Natural Living Tips

Yesterday the Supreme Court allowed the Navy’s use of sonar in training exercises off the California coast.

The basis of the decision appears to be that the Navy needs to perform realistic exercises to prepare for potential threats from enemy submarines.

What’s worse is that the decision was taken because federal courts abused their discretion by ordering the Navy to limit sonar use in some cases and to turn it off altogether in others.

The decision was not based on the merits of the case.

So, “legalese”, triumphs over responsibility.

I trust this isn’t the last we hear about this.

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Natural living has a very nice sound to it, especially now that more and more people are aware and even concerned about the environment.

But what exactly do we mean when we say “natural living”?

For most people the issue will revolve around recycling, use of renewable and clean energy, organic food production and consumption, as well lowering our carbon footprint.

It also relates to health. Health as in the individual, the family, a group, society, nature and the world at large.

A natural living choice should also include quality of life, and quality of life implies much more than the material side of things.

A lot of the information on natural living is based on recycling, energy, organic food and environment, and so it should. If we don’t solve these issues, the consequences will probably be catastrophic.

But sticking to the quality of life side of things, I suggest that a natural living choice should include more:

• the psychological aspects of the individual and the community,
• the family,
• the spiritual,
• the physical,
• the environment,

A slogan could be “healthy minds with healthy bodies”.

All life should strive for harmony and balance. A simple equation would be:

Body(Harmony+Balance)= Health

Simplistic perhaps, but with more than a germ of truth.

The US constitution states: “The pursuit of happiness”. It doesn’t guarantee happiness, but the freedom to pursue it.

So, my definition of Natural Living is.

“Pursuing a positive and satisfying existence, in a style that respects and seeks to achieve harmony and balance with nature, ourselves, and the future”.

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Every so often I hear about another set of scientists that study the methane and global warming impact that cows make.

It is a serous subject, but then again it makes you wonder.

Passing wind, or as most people would say, burping and farting, release enormous amounts of gas, methane to [...] Continue Reading…

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No, I am not referring to the bible, but a story in the newspaper warning that English honey will run out by Christmas.

In the US, 35 states have also been hit by dwindling bees. For some time bees have been in decline due to what has been called Colony [...] Continue Reading…

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I just read that the air temperature in the Arctic is at a record high.

According to the NOAA (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) autumn air temperatures in the region are at a record 9ºF above average.

Ice melting during the summer has been high and fits into a pattern [...] Continue Reading…

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The best natural living example is bound to be … Cave Men. From the environment point of view, they didn’t have a choice.

But what about natural living from the psychological side?

Cave men sat around a fire and shared their meals. That is about as natural as can be. [...] Continue Reading…

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I was talking to my youngest last night as he didn’t understand a couple of things relating to human behavior. I think I manged the right answers - I won’t go into the questions as quite frankly things that people do in private, should stay private. A few [...] Continue Reading…

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Modern medicine has shown enormous development but somewhere along the line it has lost touched with the human being. The bedside manner, the holistic view of the patient appears to be a thing of the past in scientific medicine. I am definitely not against modern medicine. I [...] Continue Reading…

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Everybody is talking about it; let’s hope everybody is doing it. Even pets should be doing it. (Is pet food green?)

The good news is that everybody can do it. Start on a small scale, with the small things like your energy bill. Turn off the lights [...] Continue Reading…

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Navy sonar could be confusing whales and dolphins, causing them to flee and become stranded.

It appears that the frequency used by navy sonar, which is lower than that of merchant ships, is similar to the attack frequency used by killer whales.

A research vessel near the Bahamas, with a [...] Continue Reading…

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