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cientists have discovered a with a tip to fit in the bottom of the natural way to kill germs fast. nostril, where viruses collect.

Now thousands of people When he felt a tickle in his nose are using it against viruses and bacteria like a cold about to start, he rubbed the that cause illness. copper gently in Colds and his nose for 60 many other seconds. illnesses start “It worked!” when viruses get he exclaimed. in your nose and “The cold never start multiplying. got going. That If you don’t stop was 2012. I have them early, they had zero colds spread and take since then.” over.

“We don’t Copper kills viruses almost In hundreds of make product instantly studies, EPA and health claims,” university researchers confirm copper he said, “so I can’t say cause and effect. kills microbes almost instantly just by But we know copper is antimicrobial.” touch.

He asked relatives and friends to try That’s why ancient Greeks and it. They reported the same thing, so he Egyptians used copper to purify patented CopperZap® and put it on the water and heal wounds. They didn’t market. know about microbes like viruses and Soon hundreds of people had tried it. bacteria, but now we do.

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Scientists say the high conductance Users say: of copper disrupts the electrical balance “It works! I love it!” in a microbe cell by touch and destroys “I can’t believe how good my nose it in seconds. feels.”

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They are Children Being Children

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vivid memory I have as a 6-year-old is one day laughing, playing and spatting with my cousins and siblings on a glider atop my grandmother’s porch.

Located at the top of a steep wooden staircase, the porch offered a bird’s-eye view high above the street and was large enough to be a romper room for nine energetic grandkids.

On other days, that glider was my safe haven. It was a peaceful place where I rocked back and forth, slowly keeping watch in solitude or in the comfort of Grandma’s company.

Sometimes the lattice blind was unrolled all the way to the bannister, enclosing the porch in a cocoon of shade and transforming it into a womb of protection. The most peaceful and fondest childhood memory I have is of rocking on the glider during a mild summer rain, the recollection of which to this day gives me a deep sense of tranquility and comfort.

Our extended family of aunts, uncles and cousins were at Grandma’s this particular day as we gathered for a family meal after Grandpa’s funeral. My dad’s father, Harry, a Ukrainian immigrant, was born in 1897 in a small village located just inside Poland’s border. I didn’t know my grandfather well; I was too young and he was too sick. I remember riding with my dad regularly to pick up the oxygen tanks that supplied Grandpa’s breathing after decades as a coal miner. I remember that Grandma set an empty place setting at the dinner table that day.

Soon after Grandpa died, I went to live with Grandma—the first grandchild to do so.

We lived right next door, so the commute wasn’t far. I stayed for several years, and then swapped places with my younger sister. Grandma’s house—even though that’s where I slept for a few years, is where we all received our formal Ukrainian upbringing, which included food, work ethic, dance, holiday traditions, prayers and church, with a heavy emphasis on the prayers and church. There were no Ukrainian altar boys more adequately trained than me and my brothers.

When I was 6, I laughed and played on the porch after my grandfather died. I was a child, being a child. Today, 6-year-olds in Ukraine are laughing and playing in rubble as bombs rain on their homes and porches. They are children being children, finding a way forward to feel good, live simply and laugh more. Slava Ukraini!

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18 WHY WE NEED WILD PLACES

How to Invite Nature Back into Our Lives and Landscapes

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22 EATING FOR THE PLANET Diet for a Climate Crisis

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Become a 2022 Project Clean Stream Volunteer

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roject Clean Stream (PCS) 2022 is kicking off in April, and volunteers can find a clean-up event nearby or register their own clean-up and become a site captain—this year site captains will receive an Alliance hat as a special thank-you gift.

PCS has removed more than 7 million pounds of trash from the Chesapeake watershed that would otherwise have contaminated our local streams, rivers, creeks, the Bay or our drinking water. Everyone can make a difference in our community today by becoming a Project Clean Stream volunteer or registering their own clean up event this spring.

For registration and more information, visit ChesapeakeNetwork.org/groups/projectclean-stream.

Coping with Anxiety at Dillsburg Yoga

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illsburg Yoga and yoga teacher Emily Gilmore will be offering a six-week online Zoom course, Yoga for Anxiety, from 1 to 2:15 p.m. Fridays, beginning April 29. She will lead participants through a journey of slowing down, tuning in, listening and moving forward with calming and grounding practices for managing anxiety.

