants – 6:30pm. Are plants conscious? Are they sentient beings? What part do they play in supporting our environment and our health? What is carried over in their essential oil and herbal forms? Curious? Find out more. $10 energy exchange. Alternative Pathfinders 4045 Spencer St B26D, LV. 702-4604080 alternativepathfinders.com

SATURDAY, APRIL 28 OM FEST - Yoga and Meditation – 8am-8pm.

All age and experience levels welcome. Join our community for the largest Yoga and Meditation Festival in Las Vegas. $49/all-day pass, $69/door.

Downtown Summerlin. omyogafest.com Seraphim Blueprint Level 1 Certification Class – 10am-5pm. With Frances Urtaza and Michelle Sclafanit-Tolson. Tools received in Level I: Empower crystals, create energy grids, ability to do hands on healing for self and others, long distance healing, enhance immune system and kidneys. $180. Enchanted Forest Reiki, 2280 South Jones Blvd, LV. 702-948-4999. enchantedforestreiki. com

Reverse Obesity, Diabetes, Constipation And More – 11am-12:30pm. Learn how food affects blood sugar level and how it is connected to energy level, cravings, moods, etc. Break the sugar addiction once and for all. Includes guided imagery for instant memorization. Satisfaction guaranteed. $12/prepaid. $16/door. Transformations, 8871 W Flamingo Rd, 102, LV. 702-659-2390. transformvegas.com

SUNDAY, APRIL 29 Raw Food Prep Class: Non-Dairy “Dairy” – 1-3pm. This will be an amazing revelation, especially, if addicted to dairy products keeping the body clogged full of mucus. Instead, indulge in delicious foods full of Life Force. $20/prepaid. $25/door. 7263 Vireo Drive, LV.702-659-2390. transformvegas.com Author’s Fundraising Event for Alzheimer’s Nevada– 2pm. This is a Fundraiser and we’re inviting you. Books and authors meet and greet.

Friendly. Local. Portion of all proceeds donated to: alzheimersnevada.org. For local service and support of Alzheimer’s families and caregivers.

Free. Enchanted Forest Reiki, 2280 South Jones Blvd, LV. 702-948-4999. enchantedforestreiki.com Paranormal Talk-Strange Things-Beyond Reality – 3-4:30pm. Have you ever experienced the super natural? Gather to share super natural experiences in a safe and welcoming space. $5. Eclectic Reikiology and Metaphysical Center, 2760 Lake Sahara Dr, 106, LV. 702-4634782. eclecticreikiology.com

MONDAY, APRIL 30 Full Moon Blessings Ceremony – 6:30pm.

The Full Moon energy is all about releasing that which no longer serves. Through ceremony and meditation we will ask Grandmother Moon to help us uncover unwanted patterns and energies to be cleansed and removed. $10 energy exchange.

Alternative Pathfinders 4045 Spencer St B26D, LV. 702-460-4080. alternativepathfinders.com

The Healing Power of Forgiveness – 6:30-8pm.

NLP Seminar & Dem. By not letting go of grudges, we’re giving the violator or situation the power over our emotions, staying obsessively stuck, creating dis-ease on every level core existence. Forgive.

Step into your power. $35 (can be applied to private session). 10624 S. Eastern Ave, G, HD. 702-2437258. saltroomhenderson.com

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 CSL Southern Nevada Spiritual Living Circle – 6pm. Last Wed. Spend an intimate evening with Practitioners Yvonne Hyde and Karen M Campbell discussing articles from Science of Mind Magazine. Spiritual seekers of every faith learn to co-create happier, richer more satisfying lives using spiritual principles. Free. Online: https:// zoom.us/j/680178687. 702-485-5050. cslsn.org New Foundations of the Science of Mind – 6:30-8:30pm. 10-week class. We create our life moment to moment with our thoughts. This course introduces the connection between our thoughts, The Creative Process, and the spiritual principles underlying all creation. Text: “The Science of Mind”, Ernest Holmes. $120. 702-485-5050. cslsn.org

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daily Holy Fire Reiki 1 & 2 Certification – 10am-6pm.

