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Summer Mini-Getaways: Green Travelers Recharge at Spas, Parks and Vineyards

Aug 01, 2014 12:42AM ● By APRIL THOMPSON

Carving out time from crammed calendars for a week or more away from home can pose such a hurdle that more than half of all American workers forfeit hard-earned vacation days every year.

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Learning that Transforms Hearts and Minds: Rethinking How We See Our World Changes Everything

Aug 01, 2014 12:42AM ● By LINDA SECHRIST

In the 30 years since Harrison Owen introduced Open Space Technology (OST), it has been used hundreds of thousands of times by three-quarters of the world’s countries.

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Schools that Rock: Innovators Blaze Creative Paths

Aug 01, 2014 12:42AM ● By SANDRA MURPHY

Creative educational initiatives offer more flexible programs of study than traditional institutions.

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Super-Immunity for Kids: Simple Ways to Boost a Child’s Long-Term Health

Aug 01, 2014 12:29AM ● By LISA TURNER

We’d love it if our kids had fewer sick days away from school, but what if by bolstering their immune systems now, we could also protect them from serious diseases going forward?

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Fracking Versus Food: America’s Family Farm Heritage and Health at Stake

Jul 01, 2014 03:05AM ● By HARRIET SHUGARMAN

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other federal and state agencies set standards and enforce regulations to ensure what we eat is safe and that production is secure. But hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and its accompanying infrastructure threaten this.

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Give Freedom a Hand: Let Peace and Prosperity Ring Around the World

Jul 01, 2014 03:05AM ● By KIRK BOYD

2048 is a plan to prevent wars, eliminate poverty and create the conditions for global sustainability by the time we celebrate the centennial of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, unanimously adopted in 1948 by all UN member countries.

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Camping Turns Kids into Nature Lovers: Forsaking ‘Angry Birds’ for Bird Songs

Jul 01, 2014 03:05AM ● By AVERY MACK

“Whether urban or rural, children in our state average 4.5 minutes outdoors and four hours in front of a screen every day,” says Barbara Erickson, president of The Trustees of Reservations conservation nonprofit, in Sharon, Massachusetts.

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Good Clean Fun Water Sports: Saying No to a Wave of Trash

Jul 01, 2014 03:05AM ● By AVERY MACK

“The ocean is my bliss. My job lets me do what I love and call it work,” says Andrea Neal, Ph.D., founder and CEO of Blue Ocean Sciences, a scientific collaboration seeking healthy water solutions, in Ojai, California.

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Quick and Cool Vegan Smoothies: Summertime, and the Sippin’ is Easy

Jul 01, 2014 03:05AM ● By JUDITH FERTIG

Smoothies offer big nutrition in a small package. Based on a vegan source of lean protein like coconut milk or yogurt, soy, chia seeds or a vegan protein powder made from dried beans or hemp, they can energize us for a full day of summer activities.

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Essential Oils for Summer: Healing Fragrances for Bites, Allergies and Sunburn

Jul 01, 2014 03:05AM ● By KATHLEEN BARNES

A breath of sweet lavender oil can quickly reduce stress. A whiff of lemon oil can energize us. “Essential oils are not magic or folklore. There is solid science behind them,” says Elizabeth Jones, founder of the College of Botanical Healing Arts, in Santa Cruz, California.

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