” Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments.”
– Bethenny Frankel
Breakfast
Easy Blueberry Muffins
Muffins can be considered dessert and breakfast rolled into one. It’s not a breakfast that one should indulge in often (as is true with most popular breakfast foods think French toast and pancakes), but the occasional splurge in a morning sugar rush probably won’t hurt. Get The Recipe At: PETA.org
Lunch
Charred Veg Salad
Colourful chopped charred veg piled high on a grilled wrap with couscous and creamy feta cheese. This delicious dish is from Family Super Food Classics and is packed with all five of your 5 a day! Top it off with cooling yogurt, spicy chill sauce and crunchy nuts and seeds. This wrap gives a bit […]
Dinner
Sri Lankan braised roots stew & coconut dhal dumplings recipe
Combine the fabulous flavours of a Sri Lankan curry with the comfort of a British stew to make this sumptuous vegan dish accompanied by coconut dumplings Get The Recipe At: BBCgoodfood.com
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Ludwick Marishane: A Bath Without Water
If you had to walk a mile for a jug of water every day, as millions of people do, it’s unlikely you’d use that precious water to bathe. Young entrepreneur Ludwick Marishane tells the amazing, funny story of how he invented a cheap, clean and convenient solution: DryBath, the world’s first bath-substituting lotion. Source: TED.com
Building the Great Green Wall
Future Forest has planted more than four million trees in China’s Kubuqi Desert in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Led by former Korean ambassador to Beijing, Kwon Byong-hyon, Future Forest is setting records for the successful afforestion (restoration) of desert and degraded farmland. Source: GoodnessTv
Could offshore wind power be about to take off in Africa?
Despite a real boom in the development of global offshore wind power in recent years, several of the world’s leading economies are proving sluggish when it comes to catching up with the early pace setters. Admittedly, both China and America have invested heavily in land-based wind farms over the last decade and a half. And, […]
Do Cities Need More Green Roofs?
A trip to the largest green roof in New York City. Then we imagined what the city could be like if all of its roof space was green. A great insite to what green roofs can profide.. Source: YouTube.com
Sheriff’s Office Hires Adorable Therapy Dog To Comfort Crime Victims
Meet Lily, a 5-year-old Beagle/Corgi mix who was rescued from a kill shelter in Florida. She was then enrolled in the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office’s “Paws & Stripes College,” a program where inmates train rescued dogs to be PTSD dogs, therapy dogs, or child victim advocate dogs. She’s now moved on to assisting crime victims. […]
Warka Water Towers Harvest Drinkable Water From The Air
In this exclusive, Italian architect Arturo Vittori explains how his wooden Warka Water structures can provide clean drinking water for rural communities in the developing world. Through the Warka Water project, Vittori is investigating alternative water sources for remote communities without access to running water. “Warka Water is a philosophy looking at the environment and […]
Building the Great Green Wall
Future Forest has planted more than four million trees in China’s Kubuqi Desert in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Led by former Korean ambassador to Beijing, Kwon Byong-hyon, Future Forest is setting records for the successful afforestion (restoration) of desert and degraded farmland. Source: GoodnessTv