Obtain certification on your own schedule. Reiki 1 teaches history, self-healing and attunement. Reiki 2 covers emotional and mental levels, learning to do Reiki on others and sending remotely. Reiki I/$150. Reiki II/$200. Eclectic Reikiology and Metaphysical Center, 2760 Lake Sahara Dr, 106, LV. 702-463-4782. eclecticreikiology.com Kundalini Yoga and Meditation – 6-7:30pm.

These classes are a dynamic blend of postures, breathing exercises, relaxation and meditation, which teach the art of self-healing and elevation. $18/class. $49/new members. RYK Yoga and Meditation Center, 8450 W Sahara Ave, 109, LV. rykyoga.com

sunday Sunday Morning Music, Message & Meditation – 9 am and 11am. Unity of Las Vegas is a spiritfilled church where anyone can feel at home.

Join us and feel the energy in person or via live streaming at Facebook.com/UnityChurchLV/. We are transforming lives. Love donation. Unity of Las Vegas, 222 S Rainbow Blvd., Suite 215, LV. 702-382-8688. unitylasvegas.org CSLSN Inspirational Service – 10am celebration.

9:15am meditation. All are welcome. CSL Southern Nevada is an ever-expanding global community, joyously igniting a dynamic spiritual awakening through the power of love, peace and prosperity. CSLSN is lively and is “not your-usual church.” Love offering. SL Southern Nevada, 1785 E Sahara Ave, 440, rear building, 2nd Floor, LV. 702-485-5050. cslsn.org Yoga Nidra – 7:30-9pm. Yin Yoga is a wonderful way to help prepare for meditation. It helps in going deeper within; using deep relaxing stretching and releasing blockages through breath exercises. $18/class. $49/new members. RYK Yoga and Meditation Center, 8450 W Sahara Ave, 109, LV. 702-478-9600 rykyoga.com

monday Tonic Tea and Oils – 5-6pm. Tonic Herbal Tea Elixirs are enhanced with therapeutic grade essential oils, and hold the key to exuberant wellness.

Discover how teas and oils boost your energy, moods and mind for more abundant states of BEing.

Free. Naturally Organic, 1171 S Buffalo Dr, 110, LV. 702-433-3874. naturallyorganiccenter.com

1 hour Gong Journey – 7-8:30pm A night of deep healing & relaxation. Hosted by Ashley of Vegas Tribe. $10. Happy Earth Market, 900 Karen Ave, D-102, LV. 702-757-1556. happyearthmarket.com

tuesday Medical Qigong – 10am-1pm. Tue-Fri. Use body movements, rhythmic breathing, visualizations and healing sounds to develop internal energy for health, vitality, mind expansion and spiritual cultivation. $10. Naturally Organic Healing Center, 1171 S Buffalo Dr, 110, LV. 702-433-3874. naturallyorganiccenter.com Here’s To Your Health Series – 10:30-11:30am.

With Dr. Mitzi Reed. Different topics each week on health and wellness. Establishing nourishing lifestyle practices, meditation and mindfulness, toxic free lifestyle, healthy and healing foods, natural remedies, getting and staying fit and healthy. $10/each. $50/all 6 paid in full at 1st class.

Naturally Organic Healing Center, 1171 S Buffalo Dr, 110, LV. 702-281-3688. naturallyorganic.com Reiki Circle – 1:30-2:30pm. Healers and those new to energy are welcome. This Reiki circle is an introduction to the world of energy healing.

Experience relaxation, fun and community. Give or receive energy. $5. Eclectic Reikiology and Metaphysical Center, 2760 Lake Sahara Dr, 106, LV. 702-463-4782. eclecticreikiology.com Relationships Class – 6-8:30pm. 8-week class.

CSL Southern Nevada heard your request. Want tools to take relationships to the next level? This class is for you. Come explore techniques to better communication, clear values and more. We even explore sex. $80. CSL Southern Nevada, 1785 E Sahara Ave, 440, rear building, 2nd Floor, LV. 702-485-5050. cslsn.org Reiki Healing in Salt Cave-Henderson – 6:308pm. 1st and 3rd Tue. One-of-a-kind, inspirational meditative and Reiki healing experience.

