Living in Istanbul brings its ups and downs. It’s a massive city with traffic snarls and smog like I’ve never experienced but it also has a buzz unmatched. I’m yet to make up my mind about it as a place to live but it’s a city everyone should visit at least once. When the call […]
Filed under: Saf Restaurant, Istanbul, Bosphorus, city living, well aging, Saf, Hayal Kahvesi, Club Sporium, Ortakoy, live blood, lounge fm, Akatlar, Eminonu, call to prayer, goosebumps, waterfront, appetite, smoothie, banana, Bosphorus bridge, radio station on May 31st, 2008 | No Comments »
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 […]
Filed under: global warming, environment, health, awareness, work-life balance, city living, lifestyle, greenhouse gasses, carbon footprint, greenhouse gases, chemicals, depression, greenhouse gas, Planet Earth, Anastasia, sustainability on March 27th, 2008 | No Comments »
The British government has announced it is phasing out incandescent light bulbs by 2011 in favor of largely fluorescent energy saving tubes. While these tubes save 75% of the energy used by standard bulbs and thus greatly reduce the greenhouse gas effects of electricity usage this is not the only environmental or health issue to […]
Filed under: global warming, environment, city living, greenhouse gasses, carbon footprint, fluorescent lighting, mercury, food chain, epileptic seizures, migraines, eczema, dermatitis, depression, Environmental Protection Agency, greenhouse gas on February 26th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve just spent the past weekend in Munich. What a great city. I was staying just round the corner from the Marienplatz - the huge outdoor pedestrian mall at the center of the down town area.
Munich offers the best of both worlds, small city charm with all the sights, shopping and conveniences of a large […]
Filed under: Saf Restaurant, health, wine, organic, city living, beer, food, bars, Munich, Marienplatz, English gardens, mall, pedestrian, Zerwirk on February 20th, 2008 | No Comments »
I took this test to find out how toxic I was. Mildly toxic was the verdict although I do my best to avoid all things synthetic in our environment.
This got me thinking, I work as a health professional, have access to top quality products and information and pride myself on practicing what I preach. Most of […]
Filed under: environment, detox, health, active aging, bodrum, toxins, city living, lifestyle, food, diet, positivity, chemicals on January 28th, 2008 | No Comments »
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. […]
Filed under: awareness, city living, lifestyle, permaculture and ecovillage design, America, Alternative Media on December 19th, 2007 | No Comments »
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 […]
Filed under: environment, health, organic, awareness, inspiration, city living, food, travel, America, business travel on November 30th, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve just got back to Istanbul from a weeks travelling with work. 4 cities in 3 countries. Anyone who does it soon realizes that it sounds a lot more glamorous than the reality. Planes, airports and hotel rooms along with changing time zones can really take it out of you.
One of the big challenges […]
Filed under: health, organic, raw food, Istanbul, city living, Supermarket, flying, business travel, farmers markets, dehydration on November 22nd, 2007 | No Comments »
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 […]
Filed under: health, awareness, inspiration, city living, Dr Mercola, lifestyle, diet, positivity, internet on October 24th, 2007 | No Comments »
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 […]
Filed under: environment, awareness, inspiration, city living, lifestyle, travel, permaculture and ecovillage design, naturally occurring standards on October 20th, 2007 | No Comments »