DIY Boots (Using Thrift Store Finds)
Filed under Clothes, Consumer, DIY, Fashion, Live Young, Minimal Waste Lifestyle, Save Money, Shopping, Sustainable Living, Youtube
Stop the Inhumanity. Stop Joseph Kony.
My Heart Beats for the Children of Uganda.
I’ve been a supporter of the Invisible Children for over 5 years now. This year is the final push to let our legislators know that America isn’t the only place on this planet that matters.
Watch this video to learn how to get involved in stopping Joseph Kony’s inhumane atrocities.
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Motivation from A Child
Inspiration can be found everywhere. Life is more about how you view it and what you make of it, than anything else.
This little guy from Minnesota has something to say about going after your dreams…
Filed under Inspiration, Live Young, Wisdom
What’s in Your Food? New Findings of Arsenic in Your Chicken
Is your food just food?
“2 million lbs of arsenic compounds have been fed to chickens every year and 85 tons of arsenic compounds to pigs.“
G. X. Sun, P. N. Williams, A. M. Carey, Y. G. Zhu, C. Deacon, A. Raab, J. Feldmann, R. M. Islam, and A. A. Meharg. Inorganic arsenic in rice bran and its products are an order of magnitude higher than in bulk grain. Environmental science & technology, 42(19):7542{7546, 2008.C. F. Jelinek and P. E. Corneliussen. Levels of arsenic in the united states food supply. Environ. Health Perspect., 19:83{87, 1977.E. K. Silbergeld and K. Nachman. The environmental and public health risks associated with arsenical use in animal feeds. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 1140:346{357, 2008.
Filed under Agriculture, Consumer, Food, Harmful Ingredients, Health, Social Responsibility
DIY: Hairspray & Live Young’s Youtube Channel
Here’s a quick tutorial on how to make your own hairspray.
*If you like your hairspray to have fragrance, you can add in 1/4 cup rose water to your cooled hairspray mixture or boil down 2 tangerines, strain, and add the tangerine water into your cooled hairspray mixture.
*Do Not add alcohol to your hairspray mixture! Not only is it not good for your hair, it is also not good to inhale when sprayed. Alcohol in typical hairsprays dries out hair, thus causing the hair shafts to weaken to the point of breakage.
The Sustainable Life: Minimal Waste [Part I]
One of the reasons I began this blog was to challenge myself.
Filed under Minimal Waste Lifestyle, Zero Waste Lifestyle
