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Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown David Steinman See book keywords and concepts

This includes replacing business travel with video conferencing where possible, and a campaign to encourage and reward employee behavior that uses public transportation. In Brussels, 60 percent of employees use public transportation or nonpolluting methods of transportation. www.dexia.com ShoreBank Since its inception in 1973, ShoreBank has been committed to making a difference.

Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews See book keywords and concepts

Get off public transportation a stop or two early and walk the rest of your way (plan ahead so you leave enough time!). Walk, run, and play actively with your children or grandchildren. Walk over to talk to a colleague instead of e-mailing. Take a walking break instead of a coffee break. Use part of your lunch hour to walk for 10—20 minutes. Unless you are on an upper floor in a high-rise building, take the stairs instead of the elevator—if this is hard at first, take the elevator part way and climb the remaining flights of stairs until you build up your stamina.

The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing Gary Null and Amy McDonald See book keywords and concepts

I use public transportation, go 371 to concerts without hesitation, and live an easier and more peaceful life. NARLENE I used to have menstrual cramps that were so painful that I was prescribed high doses of Motrin. Taking it made some of the pain go away. Since I started Gary's protocols, I have had no menstrual pain and a cyst in my breast is shrinking. I have firmer breasts, more energy, have lost weight, and now I am working on ridding myself of negative thought patterns. JEAN My husband and I began to notice our bodies were not in good condition.

World's first high-speed all-electric sport utility truck to be launched by Phoenix Motorcars Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The 2007 market strategy of Phoenix Motorcars targets operators of fleet vehicles, such as public utilities, public transportation providers, and delivery services. This market presents a significant opportunity for an increasing number of fleet operators now seeking freeway-capable, zero-emission, all-electric vehicles. Some government agencies currently use plug-in hybrids. The car company is planning to follow up the truck model next year with a sport-utility vehicle (SUV) that can go 250 miles on a single charge. The price to consumers will remain about the same.

Product review: Power Immune anti-viral tincture from Fitura Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

This strategy also works on trains, city busses and other modes of public transportation.) Fighting infectious disease: This is the most common use of the product -- fighting symptoms of colds or flus. As I described earlier, any time I begin to feel such symptoms, I take several droppers full of Power Immune (along with other nutrients) to quickly overcome the cold symptoms. Defense against pandemics: This is perhaps the most important reason why every household should have at least 3 bottles of Power Immune right now -- the threat of a coming pandemic.

Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century Alex Steffen See book keywords and concepts

Once your community has about twelve homes per acre (the density of many traditional single-family neighborhoods), public transportation becomes cost-effective, stores can find enough customers to justify locating nearby, and people start walking or biking. Once you reach forty homes per acre (imagine a street of brownstones), not only do the sidewalks come alive, but everything gets cheaper and easier to provide: heating, electricity, sewage lines, and other basic services. And when more people share these services, they all have far less of an impact on the planet.

Living the Low Carb Life: Controlled Carbohydrate Eating for Long-Term Weight Loss Jonny Bowden, M.A., C.N.S. See book keywords and concepts

The city can't run efficiently without electricity—hospitals are in danger, computers shut down, there's no public transportation, and you can't cook. So the prime order of business is to fix the emergency. At first, city officials aren't thinking about the effect of that influx of workers on the rest of the city's business; they just want to get the immediate problem fixed. Yet all those workers are going to have a major impact: the roads will be overcrowded, pollution will increase, crime may go up, and there will be additional demands for housing and food.

Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back Michele Simon See book keywords and concepts

Here many people are dependent on unreliable public transportation, making the corner liquor store or mini-mart— where nourishment options range from Coke to Fritos—the only realistic food-shopping venue. Even for people who can shop in large supermarkets, access to genuinely healthy food remains limited. Most chains don't sell a wide variety of natural whole grains, and their "fresh" fruits or vegetables are often sterile, tasteless, pesticide-soaked, and nutritionally challenged.

Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century Alex Steffen See book keywords and concepts

To boot, BedZED residents aren't automobile dependent, thanks to easy access to public transportation, local schools, and shops —all of which are within walking distance—and to a car-share program that counts at least half the complex's residents as members. BedZED opened for sales in 2000, several years ahead of the curve of sustainable building's popularity. By 2003, all its units had been sold, not so much because the market for green homes had grown, but because the market for good homes was still strong.

Invest in making public transportation safe, cheap, and reliable. Emphasize quality of life. Protect key views. Make streets green and pleasant. Encourage the arts. Invest in public amenities (Vancouver's Central Library boasts not only an outstanding collection, but impressive architecture, a green roof, and free Wi-Fi). Know that the key to a sustainable city is offering a life richer in opportunity and more enjoyable in daily experience than anything that can be found in the suburbs.

