Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Secret World of Girls -> Kitchen Sisters
Wow!
The Kitchen Sisters have launched their latest project - The Secret Life of Girls on NPR.
Over the next year they will air installments / stories from the research they have done over the past few months, I don't know how long they have been working on this.
The first installment was great.
Reading about and hearing varying perspectives on everyday life is always mind expanding. One story that was particularly interesting to me was about a woman in a nomadic tribe in the Sahara, I believe.
"Oumar says her society has a different take on marriage than the committed-till-you-die scenario.
'Among the Tuaregs, if someone doesn't love you anymore, you have to leave him," she says. "They say that the more times you divorce, the more beautiful you are — and successful. The women throw a party when they divorce. The divorce party is a bigger party than the wedding.' "
The Kitchen Sisters have launched their latest project - The Secret Life of Girls on NPR.
Over the next year they will air installments / stories from the research they have done over the past few months, I don't know how long they have been working on this.
The first installment was great.
Reading about and hearing varying perspectives on everyday life is always mind expanding. One story that was particularly interesting to me was about a woman in a nomadic tribe in the Sahara, I believe.
"Oumar says her society has a different take on marriage than the committed-till-you-die scenario.
'Among the Tuaregs, if someone doesn't love you anymore, you have to leave him," she says. "They say that the more times you divorce, the more beautiful you are — and successful. The women throw a party when they divorce. The divorce party is a bigger party than the wedding.' "
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Research on Libido workshop
Biological
Hormone imbalances:
Often caused by imbalance of Pregnenolone - depends on cholesterol to be made
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pregnenolone
Hormone imbalances:
Often caused by imbalance of Pregnenolone - depends on cholesterol to be made
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pregnenolone
Thought provoking links for today - Sister Hope and Homegrown Evolution
I just came across an article from Homegrown Evolution about their new book about making everyday items yourself. In the post they posed the question of whether or not to include cloth pads in the book. The comments were unanimously affirmative even though most people were still a bit grossed out by the option. I sort of am too although I have never tried one. They went on to describe a couple of groups working in Africa to distribute cloth pads to school aged girls in families where they cannot afford feminine hygiene products so that they can go to school during their periods.
Sister Hope is one of the organizations. What an amazing project that I would have never thought about. Here is their mission statement:
Our mission is to provide reusable menstrual pads to girls and women living in the developing world. We seek to keep girls in school every day, even during their period, by combining earth friendly solutions with a collaborative team effort.
We are dedicated to creating a global alliance among women across the world in order to empower young girls in poverty,
because menstruation shouldn't mean inequality.
They have a goal to reach 600 pads donated by July. I am going to make a few myself and might even host a Pad Party. Sounds like fun.
In addition to being a wonderful cause, this information is inspiring and thought provoking to me in a couple of ways.
1. Remembering the greater world experience. Many people live in various forms of oppression and that oppression is often layered in non-obvious ways that add up overtime and experience.
2. Taking the time to look at the things we take for granted. Making everyday items for yourself reduces packaging & shipping, saves money & energy, insures that your items are made of the quality ingredients and makes you appreciate the little things in your life a little more.
Sister Hope is one of the organizations. What an amazing project that I would have never thought about. Here is their mission statement:
Our mission is to provide reusable menstrual pads to girls and women living in the developing world. We seek to keep girls in school every day, even during their period, by combining earth friendly solutions with a collaborative team effort.
We are dedicated to creating a global alliance among women across the world in order to empower young girls in poverty,
because menstruation shouldn't mean inequality.
They have a goal to reach 600 pads donated by July. I am going to make a few myself and might even host a Pad Party. Sounds like fun.
In addition to being a wonderful cause, this information is inspiring and thought provoking to me in a couple of ways.
1. Remembering the greater world experience. Many people live in various forms of oppression and that oppression is often layered in non-obvious ways that add up overtime and experience.
2. Taking the time to look at the things we take for granted. Making everyday items for yourself reduces packaging & shipping, saves money & energy, insures that your items are made of the quality ingredients and makes you appreciate the little things in your life a little more.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Spring is here, or coming soon
Spring is here..or coming soon so I thought this information on pesticide contamination in fruits and vegetables would be interesting and helpful.
Here is a link to the most popular 47 fruits and veggies and how they rank in terms of pesticide contamination to the meat of the item. The intention of this list is to help you make decisions of when to make the investment to buy organic or not.
http://www.foodnews.org/fulllist.php
Important things to note on the list:
Avocados and onions are a great examples of items that you do not have to buy organic unless, of course, you want to support the organic movement as an overall philosophy which is an entirely different conversation.
Grapes imported vs domestic - the ranking is pretty different - domestic grapes have a much lower contamination level than imported grapes do. Please check where your fruit comes from, especially if you chose to buy non-organic.
There is also a version that you can print out and keep in your wallet. There is an iPhone / Touch app you can download. Both are available at the link below.
http://www.foodnews.org/walletguide.php
Where is the information coming from?
The information is provided by Environmental Working Group. EWG is a non-profit organization that believes in using the power of information to protect public health and the environment. They create specialized services such as these lists as well as other indexes and applications that help people understand what is in their food, health and beauty products in addition to other items that impact public health and the environment.
You can learn more about EWG on their website http://www.ewg.org/about
Let me know if you have any questions.
Take care,
Stacy
p.s. I have attached 2 photos I took at Full Belly Farm - a local organic and biodynamic farm that we visit often.
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