A round-up of what we’re reading right now. 

Striving to do better is good for business: environmentally conscious companies have more productive employees. [Via Co.EXIST]

Is soy a “dangerfood”? [Via Greatist]

Culinary collaborations can lead to great things, in this case, spicy hash browns. [Via BGSK]

It’s not just a Mars vs. Venus thing, men and women literally see things differently. [Via National Geographic]

The mysteries of coconut water finally solved. [Via Elephant Journal]

Apples are officially in season, celebrate with these 21 recipes. [Via Ecorazzi]

Why is it that women’s sports are still behind and what can we do about it? [Via The Daily Muse]

Just how do you impress someone with food in the great outdoors? [Via Adventure Journal]

Time to do more with your work space, like grow a garden. [Via Remodelista]

Economic booms and busts take a toll, as showcased in this photo series of abandoned motel pools. [Via Curbed]

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A round-up of what we’re reading right now. 

Hey ladies, why are you getting so riled up about abortion and birth control? Shouldn’t you be concerned about real economic issues? Oh wait… [Via Jezebel]

Up the ante on your love life and take the time to be more environmentally sexy. [Via Elephant Journal]

Pursuing a life on two wheels? Here are the ten best bikes for women. [Via Active Times]

You know what tops the list of 10 Ways to Eat Healthy? Eat what you love (in the right quantities that is). [Via The Age]

Honey Drizzled Semolina Cake? Can we have seconds please? [Via BGSK]

Stretching is a great way to take a break from a fast-paced life, here are a few ways to get more of it into your busy day. [Via Organic Authority]

Put old things to use and keep your house well lit with these upcycled lamps. [Via Curbly]

If you depend on maps for getting around on public transportation, there’s a large likelihood that they’re distorted ones. [Via Smithsonian]

Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was published 50 years ago. It changed the way we think about nature- or did it? [Via Orion Magazine]

Coliving: when your network isn’t just your Facebook friends or business contacts. It’s your friends, influencers, ad hoc family, and home. [Via Utne]

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A round-up of what we’re reading right now. 

Running red lights on a bicycle is illegal, but is it ethical? Here’s someone that says yes. [Via New York Times]

What century are we living in? A new study reveals that U.S. doctors are using non-FDA approved steroids to prevent lesbianism in fetuses. [Via Queerty]

Self-doubt, worry and fear, all things you don’t need in life. [Via Elephant Journal]

Can we blame our brain for our food cravings? Maybe a little bit. [Via Greatist]

Go to this school in Louisiana and you might get kicked out for being pregnant. [Via Mother Jones]

If only Nancy Drew had a cell phone in her day, she would have been texting up a storm. [Via The Hairpin]

In the Los Angeles area, 10 women are truly changing things up. [Via Forbes]

Carla Bruni is getting her own statue… as a working woman. [Via The Frisky]

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A round-up of what we’re reading right now.

Would you choose food over sex? Because apparently 1 out of 3 singles would. [Via Today]

Take the time to be happy, which means stop doing these 10 things. [Via Elephant Journal]

Hanging planter gardens, so hot right now. Make your own with this guide. [Via Curbly]

The Olympics are fast approaching, and if you’re like us, you have a twinge of London fever. Here is a roundup of excellent London-focused blogs to follow. [Via Traveling Greener]

Can’t travel this summer? Get some map art instead. [Via CasaSugar]

The joys of working – and eating – on a vineyard. [Via Small Kitchen College]

The ultimate summer delight? Foraging for a dinner party. [Via Grist]

Nope, mermaids definitely are not real. [Via Gadling]

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A round-up of what we’re reading right now.

Eating consciously does not have to be expensive. As it turns out, you can eat like a vegan and be on food stamps. [Via Ecorazzi]

Looking to decorate? This line of reclaimed lumber can be used on walls, on floors and even on your ceiling. [Via CasaSugar]

You can stop looking for the perfect summer project; DIY lighting it is! [Via Curbly]

$500.50 for a pound of coffee beans? Sure, that seems reasonable. [Via New York Times]

It’s good to have daily reminders of happiness. Some of the best? Children. [Via Elephant Journal]

Mixed drinks do add up; for every $100 the average American spends, about $1 of it goes to alcohol. [Via NPR]

There are things in life you should worry about, like courage. Then there’s a lot of other stuff that you really should just let go of. [Via Lists of Note]

Just imagine what you could accomplish if you were just a little more anxious. [Via Jezebel]

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This week’s top reads from our friends at Elephant Journal. 