The framework for this course will largely follow the practices of yoga and cognitive behavior therapy from Julie Greiner-Ferris, LICSW, and Manjit Kaur Khalsa, Ed.D. Week 1: Establishing a Daily Practice. Week 2: Working with Anxiety & Panic. Week 3: Working with Worry Week. 4: Finding Your Value Week. 5: Strengthening Communication. Week 6: Developing Radiance.

Sliding scale cost is $65 to $120. Classes will be recorded. For more information, call 717502-2870, email Emily@DillsburgYoga.com or visit DillsburgYoga.com.

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avid A. Frederick, Ph.D., of Mind/Body Health Consultants is conducting an exciting, one-day seminar on Herbology for Family and Pets from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., April 30, at the Hampton Inn in York. Participants will learn reflex muscle testing to determine potential stressed or weakened conditions in their health and how to support it with natural remedies from Mother Earth.

Topics include cleansing and healing properties of herbs; ways to build the immune system; four actions of herbs on the body; tasting herbs to determine therapeutic action, plus a quick reference guide to therapeutic herbs.

Frederick is an internationally known lecturer and educator, with degrees in psychology, naturopathy, homeopathy, complementary and alternative medicine, Chinese acupuncture and medicine, and Ayurveda health science. He practices at The Unknown Muscle Wellness Center and is a fellow of the International Academy of Clinical Acupuncture, British Institute of Homeopathy, Royal Society of Medicine, England, and the American College of Forensic Science. His FLASH technique can remove restricted movement in under five minutes and is permanent.

Cost is $95 one week in advance or $125 at the door, Location: 1550 Mount Zion Rd., York.

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Exclusive New Yoga Class at Brownstone Station

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rownstone Station Wellness Center is offering a new class, YOD (your own determination), with Jill Lawley, RYT-500, beginning on Mondays in March. This revolutionary yoga practice goes beyond traditional formats to combine meditation, optimal alignment and high-intensity interval training. Allowing participants to find their edge to empower a sense of awakening.

She says, “The program is designed to hit every aspect of your physical fitness while creating mindfulness and awareness of your body. YOD incorporates strength, flexibility, balance, speed, power, endurance, agility and coordination.”

Lawley completed 200-hour training locally at Studio B, in Hershey, followed by a 300-hour program with Create Karma in Lancaster. In addition to being an RYT 500, Jill holds additional certifications in Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Baptiste Art of Assisting 1 and 2, Barre Method, YOD Yoga, and Yoga for Stress and Anxiety.

Location: 320 E. 2nd St., Ste. B, Hummelstown. For more information, call 717-525-3852, email Info@ BrownstoneStation.com or visit BrownstoneStation.com.

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Yoga for Every Comfort Level

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our Yoga, recently opened at 1900 Orange Street, in West York, operates seven days a week. Owner and teacher Cynthia Johannes-Beecher says, “The studio is small, limiting classes to a maximum of 10 students. All of our classes are in person, and there is a class for every level of experience. We support our students’ yoga journey with individualized attention. Everything about the studio is developed with the student in mind, and the teachers are passionate about sharing the physical and mental benefits of practicing yoga. We embrace everyone into our community for who they are and where they want their yoga journey to take them.”

They offer a variety of classes to develop balance, flexibility, strength and calmness, as well as breath work and adaptations for poses during class to ensure each student is comfortable and safe.

There is a complimentary class each month.

For more information, call 717-586-6494, email Cynthia@ YorkYourYoga.com or visit YorkYourYoga.com. See ad, page 3.

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27th Annual Faerie Festival in Baltimore

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he Faerie Festival will celebrate the magic of nature at nonprofit Spoutwood Farm Center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., April 30 and May 1, at Marshy Park, in Baltimore. Participants can reunite and play in the marsh with the Greenman, Lady Lucy, Mossman and the Marsh Man, enjoying a variety of live music, dancing, bubbles, magicians, fairies, goblins, renowned craft vendors and winged things, both common and uncommon. Activities for humans and fae of all ages include wildlife encounters, parades, drum circles, faerie and gnome villages, storytellers and more.

The festival, started in 1991 has grown and transformed into the premier event of its kind, moving to its new home in 2019.

Spoutwood Farm and Marshy Point seek to further an appreciation for the natural world and demonstrate our shared connection to the environment.

