- Carissa Cosgrove
“I share the belief of many of my contemporaries that the spiritual crisis pervading all spheres of Western industrial society can be remedied only by a change in our world view. We shall have to shift from the materialistic, dualistic belief that people and their environment are separate, toward a new consciousness of [...]

A few weeks ago my girlfriend brought home worms. Yes, worms. She was (and still is) so excited about the whole thing that I couldn’t help but be a little bit curious. After I calmed her down, she explained to me that these were earthworms that would help her create something called a “Vermacompost,” which [...]

How Worm Compost Helps Your Plants, Health and the Environment and How You Can Get Started
- Steve Charles Habib
Worms often have a bad reputation with many people. They look slimy and squiggly which makes many people feel sick to their stomach. The truth is in nature worms are one the best allies of gardeners. You [...]

-Carissa Cosgrove
LEED certification in Canada is changing the way that we build. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED now has a Canadian adaptation of the US Green Building Council LEED system, and is tailored for Canada’s climate, construction practises and regulations. LEED Canada sets a green design standard for the construction industry. It [...]

- Janet Starr Hull, PhD
Would you drink a cup of pesticides? What about a cup of chemical water? All your aquarium fish will die within a matter of minutes if you add tap water to your fish tank without also adding a de-chlorinator to remove the chlorine. Doesn’t that tell you something about the danger [...]

SCIENCE MATTERS
- David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Some people think of bees as something to be feared. But without bees, humans would not be able to survive. It’s not just that they provide us with honey and wax; they are also one of the world’s most important pollinators. (In fact, bees native to Canada do not [...]

- Allan Proulx
How Do You Get Hydro to Send You a Cheque Monthly and Make the Environment Cleaner at the Same Time?
You can produce your own power and sell it back to the grid!
This is a very common thing in Europe and Asia and is now starting to catch on in Ontario.  If you like [...]

- Carissa Cosgrove
If you are driving down King Street in Kingston on your way towards Kingston Township, you might notice a set of buildings seemingly covered in solar panels on the southern edge of the property at St. Lawrence College.
If you do, you are likely looking at Energy House, an on-campus structure using alternative and [...]

- Jillian Murphy, BScKin, ND
Who doesn’t appreciate a clean home? Freshly laundered sheets, a sparkling kitchen countertop, a toilet scrubbed within an inch of its life….Mmmmm, you can almost smell the clean!
In fact, you probably can smell the clean. If you are using any of the common household cleaners sold in Canada today, and you’re [...]

- Jo-Anne Hopkins, RHN
Kingston is a hot bed of sustainable farming practices, and has been for a long time.  But, it is with the increasing awareness by the public about the “green movement” that is getting the ball rolling so to speak.  This issue of Within Kingston is focusing on greening your home, so I [...]

- Christina Vlahopoulos, ND
When I was in school for Naturopathic Medicine one of my professors quoted Fr. Thomas Berry: “You cannot have healthy people on a sick planet.”  In other words, humans suffer when the earth suffers. So why do we continue to punish the earth and in turn further our own suffering? If we [...]

- Andrée Beauchamp (dharani), CNHP, herbalist
A healthy home starts with our health from within.
Looking after our home starts with us: what we eat, what we think and what we do. The Buddhist pillars of practice — cultivating a peaceful mind, a contented heart and gratitude — have an impact on our ability to be with [...]

POWER OF NOW
- Eckhart Tolle
What about people who want to use me, manipulate me or control me?  Am I to surrender to them?
They are cut off from Being, so they unconsciously attempt to get energy and power from you.  It is true that only an unconscious person will try to use or manipulate others, but [...]

Sustaining our Cities
Nathan Putnam
 and Mark Ouseley Co-owners, Living Cities Company
nathan.putnam@livingcitiescompany.ca
www.livingcitiescompany.ca
With the increased concern over the health of our planet, sustainable urban living has become a vital component to improving the quality of life in our cities. The good news for Kingston is that Nathan Putnam and Mark Ouseley have decided to call our city [...]

- Oliver Guttorm
Aries:
Though certain areas of your life may seem a bit out of balance dear Aries know that within the chaotic feeling of it all balance can easily be restored. Now! I am not assuming that you are walking around feeling like this all the time, just giving you heads up that if you [...]