Meditation, tuning forks chakra alignment and salt room therapy combined. Release stress by inhaling negative Ions. Energize your respiratory system. $35. Salt Room, 10624 S Eastern Ave, G, Hd. 702-243-7258. saltroomhenderson.com Yoga Nidra – 7:30-9pm. Guided by the soothing and comforting voice of your teacher, while you enter into a deep sleep but still remaining conscious and aware. Yoga-Nidra expands your consciousness allowing for a greater sense of self awareness. $18/class. $49/new members. RYK Yoga and Meditation Center, 8450 W Sahara Ave, 109, LV. rykyoga.com

Alta Wellness & Business Networking Breakfast: Caregivers – 7:30am-9am. Second Wednesday.Come for a Breakfast and Networking event and stay for our class designed to provide tools for those who are caregivers and in the health profession. Free. Alta Wellness Center, 6655 W. Sahara, E100, LV. 702-901-9729. altawc.com Alta Wellness & Business Networking Breakfast: Stress Management – 7:30am-9am. Third Wed. Every 3rd Wednesday. Come for a breakfast and networking event. Stay for our class designed to provide tools for those who own or run a business, such as: Creating a Burn-Out Plan Managing Stress. Free. Alta Wellness Center, 6655 W. Sahara, E100, LV. 702-901-9729. altawc.com Mid-Week Meditation – 12pm. Door closes at 12:05, so come early. Take a mid-week break and tap into higher wisdom to break old patterns and re-center. This is a great way to set or renew your intentions. Free ($5 energy exchange welcome).

Alternative Pathfinders, 4045 Spencer St, B26D, LV. 702-331-7606. alternativepathfinders.com Hot Hula Fitness – 7-8pm. Hot Hula Fitness® incorporates easy to perform dance movements set to the sounds of traditional Polynesian drum beats.

We isolate your larger muscle groups, increasing strength and definition to the core, glutes, quads and arms. $10. Oasis to Zen, 5715 W Alexander Rd, 140, LV. 702-491-6035. oasistozen.com EarthVibes Yoga – 6:30-7:30pm All ages and levels welcome and encouraged. EarthVibes Yoga, Meditation and Pranayam class. $10. Happy Earth Market, 900 Karen Ave, D-102, LV. 702-757-1556. happyearthmarket.com Warrior Wednesday Veteran Meditation – 8-9pm. Come join Your Brothers and Sisters who have also experienced combat, as Sam guides you through an easy hour specifically designed for those who have never tried meditation. $10.

Happy Earth Market, 900 Karen Ave, D-102, LV. 702-757-1556. happyearthmarket.com

thursday A Free Reiki Healing Circle – 6:30-8:30pm.

An unforgettable inspirational meditative healing experience. Release stress, receive customized healing, meet wonderful people. Walk away energized and elated. Experience guided meditations with Reiki Master/Therapist of 27+ yrs. You’ll be glad you did. Transformations, 8871 W Flamingo Rd, 102, LV. 702-659-2390. transformvegas.com Tonic Teas and Oils – 5-6pm. Take an enlightening journey into superior tonic herbalism and therapeutic grade essential oils over tea and an invigorating lecture. Food is medicine and we will show you how to become your own Tea Healer.

Free. Naturally Organic, 1171 S Buffalo D, 110, LV. 702-433-3874. naturallyorganiccenter.com

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friday Incinerate Your Smoking – 10am-12pm. Just imagine being able to stop smoking today! Imagine living in new ways that will fill you with energy and how much money you’ll save from not buying all the packs of cigarettes. $49. Alta Wellness Center, 6655 W Sahara, E100, LV. 702-466-2167. altawc.com Children’s Drum Circle – 11am-12pm. All ages welcome. Make music and dance together.

Learning hand drum basics to encourage confidence. Children under 5 may need help from parents. $5. Happy Earth Market, 900 Karen Ave, D-102, LV. 702-757-1556. happyearthmarket.com Qigong Artist Teacher Certification – 12:152pm. Most advanced Qigong Certification Program in Las Vegas available to the public. Learn a complete system of health and meditation that can be taught all over the world. Master the foundations of longevity. $25/class. $350/whole program. Naturally Organic Healing Center, 1171 S Buffalo Dr, 110, LV. 702-433-3874. naturallyorganiccenter.com Happy Earth Market Open Mic – 6-10pm.

All types of Earthlings welcome. 6pm: Family Friendly. 8pm: Spoken Word. 9pm: Anything Goes: Comedy. Dance. Spoken Word. Singers & Musicians, Jam with Instruments. Come share You. Free. Donations appreciated and receive blessing.

