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The November issue of NUGREEN CITY can be downloaded here.
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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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naturalpet A Pet’s First Visit to the Vet Tips to Avoid Trauma
by Erica Pytlovany
The first trip to the veterinarian’s office does not need to be a traumatic experience. With savvy planning, you can make the whole experience less stressful for both you and your pet.
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Living Simply By wanting—and sometimes, doing—less, we create more space for the things that really matter.
by Judith Fertig
Living simply is not a new idea. The Shakers, a celibate sect founded in the 18th century, believed that, “Tis a gift to be simple.” In the 19th century, Henry David Thoreau went back to basics on Walden Pond. “Less is more,” proclaimed Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the renowned post-war minimalist architect, a century later.
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healthbriefs
November is: National Diabetes Awareness Month
and Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
BROCCOLI HELPS KEEP PROSTATE CANCER AT BAY
An Institute of Food Research study now shows that eating one or more portions of broccoli every week can reduce the risk of prostate cancer and prevent localized cancer from becoming more aggressive. It turns out that broccoli, as well as other cruciferous vegetables, such as Brussels sprouts, affect genes by changing cell-signaling pathways, thereby reducing the risk of developing and spreading cancer.
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localgreens Over the River and Through the Woods
By Robin Mattson
As Thanksgiving draws near, I begin to put the menu together, daydreaming about the various culinary possibilities. This year, as in so many years past, I will journey to Crescent City, California to visit with my family. It’s a beautiful, sleepy little town on the northern coast, where the few remaining members of my tribe have chosen to live. If we’re lucky we will catch the beginning of the Dungeness crab season before we leave. It’s a great location if you like things pulled from the cold Pacific Ocean or caught in the cool clear waters of the Smith River, which happens to be one of the cleanest rivers in the country
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Letter from the Publisher
Welcome to the November issue of Natural Awakenings. This month we explore the theme, “Simple Living.” I know what you’re saying to yourself…There’s nothing simple about living in New York. And you might be right. But there are plenty of things we do every day here that already put us way ahead of the simple living curve.
Like leaving our cars at home and taking public transportation. The truth is that most of us don’t have cars to leave at home, but almost everyone in our city takes public transportation every day. And what about Metrocard? Could anything be simpler? Eating healthy is also easier here than practically anyplace in the country. There’s literally dozens of greenmarkets in locations all over Manhattan.
Thankfully, it’s still a lot easier to find a vegetable here than a Shake Shack burger. And in New York it’s almost as easy to find a gym as a Starbucks. Our parks are world-famous and well integrated into the urban landscape, for those who consider communing with nature to be a “simple living” deal-breaker. New York is a complicated and sometimes chaotic city, but it can also be a refuge of simple living. Simple living in New York is a state of mind, relatively easy to achieve, if you’re a believer.
This month’s cover story is an interview with actor, John Stamos. John is in New York starring in the Broadway revival of Bye Bye Birdie. This is the first time the show has been produced since its debut, almost fifty years ago. That takes recycling to a whole new level.
And read about the new (and now green!) Henry Miller Theatre that’s re-launched with the run of Bye Bye Birdie. The Henry Miller has repurposed architectural elements and rebuilt the theatre from the ground up, to attain the stringent and eco-desirable, LEED certification. The new Henry Miller is simple, chic and green.
Our November Natural Hero is Debbe Magnusen . Read about how Debbe saw a need and found a simple grassroots solution, through her creation of Project Cuddle. Project Cuddle’s mission is to stop the ever growing epidemic of baby abandonment and neonaticide. Along with emotional support, they aim to find confidential, safe and legal options to give to each girl or woman in crisis.
In Local Greens, Robin Mattson writes about her plans for Thanksgiving with her family in Northern California, and shares a recipe for squash soup that is a “simple living” addition to anyone’s holiday dinner plans.
Kathleen Noone shares techniques for “mastering the madness in honor of the simple life,” in this month’s Emotional Fitness . In Copenhagen, Denmark they have a saying, “Less Space, less things, more life.” Sounds like life in most NY apartments. In this month we’re dedicating to “Simple Living,” it’s something to think about. Or maybe it’s something you’re already doing. Either way, give yourself a break and keep it simple (and green) as we slide into this holiday season.
Tom Citrano
Publisher
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Healthykids Refocusing the American Dream Young Adults Adopt Simpler Lifestyles
by Sharon Jayson
The Millennial Generation, or Gen Y, ranges from people in their 20s to those still in grade school. What they all have in common is the knowledge that the current recession has in some way rocked the world they thought they knew. Depending upon how long the downturn lasts, historians, economists and psychologists say it could shape this generation’s values and attitudes in much the same way the Great Depression shaped the widespread frugality of their grandparents and great-grandparents.
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healingways BREATHE IN BREATHE OUT
by Amber Lanier Nagle
Most of us are oblivious to our breathing habits. It’s simply something that we do thousands of times every day without thinking about it, breathing in life-giving oxygen and breathing out carbon dioxide. Unfortunately, most of us do not breathe correctly. We tend to take 10 to 12 shallow, staccato breaths per minute, instead of the slower, deeper, oxygen-rich breaths that our bodies crave.
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emotionalfitness Mastering The Madness In Honor of The Simple Life
By Kathleen Noone
In this busy world, with very busy people, doing very busy things, where is our centering line? Where is that place in each of us that finds peace, home, breath, and a place to live quietly? That is a question that each of us must answer for ourselves. It takes an authentic heart to answer this truthfully. By that I mean a willingness to examine what is keeping us hooked into unhealthy situations, and where stress is showing up in our lives. We need to be brutally honest about our relationship to everything in our lives – work, significant others, friends, surroundings and ourselves.
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