Elephant Journal loves serving up green with a side of sass as much as we do. To make sure you get a taste of all the good things they’ve got going on over there, every week we bring you a round-up of the best picks. Brew a cup of coffee and enjoy!

Vegan Comfort Food -Lorin Arnold

We are getting close to setting the clocks back on the East Coast, and that means that cooler weather is really coming.  It’s time to sort clothes and put away the tank tops, figure out who needs a jacket, and find the extra blankets.  It’s also time to start thinking about the vegan comfort foods that go best in colder weather.  Of course, there are some super-easy-to- veganize comfort food dishes that are so standard most of us make them frequently, whether we are vegan or not.  These include items like spaghetti, vegetable soup, and oatmeal.  But, if we don’t get too complacent about what we are cooking, there are also some slightly less regular and delicious vegan comfort foods that can both warm us up and provide that “zing” that we sometimes need to keep from settling into palatal hibernation in the cooler months.

Looking for God on the 6 Train -Susanna Hardwood Rubin

Suddenly I wanted to be more fully in the experience I was having at the moment that it was occurring. I wanted to connect with what was going on around me – not that I wanted to engage in conversations with strangers, but I wanted to listen more and escape less. I wanted to soften to the richness of each moment and recognize the interesting-ness of everything. I wanted to become more sensitive, more aware, more engaged and entertained by the world. And the more I did it, the better it became.

Agave: The Nectar of Deceit -Dr. Paul Gannon

“Really?” I said, as I thought to myself, “Agave IS sugar” and bit my tongue, realizing that I do like parties, and I do like desserts, and I do want to be invited back. Far be it from me to be Debbie Downer and judge what we put in our mouths — at a party! But here, judgment takes front seat in this context and forum, as your health and informed decisions for it, is a whole nutter butter snack cracker.

So after the sugar shockwave cake, I was curious. Really? Is agave that great? Is it even a little guilt-free?

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This week’s top reads from our friends at Elephant Journal. 

Elephant Journal loves serving up green with a side of sass as much as we do. To make sure you get a taste of all the good things they’ve got going on over there, every week we bring you a round-up of the best picks. Brew a cup of coffee and enjoy!

Living Off-the-Grid. – Michael Levin

Living off-the-grid means living without public utilities like electricity. People who live off-the-grid may not depend on municipal water, sewage, or natural gas. It also can mean you’re self-sufficient in various ways. There are many third-world citizens who have lived off-the-grid for generations. Some people choose this alternative lifestyle to save money. It’s also a way to lower your environmental footprint.

The 10 Things You’ll Do Once You Start Yoga. – Lee Anne Finfinger

You’ll get over yourself. If you teach yoga, you’ll hope that people show up because they like taking class from who you really are. If you practice yoga, you’ll keep showing up and you’ll realize that the other shit doesn’t matter.

Eco Boy vs. Yoga Girl: Sunday Brunch – Elephantjournal.com

“Yeah,” Nearly Vegan Girl said. “Nothing worse than…”

And they spoke together: “…getting yer croissant before your coffee.”

“You wait all week,” he continued, “for brunch with your Sunday NY Times and coffee and croissant. And then you just get your croissant, and by the time the coffee comes it’s cool or you’ve eaten it.”

“Life’s rough,” she said, smiling.

“Seriously,” he said, seriously.

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This week’s top reads from our friends at Elephant Journal. 

Elephant Journal loves serving up green with a side of sass as much as we do. To make sure you get a taste of all the good things they’ve got going on over there, every week we bring you a round-up of the best picks. Brew a cup of coffee and enjoy!

5 Steps to Dating Like a Superwoman – Jackie Summers

You’re intelligent. You’re ambitious.

