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Featured Articles: April 2012 Nutrition & Body Wellness

Consumption: Week 3 of Community Resources
by lisamont2
April 23, 2012
“Regard all dharmas as dreams.” – The Root Text of the Seven Points of Training the Mind by Geshe Chekawa
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Consumption: Week 3 of No Paper Cups and Hiking Yoga
by Margarita M.
April 17, 2012
It's week three of IDP's Responsible Consumption month and my fellow bloggers' posts have been entertaining and inspiring.  My pledge to refrain from using paper cups and single use plastics has been going swimmingly.  My pledge to open an...
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Consumption: Week 2 of Community Resources, Websites, Mobile Apps
by lisamont2
April 12, 2012
Here at the Responsible Consumption Test Site, I've been test-driving websites and mobile apps to see how they can help us develop more mindful habits. This week, GoodGuide.com kicked my butt. 
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Consumption: Week 2 of No Paper Cups and Joining a Credit Union
by Margarita M.
April 10, 2012
Alright, here we go... week 2 of responsible consumption month.  Paper cups used: 0 Yay! Credit Unions joined: 0 Boo! Kindness practiced: lots
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Consumption: Week 1 of Mobile Apps and Website Resources -- Non-GMO
by lisamont2
April 5, 2012
As a mindful consumption practice, I'm limiting my diet to foods that humans have eaten for thousands of years. Following Michael Pollan's Food Rules, I imagine my great-grandmother pushing a cart beside me in the grocery aisle. The blue...
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Consumption: Ingestion Transparency -- Week 1 without GMOs
by Patrick Groneman
April 4, 2012
..[T]his month, my effort is simply to do the homework, to do my best to avoid GM foods and see how it goes.   What extra planning is needed?  What foods should I avoid?
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Thinking About Taking the Refuge Vow? Be Brave Cause Ain’t Nobody Gonna Tell You What To Do!
by Meredith Arena
April 2, 2012
Before I took the refuge vow in 2009, I asked Ethan if he thought that I should do it. I was hoping he would tell me what to do. He did discuss the issue with me, but he would not tell me what to do. I did take the vow and have never regretted...
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