Check out these beautiful 99.9% quartz crystal singing bowls.  They are an all natural, chemical free way that people have been healing their bodies for hundreds and hundreds of years. Crystal Singing Bowls, in particular, are said to be very beneficial because of the similar crystalline structure of our bodies themselves.  The sounds produced by the bowls can be aimed in different directions and are said to be very calming, healing, peaceful and relaxing.

Silver Sky Imports specializes in a variety of unique products from Tibet and Nepal that support fair trade and a decent working wage for artisans.  They carry a range of alternative, holistic medicine devices such as singing bowls, their accessories and gongs. They also have cultural handicrafts such as bell and dorje, tibetan prayer flags and malas beads.  Many of their products can encourage and aide meditation and meditative states which are a time honored technique of healing body, mind and soul.   You can also donate to the refugee and monastary fund directly from their website which is a definite plus!

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Freecycling is a way of trading goods with people without the involvement of any money whatsoever.  It's a movement that is taking the world by storm!!  There are freecycle groups all over the world and can be found on almost any classified website.  The official freecycle groups are by yahoo groups and have chapters seemingly anywhere.  Lately, I've just been looking on my local Kijiji and Craigs List sites to see if anyone needs anything I've got kicking around or if I need anything they've got kicking around.  It's a great way to not only cut down on the amount of materials in the landfill that could be used, it also saves money and declutters houses!!

Yesterday I found a want ad for tomato cages which I was coincidentally just trying to come up with a clever way of repurposing.  I shot off an email offering them to my fellow gardener and the next day, voila!  Someone else is using them.  It's a perfect way of taking a big step towards going green.  Recycling is great but it also involves more energy to take the "trash" and turn it into something else.  When you freecycle, all you have to do is find someone who wants what you've got.  To me, it seems just about the best way to get "rid" of something.  It's not really out of the loop at all, the product is just continuing to be used over and over until eventually it does wear out and need to be recycled.  I also sent off a couple of pots that I didn't need and were going to be sent with my plastic recycling.  Now if I could only figure out what to do with the rest of the stuff in the garage I don't need, then maybe I'd even be able to park my car in there!!

From the opposite side of the freecycle experience, it works just as well.  We were looking for some gravel or river rock to run along the side of our house to cut down on the amount of lawn, watering and mowing required.  I was just going to order some from the local home improvement store, but decided to look around and see if anyone had anything they needed to get rid of.  Turns out that someone did!  A family living by the river had been digging all the rocks out of the garden and putting them in the alley for what looks like a really long time.  Absolutely perfect for what we need and much better and more attractive than your standard gravel!  Thanks freecycle!!!

The weight loss industry is one area of the economy that seems completely untouched by the recession.  Diet pills, exercise products, and gyms are all still booming as people try to slim down and get more healthy.  Many people suffer with yo-yo dieting, weight gains, weight losses, and persistent obesity throughout their entire life and have not had much success getting the weight off and keeping it off.  For this segment of the population, a diet pill in combination with exercise and healthy eating may be the solution.  So, what is the most effective diet pill on the market?  There are many diet pill review sites that you can use to help you research the different kinds of pills that are available along with the risks and benefits associated with each one.  Ensure that your physican is always aware of any major changes to your diet and lifestyle including any diet pills that you may be thinking of taking to help.  Your doctor is your partner on your weight loss journey and she or he can be a very valuable resource for information and cautionary advice.  Remember that there is no "magic pill" yet that will instantly help you to lose the weight and keep it off.  It takes hard work, dedication and a lifestyle change to effectively maintain any weight loss.  Maybe you could even wear a bikini to dive into these gorgeous pool shown by Sean McGrath from a peaceful and blissful hotel in Bali. Good luck!!

Kid's furniture can be as eco-friendly and green as the adult counterparts to the mini versions.  There's many versions of eco-friendly Bedroom Sets hitting the market place right now.  This one in particular is from a company called Spacify.  They have an entire like of eco-furniture which even includes organic cotton matresses!  The sheets shown here go through a European certification process called Oko-Tex which ensures that there are no harmful chemicals in the sheets that could effect your child or the environment.

The bunk bed shown is very architectural in feel.  It's made from sustainable hard wood and birch plywood.  All of the materials, glues, stains and finishes used in this bed are non toxic and low VOC.  That makes this furniture better for both your kids and environment as well.  To make the bed even more eco-friendly, the bunk bed can change with the changing needs of your family.  The bottom bunk is repositionable so that it can be lowered for smaller kids to get into and out of.  The bunk bed can also be convered into a loft bed with a youth sized desk underneath of it.  The versatility of the design will ensure that your family doesn't waste resources and money replacing furniture that has nothing wrong with it.  Definitely a big bonus in many ways.  Keep the environment in mind when designing your children's spaces as well as your own!

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