March 13th, 2010 . Posted in exercise, health | No Comments »
Tags: hopkins, natural health, That's Natural
By: Darlene Hopkins
If you ask most health professionals, “which is the more important, diet or exercise?” they will say, “exercise!” Why? Because your body replaces each and every cell in your body at least once every six months. Most are replaced every three months. If we are exercising our cells are healthier therefore they can uptake more nutrients. It all seems so simple. I quote from Dr. Henry S. Lodge.
“You choose whether those new cells come in stronger, or weaker. You choose whether they grow or decay each day from then on. Your cells don’t care which choice you make. They just follow the directions you send. Exercise, and your cells get stronger; sit down, and they decay.”
Read the complete story on Page 7 of That’s Natural! Quarter 1, 2010 here: http://issuu.com/ThatsNatural/docs/tnq1_2010_web
March 13th, 2010 . Posted in health, nutrition, sustainable | No Comments »
Tags: borden, health care reform, natural medicine, natural remedies, That's Natural
By: Carl Borden
Wow, this health care reform bill is exciting, such big changes to our health care system. OH wait it really seems to be a reform for better ways to pay for insurance, not to really improve our Health and wellbeing. I am not sure, nor is any one else, what this reform will truly bring, we can theorize and debate until we are blue in the face, but the truth is we will not know how it will truly work out until it is implemented in to our lives. Then we will know. One thing I do know is that to really reform our health care system, we need to start at home, “We The People” are the only ones that can really improve our health care.
We need to start at home, we need to make the effort to make positive changes in our health and create a Wellness System not, a wait-until-you’re- really-sick system. What if we used our wonderful technology as the emergency backup system for our health and we depended much more on natural means for maintaining our heath? Mankind has used natural healing since he has been on earth, it obviously works, we are here. Ancient man has survived unbelievable health concerns and for the most part he only had the human touch and his healing intentions to help him get through it. Those benefits are still here today, most likely called alternative/complimentary medicine, (a more natural way of healing and maintaining our health). What if we all used all the natural sources of healing first, then if needed progress to the use of our modern technology.
Read the whole story on Page 7 of That’s Natural! Quarter 1, 2010 – here: http://issuu.com/ThatsNatural/docs/tnq1_2010_web
March 13th, 2010 . Posted in Pueblo, family, pets | No Comments »
Tags: doggie day care, LEED, PAWS for life, shelter, US Green Building Council
By: Bev Kachel
You want Sustainability??? PLEASE, check us out!
We are Pueblo’s thirty- year- old, best kept secret…but that’s changing. We are PAWS for Life/Animal Welfare and Protection Society, a no-kill, non-profit, animal shelter located at 800 N. Pueblo Blvd.
For those of you who are familiar with us, you know our shelter needs an update…badly!! What started out to be a safe haven and shelter for our animals has evolved into a 7.5 acre campus including a 25,000 square-foot built-green shelter. We are seeking Platinum LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification, the highest certification level designated by the US Green Building Council. Our campus will include a new Platinum shelter, doggie day care, bark park, agility course and emergency vet care facility. Given state regulations for shelters including things such as air exchange requirements and other necessities,coupled with the sustainable aspects for heating and cooling, it became evident to our architect and engineer that we would qualify for the LEED certification…that’s how it started!
You can read the rest of the story on Page 6 of That’s Natural! Quarter 1, 2010 here: http://issuu.com/ThatsNatural/docs/tnq1_2010_web
March 13th, 2010 . Posted in That's Natural, children, family | No Comments »
Tags: babies, beery, kids, sustainability, sustainable, That's Natural, youth
By: Angela Beery
When I think about sustainable living, I think about simplicity. It was Leonardo DaVinci who said “simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Living sustainably not only makes sense – it’s simply genius! It follows the laws and order of the universe. It obeys the “House Rules” plaque my great-grandmother has posted on her bathroom wall – “If you sleep on it – make it up. If you wear it – hang it up. If you drop it – pick it up. If you dirty it – clean it up.” Sustainable living is the ultimate common sense.
The simplicity of sustainability makes life easier and more economical in all areas – including when it comes to raising young children. It’s easier because you need less. It’s more economical, again, because you need less. Raising a sustainable-minded family proves that less is indeed more.
You can read the rest of the story on Page 6 of That’s Natural! Quarter 1, 2010 – here: http://issuu.com/ThatsNatural/docs/tnq1_2010_web
March 12th, 2010 . Posted in Colorado, That's Natural, food, local food systems, restaurants | No Comments »
Tags: casida, Colorado, local beer, local farmers, organic food, sustainability, trinity brewing
By: Tisha Casida
Now THIS is sustainability my friends! Trinity Brewing Company has done a fine job with their menu and dedication to the local economy, check out the post at: http://goodamericanpost.info/2010/03/12/trinity-brewing-company-great-beer-fabulous-food-and-easy-on-the-environment/
March 12th, 2010 . Posted in Colorado, energy, food | No Comments »
Tags: Colorado, fritz, manitou springs, That's Natural, transition town
By Brian Fritz
The first training for Transition Town in the United States took place in Boulder, Colorado, in September 2008. Since then there have been multiple Transition Town Initiatives emerging throughout the country, with 15 of those in Colorado alone.
The Transition Town Initiative was developed in the United Kingdom in 2006 by Rob Hopkins, a permaculture teacher, as a practical model for allowing communities to reduce their dependency on a fossil fuel-based infrastructure, develop greater local resilience and re-localize the community resource base. This includes all areas of the community resource: food and energy production, security and access, local economy, health care, education, transportation, etc
See the complete article on Page 10 of That’s Natural! Quarter 1 of 2010 here:
http://issuu.com/ThatsNatural/docs/tnq1_2010_web
February 26th, 2010 . Posted in recycling | No Comments »
Tags: blue star, casida, electronics, morris, recycling, southern colorado
In support of the recent primary business model change from asset-remarketing to responsible end-of-life recycling, Bill Morris was hired as President of Blue Star Recyclers LLC. Previous to joining Blue Star Bill was the Southern Colorado Division Manager for Metech Recycling (formerly GRX) in Colorado Springs. The new mission for Blue Star Recyclers will be to provide ethical, secure, convenient, and affordable (end of life) electronics recycling services to business and residential customers in Southern Colorado; directly and through a wide array of strategic partners.
The vision at Blue Star is to collect and recycle e-waste from our community as a way to serve, sustain, and create community in Southern Colorado.
For more information, please contact:
Bill Morris, President
Office: 719.597.6119
Direct: 719.494.4436
bill@bluestarrecyclers.com
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