Category Archives: Health and Safety

Easy things to do that will make a huge difference to your safety and well-being while pursuing an active and informed lifestyle

Sage – a plant for Salvation

Posted on May 28, 2013 by annamadeit

Lamiaceae, or the Mint family, contains the majority of the species we usually consider culinary plants, and include in our kitchen gardens. An older name for this group was ‘Labiatae’ which referred to how its petals were usually fused together … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool plants, Food and Drink Recipes, Health and Safety | Tagged edible, flowers, folklore, Four Thieves Vinegar, life elixir, Plants, recipe, Sage, Saint Germain, Salvia, soup | 9 Comments

Kombucha – the “immortal life elixir” of ancient China, and so easy to make yourself!

Posted on May 4, 2013 by annamadeit

In a culture as full of toxins, harmful chemicals, pollution and bad habits as ours, there probably is no such thing as a cure-all silver bullet to ensure optimal health. But, I think KristenM from the Food renegade blog nails … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and Drink Recipes, Green Living, Health and Safety | Tagged drink, easy, fermented tea, health, healty, Kombucha, make your own, recipe, SCOBY | 3 Comments

Rainbow Salad and Pâté – sure to please my mitochondria!

Posted on May 31, 2012 by annamadeit

They say if you want to stay healthy, you should eat something of each color, every day. A TED talk I saw a few weeks ago reinforced that statement. It’s a fascinating testimony by a physician who cured her own … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and Drink Recipes, Green Living, Health and Safety | Tagged apple, beets, brain health, cauliflower, kale, liver pâté, mitochondria, onion, salad recipe, vegetables | Leave a comment

Pumpkin Parmesan Soup

Posted on February 28, 2012 by annamadeit

– or PP soup as my juvenile delinquents like to call it. Aside from being chockfull of fiber, and brimming with immune-boosting vitamin A, the best thing about pumpkins is that they are fairly non-descript in flavor and take very … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and Drink Recipes, Green Living, Health and Safety | Tagged easy, harvest, nutritioun, parmesan, pumpkin, recipe, soup | 2 Comments

Killer Kale Salad!

Posted on May 29, 2011 by annamadeit

I love when a trip to the grocery store teaches me something new. The other day I ventured in to Whole Foods (or Whole Paycheck as we also like to call it), and came upon a poster with interesting information … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and Drink Recipes, Health and Safety | Tagged ANDI index, food, healty, kale, nutrition, parmesan, pine nuts, raisins, salad recipe | 4 Comments

The Living Building Challenge is kicking my butt!!!

Posted on May 21, 2011 by annamadeit

Imagine that you are cooking dinner, but you are restricted to only using ingredients sourced from within a geographical radius of 500 kilometers. That’s a tad over 310 US miles. This would mean that if you use salt, you would … Continue reading →

Posted in Creative pursuits, Environment, Green Living, Health and Safety, On Building, On Design | Tagged Beauty, efficiency, Energy, Equity, habitat, health, Living Building Challenge, Materials, non-toxic, plumbing, red list, sharing, site, Water | 4 Comments

The Dirty Dozen and the Clean Fifteen

Posted on May 12, 2011 by annamadeit

I just started reading the classic “Silent Spring” by Rachel Carson. The book was first published in 1962, and became the spark that ignited the entire Green Movement. As a result of the newly awakened debate, a toxin known as … Continue reading →

Posted in Green Living, Health and Safety | Tagged environment, EPA, FDA, food, health, pesticides, USDA | 1 Comment

Make your gray water cleaner!

Posted on February 8, 2011 by annamadeit

Came across this great tip from the editors at MAKE magazine – an all-acrylic little doily you can easily make yourself, that will make your dishes, bathtubs, and cars clean without the use of synthetic soaps. The super-fine filaments making … Continue reading →

Posted in Creative pursuits, Environment, Green Living, Health and Safety | Tagged cleaning, environment, gray water, non-toxic, soap, water quality | 2 Comments

Protect yer Noggin!

Posted on January 15, 2011 by annamadeit

2011’s first day of ski patrolling brought an experience everybody dreads, but most of us patrollers never get to experience – I skied upon an unconscious person laying face down in the snow. My heart skipped not once, but at … Continue reading →

Posted in Health and Safety | Tagged head, helmet, injuries, skiing, snow sports, snowboarding | Leave a comment

Vinyl fences – yuck!

Posted on January 12, 2011 by annamadeit

18 September 2010 Okay – here is my first real rant… For weeks, on the way to my kids school, I kept passing a highly skilled stone mason at work. Day after day, I watched him go about his work, … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Gardening and Landscaping, Green Living, Health and Safety | Tagged Building, Curb appeal, Design, fences, Health and Wellbeing, Materials, off-gassing, toxic, Vinyl | 2 Comments