Enjoy A Beautiful Nature Walk On Earth Day

A wonderful way to celebrate Earth Day is to show appreciation for all of the beautiful living beings that inhabit this beautiful planet.   Enjoying a nature walk and all the magnificent treasures hidden in various little natural nooks is a great way to connect with Nature and all of her creations. 

You never know what beautiful creatures and plants you'll find along the way. The beautiful little frog and the vibrant little lizard scampering across your path are gentle reminders that we share this magnificent planet with countless animal species and we should walk the path with kindness and awareness. The beautiful vibrant flower blossoming out of a mossy rock or a moist shiny meadow is an important reminder that the Earth is covered with vast miles of rich, vibrant vegetation that depends on clean pure air, water, and soil to survive.

Please remember that we humans share this magnificent planet with countless plant and animal species. As sentient caretakers, it is our responsibility to show caring kindness for all living beings. Take a moment to think about how your actions and choices affect Nature and the wildlife. Before you litter the ground, imagine a wild animal curiously exploring the fallen litter and getting sick from eating it. Please remember that the petrochemicals in your shampoo, hand soap, and laundry detergent go down the drain and pollute the air and groundwater.

Please be kind to all life on Earth and use only non-toxic, earth-friendly, biodegradable cleaning products that contain organic plant essences. "The earth does not belong to man. We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children." Chief Seattle

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Greenwashing

Has anyone seen the TV commercial depicting beautiful mountains and fabric blowing in the breeze on clothing lines emphasizing the message, the need to conserve?  The camera then pans to a box of the current popular deodorizer that I affectionately refer to as "febcrap" and it emphasizes the need to deodorizer the garbage and keep the air clean and healthy.  This is typical deceptive greenwashing.   Aware knowledgeable people in the organic green movement know that this is deceptive greenwashing and this commercial is filled with lies and deception.  My article, "Air Fresheners vs. Earth-Friendly Aromatherapy," explains in depth how air poisoners merely cover odors and do far more harm than good.  They contain toxic petrochemicals and irritants that cause adverse health problems and pollute the groundwater and the wildlife.  They serve no benefit to anyone, especially Mother Earth.  It's important to do everything we can to reduce our carbon footprint and conserve and protect the air we breathe and reduce our consumption and waste.  It's equally important to use only those personal care and cleaning products that contain 100% organic earth-friendly plant essences that are safe and healthy and gentle to Mother Earth.  Let's all send a loud strong message to the global corporations that we healthy aware green citizens intend to vote with our wallet and use those products that are safe, healthy, and truly green and we will not support their greenwashing.  Please visit my website http://www.notperfume.com to learn more.  This needs to be a growing trend for Earth Day and everyday.

A Special Green Gift For My Readers For Earth Day

Everyday is Earth Day in the lives of organic green people like my family and millions of other across the globe, though we all celebrate a very special Earth Day April 22 and honor Mother Earth in very special beautiful ways.  One of the ways I'm celebrating Earth Day is I'm offering a FREE organic green ebook I wrote as a Gift until Earth Day and with a subscription to my monthly Green Living Newsletter, all readers will receive special information about my organic green ebook and how to receive this special Gift.  Please see information about how to subscribe on the right-hand side bar of this blog.

Here are some great ways to celebrate Earth Day April 22 and everyday:

1. Enjoy a fresh air nature walk and take some quiet peaceful moments to enjoy Mother Earth's Magick.

2. Plant organic heirloom seeds of your favorite plants, plant your favorite flowers, a beautiful healing herb garden, plant a tree.

3.  Enjoy some special quiet moments learning more about Mother Nature and her bountiful medicine cabinet - learn more about garlic, peppermint, sage, chamomile, fennel, dandelion and how they can help you improve your health.

4.  Treat yourself to some of my delicious recipes in this month's Special Earth Day Green Living Newsletter - go vegan, organic, herbal, green for your family's health, Mother Earth's health, and the animals' health.  Everyday you choose a heart healthy organic vegan meal on your dinner plate reduces your carbon footprint and helps you contribute to a gentler world.

5.  Treat yourself to my paperless ebook that will teach you and your family how to green your life and keep a vibrant healthy smile on your face.

There are many more wonderful activities your family can do to Honor and Celebrate Earth Day and Mother Earth, but these will give you a great start!   Happy Earth Day!

My Gratitude For My Talent and Ability For The Written Word

As an organic green natural living writer author, I use my written words to express and convey my important innermost thoughts and ideas.  Natural organic green living is utmost important to me and my family and I express this passionate belief in all my books, articles, and blog posts.  I've been a creative writer since age 10 and I've been told by everyone I know that my writing is special and unique and is a great method to convey and express my thoughts.  This started 20 years ago when I'd take a walk with my husband along the sidewalk for a calming evening to wind down the day and to my chagrin, I'd see dozens of trash cans lining the street filled with things that could have easily been reused or recycled.  This was before I knew the apathy and lackadaisical attitude of the average consumer.  It angered me and distressed me to no end and rather than scream in the middle of the street and throw my fists in the air, I decided it would be best if I expressed my feelings on paper.  The result was three great informative articles explaining the "3 R's" - reduce, reuse, recycle - "Scents: Sexy or Not So Sexy," and "Air Fresheners Vs. Non-Toxic Earth-Friendly Aromatherapy."  

I have always done my best to express my thoughts and feelings in a constructive productive manner.  I admit I still feel angry and frustrated at times, but fortunately I'm Blessed with the gift of the written word and my words always manage to convey my thoughts in a creative healthy manner.  The best part about it is that my readers enjoy reading what I have to say and I receive much positive feedback and gratitude for sharing my knowledge.  This is priceless and for this I'm very grateful.  Thank you readers for caring, your genuine interest, and participating in the positive solution to keeping Mother Earth healthy and green, especially for future generations.  As a new Mama, this is very important to me and every action I take today is to protect my son's health and his future.