You combine charisma and character, and command respect, all in your four inch stilettos. You can deflect bullshit off your magic bracelets, leap tall douche-bags in a single bound, and never lose your femininity. You’re a SuperWoman, you’re spectacular, and you’re single.

Sex, Lies and Journalism– Anna Baldwin

Modern journalism, as a rule, should be just the same as it was during the time of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein – not influenced by any outside issues or people, as well as truthful and deeply needed just as it always had been.

Of course, news writing is absolutely just as needed to keep citizens informed in order for them to make educated decisions and to help advance democracy. Journalism is also still important to be watchdogs of the government and corporations.

To Be Forgiven: A Meditation on New Karma – Laura Marjorie Miller

Forgiveness is a two-way street, and if you are the one who needs to be forgiven, you are definitely not in the place of the hero. It’s embarrassing and difficult, grotty and unglamorous, harrowing and uncomfortable, to be the one who would plead forgiveness from another person.

But to be able to practice forgiveness presumes that there is someone else who needs forgiveness. How seldom do we ever want to acknowledge that person is our own self.

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This week’s top reads from our friends at Elephant Journal. 

Elephant Journal loves serving up green with a side of sass as much as we do. To make sure you get a taste of all the good things they’ve got going on over there, every week we bring you a round-up of the best picks. Brew a cup of coffee and enjoy!

Food Is Love: A Story About Vegetables -Susan Simon

Oh the attraction that opposites have for each other! I knew that the love that was blossoming between us was the real deal so I had to cope with his picky eating one, to demonstrate my unconditional love for him and two, if I was ever to win him over to the vegetable side I would have to move slow. And slow it was.

A Song for Broken Hearts

“I don’t make music for eyes. I make music for ears.”

Sleeping with Anger -Nadine McNeil

At some stage of our lives we all face anger – projected, acted[ing] out, victimized by. Some of us may have learned that leaving our anger to fester is counter-productive and self-destructive.

Then there are those who have been angry for so long that the possibility of being otherwise is beyond their scope of reach. I recall reading once somewhere that most cemeteries are filled with angry people. So too are homes, offices, schools, churches, government institutions, brothels, bars, yoga studios, subways, buses, airplanes…anger is everywhere.

Lure the Goddess -Kimberly Johnson

One of the marvels of the feminine is that she is always close, like the spark of a flame waiting for the wind to come and augment the fire. She must be courted. And, like with all women, there are intricacies. The more you listen, the more she will speak. Her voice will become louder and clearer. However the opposite is also true, if you ignore or affront her, she will also speak loudly and sometimes unpredictably to shake you and beg your attention.

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This week’s top reads from our friends at Elephant Journal. 

Elephant Journal loves serving up green with a side of sass as much as we do. To make sure you get a taste of all the good things they’ve got going on over there, every week we bring you a round-up of the best picks. Brew a cup of coffee and enjoy!

The Celebrity Body. -Hannah Siegle

The media is everywhere and a celebrities’ life is no longer their own. They are constantly subject to remaining locked in the roles they play on film. As a society looking in we start to see this as the norm and thus make attempts to recreate the appearance of the celebrity in ourselves, a process that takes hours in the gym, a strict diet and a whole slew of personal assistants to maintain.

A Dress Made From…Cow Nipples. -Lynn Hasselberger

Now… would you wear it? I would.

It’s Harvest Time: A Celebration of the Inward Equinox -Laura Marjorie Miller

There are unseen wisdoms that are greater than we can sometimes easily comprehend. What looked like a crushing defeat was in actuality a key to a whole new life, a much better gig than the one I had, but at the time all I could see was shame and defeat. It looked like an ending, but it was a hidden beginning.

Troy Davis & the Power of Forgiveness. -Sunita Pillay

But before the end of Troy’s life yesterday, he expressed nothing but dignity and forgiveness; he looked at the victim’s family in their eyes. He could have chosen not to say anything, not to look at them at all, but he didn’t. Regardless of his guilt or innocence, the fact that Troy acknowledged the MacPhail family so intimately and without anger was a powerful act, and one we should not forget so soon.

Image: Rachel Freire via Elephant Journal

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