Adult tickets are $20/per day/children 3 to 12 are $5 and children under 3 are free with paid adult purchase. Weekend passes are available online only for $30 per adult through Apr. 15. Get tickets at Tinyurl.com/FaerieFestivalTickets. Location: 7130 Marshy Point Rd. For more information, visit MarshyPoint.org or Spoutwood.org.

One Big Wellness Birthday Party

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2L Studio is hosting a seventh birthday open house celebration from 7 to 11 a.m., April 2, with free classes, free chair massages, free personal training consultations and special sales on packages and merchandise.

H2L is a full-service fitness and wellness studio offering barre, cycling, Pilates, yoga, barefoot, TRX, Kid’s Yoga, strength training, private classes, massage therapy, cupping, reflexology, reiki and meditation.

Hope Hill Lavender Farm Annual Plant Sale

Location: 2151 Fisher Rd., Ste. 103, Mechanicsburg. For more information, call 717697-4425, email h2lstudio717@gmail.com or visit h2lstudio.com. See ad, page 23.

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ope Hill Lavender Farm Annual plant sale starts May 7, and plants are typically available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through June. Numerous cultivars of lavender are available for sale, in addition to lavender products, local and made-inUSA merchandise is also available in the store. The farm is located in Southern Schuylkill County, centrally located to Harrisburg, Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia and the Poconos.

Wendy & Troy Jochems established Hope Hill Lavender Farm in 2011 and currently have several thousand lavender plants in the fields. In addition to shopping in a scenic environment in a Penn State-certified pollinator garden, patrons can find quality lavender bath and body products made with essential oil distilled on the farm. Lavender is also harvested for culinary purposes from chemical-free fields that are planted, pruned and harvested by hand.

Location: 2375 Panther Valley Rd., Pottsville.

For more information and hours, visit HopeHillLavenderFarm.com or call 570-617-0851. See ad, page 6.

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Illuminate Frederick Festival Returns

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he Illuminate Frederick Mind-Body-SpiritArts Festival will return after a twoyear hiatus from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., April 24, at the Clarion Inn Frederick Event Center, with local holistic wellness practitioners, artists, crystals, handmade jewelry and gifts, essential oils and original art. Intuitive readers include vetted psychic mediums, angel readers, tarot and oracle card readers offering special festival rates. Energy healers provide reiki, chakra balancing and sound healing. Plus, there will be ionic footbaths and free workshops throughout the day.

Founder Judy Bazis says, “We are excited to be back in Frederick offering our special brand of boutique festival.

We have chosen to view the last two years as a sacred pause, and it has given practitioners an opportunity to do the work to broaden and deepen their spiritual gifts. I know they are looking forward to bringing even more of those good vibes to Illuminate Frederick!”

Admission is free. Location: 5400 Holiday Dr., Frederick, Maryland. For more information, visit IlluminateFestivals.com.

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Equine-Assisted Healing Therapy in Annville

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oonstone Healing Studio is a new holistic body wisdom and healing business located at 2 Carson Lane, in Annville, that uses the spiritual medicine and Marisa Sage energy of animals (on a horse farm and stables with goats and donkeys, as well) with somatic embodiment practices to de-armor and emotionally release tension, stress and trauma. This is a new and unique approach for mind/body/heart/ emotion/spiritual connection toward healing for central Pennsylvania.

Owner Marisa Sage is a somatic healer, intuitive energy practitioner, Pampamesayok shaman, reiki master for humans and animals, 200-RYT, spiritual and holistic mentor/teacher currently training in equine/feline/canine massage and bodywork.

She says, “My specialty is working with those who are struggling with daily anxiety, depression, unworthiness, (undiagnosed) mystery body aches and pains, experiencing feelings of being ungrounded or ‘lost’ in life and disconnected from their body. My passion is supporting empathic, highly sensitive old souls and single parents who are experiencing overwhelm and feel defeated to remember who they are and why they came here, so that they feel empowered and connected to who they truly are.”

For more information, call 717-685-5331, email MarisaSageHealing@gmail.com or visit MoonstoneHealingStudio.com.

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onnewald Natural Foods is collaborating with Chad Redding to host a monthly Walk with a Woodsman series in 2022.

There is a Chad Redding shared belief that the benefits of living gently on the land, foraging for wild foods, treating land and all life with respect and grace transcend generations, communities and lifestyles. Scheduled dates are April 16, May 21, June 18, July 16, August 20 and September 10, with Wilderness Skills from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and a Foraging Walk from 10:45 to noon. Redding is the proprietor of Ruck Rabbit Outdoors, which supplies an assortment of crafted, curated, refurbished and surplus outdoor gear.