Kindness and Generosity of Spirit

Kindness is a true virtue that since time immemorial has been a precious priceless gift, yet today in the 21st Century, it's become very rare.  Generosity of Spirit comes from kindness and a caring kind loving Heart is the Source of all this Magickal Beauty.  It's very sad that in this era of strife, struggle, and stress, kindness and generosity of Spirit is very rare and when it's found, it's a precious gift to be cherished and appreciated.  It's very sad that animals treat each other better than humans do.  Humans treat each other worse than wolves.  Kindness is often given primarily to family and people we know and the Christmas Holiday is when kindness is at its peak, though it's very superficial and not genuine.  Humanity has become very mechanized and detached and if a person isn't sipping a cup of coffee, he or she is considered to be an oddball.  It's very sad that in the 21st Century people have become very rigid, cynical, and jaded and mistrust is all too common.  People need a cup of coffee, refined white sugar, cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, and their electronic gadgets just to cope, feel good, and be able to cope with and tolerate each other.  I know from personal experience that it's very difficult to know whom to trust, especially when you've been trespassed on and violated and abused, but as much pain and horror as I've suffered, I still manage to have Love in my Heart and Care and want to help others.  

Animals and children are wonderful teachers of kindness and generosity.  When treated well, Loved, and Cared for, they are very loving, gentle, caring, innocent, kind, and very affectionate.  It's not in their Nature to be harsh, cruel, and unkind.  Children learn to be harsh and unkind from their parents and other adults in the world with whom they interact.  Perhaps if we adults would take occasional moments to remember our humble roots and all the natural innocent inherent Beauty and Love we received from our Loving Caring parents and gave to our friends, perhaps we would then smile and stop being so unkind to each other and be like the young children we used to be and Love today.  "Put a little Love in your Heart." Jackie DeShannon

Obscene Man Made Noise Is Harmful To Your Health

Noise, noise, noise, I'm so fed up with man made noise!  It's very aggravating, obnoxious, rude, and insane and it tears my nerves apart.  I suffer PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) because of it and it makes me absolutely miserable.  I'm not talking about the kind of noise Mother Nature creates, such as volcanoes, earthquakes, and thunder.  I'm talking about noise created by man made machines, such as vehicles, especially those with excessive obscene illegally modified exhaust pipes, the size of two large open fists put together!  I'm also talking about those excessive, obscene, obnoxious, overpowering, rude extremely low frequency bass that feel like an audio earthquake plowing tearing down the road and it's far worse than a disco!  I've had to involuntarily have it shoved down my throat for 10 years and I'm sick and tired of it!  This is why it's called secondhand noise.  It's gotten to the point where I can't tell the difference between a propane truck going down the road, farm equipment maintaining the road, and the unnecessary excessive loud thud vibration vehicle, the kind of overpowering stereo in which the operator can't even contain it within their vehicle and it vibrates their vehicle and everything within 50 feet of them, and it terrorizes sufferers like me who suffer from severely frayed nerves!  

I'm not sure where to move to in order to have peace and quiet and peace of mind and sanity, but I'm starting to wonder if I need to move to the Continental Divide to have it, but then I wonder if that will be good enough and far enough away from all the abusive jerks terrorizing me!  Whatever happened to enjoying peaceful solitude quiet?  Heaven forbid people should enjoy the lovely gentle healing sounds of Mother Nature, like wind, breezes, rain, leaves rustling through the trees.  This incessant need for overpowering man made noise is way out of control!  Humanity is so much in need for a day that the Earth stood still!  Please visit http://www.noiseoff.org to learn more about the harmful health effects of overpowering obscene man-made noise.

Natural Holistic Herbs Are Safer Than Big Pharma Baby Medicine

My sweet adorable beautiful 10 month old little boy has entered a painful teething phase and it's exhausting.  I connect and communicate with wise Mamas online throughout the world asking them for advice to help my baby and they've been very caring, kind, and loving with their kind sweet advice.  My husband and I bought several popular homeopathic and holistic natural remedies that are supposed to bring relief.  They are very helpful and healing.  Unfortunately, The poor little Cherub is having a very difficult painful time.  As his Mommy who Loves him and cares about him so very much, it's not easy to watch him suffer through this.  We are totally 100% holistic herbal and are not supportive at all of anything synthetic made from big pharma medications OTC or prescription.  We asked his pediatrician for some helpful suggestions and he suggested Baby Tylenol.  We weren't thrilled with the idea, but as an absolute last resort if our sweet adorable son, Michelangelo is miserable and nothing works, we thought maybe we can give him some kind of pain killer to help him feel better.  

Well, we thought about this until we went to the pharmacy and saw the terrible medications being sold.  We were aghast by what we saw.  There was a bottle that contained a moderate amount of big pharma synthetics, but we were relieved to see there were zero toxic petro-chemicals in it.  Then, we looked at another bottle and it showed 2 ingredients, which we found to be very suspicious.  We couldn't find the extensive list of ingredients, so we consulted with the pharmacist and she told us to peel back the label and sure enough, there was a long list of toxic ingredients, including propylene glycol, which is found in anti-freeze, and several F.D.&C's, artificial food dyes that contain coal tar, which is essentially petroleum.  We were mortified and disgusted and we cannot believe that any self-respecting physician who has any integrity would prescribe or recommend that a parent give these medications to their young children.   Personally, I put my trust in Mother Nature's medicine cabinet before I put my family's health and safety at risk with these toxic medications.  Wouldn't you?