Global Population to Hit 7 Billion

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the Natural Living RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!According to the US Census Bureau, the world population is scheduled to hit 7 billion by the year 2012. India and China are the countries with the largest populations and the US is currently third [...]

How Hotels Are Going Green

Many consumers are beginning to actively seek out green hotels as part of their desire to be eco conscious on the road as well as at home. Hotels are rising to the occasion because eco-friendly lodging is a win-win because it saves the hotels money and allows them to meet the growing demand for [...]

Mercedes Goes Eco-Friendly

Mercedes has plans to totally eliminate petroleum powered vehicles within seven years to be replaced by alternative powered vehicles such as electric and biofuels. They have already invested $4 million in their Sustainable Mobility plan and we should be seeing a purchasable vehicle that runs on biofuels in the year 2010. Read more [...]

Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products

There is an overwhelming attitude of American citizens of unwavering trust in the US government to protect them from harm. Americans in general believe that all those three letter acronym government agencies exist, simply to protect the health and well being of its citizens. A new book by Mark Shapiro, Exposed: The Toxic [...]

BPA and Canned Foods

Many of us are aware of the dangers of BPA in our water bottles and baby bottles, but for some reason we overlook the danger of BPA and canned foods. BPA was originally developed in the 1930s to be used as an estrogen replacing drug for women but was replaced by the stronger DES. [...]

Want to Know More About Food Irradiation?

Check out this article over at Enviroblog, “Food irradiation: Grosser than you think.” Just when you think you have heard it all when it comes to our food supply contaminated with antibiotics, hormones, pesticides, herbicides and fungicides, not to mention the animal cruelty, poor feeding habits and environmental toll from factory farming, now you [...]

What is Fair Trade Coffee?

“The chief concern of the Fair Trade movement has been to ensure that the vast majority of the world’s coffee farmers (who are small holders) get a fair price for their harvests in order to achieve a decent living wage. Fair Trade guarantees to poor farmers organized in cooperatives around the world: a living wage; [...]

Video: Green Home Makeover Part 3

Video: Green Home Makeover Part 3
In this video, Alive and Well TV talks about addressing clutter and organizing with revolutionary closet organization systems as well as some eco friendly ways to decorate your backyard.
Links from the video:
Easyclosets.com
Shoji-living.com
Can-am.ca
Slide-lok.com
Brownjordan.com
Orecontainers.com

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Herbal Pet Remedies

by Bruce Maul
Much like humans, domesticated cats and dogs have had a taste of pharmaceutical remedies to cure pertinent infections and other diseases that usually inflict household pets. A typical pet owner can find himself driving to the nearest veterinarian whenever evident symptoms of illnesses emerge to distress a once sprightly pup or kitten. In [...]