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Environmental News Highlights – 10/8/2009

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This week’s GreenLinks are about inspiration. Each of the following stories inspired me to believe that we can solve the economic and environmental crises the world is now facing, and they also powerfully prodded me to do what I can to make a difference in my home and community. I hope they inspire you too… 

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Environmental News Highlights – 8/27/09

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This week was more positive for environmental and health news fortunately. Here are some interesting highlights: 

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The Skinny on Fat, Part 1

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If there is no evidence linking dietary saturated fat and cholesterol to cardiovascular disease or obesity, just what is taxing our hearts and thickening our waistlines?

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Preventing Osteoporosis with Nutrition

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My mother-in-law just turned 70 yesterday, and like many senior citizens, she is on several different medications, including one for osteoporosis. This got me thinking about how osteoporosis rates in the U.S. have gone up 300% in the last 30 years, much like the rates of diabetes, obesity, cancer and other lifestyle- and diet-related diseases. [...]

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Fresh – New Thinking About What We’re Eating

If Food, Inc. had you feeling sad and angry about all that is corrupt and unhealthy about our industrial food system, Fresh, The Movie presents a vision of the possible by profiling heroes all over the country who are changing the way we eat for the better. Fresh shows us how a sustainable food system [...]

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Cows on Pasture Reduce Global Warming

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U.S. science has finally caught up with what experienced sustainable farmers, holistic nutritionists and Nourishing Traditions / Weston A. Price followers around the world have already known for quite some time… As reported in the Huffington Post, because of the growing consumer demand for sustainably-produced milk, the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy is looking at [...]

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