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Just because this holiday revolves around big portions of turkey and stuffing doesn't mean you have to lose all hope in helping out the environment.
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elephantjournal.com one of a series of 20 posts we've done on ad campaigns that are simpatico with our demographic—that capture the spirit of their intended audience. Search "effective advertising" for other posts.

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This is what effective advertising looks like.
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"...Women who work in the home are 54% more likely to die from cancer, due to exposure to household cleaning products. Asthma rates have increased fourfold in the last 20 years, making it the most common ailment in America. Poor indoor air quality (up to twice as worse as outside air, according to the EPA) is taxing o...ur health care system and putting kids at risk of a lifetime of complications..." Healthy alternative resources are listed in this article by Merete Heather Mueller.Read More

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Thousands of Americans buy chemical cleaning products each day, convinced the scented, neon liquids will protect them and their families from sickness and
Merete Mueller
Merete Mueller
Zeus, you are quite right to point out that there are multiple causes of cancer, asthma and the other ailments that have risen in frequency over the last 50 years. Household chemicals and synthetic cleaning products are just one contributor to our increasingly toxic lifestyles (but they can easily be remedied with natural alternatives as the other ... Read Morecomments here demonstrate!). Thank you for calling our attention to a few other possible factors, which deserve equal attention and more research.

p.s. Here is a video about one of my favorite organizations working to fight other kinds of air pollution and inner-city asthma: http://is.gd/4ZU4I
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Rick Gilbert
Rick Gilbert
Here is a presentation given at a hazardous waste conference in Seattle last June, with some good information and a scientific basis (hope it works!):
http://www.productstewardship.us/associations/6596/files/A.%20Steinemann.HIdden%20and%20Hazardous%20Chemicals%202.pdf
she was pretty much anti-everything-but-vinegar-and-baking-soda. not the stance I take, for sure--but the accumulative effects of multiple cleaning products and air "fresheners" etc. is worrisome.
Yesterday at 1:12pm
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elephantjournal.com The original diet! This one one-ups Michael Pollan's encouragement to "eat real food!"

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Eat Like Your Ancestors. ~ via Chelsea Komlo
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elephantjournal.com A dedication to a Boulder gentleman.

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Taige.
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Boulder: this Saturday, Cornucopia of Local event. Panel: Waylon Lewis with Ann Cooper, 2pm.
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elephantjournal.com My mom writes about how Buddhist Lojong, or Mind Training slogans, can reverse habitual patterns and turn obstacles (like getting laid off) from depression toward staying open.

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Linda Lewis uses lojong slogan to persevere through difficult times, gains compassion through using slogans
MaryJo Wheeler
MaryJo Wheeler
A Lojong slogan: "Don't ponder others."
(Don't ponder others' weak points, becoming arrogant about your own accomplishments.)
From The Compassion Box, Pema Chodron)
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I love Lojong! I flip through one a day at home.
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Thomas L. Holderfield
Thomas L. Holderfield
Give me a minute to ponder this...
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How Old is Yoga? Nick Rosen vs. Yuppie Hippie Marketing Hype.
Shelly Kelnhofer
Shelly Kelnhofer
amazing...beautiful...inspiring
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elephantjournal.com Sakyong
Mipham Rinpoche: Buddhist Advice for these “Dark Ages” (economy, global
warming, war).
Bonus Videos: Gesar Mukpo: “What About Me?”; Sakyong on
How to Meditate, Sakyong arrives in Tibet.

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Two Tibetan American Buddhist gurus, back in the day. Best-selling Buddhist author and teacher Sakyong Mipham (right) with his father, Chogyam Trungpa
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elephantjournal.com Vegetarian Thanksgiving? Here's a how-to video.

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Why do we here at elephant journal dot com care about vegetarianism, and veganism? Is it 'cause we're knee-jerk cliche coast-dwelling white liberal yuppies?
Kelly
Kelly
:) Go VEG!!!!
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Jaclyne Wachell
Jaclyne Wachell
Us Canadian's wish you could have posted this last month!! lol!!
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elephantjournal.com One of the greatest green leaders and minds in the world—changed my life, inspired my mission. Video link.

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Waylon Lewis introduces Lester Brown at University of Colorado at Boulder this Wednesday.
Trine Wilson
Trine Wilson
wish I could get to boulder for this...
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John Victor Anderson
John Victor Anderson
He in the Fort at CSU 11/19
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John Victor Anderson
John Victor Anderson
He in the Fort at CSU 11/19
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elephantjournal.com First rule: “Diets. Do. Not. Work. They don’t work!”

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Oprah's Four Hard-won Diet Rules.
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Lisa, you should write something up for us on a "mindful diet!" Would be great service. Personally, as someone who's been discursive about food my whole life, I eat quality food but too much or too little and found Oprah's Key Steps really helpful and pragmatic.
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Paperless Invitations for a Happy Thanksgiving. ~ via Deirdre Carey
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Twilight's Christian Serratos would rather go Naked than wear Fur.
Olga Aloha
Olga Aloha
we are all made from stardust
November 17 at 6:18pm
Thomas L. Holderfield
Thomas L. Holderfield
Hannah, right on! I fully support what you are saying. I actually did not mean what I said about not caring about fur or animal rights, etc. I was just doing my standard guy thing. I was focused entirely on the photo. Yes, PETA and others know how to get my attention with their ads. But that is fine with me. Keep it coming! But, I did not ... Read Moremean to belittle in any way the causes represented or to offend anyone here. Naked women are as much a part of nature as the furry animals! Anyway, Olgan, we are indeed stardust. We are golden. And we have GOT to get ourselves back to the garden!
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