Integrity: We align our thoughts, our words, our actions, and our love with source energy, with The Pure Consciousness of the Cosmic Source of All That Is and with the loving Oneness of our heart and soul.

OM: One Moment at an Earth Time ~ Integrity is so much more than being earthly truthful with other souls. It is being honest with our own souls first. Integrity is living in accordance with our hearts and souls, within the OM or One Moment at an earthly time. Integrity is living in and within our loving nature ~ choosing love, soulful love, light, and Oneness, honoring both our soul and the source of All That Is, that we are and emanate from in each OM, each One Moment and then in turn in the natural flow of what comes of our honoring all souls and all essences.   Read more...

I believe in unknown heroes. Stele Eugene Ely is one of them. He is the founder of XO earth, a small organization in Colorado that promotes a different and revolutionary exchange currency: the "EarthE."

For every good thing you do for the environment, you can print your own EarthE and exchange it as actual money in many stores within the state.   Read more...

Dear EarthTalk: I want to offer my employees a 401(k) plan that is socially and environmentally responsible. Are there such plans and, if so, where do I look? -- CJ Hughes, Queens, NY

Even though socially responsible investing (SRI) has been around for decades, only recently have some companies begun to offer their employees greener options for 401(k) retirement investment accounts.   Read more...

It’s almost a decade into the 21st century and this planet is drowning in stuff. Debris, garbage, trash, rubbish - it doesn’t matter what we call it. It’s everywhere. It’s even become an island unto itself in the ocean. Things we don’t want. Things we once wanted and no longer have any use for because a bigger or smaller, better, faster thingamajig is now available and we want that.

Even recycling and compost that get transformed into something else, something useful, can take up a lot of time and attention.   Read more...

Now that the Democratic Party's primary celebrity death match is over (kind of; we'll cross our fingers and hope for Saturday), you're probably wondering, "now what?"

What fun could the Democratic National Convention possibly be? Well. We'll tell 'ya. There's this little thing called Cinemocracy happening, and it's gonna be big. The Denver Office of Cultural Affairs and the Denver Film Society have teamed up to bring you Cinemocracy: the Film Festival at the DNC. Here's the deal: you submit your film of up to 5 minutes in length at www.cinemocracy.org, the subject matter having something to do with democracy in all it's many parts. Let your peers vote on your film and you might get the chance to have your film shown publicly in Denver during the DNC.   Read more...

Our green Father's Day Gift Guide and the coolest things on two wheels or less.   Read more...

Dear EarthTalk: What’s available now in lawnmowers that are easier on the environment? My yard is too big for one of those “reel” mowers, and I’m no longer a spring chicken, so I have to buy something that runs on more than human power. What’s out there?   -- Joel Klein, Albany, NY

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), traditional gas-powered lawnmowers are a public nuisance to say the least. Using one of them for an hour generates as many volatile organic compounds

For many years I struggled to find my purpose in life. Through inward reflection and self observation, I came to realize that in order for me to function in this society, I had to abandon the American Dream. I didn't want the American Dream anymore. I was disconnected from it.

I wanted to live as part of the vast Universe and define my passion. What am I here on this earth to do? I recognized that my purpose was to be of service to others but in what way I wondered? Steadfast in reading, research, meditation and prayer, I opened myself up to the journey. I told the Universe to create a life path for me to journey, as it knew my heart's desire and the radiating energy from within. The Universe guided me to personal development. I soon realized that in order to travel this universal journey, I had to become a student of personal development. I quickly learned that I understood the language of personal development and was completely connected to it.   Read more...

Go get one, get your neighbors to get one or family and start sharing what you grow. Instructions are so easy, anyone can follow even elementary students! I planted a starter tomato plant (2) less than a month ago and look at them now! I don't work for them or get a kick back, just love the product. This was initially designed to send (everything but the starter plant and water is included) to people in all types of ecological parts of the world. I didn't have to go out an buy anything but the starter plant and add water!

www.earthbox.com   Read more...

You’ve heard it over and over from your Chinese Medicine doctor: “don’t eat or drink anything cold. Especially with ice!” What’s the rationale behind this? First, we’ll start with Chinese Medical theory and then conclude with Western Medical theory on why you shouldn’t consume cold food and drinks. And we’ll also see how the two medicines see eye-to-eye on this issue.

In Chinese Medical physiology, the stomach is the first organ to receive food and drink and has been compared to a cauldron in which foods are “cooked” by the stomach fire. Because foods are “cooked” by the stomach fire, anything cold hinders this process. After it has been cooked, it then becomes “the pit where rotting and ripening occurs”. I know, it sounds pretty gruesome. We’ll see later how this process has a western explanation.   Read more...