Cobbling together expertise in areas ranging from ecology to public transportation, social justice to affordable housing, the coalition created a unified agenda for preserving the integrity of Portland's infrastructure, open spaces, and communities.

This center was named Addison Circle, and it succeeded in not only adding the mix of homes, shops, and offices the city needed for steady growth, but also incorporating new parks, pedestrian-friendly areas, and community and cultural attractions, all within close proximity to public transportation. A common saying about the suburbs is "there's no there there"; the residents of Addison now have a very distinct there to point to. The Crossings, in Mountain View, California, is an example of how a new development can elevate the convenience, density, and sustainability of an existing suburb.

Recent history has shown that severe price spikes do convince some people to carpool or take public transportation. What if the vehicle's other direct costs—insurance and registration fees —were also charged by the mile? Several states are considering "pay at the pump" car insurance strategies, wherein a surcharge would be added to the price of a gallon of gas to pay for a car's insurance. Besides eliminating the problem of uninsured drivers, this approach would make visible the full, actual cost of that solo commute or that extra trip to the mall.

Many automobile accidents may actually be caused by prescription drug side effects Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

There would hardly be anyone left on the roads if you truly enforced that kind of law. And so the only real practical solution is to let people continue driving on the roads even though they have impaired reaction times and suppressed alertness. I think safety studies need to be conducted. We need to find out the relationship between the intake of prescription drugs and the increased risk of automobile accidents. And if that data show a strong correlation, prescription drugs need to carry strong warnings and physicians need to start warning patients not to drive when they consume these drugs.

Anti-Aging Manual: The Encyclopedia of Natural Health Joseph E. Mario See book keywords and concepts

A.M. radio limited to 50,000 watts in America; high and very high frequency from 35 million CB radios, shortwave ham radios, air, sea, pol ice, military, and taxi radios; and spy satellites; VHF television and FM radio; store and library antitheft devices and airport metal detectors em it A.C. magnetic fields of 100-10,000 hertz; malfunctioning computers can emit 15.000 mw., Video Display Terminal (VDT) screens emit 9.74 hz.

Food Fight Kelly Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen See book keywords and concepts

Many urban community dwellers would love to have better eating habits, but if there's no grocery store nearby, you're talking about getting on public transportation with a grocery cart."67 We discuss this issue of being poor in Chapter 9, but several facts are clear. Access to healthy foods is limited in impoverished areas. One can argue demand—that food establishments provide what people want (fast foods, snack foods, and soft drinks) and that poor people want these foods. Studies suggest otherwise. When healthy food is made available to poor populations, diet improves.

The Natural Way to Heal: 65 Ways to Create Superior Health Walter Last See book keywords and concepts

On the other hand, much more would be channeled into sustainable agriculture and health-friendly food production, into education, training, and community facilities, including an appropriate public transportation system. In regard to health care, I see a unified system of holistic medicine in which surgery and drug medicine are branches, like nutrition, herbalism, or homeopathy. Extensive clinical trials would determine the best combination of procedures for specific diseases. However, in an increasingly enlightened society, diseases as we know them will become increasingly rare.

Food Fight Kelly Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen See book keywords and concepts

The funding can be used for multiple purposes, but almost all goes for roads, bridges, and, to some extent, public transportation. Only a few programs anywhere in the country are funded by this bill to deal with walking or cycling. The Surface Transportation Policy Project (STPP) estimates that the amount spent on highways and bridges is $72 per person, compared to 55 cents per person for pedestrian projects.

Nontoxic, Natural and Earthwise Debra Lynn Dadd See book keywords and concepts

Dtive less and take public transportation, use the best emissions-control devices available, and when you buy a car, buy one that's fuel-efficient. Try to make your home and place of work at least 50 percent more energy efficient. • Use renewable energy rather than fossil fuels (see Chapter 4). • Reduce use of coolants. One of the gteatest teleases of ozone-destroying CFCs occurs when coolants escape from refrigeratots and ait conditionets when they leak, are repaired, or are junked.

Attaining Medical Self Sufficiency Duncan Long See book keywords and concepts

If you're in a large city, is the hospital accessible by public transportation? This might make it easier for your family to visit you — or for you to go home on your own. Also check to be sure that visitor parking is affordable or, more ideally, free. Surprise Inspection If you're currently only scouting for a hospital, you should watch for special dieting, parenting, or other educational programs offered to the community by the hospital. These give you a chance to not only visit the hospital (often after visiting hours), and see how smoothly it is running but also to meet staff members.

