Top 10 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day

My Yoga Online - Earth Day is around the corner and we would like to honor this important day with our favorite ways to celebrate this day of awareness.

1) Eat vegetarian - producing meat generates huge amounts of green house gases and ground pollution.

2) Turn down brightness level on display by at least 20% and preset energy saving settings on computer to cut down power usage more.

3) Throw on a sweater and turn the thermostat down a couple degrees.

4) Dry some or all of your laundry on a line/hanger.

5) Wash you clothes with cold water-the majority of energy in washing clothes is related to heating the water.

6) Take a recyclable shopping bag with you-kill the plastic bag addiction!

7) Turn off the TV and go for a walk!

8.) Switch one or all of your bill statements to online billing notifications-cut out the unnecessary envelopes and paper waste.

9) Put an end to disposable coffee/tea cups and water bottles-take a stainless steel beverage container to your favorite java huts and make your own filtered water at home.

10) Do you really need all those lights on? New habit: leave a room, turn off the light!

Green thinking, saving large, living better.

Namaste
MyYogaOnline.com

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Top Ten Reasons to Eat Organic

My Yoga Online - Shopping and eating organic foods and products promote sustainability and offer a great number of healthy living benefits compared to traditional consumer products. Enjoy this new nutrition article, Top Ten Reasons to Eat Organic, by Joan Ullyett BA, RHN and learn why eating organic makes sense for you, your family, and your community.

Reason 1 – Organic food is healthier & safer.
60% of herbicides, 90% of fungicides and 30% of insecticides that are commonly used in non-organic farming are endocrine disruptors, carcinogens and/or xenoestrogens. Non-organic farm workers have unusually high rates of multiple myeloma (a cancer of the immune system), stomach, prostate and testicular cancer. None of these chemicals are used in organic farming.

Reason 2 – Organic food contains more nutrients.
A study done by the Journal of American Nutrition revealed that organic food contains from 10-250% more vitamins and minerals than non-organic food. In 2001 the American Chemical Society reported that organic oranges contained up to 30% more vitamin C than non-organic oranges, even though they are half the size.

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Shoppers' Guide to Pesticides

My Yoga Online - Check out this great free download that you can conveniently take with you while shopping to help you avoid unwanted pesticides in your food. Get the guide so when you are shopping you will know which produce to buy organic, and which conventionally-grown fruits and vegetables are okay if organic is not available or if you are working through a tight budget.

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Is Your Shampoo Toxic?

My Yoga Online has posted a new Green Living article by Michael Bloch, Shampoo and the Planet. What has been considered acceptable by review boards for human usage or consumption offers some serious questions as to the true safety of consumer products.

Shampoos and other body care products often contain vast amounts of chemical agents, that, if were in higher quantities, would be highly toxic. No wonder why so people suffer from allergies and sensitivities. Know what you are putting in and on your body. There are alternatives to standard consumer products that offer the function required without presenting harmful agents into the body and the environment.

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A Silver Lining to the Financial Crisis

My Yoga Online has posted a new Green Living article by Greg Seaman, A Silver Lining to the Financial Crisis. With the media focusing on delivering endless streams of bad news and negative energy, this article offers a refreshing and uplifting perspective on how the current economic challenges offer opportunity for change economically, environmentally, and socially.



It is all too obvious how difficult the financial crisis is for the average family. But the financial meltdown is an inevitable correction, which will result in a reality-based economic model and a return to healthier personal, family and social values.

As we look ahead to what economic forecasters are calling a protracted recession, it’s quite discouraging and anxiety-provoking. As the scope of the crisis widens by the day, we are seeing the global scale of the problem. The growing interconnectedness of commerce and culture is becoming more apparent. Across the globe, economists, political leaders and people in general have a shared objective – how to best navigate ourselves through this time of transition.

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Shopping For Back to School The Environmental Way

Every year, parents spend millions of dollars on back-to-school supplies. This year, be sure to shop green. Remember that many thrift stores carry school supplies that will cost you a fraction of retail prices.

Avoid excess packaging. A large percentage of solid waste stream is the result of unnecessary packaging. When given a choice, choose the product that is sensible, not over-packaged, and reuse or recycle packaging.

Look for green labels that let you know the product is certified as environmentally friendly.

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Clothes Shopping For Sustainable Living

• Think about where your clothes come from. Clothing made under fair-wage and labour practices will usually advertise it.

• Wear organic. Though cotton is marketed as clean, fresh, and natural, conventional varieties are anything but. It takes a third of a pound of chemical fertilizers and pesticides READ MORE...