Bear Creek Basin, Telluride, Colorado
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life.
John Muir
ENVIRONMENT
Big Island of Hawaii Gets 20% of Its Electricity from Geothermal Plant
"The Puna Geothermal Venture is run by Ormat Technologies and is located in the Mt. Kilauea East Rift zone. The plant has five wells that bring up 650-degree geothermal fluids to the surface where the steam is separated out and used to drive generators." - EcoGeek
Paper Use Declines as Media Tablets Boom
"By 2015, paper used for publishing in North America - such as magazine, newspaper and book publishing - will be down 12%-21% compared to their 2010 levels. This is on top of the massive collapse that occurred during the recent recession." - Sustainable Business.com
First-Ever LEED Platinum Student Housing at USC
“There are some luxury items that may at face value seem incompatible with sustainable development, but what we’ve found is that austerity does not necessarily represent ecofriendly construction,” says David Hilliard, president of Symphony Development, the developer of West 27th Place. - Sustainable Business.com
FITNESS
Guest Post by Tate Zandstra: MovNat training in Thailand
“When you are a kid, you’re always told, ‘don’t yell, don’t move’…whenever we have this primal exuberance, this expression of this energy that we have in ourselves, it’s repressed to the point that it’s suppressed, like you have to stand right, be polite, be silent, then you’re a good kid.” - MovNat
The Complete Guide to Interval Training [Infographic] - Greatist
NUTRITION
Paleo is reaching its Tipping Point
"The movement started to gain momentum last year when I realized that a few of my co-workers were in a transformational program addressing workouts and nutrition - and guess what their nutrition plan was...yup basically Paleo." - Against the Grain
How to Eat Meat: Transitioning Away from Vegetarianism
"I get a fair amount of emails from vegetarian readers who want to reintroduce meat into their diets. Although they see the health benefits of reclaiming omnivorism, they’re hesitant about the transition itself." - Mark’s Daily Apple
RECIPES
Lamb Arm Chops with Porcini Mushrooms and Rosemary
"At first bite, we knew we had to recreate this dish. We had two lamb arm chops from US Wellness Meats awaiting our arrival back home, and we finally had the perfect recipe inspiration for these delicious looking chops." - The Food Lovers Primal Palate
Curry Sirloin Tips
"I wasn't so sure this one was going to turn out very well, but boy was I wrong! Warm, spicy, rich, smoky flavors just fill your mouth and make this steak sing." - The Food Lovers Primal Palate
SUCCESS STORIES
Hypertension, Prediabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and 75 Pounds, All Gone in 6 Months
"6 months ago I was 270 lbs, hypertensive, pre-diabetic, metabolic syndrome, etc. I had been aware of your site for a year or so because a political blog I frequent (lewrockwell.com) occasionally links to yours. I was intrigued by some of the articles but was skeptical and didn’t take it too seriously." - Mark's Daily Apple
FROM THE ARCHIVE
The Idea of an Ecovillage
I’ve heard a lot about sustainability, and I know that it’s a good thing, but I’ve rarely seen it in practice, and never to the extent that it’s practiced here, at Comuna de Rhiannon, a farming commune located within the Andes Mountains, and about an hour to the north of the Ecuadorian capital of Quito. Sustainability is the operating idea at Comuna de Rhiannon, and it governs the fate of everything that lives within the commune’s boundaries, from the hogs that are used to till Rhiannon’s soil, which is rich in volcanic ash, as the farm is surrounded by several volcanoes, to the food that is leftover from meals, which is either used as animal feed or as compost, depending upon what it is. - PaleoTerran