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Green Eyes On: Herbal Remedies for Stress
Last week I did my usual segment, Living Green with Sara Snow, on CNN.com/LIVE. I answered viewer questions about herbal remedies for common ailments like stress and asthma. Reducing stress naturally is a
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Tea Time: Health Care for a Work Force
In my last post about my trip to Kenya to visit the Lipton Tea plantation, I talked about the benefits to the workers of the education of their children, and how the treatment of workers is one of the cornerstones of
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Tea Time: Educating a Workforce
In order for any company to be certified sustainable by the third party organization The Rainforest Alliance, there are certain areas in which they must be compliant. One of those areas is in the treatment of their work
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Tea Time: A Human Face on Where Your Cup of Tea Comes From
Waking up on our first morning in Kericho we were greeted with a spectacular sunrise and a slightly cool temperature. The journalists involved in the trip to the Lipton Tea Plantation in Kericho were scheduled to do a
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A View of Kenya by Air and By Car
Join me for a mini tour of Kenya, with photos taken on a flight from Nairobi to Kericho and then covering the trip by car returning three days later. It turns out that the images that interested me were reflective of some of the pressing issues that
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Tea Time: A Visit to a Sustainable Tea Plantation
I've just arrived back in Canada from a trip to Kericho, Kenya to see the Lipton Tea plantation. They are working in partnership with the Rainforest Alliance to have all of their tea plantations certified sustainable by the
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Observer Food Awards Feature Healthy, Ethical Winners
The Observer newspaper Food Awards show how the range of foods available in the UK has changed; no longer a country of turnips and beer, the awards celebrate the ingenuity and dedication of producers involved in the British food
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Green Eyes On: New Trends at Natural Products Expo West
Photo courtesy of Sara SnowLast year the Natural Products Expo West tradeshow in Anaheim, California was named one of "top 50 fastest growing shows" by Tradeshow Week. This year this position was solidified by the record breaking 53,000 people who
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Celestial Seasonings Wants Your Help Planting Trees for Teas
No sooner did we post on the Tees for Change "You Buy a Tee, They Plant a Tree" program, than Celestial Seasonings said, hey we're also in the Teas (Tees) for Trees business too. Turns out when you buy a box of Celestial
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Fair-Trade Coffee, Coming To a Dorm Near You
Two creative Bethel College students recently opened a fair trade coffee shop in the lounge of their dorm building. The shop is so new (and so trendy) that it doesn't even have a name yet. Seth Dunn and Lisa Penner, both Fresno, CA
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Mountain Rose Herbs - Improve Your Health With Green Herbs
Image via: Mountain Rose Herbs Mountain Rose Herbs not only want to improve your health through the use of herbs and tea, but they want to use sustainable practices and products in the process. Hey, why go to all of that effort of healing your body if
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Green Tea Protects From Alzheimer's, More Studies Show
Photo Credit: Kanko Research with green tea and Alzheimer's continues to show that the antioxidant properties in green tea (Camellia Sinensis) may in fact have the ability to decrease production of beta-amyloid, which is the protein which forms plaques
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Green Tea Instead Of "Fizzy Drinks"
One of the advantages of living in Japan is the huge amount of choice when it comes to tea instead of soft drinks laced with sugar, aspartame, or High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). Avoid! Tokyo
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Give Groovy Gifts and Save 10% from The Groovy Mind
This week's TreeHugger Deals comes to you from The Groovy Mind, a company that's known for their groooovy, gourmet gifts. Each is deliciously organic, fairly traded and seasonally harvested and includes coffee (one of our faves), tea, cookies and
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Groovy Gift Baskets from The Groovy Mind
Gift baskets like "Get Your Groove On," "Espress Yo'Self" and "Happy Hour" will lift anyone's spirits. Thinking about getting a "welcome home" "congratulations" or "here's a little extra energy with that new baby" gift
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Car Care Tips, Organic Chai Tea and How to Trash Prescription Drugs
:: Keep your car clean and well-tuned to lower your carbon footprint.
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Traditional Medicinals Opens Up World's Biggest Solar Powered Tea Factory
In a very cool continuation of using the sun to create the world's most consumed beverage, Traditional Medicinals took a giant leap forward and has completed an installation that
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With Divine Blends, the Art of Tea Lives up to Its Name
Actually that's their name, Art of Tea, and they create hand-crafted, organic, fair trade teas. I sampled the "Tropical Pineapple" blend tea and was surprised from the first taste with all of the flavor. You could actually
