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Mineral makeup grows increasingly popular every day.  This article details out some important things you want to know about mineral makeup.  Not all mineral makeup is the same, some contain potentially harmful minerals and many contain potentially toxic synthetic ingredients.  Become an informed consumer and know what you are putting on your skin.  What is it made out of, how safe it is, and what you should be on the look out for.

Interesting look at the use of beeswax in natural beauty products.

My favorite snacks often come from my local farmer’s market, the bulk bin at the co-op, or recently, from my own plot in my local organic community garden! Hey, snacking happens, it might as well be good for you! So, to the delight of green-minded grazers everywhere, I present my top ten favorite healthy sustainable snacks.

Katleen Baum and her twin sister Liesbet run georgette, an online and real world shop in Antwerp which specialises in animal friendly footwear. The website is a delight. Handily written in English, you navigate with a flea circus and clicking on a link can give you a nice surprise. Oh, and the shoes are great too. Here Katleen spoke to Life Goggles about reconciling veganism with wearing leather.

This is definitely the biggest vegan-oriented news of the year, and quite possibly the decade. -vegan.com

The Cattlemen and dairy folks must be crapping their knickers right about now. -Erik Marcus

We have built this quiz which runs you through a typical day of food eating decisions. Based on your answers you are assigned a category: “Chill Vegan” “Meat & Potatoes American” “Vegetarian” etc. At the end of the quiz, it gives you a listing of the potential categories that you could have possibly fallen into and explanations of each.

It is a fun and simple test and is an excellent gauge for you to figure out how healthy your diet is - you might be surprised!

Soup in the summertime? Sure, if it's a chilled cucumber soup. This is easy to prepare, and healthy to boot!

Spring is upon us, and the redwood forest around my home has come to life. A friend told me recently that the lush clover-like ground cover that’s been popping up all spring in my yard is actually edible!

Cinco de Mayo may be over, but you can keep the fiesta going with these awesome, low-fat veggie tacos.

the Center in the heart of downtown Tempe, AZ is packed with tasty organic options and lots of vegan and vegetarian friendly food. Read this review to hear about several of the options available there and what they are doing to help the environment with their sustainable business practices.

zesty and light, this easy salad dressing can be made in minutes with all natural, easy to find ingredients. this would be a perfect tofu or veggie marinade for oven roasting or summer grilling but works perfectly as a healthy salad dressing. :c)

“I’m Vegan” is a series of short documentary profiles featuring vegans from all walks of life, produced with an eye toward addressing preconceived notions about vegans and veganism.

A list of resources for caterers who specialize in creating green events, and use local, organic food. Many of them specialize in vegetarian or vegan events as well.

I was put to the challenge of seeing if I could make these two strict diets compatible for Passover. The results were a tasty meal, and a joyful celebration of cultures.

So I know there has been allot of talk about grain shortage and rising food cost in the news lately so I thought today would be a great day to talk about how your diet can help the environment. World Vision is having an extreme shortage of food due to rising cost and will have cut 1.5 million people from their roster of 7.5 million they fed last year, one-third of them are children who rely on the organization’s aid to survive. Quite a startling statistic!