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saturday Qigong with Sifu JC – 9-10am. Qigong is a self healing system that incorporates body, breath, visualizations and sounds to develop internal energy for health, vitality, mind expansion and spiritual cultivation. $10. Naturally Organic, 1171 S Buffalo D, 110, LV. 702-433-3874. naturallyorganiccenter.com Tai Chi with Sifu JC – 10am-11am. Tai Chi is a wonderful art for anyone who wants to increase strength, focus, posture. Naturally Organic, 1171 S Buffalo D, 110, LV. 702-433-3874. naturallyorganiccenter.com Live Gong Meditation – 10:30pm. The sound of the Gong creates deep relaxation,releasing us from the torrent of thoughts our mind releases, balances the chakras, stimulates the glandular and nervous system, gives a sense of expanded awareness and higher consciousness. $18/class. $49/new members. RYK Yoga and Meditation Center, 8450 W Sahara Ave, 109, LV. 702-4789600 rykyoga.com Chen Style Tai Chi – 11am-12pm. Chen Style Tai Chi is an ancient form of martial arts where the art of health cultivation is key. Learn proper body movement, breathing exercises, moving with chi in the form and application. $15. Naturally Organic Healing Center, 1171 S Buffalo Dr, 110, LV. 702433-3874. naturallyorganiccenter.com

Happy Earth Market (HEM) Community Activity Planning – 12pm. 5pm. 9pm. (Check website calendar) For those with serious interest in creating positive change in the community.

HEM needs you and our community needs you.

Free and donations receive blessing. Happy Earth Market, 900 Karen Ave, D-102, LV. 702-757-1556. happyearthmarket.com Chakra Healing Yoga and Meditation – 12pm.

This is an inspiring and relaxing class. Experience yoga breathing exercises, poses and meditation with a smile and joy, in order to help bring balance to each of the main Chakras. $18/class. $49/new members.

RYK Yoga and Meditation Center, 8450 W Sahara Ave, 109, LV. 702-478-9600 rykyoga.com Herbal Tinctures, Potions & Elixirs – 1pm.

Learn about healing herbs by making and taking home your own tincture, potion or elixir.

Includes supplies. RSVP. $15. Herbal Vibrations, 450 S Buffalo Dr, 116, LV. 702-854-0910. herbalvibrations.com

WE’RE LOOKING FOR TEACHERS! to Participate in our Calendar Program Available only to instructors and practicioners or holding events at local centers.

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WEIGHT MANAGEMENT LOSE WEIGHT WITH HYPNOSIS – New sessions opening in January by William H. Bailey, Certified Hypnotherapist since 2007.

This will be your last New Years resolution to lose weight and your last weight loss procedure because hypnosis works! It’s all in your subconscious mind. CD included. If seriously interested, email us at muscles2003w@aol.com or muscles2003w@gmail.com LOSE 1 TO 3 LBS A DAY – Just 2-cups of this mild tea each day provides dramatic results. Find out why some have even called this “a miracle” tea. Iaso is an all-natural blend of 9 essential herbs to rid the body of toxins. 1-month supply $44.95. Order online: TotalLifeChanges.com/ AwakenSkinnyNaturally. Click on SHOP

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ACUPUNCTURE

ANTI-AGING OASIS TO ZEN WELLNESS CENTER & TRANSFORMATION SPA Organic Facials, Massage, Holistic Workshops & More 5715 W Alexander Rd, #145, LV 702-491-6035 • OasisToZen.com

See ad, page 2

AROMATHERAPY

VINCE LINK, OMD

2920 S Rainbow Blvd, Suite 140 Las Vegas, NV 89146 702-444-4775 D r. L i n k i s n a t i o n a l (NCCAOM) and Nevada board certified in the practice o f Tr a d i t i o n a l C h i n e s e Medicine dealing with pain management, gynecology, internal medicine, gastro, insomnia, headache, emotional disorders, allergies, Bell’s palsy and many other conditions. VinceLinkomd.com

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION

ALTERNATIVE PATHFINDERS

Melody Bartone-Helmick, MMsc, CCMA 4045 Spencer St B26D, LV, NV 89119 702-331-7606 • AlternativePathfinders.com Melody is a Certified Clinical Master Aromatherapist who provides instruction to those who are new to, sell or just love essential oils. Create your own blends in our make-n-take classes. See ad, page 35

ARTIST SPACE/VENUE HAPPY EARTH MARKET

HEAR THEM SPEAK Babette de Jongh 251-424-4944 HearThemSpeak.com

Telepathic communication, counseling and healing for multi-species families.

