NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN’S Holiday Train Show Offers Green Gift to New York
By Tom Citrano
New York is brimming with holiday traditions. From the Rockefeller Center Tree, to the Radio City Holiday Show, to the ice-skating in Bryant Park, every family has activities they like to enjoy at this time of year. And over the last 18 years more than a million of them have ventured out to the New York Botanical Garden to enjoy the Holiday Train Show.
Popularity: 72% [?]
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Gingerbread Adventures Teaches and Entertains Children
In the interactive Gingerbread Adventures exhibit at the New York Botanical Garden, children learn about the different plant parts used in creating one of their favorite holiday snacks, gingerbread. The Everett Children’s Adventure Garden is home of Gingerbread Adventures, through January 10, 2010.Vibrant vignettes of a gingerbread town deck the halls of the Discovery Center. A gingerbread jazz band, ice skaters and a gingerbread farmer are among the colorful characters displayed in the exhibit.
Popularity: 34% [?]
Healingways: HAPPY BACK HAPPY BODY
by Dr. Peter F. Ullrich, Jr.
The spine’s many nerves, muscles and ligaments serve as connections to areas throughout the body, so keeping your spine in top condition is one of the best things you can do for both your back and overall health.
Popularity: 5% [?]
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Eco-Libation
Boxed Wine Beats Bottled Boxed, instead of bottled, wine is becoming au courant. Choosing to sip boxed varietals saves half the shipping weight, avoids the environmental impact of glass manufacturing and keeps the product fresher longer (typically six weeks in the fridge after the seal is broken). It’s why more wineries leading the way with organic vino are packaging it in a plastic, vacuum-sealed bag inside a recyclable cardboard box.
Popularity: 24% [?]
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Gingerbread Adventures Teaches and Entertains Children
In the interactive Gingerbread Adventures exhibit at the New York Botanical Garden, children learn about the different plant parts used in creating one of their favorite holiday snacks, gingerbread. The Everett Children’s Adventure Garden is home of Gingerbread Adventures, through January 10, 2010.Vibrant vignettes of a gingerbread town deck the halls of the Discovery Center. A gingerbread jazz band, ice skaters and a gingerbread farmer are among the colorful characters displayed in the exhibit.
Popularity: 34% [?]
Localgreens: Sweet Holiday Treats
By Robin Mattson
Okay, here’s the thing…I could have come up with another way to use winter root vegetables for holiday entertaining. And it would have been great. But let’s be honest. That’s not what any of us really want, certainly not at this time of year. After the Thanksgiving leftovers are cleared out, my culinary thoughts turn to visions of sugared (anything) dancing in my head.
Every family has their favorite holiday cookies. This is the time of year we all dig up our long-cherished recipes that have been handed down from one generation to another. Eventually some cookies become tiresome, and are rotated out of the roster. But other recipes stand the test of time to become standards, replayed every year like classic holiday carols.
Popularity: 30% [?]
Natural Heroes
naturalheroes Debbe Magnusen and PROJECT CUDDLE Provide Simple Solutions to the Complex Problem of Baby Abandonment
By Tom Citrano
A baby is abandoned every 25 minutes in the United States.
This shocking statistic is what lead Debbe Magnusen to create Project Cuddle®. In founding this group, Debbe approached the complex problem of baby abandonment, infanticide and neonaticide with a clear and simple mission.
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naturalheroes Myers and Martinez Help NYC Kids Get Focused on Fitness and Nutrition
By Tom Citrano
This month’s Natural Heroes are Goldin Martinez and Yusuf Myers. Together they are the lifeblood of Get Focused Fitness. Established in 2008, Get Focused Fitness is a not-for-profit, New York City-based organization, dedicated to introducing inner-city youth to the fundamentals of exercise and healthy eating habits. Chief Executive Officer and Get Focused Founder, Yusuf Myers, explains his hopes for the group, “My vision for Get Focused Fitness is to provide leadership in the fight against obesity that is threatening to destroy the lives of our youth, by introducing them to a better, healthier way to live.”
Popularity: 10% [?]
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THE
DAVID LYNCH
FOUNDATION
Promotes a Peaceful World For Our Children
By Tom Citrano
“In today’s world of fear and uncertainty, every child should have one class period a day to dive within himself and experience the field of silence – bliss – the enormous reservoir of energy and intelligence that is deep within all of us. This is the way to save the coming generation.” David Lynch, founder and chairman of the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace.
Popularity: 24% [?]
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TheNewYork RestorationProject
Reclaims Parks, Community Gardens and Open Spaces.
By Tom Citrano
Popularity: 5% [?]