More photos of my frame being built by Folk Engineered! I love being able to see the work in progress. Click here to see the full album on Folk Engineered’s Facebook page. Photos by Folk Engineered Read the full post
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The Building of My Bike: The Frame III
Eco-friendly packaging for chips – made from potatoes
As you may recall the eco-friendly efforts of Frito-Lay with their Sun Chips brand packaging caused quite a buzz when the compostable packaging was removed from many flavours due to the bags being too noisy according to customers! I’d written about that previously on this post, but now a new story from the UK...
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UN Biodiversity Conference to target demanding yet achievable goals
The currently ongoing U.N. Biodiversity Conference is being followed by many analysts as a benchmark overview of the current state of affairs with us and our environment. Although the conference lasts two weeks in total a headline is already been made by the head of the program who has declared: “We are destroying life...
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Meatless Monday Night Football with Broccoli Calzones and Spreads
Welcome back to another Meatless Monday night football. When you think about food for game day images of various bar food and beer come to mind. But those foods normally contain meat and it’s Meatless Monday and you want to know how to make a healthy vegetarian alternative to these classic bar food treats....
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Hair Care and Body Care With Mustard Oil
Mustard oil has long been known for its beneficial natural health giving properties. So if you are worrying about hair fall, you would want to look at an easy way in which your hair stops dropping out in handfuls. Naturally, you would have to change your diet, – more fruits and vegetables- and stop...
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Why Mustard Oil is Good For You
I remember my grandmother massaging me with mustard oil when I was a child. And after that, I was allowed to run about in the garden, sans clothing. The idea was that a daily massage of mustard oil was the best way in which a child’s limbs would grow strong, straight, and healthy. So...
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Organic Honey & Almond Face Scrub Recipe
Face Scrubs are a brilliant way of exfoliating the skin on your face and neck. Exfoliation is the removal of dirt and dead skin cells from the top layer of your skin and your pores, this helps to keep your skin pimple and blemish free, fresh looking, and healthy, by increasing the blood flow...
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Vandana Shiva: Planting Seeds of Hope
On Monday night, Kai & I hopped on our bikes and rode to St. Michael’s College to hear Dr. Vandana Shiva give the inaugural address for the College’s new Environmental Studies major. When I read that Vandana Shiva was going to be speaking in Vermont, I Read the full post
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My Organic Garden and the Basil Mystery
Basil Plants Welcome fellow organic garden enthusiasts and green living enthusiasts. As I continue my retrospect of this past season, I have a basil mystery to share which is: what stunted my basil plants that were showing such promise? The question seems simple enough and I am batting around a few theories and wouldn’t...
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Taking Full Advantage Of Natural Conditioner Goodness
People have been using natural hair conditioners for thousands of years, and some of the most popular have been henna, yoghurt , eggs and beer. The job of a proper hair conditioner is to make sure that your hair does not look like a bird’s nest ever. So stop using chemicals on your hair,...
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