Dogs with Library Cards: Kids Love Reading to Animals

The goal of Reading Education Assistance Dogs (READ), launched in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1999 as part of Intermountain Therapy Animals, is to improve children’s literacy skills with the mentoring help of certified therapy teams. Read More »

Strong Winds Strong Roots: What Trees Teach Us About Life

Agreat experiment in the desert called the biodome created a living environment for human, plant and animal life. Read More »

Healing Journeys: Paul Stutzman Finds Universal Truths on His Treks

Paul Stutzman was a successful executive with a family restaurant chain and a happy father and husband married for more than 30 years when his wife, Mary, passed away from breast cancer in 2006. Read More »

Home-Grown Organic Made Easy: 10 Time-Saving Tips for a Healthy Garden

Organic gardening experts share strategies for growing a great garden and having a life, too. Read More »

The Food Artisans Next Door: Homemade Delicacies, Direct from Our Neighbors

The locavore movement of eating locally produced foods continues to expand, thanks to 42 states passing cottage food laws that permit community members to make certain foods at home to sell to neighbors. Read More »

Mastering the Force: The Martial Arts Hold Deep Inner Lessons

Few words are as oddly coupled as martial and arts. Read More »

Earth in Peril: Children Confront Climate Change

This month, Home Box Office (HBO), in collaboration with New York City’s American Museum of Natural History, will air the new documentary, Saving My Tomorrow. Read More »

Spring Greening: Easy Ways to Detox a House

For most individuals, odorous chemicals are simply unpleasant. Read More »

Nature’s Wisdom: Its Lessons Inspire, Heal and Sustain Us

While the idea that we humans stand apart from—or even above—nature is a prevailing theme in much of modern civilization, naturalists and other clever souls throughout the ages have observed that the opposite is true: Read More »

Acupuncture Increases Quality of Life for Allergy Sufferers: Alternative Solution for Seasonal Symptoms

Hay fever sufferers receiving acupuncture plus medication reported a better quality of life than those only receiving drugs. Read More »

Heating and Cooling from the Earth’s Engine

A geothermal system moves and stores energy rather than producing energy through combustion or resistance Read More »

April 2015

Our April issue is packed with some great tips for the home and garden, as well as getting more in touch with nature. Read More »