A number of schools throughout the country, most notably several in Baltimore have replaced the dreaded detention room with a course on meditation. Instead of reevaluating behavior through punishment, the detainees are taught to focus on their breath and be in the present moment as a form of behavior modification.
Researchers and school administrators have found that instituting mindfulness meditation as a regular part of the school day is helping students and teachers alike.
You may not be ready to become a complete vegan like your neighbor or even switch to a Lacto-Ovo vegetarian lifestyle, but cutting down your food intake to one or two meatless meals per week and limited the amount of meat in your other meals can have a tremendous impact on the environment.
Although it’s not exactly a something that can be diagnosed by a doctor, Nature Deficit Disorder is a very real condition that has started to occur in many children and youths who do not spend enough time outdoors.
This may sound counter-intuitive, but many of the general cleaning supplies you use around the house are actually “dirty.” This is mostly in the sense that these everyday household products contain harmful toxins
Many detractors of the environmental movement would have us believe that this struggle is a sort of contest which pits the rights and needs of the environment against the rights and needs of humans, with a gain on one side being a loss for the other.
Since the advent of modern agricultural practices, a movement which was greatly accelerated after World War II, pesticide use has been pervasive and widespread
The demographics of the world are shifting, perhaps more dramatically than they have done at any other point in human history. A combination of increased longevity and a decrease in fertility rates
Herbal therapy is more popular — and accessible — than ever before. However, as with any course of treatment, there are benefits and drawbacks