Monthly topics include Wild Teas, collecting identification and brewing; Firecraft, firewood selection, processing and tool use and more; Sheltercraft, lowimpact shelters, emergency and camping, tarp pitches, ridgeline concepts; Emergency Bundle Bow build demo; Water Gathering, handling and filtration; and others.

Sonnewald has always been concerned about the health of the planet and the impact of food choices. In their continuing effort to move toward greater sustainability, they are constantly seeking to carry as many locally and regionally produced products as possible.

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Practice Good Dental Care to Lower Heart and Cognitive Risks A whopping 47 percent of U.S. adults over 30 have periodontal disease, and the consequences can be severe for their physical and mental health, suggests a new study in the journal BMJ Open.

Researchers from the UK University of Manchester followed 64,379 people diagnosed with periodontal disease, including gingivitis, marked by swollen and red gums, as well as periodontitis, in which gums pull away from the tooth and bone or teeth are lost. The subjects, with an average age of 44, were compared over an average of three years to 251,161 people without the disease.

Those with periodontal disease had a 37 percent higher risk of mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety and serious mental illness; a 33 percent higher risk of developing autoimmune diseases like arthritis, Type 1 diabetes and psoriasis; an 18 percent higher risk of cardiovascular disease, including heart failure, stroke and vascular dementia; and a 26 percent higher risk for developing Type 2 diabetes.

“This research provides further, clear evidence why healthcare professionals need to be vigilant for early signs of gum disease and how it can have wide-reaching implications for a person’s health, reinforcing the importance of taking a holistic approach when treating people,” says Caroline Aylott, head of research delivery at the University of Birmingham Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research.

Wellness and the Lymphatic System

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Our bodies have many systems, pathways, connections and methods of self-healing. When we are injured or after surgery, the swelling of lymph fluid may be unable to clear the area. Lymphatic massage comprises light pressure following the path of the lymphatic system to clear the lymphatic fluid from the tissues and move it to the lymph nodes.

Benefits of manual lymphatic drainage include more efficient healing from illness, injury or surgery; relaxation and stress relief; reduced scar formation due to increased healing response; removal of excess water and metabolic waste from the tissues; and reduced swelling and fluid retention.

Lymphatic drainage massage can benefit those with lymphedema, fibromyalgia, swelling or edema, skin disorders, fatigue, insomnia, stress and digestive problems.

Manual lymphatic drainage techniques (MLDT) date back to the 1800s, when Andrew Taylor Still, DO, proposed the initial principles. With the advent of osteopathic manipulative techniques, many people explored healing with this new method. Emil Vodder, Ph.D., focused his clinical research on gaining further insight into the treatment of illness by manipulating the lymphatic system, and reported successful treatment results using MLDT throughout the 1930s. Vodder’s treatment and approach is most commonly used today.

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Cristina Boyle, a state licensed massage therapist and esthetician, is the owner of Happie Soul Massage Holistic & Alternative Therapy, located at 5000 Lenker St., Ste. 104, in Mechanicsburg. She is also a certified reiki master teacher and trained body contour specialist. For more information, call 717-254-7250 or visit HappieSoulMassage.com. See ad, page 12.

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Plastic On its Way Out at National Parks A poll by Ipsos conducted for the ocean conservation group Oceana last November found that 82 percent of registered U.S. voters responding would like the National Park Service to stop selling and distributing single-use plastic items. The survey revealed broad appreciation for national parks, with around four in five respondents saying they had been to a park and 83 percent of previous park visitors looking forward to a return visit. Oceana Plastics Campaign Director Christy Leavitt says, “These polling results indicate that Americans, whether Republican or Democrat, want our parks to be unmarred by the pollution caused by single-use plastic.”

The results show broad support for a campaign led by Oceana and more than 300 other environmental organizations which sent a letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland asking the parks to end the sale and distribution of plastic beverage bottles, bags, foodware and cutlery, and plastic foam products. The proposed Reducing Waste in National Parks Act would see such a policy enacted if passed. “The National Park Service was created to preserve these natural and historic spaces, and in order to truly uphold that purpose, it needs to ban the sale and distribution of single-use plastic items, many of which will end up polluting our environment for centuries to come, despite being used for only a moment,” says Leavitt.

