Jess Root
Jess Root is living her bliss, co-directing and instructing at Bodhisattva Yoga in Park Slope, Brooklyn -- and writing about wellness and travel. Her personal experience on the yoga mat and meditation cushion has taught her that true self-sustainability, simplicity, and slowing down are key ingredients for cooking up a successful global sustainability movement.
When Jess isn't running shop in Brooklyn, she's organizing and co-leading semi-annual domestic and international yoga retreats. You can find her and her crew on an organic farm in upstate New York or experiencing a little slice of paradise at a mom and pop hotel in the Caribbean. Anywhere nature prevails.
Jess has appeared in Budget Travel, E, the Environmental Magazine, MSN, and USA Today, and has presented talks at the Tibet Center and the Rubin Museum of Art.
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama Offers Hope to the Eco-Stressed
Image via: http://www.dalailamany.org/ After attending three days--12 total blissful hours--of His Holiness' teachings this past weekend in NYC, I'm in a much calmer state. (Is the live broadcast footage of real time oil spill leaving worry lines across
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LovethisLife Organic Apparel Perfect for Yoga and Inspired Living
The above might read more like a valedictorian speech or a scribbled poem in a yearbook. Dewdrops and lollipops, I know, but it's neither speech nor poem.
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Dr. Andrew Weil Dishes on EWG's Toxic Dirty Dozen (Video)
The 'Dirty Dozen' isn't exactly news. The list of high- and low-pesticide fruits and veggies has been updated, animated and reported on with great frequency. Its message is simple: an apple a day might not keep the doctor way, if that apple was
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One Stork's Mind-Blowing, Melt-Your-Heart Long Distance Love Story (PHOTO)
My weekend just got better with this adorable piece of good news from the U.K.'s Metro and the Romanian Times.
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Organic Milk Production Trickles, Not Pours
Just yesterday I joked seated at my neighborhood's dive-y, not-concerned-about-clean-food diner that the likely hormone-injected milk I stirred into my coffee might spur the growth of a third boob. It was a risk I was
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Green Living Project Explores Central America's Cutting-Edge Eco-Tourism
The indie media production company Green Living Project (GLP) is building a good reputation when it comes to documenting the globe's sustainable travel sector--covering the best practices in eco-tourism, wildlife
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Is Seaweed the Next Natural Weight Loss Superfood?
I've always been a fan of seaweed salad from sushi bars--a nice salty substitute for the sushi I love but can't eat with a clear conscience. I've also snacked on Nori strips on days I've felt low energy. The
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Yoga for School Credit--Gym Class Just Got Way Fun
Here's one that would've rocked my socks off as a kid: yoga--in school. Doubly so if it replaced the dreaded P.E., where military push-ups and getting pegged by a
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The World Peace Diet: Love, Equality, Sustainability Through Vegan Eats
At the tender age of 16, the dots between diet and its effect on the environment were connected with Diet for a New America, John Robbin's book. I didn't need any convincing about the planetary evils of burgers and
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Clear One Health Insurance Hooks Oregonians Up with Holistic Care
Current events lead us to believe Obama's needed health care reform will finally come to pass. Being that both sides of the issue are interested in cutting costs, there's an independent, alternative and affordable health
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Is Your New Phone (Apple iPhone, Perhaps) Cancer Causing, Too?
I couldn't tell if it was my better body awareness from yoga or my generally strong cell phone neurosis (long live the bees!). Every time I held my phone up to my ear, I felt a vibratory drum-like
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Yoga Twists into a Must-Have Mainstream Hotel Amenity
Just on the heels of returning from hosting my own low-impact yoga retreat, I've been reflecting on how happy, invigorated and inspired my retreat guests left. I've often thought, if only everyone could experience the
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Kate Hudson, Gwen Stefani and Rihanna Rock Hands Up Not Handouts' Artisan-Made Accessories
There are multiple layers of beauty behind the organization Hands Up Not Handouts (HUNHO) whose mission is to help empower the world's impoverished women. How you ask? By helping them hone in on their knack for handcrafting goods from native materials
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New Yorkers, Keep Yoga Protected with a 2-Minute Call
Shouldn't such a good, green thing be accessible to its
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Jade Harmony Yoga Mat: Tried, Tested and Eco-True
I knew I must've been a good green girl this past year when Santa snuck a Jade Yoga Mat under the tree (thanks, Grandma!).
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Forget Fish Oils. Are Algae Oils an Omega-Rich Solution to Overfishing?
To fish oil or not to fish oil has been the ongoing question among wellness- and eco-minded folks such as myself. For good reason, too. The benefits from omega-3 supplements are hard to give up: healthy skin, hair and joints
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Nude 2010 Yoga Calendar Pulls Double Duty as Sexy Wall Art
I blab about yoga a lot here on TreeHugger and Planet Green. Plain and simple, it's awesome. Not just for staying youthful, fit and healthy--reducing the need (and waste) from over-the-counter and Rx drugs--but it's also
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Flying Through Thunderstorm Equivalent to Getting 400 Chest X-rays?
Here's one that motivates me, Miss Wanderlust, to pack away my passport and more seriously consider that staycation.