Healing with Body Talk, Reiki, Matrix Energetics and more. Plus transcript and follow-up call. See ad, page 39

900 Karen Ave Unit D-102, LV HappyEarthMarket@gmail,com 702-757-1556 HappyEarthMarket.com Happy Earth Market is a venue for the community to come together, create and be supported to ethically build a successful business. See ads, page 41 and back cover

ANIMAL RESCUE/ADVOCATE NEVADA VOTERS FOR ANIMALS

2375 E. Tropicana Ave, #295, LV 89119 702-660-8970 • AVoice4Pets.org Leading the fight in Nevada for animal protection. Author of Cooney’s Law (felony cruelty law). We promote and improve the welfare for domestic and wildlife animals, bringing attention to make a difference in issues surrounding companion animals; animal cruelty, pet overpopulation and responsible pet ownership through education, information, legislation and enforcement.

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Because inner balance and harmony creates ageless beauty. Our spa services integrate mind, body and spirit healing to create harmonic balance between traditional anti-aging services and a pinch of organic hippy.

COACHING COMBAT VETERANS MOTORCYCLE ASSOCIATION 41-1 702- 907-4110 Bob C. Blace1970@gmail.com cvma41-1nevada.com/index.html

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We are actively seeking applicants. Are you an Honorably Discharged Veteran looking for some Cycle Therapy? This program may be for you.

Matching a suitable Veteran with what motorcyclist.

COMMUNITY EVENTS 3RD SATURDAY COMMUNITY BAZAAR

at HAPPY EARTH MARKET 900 Karen Ave Unit D-102, LV HappyEarthMarket@gmail,com 702-757-1556 • HappyEarthMarket.com Happy Earth Market invite the public to shop local foods, gifts and crafts. Free veggies from Garden Farms Foundation. HEM is a venue for the community to come together, create and enjoy ethical products and services. See ad, page 41

EDUCATION BRAIN SOLUTIONS INC OF SUMMERLIN 1005 S Cimarron, Las Vegas, NV BrainSolutionsInc.com Info@BrainSolutionsInc.com 702-340-2248

Offering educational consulting for families whose children struggle. Looking for options to traditional approaches? Just not sure what to do next? Do the answers you’ve been given not fit the needs of your child?

Call today. See ad, page 31

FOOD NOT BOMBS LAS VEGAS 1251 S. Maryland Pkwy, LV FoodNotBombsLasVegas

Food Not Bombs Las Vegas is the Vegas Valley’s local Food Not Bombs network. We are a grassroots mutual aid project based on recovering and sharing free food that would otherwise go to waste.

ENERGY HEALING ECLECTIC REIKIOLOGY AND METAPHYSICAL CENTER

2760 Lake Sahara Dr, #106, Las Vegas, NV 702-463-4782 EclecticReikiology@gmail.com EclecticReikiology.com We offer reiki, chakra balancing, tandem sessions, reiki certification, aura photo analysis.

Classes: children, psychic development, meditation, essential oils. Metaphysical tools, unique gifts, crystals, monthly specials & weekly drawings.

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HEALING CENTERS ENCHANTED FOREST REIKI CENTER, SPIRITUAL ITEMS 'N MORE 2280 S Jones Blvd, LV 89146 702-948-4999 EnchantedForestReiki.com

Reiki-ShamanicCranial SacralChakra BalancingSound TherapyBars Access-Crystal healers. Plus lots of classes and events such as Reiki certification, meditations, intuitive studies and much more. Visit our beautiful metaphysical gift shop. See ads, page 10

HERBAL MEDICINE VINCE LINK, OMD

2920 S Rainbow Blvd, Suite 140 Las Vegas, NV 89146 702-444-4775 Are you tired of taking drugs with many side effects? There are thousands of different natural herbs used in Traditional Chinese Medicine that are safe and effective for treatment of many conditions.

