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Acupuncture
An ancient Chinese system of healing that utilizes small needles inserted at specific points along the body’s energy pathways to restore health and vitality.
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Alternative Energy
Alternative energy refers to energy that does not come from fossil fuels (oil, coal, natural gas) but rather from renewable sources such as the sun and the wind.
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Ayurveda
An ancient, holistic system of health maintenance from India which seeks to avoid disease by creating balance in your body and mind.
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Biodiesel
Biodegradable, nontoxic, low-emissions fuel, derived from renewable resources that can be used in diesel engines.
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Bodywork
An umbrella category that includes many variations of the healing techniques that use body-to-body contact to restore health.
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Compost
Partially decomposed organic material, used in gardening and agriculture as a soil amendment.
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Ecotourism
Travel to places of ecological significance, done in a way that attempts to minimize one’s impact on those places.
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Fair Trade
A method of doing business that prioritizes sustainable development and social justice.
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Global warming
An increase in the Earth’s average surface temperature as the result of a buildup of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, largely due to human activities such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation.
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Green Design
A term used to describe furniture, consumer products, landscaping, or new or renovated buildings that use recycled or natural materials, minimize waste, or reduce energy consumption.
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Greenhouse Gases
Naturally occurring and manmade gases that trap heat in the Earth’s atmosphere, contributing to the greenhouse effect and global warming.
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Greenmarket
An open-air public marketplace where farmers and other vendors sell produce and some other food products directly to consumers. Also called farmers’ markets.
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Greenwashing
As more and more consumers become concerned about the environment and choose to support companies with sound environmental practices (or shun those who pollute or otherwise harm the planet), companies have seized on "green" as a marketing opportunity. But many companies touting supposedly green practices are really obscuring their environmentally destructive policies.
Heirloom Varieties
Vegetables or fruit varieties that have been grown for a number of decades and whose seeds have been passed down within a family, a region or a culture.
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Holistic Medicine
A system of wellness based on the belief that a person is made up of a series of interdependent parts, and that when one area is compromised, the others suffer too.
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Locally Grown
Food that is sold close to where it was grown. In most regions of the U.S., the types of produce and other goods vary season to season, with a bountiful selection in the spring, summer and autumn, while root crops and cold-stored items make up the bulk of winter’s offerings.
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Martial Arts
Various formalized systems of combat that are practiced for physical fitness, self-defense, mental clarity, and spiritual development.
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Natural Childbirth
A birthing method in which there is little or no medical intervention, such as drugs, painkillers, surgery or equipment.
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Nutritional Supplements
Herbs, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, or food supplements taken to treat a specific condition or to improve overall health.
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Omega-3s
Polyunsaturated fatty acids that are found in certain fish and the seeds of some plants.
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Organic
Foods that are grown and produced without the use of artificial or man-made pesticides, fertilizers, additives and genetically modified organisms.
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Pilates
A full-body exercise method based on a series of precise, sequential movements designed to improve health and fitness by building flexibility, strength, endurance and coordination.
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Raw Foods
Foods that are consumed in an unheated, unprocessed and non-chemically altered state.
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Sustainability
Sustainability is a general principle that espouses conservation of resources and integrating human needs with those of the rest of the planet.
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Sustainable Development
A broadly, economic and social growth "that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs," according to the United Nations commission that first coined the term.
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Vegetarian
One who keeps a diet that omits meat, fish or poultry products.
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Wind Farm
Wind energy is the process of using the motion of the wind to generate electricity.
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Yoga
A diverse set of practices and philosophies that originated in India and that has been incorporated into Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain religions.
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Interests: Parenting (Jack 5yrs and Owen 3yrs), Human Growth and Development, Evolving Consciousness, Integral Life Practice, Coaching, Change Management, Creativity, and Freedom.
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