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Eco-friendly generation Y boosts demand for chemical free products
Jackie Sinnerton of the Courier Mail reports on a new trend among young people to go organic: Brisbane teenager Anna-Lisa Persson, 18, has recently moved out of home and always shops for beauty products that are kind to the skin as well as the environment. ‘It’s a bit of a trend for young people to…
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Belvedere Pub To Introduce Organic Liverpool Gin
The Liverpool Confidential introduces us to a new organic Liverpool gin with a little bit of history on the side: Organic Liverpool Gin is being produced by Belvedere pub landlord John O’Dowd in a joint venture with Liverpool Organic Brewery. Shaken not stirred: John O’DowdThe new still is based in Kirkdale and will be producing…
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Scientists Detect Mysterious Radio Waves
A new article by Catherine Griffin in the Science World Report relays information on a single burst of radio emission of unknown origin detected six years ago outside our galaxy: In order to find these radio waves, the researchers used the CSIRO Parkes 64 meter radio telescope in Australia. This allowed them to detect the…
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Pesticides and pollinators
Originally posted on Science on the Land: The European Food Standards Agency (EFSA) has published new guidance about bee health. I’m glad that this is happening. That EFSA considers several different ways that bees can be exposed to pesticides. Also, I’m glad that EFSA takes wild bees and other pollinating insects seriously. As Damian Carrington…
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Eco-farm Tourism Helps Local Economy
From an article by Claire Luke in the Nicaragua Dispatch: As Nicaragua continues to make a name for itself as an international travel destination, the country’s old and new economies are joining forces in the mountains of Matagalpa for a unique brand of coffee-farm ecotourism. Many fincas that were once dedicated exclusively to coffee production…
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The Truth About Organic Foods from China
The information provided by Dr. Josh Axe in his post The Truth About Organic Foods from China is disturbing but not surprising. There has been one scandal after another regarding the substandard quality of products imported from China. Why should organic foods be any different? As long as shoddy standards, little regulation and rampant corruption exist,…
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Article: “The Violent Are Taking It by Storm” (Mt. 11:12): Reflections on a Century of Women’s Contributions to the Study of Mystical Spirituality, by Bernard McGinn
Originally posted on Christian Spirituality Studies: This article appears in the latest issue of Spiritus (Spring 2013) on pages 17-35; Here is an excerpt: “The history of women writing about spirituality, especially mystical spirituality, is part of a wider story: that of the entry of women into the once-patriarchal realm of theology, or, to put it…
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Organic wine making – there’s always more to learn in the game
An ABC local affiliate in Canowindra talks to vintner Sam Statham from Rosna Organic wines about his 2012 NSW Organic Pioneers Award: Ask any wine maker and they’ll tell you there’s always more to learn in the game. Given half a chance, who wouldn’t take up an opportunity to visit some of the world’s oldest grape…
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