The Grey(water) Area
by Katherine Pioli
Is greywater (the water that comes from bathtubs, showers, wash basins and clothes washers) use a boon or an environmental disaster? Facts fall on both sides. Bottom line: Look to conservation first.
 There is a story about the famous author and monkey-wrencher Edward Abbey doing his duty as an agitator at a public event in Tucson, Arizona where he spent the last years of his life. The city had just published a book on water conservation. City officials had gathered for the book’s official public release—a volume promised to make continued life, even expansion, in the desert city possible. After all of the self-congratulatory speeches had been made, the microphone somehow found its way into Abbey’s hands.
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NASA and the End of the World
by Pax Rasmussen
The Mayan prophecies for 2012 are getting scientific support from an unlikely source: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
 Normally, I’m not one to buy into prophecy. I have a hard time believing in anything further ‘out there’ than acupuncture, to tell the truth. To pique my interest, I need to see a little cold, hard evidence (a double-blind, peer-reviewed study is favorite)—until then, I cast most things into the “Sure, why not?” category of healthy skepticism, neither belief nor disbelief. Strangely enough, when it comes to 2012, it’s starting to look like there’s a hefty dose of cold, hard evidence after all.
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All of God's Creation in a Pair of Green Eyes
by Jana Lee Frazier
A life-changing encounter with the wolf who mysteriously trekked from Yellowstone Park to within 50 miles of Salt Lake City—Utah’s first verified wolf sighting in 70 years.
 Once upon a time, when I first fell into depression, I literally could not feel. If I reached out to touch a blanket or the coat of a dog, I found it lacking texture. The world became alternately dismally dark and then so bright that my eyes burned. Leaves falling to the ground sounded like a downpour of rain. At night I couldn’t sleep and lay as rigid in bed as a corpse on a morgue slab.
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The Ancient Art of Ayurveda
by Sunny Rose, C.AY, RYT
Bringing balance in the summer season—a summer guide for living in
harmony with yourself.
 Ayurveda is an ancient system of healing from India (dating back more than 5,000 years). It is still practiced there, and is expanding throughout the west as a form of alternative healing. Ayurveda means “science of life” or “science of longevity,” as it focuses on keeping the body balanced.
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The Pleasures of Summer
by Francis Fecteau
Sex, ice cream and other little deaths.
 The sultry wines of summer lead me down a very kinky road. Surprise creeps in on tiny cat feet and leaves my mouth confused in a Rosicrucian (mystical/confusing) cats-and-dogs-living-together sort of way and the aromatics leave me, well…rapt. I am dizzied; elevated even, and the confines of the Universe are now a little larger.
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