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STORYTELLING CONNECTS KIDS TO THE NATURAL WORLD

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hildren are natural storytellers with imaginations that shape their play and learning. In outdoor settings, everything from puddles to pine cones can engage children and draw them closer to the natural world, opening up a lifelong appreciation of natural environments. Connecting with nature also improves creativity, academic performance and attentiveness, while reducing stress and aggressive behavior, a body of research shows.

Organizations, like the Wilderness Awareness School, a Duvall, Washington-based nonprofit, work to help children and adults cultivate healthy relationships with nature, community and self. “We find that children who feel at home in the outdoors are often more resourceful, creative and allow for curiosity to naturally unfold,” says Leah Carlson, director of marketing and communications at Wilderness Awareness School. “Allowing them to play freely and explore in nature is a wonderful way to build resilience and resourcefulness. When children can be intrigued through a story, it also allows them to understand their own outdoor experiences. They become more adept at finding new solutions to problems using the tools they have access to and creative thinking.”

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experiences. “Regular time spent with experienced nature mentors, playing games, exploring unique plants and animals and getting excited about the possibilities of nature is how a connection begins.

When children are outside, the characters of these stories are the plants, animals, rocks and landforms around them. The suburban tree that was always an obstacle on the sidewalk can be seen through new eyes as a dragon, monkey bars or a red alder,” Carlson explains.

Megan Zeni, a public school teacher in Steveston, British Columbia, says there is a global body of research that shows every measure of wellness is improved through time spent outside. She teaches solely outdoors, ensuring that her students have exposure to nature regardless of which neighborhood they live in.

“In our modern world, higher-income families generally have better access to green spaces. Incorporating outdoor activities into the school day gives children equitable exposure to nature and outdoor learning,” she explains.

Zeni uses both non-fiction and fiction storytelling approaches to teaching. “To learn about water cycles, I’ll have kids jump in puddles, observe where the water goes and track where it is in the community.

They’ll then relay a fact-based story based on their observations and experiences. For a lesson on squirrels, I’ll ask the students to imagine where their habitat is, who their family is and what they eat. We use loose parts, which are open-ended items, such as pine cones and sticks, to creatively illustrate the story.

“By using storytelling as a measure of knowledge, it is more equitable for students who don’t perform as well using traditional test and essay methods,” she says. Listening to a child’s story can also reveal misconceptions that can be clarified through further exploration and instruction.

Storytelling can take on many forms and be enhanced with the use of props.

As the artistic director of Rootstock Puppet Co., based in Chicago, Mark Blashford performs puppet theater rooted in stories that promote mutual kindness

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We find that children who feel at home in the outdoors are often more resourceful, creative and allow for curiosity to naturally unfold.

–Leah Carlson and ecological awareness. “Puppets are remarkable storytelling agents because, not only can they play characters and support narrative through movement, they can also tell a story from the very material they inhabit,” he says. “Puppets invite kids to exercise empathy by compelling them to accept and invest in the thoughts, feelings and life of another entity.”

By making puppets out of wood and using them to weave environmental awareness into his shows, Blashford helps to put the natural world in perspective. “My show TIMBER! is about an entire forest and a single tree which is home to a family of spotted owls. I want children to see the role of both the forest and the tree in the lives of an owl family. When they fall in love with little wooden puppet owls, they are able to convert the giant concept of deforestation into a manageable scale,” he says.

He encourages parents to regularly engage their children with their natural habitat. “Go to your local forest or park, find a tree, name it and check on it as often as you can. Prompt children to ask questions about who they think lives in that tree, why the branches stretch out how they do and what happens at night. As children learn to see the outdoor world as part of their own characters and setting, the stories will develop naturally,” he advises.

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WILD PLACES

How to Invite Nature Back into Our Lives and Landscapes

by Sheryl DeVore

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n a blustery day, Julian Hoffman stood outdoors and watched wild bison grazing in the restored grassland of Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, fewer than 50 miles from downtown Chicago. For him, it was a wild place, affording a glimpse of what North America looked like hundreds of years ago when bison roamed the continent by the millions. “We’re witnessing, in a way that’s both terrible and tragic, just what the profound cost is of continuing to destroy the natural world,” he writes.

Saving wild places is critical for human health and wellbeing, say both scientists and environmentalists. But defining what a wild place is or what the word wilderness means can be difficult, says Hoffman, author of Irreplaceable: The Fight to Save Our Wild Places. “If wilderness means a place untouched by humans, then none is left,” he says. Even the set-aside wildernesses where no one may have ever stepped have been altered through climate change, acid rain and other human interventions.

