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Movie & Book Reviews

Protecting Your Children’s Teeth, Part 2

June 29, 2009 Factory-Free Food

Ever wonder why some people seldom brush their teeth and have few, if any, cavities, whereas others brush and floss religiously and still have constant dental problems? Or why isolated peoples who eat traditional, whole food diets may have never used a toothbrush, and yet have perfect, straight teeth with no decay throughout their lives? [...]

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Protecting Your Children’s Teeth, Part 1

June 25, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living
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My husband and I have a history of lots of painful dental work and orthodonture, and both of us have mouthfuls of toxic mercury fillings we wish we had had an alternative for when we were young. (Dating ourselves here, I guess!). Now that Babyzilla has 8 teeth, we are particularly concerned that they remain [...]

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Food, Inc. – Showing at a Theater Near You

June 14, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living

Do you know where you food really comes from? It’s not where you think, and the answer may surprise you… Did you know that the average food product travels about 1,500 miles to get to your grocery store? And that transporting food accounts for 30,800 tons of greenhouse gas emissions every year? Or that organic [...]

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HOME – The Movie

June 10, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living

If you have not yet seen it, the free feature-length documentary, HOME is available on YouTube only until June 14, 2009. HOME is a breathtakingly beautiful documentary built around footage from over 50 countries, all seen from the air. As we view the absolute majesty of our home, Planet Earth, the narrator tells us the [...]

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Fixing Our Broken Food System, Part 2

May 23, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living

In the tradition of Michael Moore (Sicko, Bowling for Columbine) and Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me, 30 Days), Food Matters is a hard hitting, fast-paced look at our current state of health. Discouraged by the terrible side effects that pharmaceutical drugs were having on the health of their families, nutritionists-turned-filmmakers James Colquhoun and Laurentine ten Bosch set off on [...]

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The Story of Stuff – Reducing our Consumer Footprint

April 10, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living

Inspired by “The Story of Stuff,” this month, the Small Family Footprint is doing a “spend-fast.” This means that for the next 30 days, expenditures we need to live—like socks, toilet paper, groceries and doctor appointments—are OK, but impulse and entertainment purchases—like potato chips, magazines, dress shoes and eating out are not. We are doing [...]

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