The Constant Ethical Turmoil of Shopping
A decision as simple as buying fruit has become an exhausting moral dilemma. Was the fruit ethically sourced? Were pesticides used? Who grew the fruit
A decision as simple as buying fruit has become an exhausting moral dilemma. Was the fruit ethically sourced? Were pesticides used? Who grew the fruit
A decision as simple as buying fruit has become an exhausting moral dilemma. Was the fruit ethically sourced? Were pesticides used? Who grew the fruit
Even holistic health advocates can barely keep up with health food news. And for good reason – those waters can get really murky. Is avocado
Electricity sends signals through our flesh and blood and molecular make-up as surely as it does through wires and circuits. Before we paved paradise, we
Part of the fun, tinsel-laced, snow-kissed holiday tension during this stretch of the year is determining whether to say “Merry Christmas,” because it reminds you of your childhood and watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV, or saying “Happy Holidays,” which has no sentimental value except that it includes the previously excluded.
The reality is, of course, that there are many, many more religious and cultural holidays between Thanksgiving and NYE that don’t necessarily stem from Judeo-Christian traditions.
Around 2,700 B.C.E., King Shen Nong of China made a mistake.
They say it’s just a legend, but if it’s true…
King Shen Nong changed the world forever with an oopsie.
He made tea.
And it only took the Chinese another 700 years to figure out that tea had healing properties and could be applied to herbal medicine. (A much shorter time than it took the rest of us.)
Everyone’s got an opinion on dairy, and the science is dense and often conflicting. From the ubiquity of the “Got Milk?” campaign to the recent