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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.
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Healthykids: Gifts for Good Instilling Generosity and Joy in Children
by Elisa Bosley
Every December, parents like me lament the “gimme” culture that so easily overtakes the holidays. But with environmental and social justice issues gaining ground and everyone rethinking economic priorities, introducing your child to opportunities for alternative giving can make a world of difference.
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Healthbriefs
Celebrating Winter Solstice
In many cultures, traditions associated with the winter solstice on December 21—marking the longest night and shortest day of the year—spark celebrations. But with all the winter holiday to-dos and fewer daylight hours, this fun time of year can also be draining. Rituals can help us remember that life, like the sun, is cycling itself to rebound with strength.
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globalbriefs
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.
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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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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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Healthykids: Teens Turning Green
by Kristin Bender
For years, Natalie Whalen stuck to one brand of eyeliner to accent her big brown eyes. Until, that is, she found out that it contains formaldehyde, the same chemical she used in high school biology class to dissect frogs.“I was completely clueless about what was in the products,” says this 18-year-old from Marin County, California.
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Healingways: HAPPY BACK HAPPY BODY
Five Ways to a Healthy Spine
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.
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