Call today for an herbal consultation or visit our website: VinceLinkomd.com

HOLISTIC DENTISTS AAA DENTAL & FOUR SEASONS DENTAL SPA

Dr. Jim Wright, DDS, AIAOMT, AIABDM 8855 W Flamingo, LV 89147 702-281-9900 HolisticDentistLasVegas.com Practicing holistic, biological dentistry with safe removal of mercury. State of the art early detect cavity mapping, cosmetic, general, specialty dentistry and low sensitivity t e e t h w h i t e n i n g . O ff e r holistic, no-prep veneers, Lumineers, Invisalign Braces, dental implants and All on 4 Implant Bridges, sleep and full sedation dentistry. See ads, page 3

BELL CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL AND HOLISTIC DENTISTRY Dr. Michael Bell, DDS 8068 W Sahara Ave, #A, LV 89117 702-256-7666 • LVTMJDentist.com

Holistic dentistry with a whole body approach to create a healthy smile and body. Live microscopic viewing of mouth bacteria. Laser gum disease treatment.

Computerized TMJ and bite analysis. Mercury testing and removal. Nutritional testing. Autonomic nervous system analysis. Invisalign. See ad, page 31

HOLISTIC CENTERS OASIS TO ZEN WELLNESS CENTER & TRANSFORMATION SPA Holistic Workshops, Facials, Massage, Reiki & More 5715 W Alexander Rd, #145, LV 702-491-6035 • OasisToZen.com

MEDICAL QIGONG MEDICAL QIGONG TREATMENTS WITH SIFU JC 1171 S. Buffalo Dr, #110, LV 702-433-3874 NaturallyOrganicCenter.com

Sifu JC has been doing treatments in Las Vegas since 2008, with over 20 years experience helping others find their highest health.

Let him help you be your best self! $100 a session or 3 sessions/$250.

METAPHYSICAL/SPIRITUAL THE REALMS WITHIN, METAPHYSICAL SHOPPE AND SPIRITUAL CENTER 2800 West Sahara Ave, Suite 7B, LV 702-986-8568 • TheRealmsWithin.com

Transforming holistic wellness and beauty from the inside out.

We integrate traditional spa services, workshops and organic alternative healing modalities, to harmonize and raise vibration for unstoppable radiance and soul beauty. See ad, page 2

Looking for excellent customer service and great prices? Metaphysical and Occult supplies; books, tarot, spell candles, incense, sage, Reiki and Shamanic healing, classes, meditations.

Home of the largest metaphysical stone bins in Nevada. See ad, page 29

MARKETING

MYFASCIAL RELEASE

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We a r e a community resource for greater las vegas edition naturally healthy, earth-friendly living. We welcome all article submissions and are grateful for our community partners’ interest in the publication. Contact us to learn how to participate in our next issue.

MEDITATION/HEALING Link Oriental Medicine Clinic 2920 S Rainbow Blvd, Suite 140 Las Vegas, NV 89146 702-444-4775 Meditation is mostly taught and learned for mind and body health maintenance.

However, in Traditional Chinese Medicine, meditation can also be used for therapeutic intervention when dealing with insomnia, stress, anxiety, hypertension and pain management, just to name a few. Learn meditation for self-healing.

Call for class details or visit our website: VinceLinkomd.com

BODY RESONANCE MYOFASCIAL WELLNESS CENTER 8724 Spanish Ridge Ave, Ste 120, LV 702-776-8881 • BodyMFR.com

Specializing in the John F. Barnes Myofascial Release. The ultimate whole body approach, mind-body treatment and missing link to healthcare.

Highly effective in treating acute and chronic pain.

NEUROPLASTICITY BRAIN SOLUTIONS INC OF SUMMERLIN 1005 S Cimarron, Las Vegas, NV BrainSolutionsInc.com Info@BrainSolutionsInc.com 702-340-2248

Offering brain-based help for children and adults: ADHD, learning challenges, sensory integration, ASD, Tourette’s, anxiety, reading, stroke and concussion recovery.

Our neuroplasticity programs generate foundational results with no medications. Hope starts here. Call today. See ad, page 31

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ORGANIC FOOD/GARDENING GARDEN FARMS

702-551-4769 Bryan@GardenFarms.net GardenFarms.net We are a local urban farming company installing vegetable gardens, orchards and vineyards in the Las Vegas Valley, and offering hands-on guidance in your own space.