Humans are also losing the wilderness that is defined as land set aside solely for plants and creatures other than humans. Prominent naturalist David Attenborough, whose most recent documentary is A Life on Our Planet, says that in 1937, when he was a boy, about 66 percent of the world’s wilderness areas remained. By 2020, it was down to 35 percent.

A wild place can be as spectacular as Yellowstone, a 3,500-square-mile national park in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana, filled with hot springs, canyons, wolves, and elk. It can also be as simple as a sky filled with a murmuration, or gathering, of thousands of swooping starlings, which once caused two teens to stop taking selfies and photograph the natural scene above them instead, as Hoffman witnessed in Great Britain.

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Such regions that offer vast tracts of natural beauty and biodiversity are even found in and around major cities like Chicago, says Chicagoland nature blogger Andrew Morkes. “A wild place is also where you don’t see too many people, or any people, and you can explore,” he says. “You can walk up a hill and wonder what’s around the next bend.”

“A wild place could be a 15-minute drive from home where we can walk among plants in a meadow, or a tree-lined street, or front and back yard, if landscaped with wild creatures in mind,” says Douglas Tallamy, author of Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation that Starts with Your Yard.

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“We need these places to save ourselves,” says Tallamy, who heads the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware. “Humans are totally dependent on the production of oxygen and clean water, and that happens with the continued existance of flowering plants, which are dependent on the continued existence of all the pollinators. When you lose the pollinators, you lose 90 percent of the flowering plants on the Earth. That is not an option if we want to stay alive and healthy.”

Our mental and emotional health is also at stake. According to a recent overview in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, studies have shown that natural settings can lower blood pressure, reduce depression and anxiety, and help the immune system function better.

People have saved wild places over time, of course. “The world’s ancient redwoods are still with us today because people in the early 1900s fought to protect and preserve what they could already see was rapidly diminishing,” Hoffman says. “In

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the year 2022, we are the beneficiaries of those past actions. Yet less than 5 percent of those old-growth redwood groves are left, and we live in an age where we’re losing an extraordinary range of wild species; for example, 3 billion birds have disappeared from the skies of North America in just the past 50 years. That’s why people need to continue to fight for wild spaces.”

Community Crusaders In researching his book, Hoffman went looking for wild-space struggles. In Glasgow, Scotland, he met people that fought to save an urban meadow from being turned into a luxury home development. “I’d never experienced as much joy in any one place as when I spent time with the community fighting to preserve this tiny meadow,” he recalls. “They campaigned and lobbied politicians, and eventually, the government backed down. And now the whole community is able to enjoy this site where a lot of urban wildlife thrives.”

Once-wild places may also need human help to again become wild refuges. The Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, where Hoffman saw the buffalo, “was once an arsenal for the production of extraordinary quantities of ordnance for a number of wars,” he says. After hundreds of die-hard volunteers dug out invasive plants, scattered seed and documented wildlife on the 18,000-acre prairie, visitors can now walk among big bluestem and golden alexander, and listen for the sweet song of meadowlarks in the grasslands and chorus frogs in the wetlands.

Conservation volunteers working to save wild places hail from every state. In fact, nearly 300,000 volunteers contribute more than 6.5 million hours of volunteer service a year to the U.S. National Park Service, from leading tours to studying wildlife and hosting campgrounds.

One doesn’t have to be an environmental crusader to save wild places, Hoffman stresses. Exploring local wild places and sharing them with others can help save them, as well. “We can only protect those places that we love,” he says. “And we can only love those places that we know.”

Sadly, roughly 100 million people, including 28 million children, do not have access to a quality park within 10 minutes of home, according to The Trust for Public Land. Projects, such as the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program, which enables urban communities to create outdoor spaces, can help. The U.S. Department of the Interior committed $150 million to the program in 2021. “Every child in America deserves to have a safe and nearby place to experience the great outdoors,” says Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.

A Homegrown National Park Tallamy says one of the most important ways to get people to appreciate and save wild places is to begin in their own yards. “We have wilderness designations. We have national forests. We have national parks. We have 12 percent of the U.S. protected from development,” he says. “Yet, we are in the sixth great extinction. Our parks and our preserves are not enough. My point is that we have got to focus on the areas outside of parks and preserves.” He urges

what he calls a “homegrown national park,” in which homeowners, land managers and farmers create a habitat by replacing invasive plants with native species.

