Most Recent Articles from New Life Journal

• Tents, trails, terraces and terrain 

  "Now I see the secret of making the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth." "Now I see the secret of...

  07/01/09 by Maggie Cramer · More from publication

• Saving the places you love: Valerie True shares how local land trusts are working to protect our area's natural surroundings and what you can do to help 

  By 2030, the population of North Carolina is expected to have increased by 50 percent, or the equivalent of the entire population of South...

  07/01/09 by Valerie True · More from publication

• Trail time: spending your days out on a trail can help you better connect to nature and to yourself, local trail expels tell NLJ's Maggie Cramer 

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It would be hard to publish our Connecting With Nature issue without talking about the experience...

  07/01/09 by Maggie Cramer · More from publication

• Medicinal herbs in your backyard: see the setting outside your door differently with Rachel Nowakowski 

  Some people think of Chinese herbs as exotic plants grown only in faraway Asia. But many of the plants used in Chinese herbal medicine can easily...

  07/01/09 by Rachel Nowakowski · More from publication

• Sustainable urbanism in practice: a peek at Copenhagen, Denmark: travel overseas for a close-up look at this green urban environment with Mike Figura 

  Eighty percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions come from urban areas. Thus greening our cities is not only important for creating a high...

  07/01/09 by Mike Figura · More from publication

• A serious and sustainable sunscreen: Mary Anne Bennick succeeds on her hunt for a skin- and planet-friendly sunblock 

  This summer, don't let your fashion statement be a lobster-red nose! July is all about SPF, especially for people with fair skin, like myself....

  07/01/09 by Mary Anne Bennick · More from publication

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