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For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death.

~Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, 1962

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AMURT Children's Home
for Girls, Mombasa, Kenya

AMURT Children's Home in Mombasa, is a home for girls who are orphans or destitute, sent to the home by the Children's Department of Mombasa. It was founded in 1989.

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"There are children who devour plates of crunchy salads and gobble up steamed broccoli, like it was candy, but what do you do if your kids refuse to eat anything green?"

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Cathe Olson's
Eight Easy Ways to Get Your Family to Eat Vegetables

Conscious Camping

By Carolyn “The Healthy Voyager” Scott

Adhering to the summer theme, what's more summer appropriate than camping? Whether you rough it, tent it, camper or rv it, you tend to not have all the comforts and accoutrements of home when you're sleeping under the stars. Continue reading . . .

VEGETARIAN NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

lisa the vegetarian

lisa the vegetarian

By
Fabrizio Cirnigliaro

Fabrizio revisits the classic Simpsons' episode in which Lisa chooses vegetarianism.

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	5 Great iPhone Apps for Vegetarians On-the-Go By Kathleen Baker

Finding healthy, veggie friendly fare in your own fridge is a no-brainer, but what about when you’re away from home? Or at the grocery store? How can you know what’s the best food to buy to stay away from meats, unhealthy additives and pesticides? Here are a few iPhone apps that are helpful for eating healthy no matter where you are.

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	4 Ways You Can Help End World Hunger By Tina Volpe and Judy Carman, authors of The Missing Peace: The Hidden Power of Our Kinship with Animals, from which parts of this article derive

What you choose to eat affects more people than you think. It is estimated that 40 thousand people are dying each day from starvation. This is not how it’s supposed to be, and we all know this in our hearts. Animal agriculture is a major culprit in the world hunger crisis.

The Worldwatch Institute states, “In a world where one in every six people goes hungry every day, the politics of meat consumption are increasingly heated, since meat production is an inefficient use of grain - the grain is used more efficiently when consumed directly by humans. Continued growth in meat output is dependent on feeding grains to animals, creating competition for grain between affluent meat eaters and the poor.”

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THIGH OF RELIEF
By
Style and Beauty Editor
Johanna Wood

I was climbing up the stairs to leave the subway system as she was was climbing down into it. I couldn’t miss her. No one could. It was about 50°F outside, it was just before 9 am on a weekday, and she was wearing black skin-tight hot pants. No leggings, tights, or hose. Not even fishnets. And she was at least 50 years old if she was a day.

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