Unbearable Costs + Consequences of Consumerism

This week a friend sent me the link to a new online film by an expert on the materials economy and it took me a few days to click on it. I finally did because I wanted to clean up my email in-box, nothing more noble. Now I want to clean up my […]

Lifestyle changes pay off

Contrary to the popular excuse, its never too late to make positive changes to your health.  Mounting a 4 pronged attack such as this approach can have dramatic effects for the better.Â
Its never too late to quit smoking.  Smoking cigarettes is probably the single most harmful thing you can do to yourself and quitting will […]

Green Festival (part two)

As I wrote in my last blog, the Green Festival in San Francisco had many interesting things to get informed about. Not only different products and businesses, but also about different alternative media that are blooming everywhere and are becoming more recognizable. The “green” media are television/radio channels, shows and programs, but also magazines, online magazines and newspapers. […]

Green Festival

After being in Santa Barbara, CA, for about a week we wanted to explore more of the US west coast. We decided to rent a car and drive to Nevada, Arizona and back to California to be in San Francisco for the Green Festival.
Driving through the different states from town to town was a really […]

Green Travelling vs Globalisation

It’s hard to travel without your pockets full of money, but at the same time it can be an adventure.
You constantly have to be creative in the way you travel - that means being creative about what to eat, were to sleep and how to get from one place to another. Another challenge is […]

Lost Valley/Save our planet/The Secret and The Corporation

Lost Valley, October 27
Last day in Lost Valley and tomorrow we say our goodbyes. Living in the woods for a month is now over and we have new places to explore.
The weather here in Lost Valley changed a lot while we’ve been here. From being very cold to be quite hot to very windy. People […]

The Power of Positivity

Pretty much everyone wants to be healthy or healthier but not everyone is taking the positive steps which will provide that greater health.  So why is that?  One word I hear a lot as a health professional, friend, son and brother is “can’t.”  I can’t do that, I can’t eat like that, I cant find the time to exercise […]

Lost Valley/Spiral Dynamics and Permaculture Books

Lost Valley, October 19th.
The days go by so fast that there that there doesn’t seem to be any time to write. There is always something going on during the day and in the afternoon. Last night we went to a spiral dynamics discussion in the classroom, lead by one of the teachers in the Permaculture […]

Lost Valley/Vegetarian Food/Herbal Tea and Delicious Popcorn

It has been 10 days since we came to Lost Valley to learn about sustainable living. There has been so much to see and learn at the same time.
I’ve been participating in the Permaculture course for about 2 hours every day and I have been spending the rest of my time in the Lost Valley […]

Permaculture and EcoVillage Design Course in Lost Valley…(Intro)

So, finally we made it to Lost Valley Oregon/Dextor in the US, sent by The LifeCo
to document Permaculture, sustainable living, ecovillage design and other interesting things we see or hear along the way.
We are:
Yuri Radomisli: Massage Therapist and Permaculture student.
Dilek Turan: Photographer and reporter.
It was a long journey; four airplanes, a bus and a train. […]