Using protocols established by the California Climate Action Registry, the winery utilizes solar and windmill installations, bio-diesel vehicles and earth-friendly packaging, water conservation, composting and recycling, and purchases carbon credits from

Cox did her homework, gathered together like-minded supporters and created a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting young women through the provision of clothing, emotional support and referral to appropriate services when necessary. She has garn

The Our Lady of Calvary Abbey, a Trappist monastery, located in Rogersville, New Brunswick has recently been urged by several animal rights groups to shut down its farming operation due to grossly inhumane treatment of animals. The monastery is operating

There are many myths about veganism. Just to set the record straight, here are 25 things that vegans can do!

ON A COLD winter's day following a storm that covered the surrounding ground and trees in heavy snow, the wood-framed, canvas-covered yurt is snug and warm; its wool-felt insulation blanketing the interior with a pungent lanolin scent.

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French journalist and filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin examines the dark and troubling influence of American chemical and biotech giant Monsanto. Her incendiary film documents a corporate legacy of greed, death, poverty and illness --from the creation (and

Senate plans to vote in amendment to health care bill, S 1796, preventing millions of women from obtaining insurance coverage for abortion under health care reform. Sign petition NOW!

When it passed a historic health care reform bill, the House also adopted the Stupak amendment, a dangerous piece of legislation that would ban abortion from private and public insurance plans for millions of American women. Fortunately, the fight for wo

Jill Pearson has been legally blind since she was eight. Despite this, she got a degree from the University of Miami in 1987 in biology. Jill is married to Kevin Morrill. Kevin got a degree in 1980 from Cal State in rehabilitative counseling.