Earth Right H. Patricia Hynes See book keywords and concepts

Do we car-pool and use public transportation whenever possible? What we do personally and locally, such as the amount and kind of trash we generate, has extensive consequence for the atmosphere and aquifers. Styrofoam cups and packaging are linked with depletion of the ozone layer. Pesticides and waste oil thrown into garbage, which is then buried in the town landfill, can contaminate the town's drinking water wells.

Calculate how many miles you drove last year and drive 10 percent fewer miles this year by car pooling, using public transportation, and biking. • Make your next car more fuel efficient than the current one. Choose one with a fuel efficiency of at least 30-35 mpg. • Keep your car well tuned, so it is more fuel efficient and less polluting. • Support legislation for a "carbon fee" on gasoline to encourage fuel conservation and fund mass transportation. 2. Make Your Home and Office Building Energy Efficient.

Radical Healing: Integrating the World's Great Therapeutic Traditions to Create a New Transformative Medicine Rudolph M. Ballentine, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Never mind that home was 250 miles away and that I didn't have a car or any idea of what public transportation was available on this day or at this time. All those considerations were too rational for me at that moment. I was sick. I felt miserable. It was clear to me that I needed to go home. Reason and my roommate finally prevailed, and I was persuaded to go to the Student Health Service.

Staying Healthy in a Risky Environment: The New York University Medical Center Family Guide Arthur C. Upton, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

As for older children, it is important that they learn streetwise ways: how to cross the street safely, how to ride a bicycle, how to travel on public transportation. • Store pesticides away from children and pets (a locked cabinet in an area with ventilation is best). Keep the children and pets away from areas where you mix or apply pesticides. • Never transfer pesticides to soft-drink bottles or other containers that children associate with something to eat or drink. Always properly refasten lids. • Rinse fruits and vegetables thoroughly with water, scrubbing them with a brush.

The Doctors Book of Home Remedies II: Over 1,200 New Doctor-Tested Tips and Techniques Anyone Can Use to Heal Hundreds of Everyday Health Problems the Editors of PREVENTION See book keywords and concepts

Bettenburg's patient had taken a bullet in the upper arm 6 weeks earlier when he got in the way of a shootout on the public transportation system. The bullet was still in his arm, lodged against the bone. The doctors at the hospital were afraid of causing neurological damage by trying to remove it, so they had decided to wait for it to heal over. "The wound was still open and draining when he came in," recalls Dr. Bettenburg, "and they had him on antibiotics to keep it from getting infected.

How to Get Out of the Hospital Alive: A Guide to Patient Power Sheldon P. Blau, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.R. and Elaine Fantle Shimberg See book keywords and concepts

In addition, many general hospitals are located in transitional areas in order to be easily accessible to the general population or public transportation. Unfortunately, this is often the area with the highest crime rates as well. Take this issue seriously when making your selection of a hospital. Check out the hospital at night to see if the parking areas are lighted and patrolled by security staff. SEE FOR YOURSELF If at all possible, eyeball the entire hospital yourself, rather than relying on its public relations materials to tell you about the physical plant.

Tropical Nature: Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central and South America Adrian Forsyth and Kenneth Miyata See book keywords and concepts

It has always struck us as amusing that many of the best-known environmentalists in the United States drive private cars instead of using public transportation. They have obviously made a decision to place speed and efficiency of private transportation ahead of their impact on limited resources. We are no less guilty of favoring convenience. Each time we eat an inexpensive fast-food hamburger, we contribute in a small way to the clearing of tropical forest, because much of the cheap beef imported for these burgers comes from Central and South America.

Nontoxic, Natural and Earthwise Debra Lynn Dadd See book keywords and concepts

If you put gasoline in your car or ride gas-powered public transportation, you are using a product whose toxic refinery effluent is routinely tested on baby fish. If you eat non-organically grown food the pesticides used in raising it have been tested on animals (if they've been tested at all). The film in the movies you watch is made from gelatin from cows. It is very, very difficult to do anything in this modern world that doesn't involve animal products or animal testing.

Prozac Backlash: Overcoming the Dangers of Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, and Other Antidepressants with Safe, Effective Alternatives Joseph Glenmullen, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Within just four weeks with telephone-guided exposure treatment, the patient "was shopping in large supermarkets and using public transportation." Seven months after the brief treatment ended, she flew on an overseas vacation to Italy. Long-term follow-up studies have shown the gains made with psychological treatment are enduring. British psychiatrist Isaac Marks and his colleagues evaluated thirty-one patients three and a half years after being treated for panic attacks and agoraphobia with exposure or Xanax.

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