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Cleaning up and greening up urban blight—neighbors working together to turn the site of a demolished building into a community garden or park—has become the feel-good story of urban renewal. But a recent study suggests that “greening” can do more than just boost neighborhood morale—it can actually fight crime.
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania recently studied how projects to clear and plant vacant lots affect violent crime in urban areas, gathering police statistics and surveying...
 Picture a biologist wearing a mushroom cap, an exuberant union leader, a defender of the Amazon, and 13 Indigenous Grandmothers sharing a stage―and you can begin to imagine the cross-pollination that takes place at the annual Bioneers Conference. |
 Nourish yourself from tip to toe with seaweed-based products for face and body. |
 START YOUR DAY WITH PASSION |
 One Man’s Adventure Planning His Own Natural Burial |
 BLACK PURSE FROM INNER TUBES |
 In periods of drought, mildew-causing humidity, and other adverse growing conditions, the pinot noir vines at Robert Sinskey Vineyards in California’s Napa Valley undergo a subtle cellular shift with potentially huge implications for human longevity. |
 We all know that our skin is our largest organ, and we also understand that nicotine patches and the like feed drugs directly into our bodies and bloodstream — and yet we still continue to pay little if any attention to what we rub onto our skin. We eat organically, we drink organically, we clean... |
 Celebrate the third annual Hemp History Week, June 4th - 10th. |
 When Upton Sinclair wrote "The Jungle" in 1906, readers were exposed to the horrible abuse of those who worked in the meat-packing industry. Now, it seems that we’re increasingly turning our attention to the other major component of the industry: the animals themselves. |
 What the rest of us can learn from Walmart (yes, Walmart) deciding to go green. |