Tallamy speaks from experience. He lives on a 10-acre former farm in Oxford, Pennsylvania. “It had been mowed for hay and when we moved in, very little life was here,” he says. “We have been rebuilding the eastern deciduous forest here, getting invasive plants under control and replanting with species that ought to be here.”

He’s now counted more than 1,400 different species of moths on his property and documented 60 species of birds nesting within the landscape. “We have foxes who raise their kits in the front yard,” he says.

Lots of acreage is not required, he says. In Kirkwood, Missouri, homeowners created a wild place on six-tenths of an acre on which they’ve documented 149 species of birds. “If one person does it, it’s not going to work,” he stresses. “The point is to get those acres connected. When everybody adopts this as a general landscape culture, it’s going to help tremendously. By rewilding your yard, you are filling in spaces between the true wild places and natural areas. The reason our wild spaces are not working in terms of conservation is because they are too small and too isolated. Even the biggest national parks are too small or too isolated.”

CREATING A WILD SPACE AT HOME In their book The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden, University of Delaware ecology professor Douglas Tallamy and landscape designer Rick Darke show how to create wild spaces in yards, including what and where to plant and how to manage the land. They advise homeowners to: Stop using pesticides and herbicides.

Replace non-native plants with those native to the region.

Reduce lawn space, converting it to native plants.

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“Mourning cloak butterflies overwinter as mature adults. If you say, ‘Hey, let’s just clean up all of that so-called leaf litter,’ you could be cleaning up the habitat of mourning cloaks and killing them,” says Darke, who has served as a horticultural consultant for botanic gardens and other public landscapes in Texas, Maryland, New York, Illinois and Delaware. “That’s not litter. It’s meaningful habitat.

“A dead tree in your home landscape, called a snag, often contributes as much to the local ecology as a living tree,” he adds.

“For example, woodpeckers build nests in holes or cavities in a snag, and countless insects find shelter and nourishment in the organic material of the snag.”

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Tallamy says people can create wild spaces in their yards by reducing the amount of lawn they have or even getting rid of it. They can grow native plants and discontinue the use of pesticides and herbicides, which are disrupting ecological function of wild places the world over, as research shows. Hoffman agrees, “We’ve cultivated a culture of tidiness. It’s actually very easy to welcome wildlife into your home places, often by doing fewer things, by not bringing the leaf blower out and by leaving some dead wood where it fell, which creates important shelters for insects, for example.

“Such wild yard spaces encourage wonder. Suddenly, the kids are out there and they can be absolutely fascinated by a small glittering beetle. For me, to experience the wild is to go to the shore of a lake, to be present in the mystery, to be among the lake’s reed beds, to see a marsh harrier sleek out of those reeds and to know you’re part of something much larger,” he says. “There’s so much joy and beauty and complexity in being in the presence of other lives besides human.” That in itself is reason enough to save wild places.

LEARN MORE The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier and More Creative, by Florence Williams Irreplaceable: The Fight to Save Our Wild Places, by Julian Hoffman

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oodcraft, woodslore, wilderness skills or bushcraft are all names for a skill set that involves being able to be use materials gathered off the landscape for emergency/survival purposes, simple comfort or enhancement of outdoor activities.

These skills range from land navigation, fire craft, knots, tool use and craft, shelter craft, food gathering and preparation to plant and animal identification. Some of the traditional methods are destructive in nature and cannot be practiced in our modern world due to changes in land use laws, modern understanding of environmental impact or out of respect for the woods. Also, the backpackers’ mantra of, “Leave no trace” is also an inspiration.

Sheltercraft is very important, whether from a comfort level or a full-blown survival situation. Shelter is what protects us from environmental extremes, keeping warm or cool and most importantly, dry. Cutting down a ton of trees can be a highimpact and destructive process. In the case of public lands, this practice is illegal.

For a much lower-impact way to approach shelter, simply take a tarp on forays into the forest, from a simple six-by-seven-foot day trip tarp to a 10-by-10-foot camping tarp. With a little knowledge and some cordage, an effective shelter can be made for all reasons or seasons, whether for an emergency or simply for comfort.

When we’re done, simply unpitch the shelter and take it with us.

Thus it’s sustainable.