ORGANIC SPA OASIS TO ZEN WELLNESS CENTER & TRANSFORMATION SPA Organic Facials, Massage, Holistic Workshops & More 5715 W Alexander Rd, #145, LV 702-491-6035 • OasisToZen.com

Inner balance and harmony create ageless beauty. Our organic spa services integrate mind, body and spirit healing, creating harmonic balance between traditional antiaging services and a pinch of organic hippy. See ad, page 2

SPIRITUAL CENTER SPIRITUAL CENTER CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING SOUTHERN NV

NATURALLY ORGANIC HEALING CENTER

Aglobal community, joyously igniting a dynamic spiritual awakening through the power of love, peace and prosperity. We transform lives with lively services, world-class music, and education. Sunday celebration: 10am, meditation: 9:15am All are welcome. See ad, page 17

Naturally Organic is Summerlin's best resource for all things health related. From classes, meditations, supplements, lectures and health programs, just walk in, we'll take it from there! Check out our website.

1785 E Sahara Ave, Ste. 440, 2nd Floor, LV (rear building, second floor) 702-485-5050 • cslsn.org services • meditation • classes • community

SENTIENT COMMUNITY HAPPY EARTH MARKET

900 Karen Ave Unit D-102, LV HappyEarthMarket@gmail,com 702-757-1556 HappyEarthMarket.com Happy Earth Market is a venue for the community to come together, create and enjoy ethical products and services offered by artists, crafters, healers, mystics, instructors and more. See ad, page 47

READING INTERVENTION

TAI CHI

CELLFIELD READING INTERVENTION 1005 S Cimarron, Las Vegas, NV BrainSolutionsInc.com 702-340-2248

Cellfield: A revolutionary reading program designed to create neural connections that are responsible for fluent reading and comprehension.

Cellfield bonds auditory to visual pathways, allowing the struggling reader’s brain to function like a typical reader. See ad, page 31

TAI CHI FOR HEALTH

2920 S Rainbow Blvd, Suite 140 Las Vegas, NV 89146 702-444-4775 • VinceLinkOMD.com Practice Tai Chi to promote health, reduce stress, improve balance/stability and numerous other benefits.

Instructor has over 45 years of tai Chi experience. Yang and Zhao forms including sword forms.. Also we offer meditation classes.

REIKI

TOMATIS METHOD

REIKI HEALING ARTS/ ILLUMINE WELLNESS

Jay V. Jackson Reiki Master Teacher 9224 Pitching Wedge Dr, LV 702-608-6520 • Reiki-Healing-Arts.com Reiki originates from Japanese healing teachers. Reiki healing energy is powerful yet very gentle so that it can be used for anyone in any situation. Learn Reiki from an experienced and Licensed Teacher. www.Reiki-HealingArts.com. See ad, page 13

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WELLNESS CENTER

THE TOMATIS METHOD

1005 S Cimarron, Las Vegas, NV BrainSolutionsInc.com 702-340-2248 Developed by Dr. Alfred To m a t i s , t h i s p r o g r a m strengthens focus, memory, language, learning, processing and coordination. By reducing anxiety, sensory issues and stress we generate resiliency in our clients, leading them to greater success. No medications. See ad, page 31

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Central Summerlin! Charleston & Buffalo 1171 S Buffalo Dr, Suite 110, LV 702-433-3874 NaturallyOrganicCenter.com

TRANSFORMATIONS

Rev. Victoria Stitzer, Master of NLP, Reiki Master, CHT, EFT Expert in Rapid Behavior Modification 702-659-2390 • TransformVegas.com Re-script your emotional trama; heal physical/ emotional pain; eat right for your type; EZ weight loss; non-invasive detox; past life regressions; become certified Reiki practitioner in 12 hrs.

Results guaranteed. 20% off this ad. See ad, page 25

YOGA/YOGA THERAPY DOWN DOG DIAGNOSTICS YOGA THERAPY 702-768-2906 DownDogDiagnostics.com

Specializing in anxiety disorders, back care and women’s health. Wellness practices using traditional yoga fused with modern wellness and designed to meet the individual where they are, aiming to bring about balance and healing. See ad, page 29

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