As for emergency debris shelters, they are low-impact because they use debris and not logs, but the tarp alternative is still superior. It takes hours to build an effective weatherproof and insulating shelter, while a tarp can be deployed quickly, making it much better in a survival situation.

Firecraft can have the highest impact as far as resources consumed and the potential for sheer destruction if not handled properly. When we’re going to make a fire, the first thing to consider is location. Be sure to look around and also up above.

For example, don’t make a fire beneath an old, dry, dead tree. Use existing fire rings in the forest if possible.

As for firewood, gather only what we need. If using tools to gather wood, be sure to take already laying dead trees. If we must drop a standing dead tree, take any that are slightly larger than a shin; this keeps the larger standing trees available for cavity nesters such as woodpeckers, owls and wood ducks. When done, be sure to put the fire completely out, and if it’s a non-ringed fire, cover it with dirt and replace whatever was moved.

Foraging for edible, medicinal or useful trees and plants should also be done sustainably. Many times plants have been wiped out of an area by overzealous foragers. The first key to sustainability while foraging is to think long-term versus short-term. If we take everything now, it won’t be there next year or the following year, or potentially ever again. So keep that in mind when gathering.

If we gather leaves, only take a bit from one plant. Most importantly, take only what is needed and harvest only from areas where the plant or tree is common. Avoid foraging the same area from one year to the next. Let the area lay fallow in-between foraging visits, allowing it time to grow back.

With fruits and berries, don’t be greedy. Leave some for the wildlife, as they will spread the seeds of the tree or bush throughout the woods, potentially increasing the spots to gather from in the future. Learning the lifecycle of what we’re gathering is also important, because if we harvest at certain times we might affect the species’ ability to withstand the harvesting or its ability to spread.

Chad Redding learned from woodsmen such as Steve Jennings, Kevin Estela and Tom T.D. Cusack, who learned from Marty Simon, formerly of The Wilderness Learning Center, and Ron Hood. He will be leading several free Walk with a Woodsman events at Sonnewald Natural Foods, in Spring Grove. See ad, back cover.

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DIET FOR A CLIMATE CRISIS

by Sheila Julson

as E. coli outbreaks, in foods like lettuce and tomatoes that are grown downstream.”

He adds that cows belch methane, a far more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, and that grass-fed cows belch even more of it than grain-fed, feedlot cows. In addition, nitrogen fertilizers used to grow animal feed run into waterways. Overfishing and ocean warming threaten populations of phytoplankton, which sequester carbon dioxide and seed clouds. Deforestation to create grazing land may be the single greatest future threat to our climate because forests also sequester carbon and provide a home for diverse flora and fauna.

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hat we choose to put on our plates influences not only our physical health, but also the health of the environment. While much of the climate conversation focuses on the burning of fossil fuels, commercial food production—particularly livestock—uses large amounts of land, water and energy.

Wasted food contributes to approximately 10 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions.

Leigh Prezkop, food loss and waste specialist for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), says agriculture accounts for about 70 percent of the world’s fresh water use, while pasture and crop land accounts for about 50 percent of the Earth’s habitable land.

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Animal agriculture is the leading cause of climate change, argues author, screenwriter and playwright Glen Merzer in his latest book, Food Is Climate: A Response to Al Gore, Bill Gates, Paul Hawken & the Conventional Narrative on Climate Change.

“When we have 93 million cattle farmed in the U.S. and 31 billion animals farmed globally each year, they create mountains of waste,” says Merzer, a dedicated vegan of 30 years. “That waste infiltrates water supplies and causes contamination, such

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Prezkop emphasizes that despite these problems with the industrial food chain, changing the way we produce food is also the solution. The WWF works with suppliers to educate and promote regenerative production practices. On the consumer side, changing the way food is produced can be achieved by changing people’s dietary demands.

“We don’t prescribe people to eat a certain way. We do believe different people and cultures have different dietary needs,” she says. “The global north eats a lot of meat, so we do recommend a plant-forward diet while still incorporating animal proteins, depending on individual dietary needs.”

Merzer argues that we have little control over fossil fuel burning, but we can control our diets. He promotes plant-based eating as a primary solution to climate change.

Changing mindsets about “normal” traditions, such as having hamburgers on the Fourth of July or turkey on Thanksgiving, can be difficult, but achievable with the planet at stake, he says.

Sophie Egan, founder of FullTableSolutions.com and author of How to Be a Conscious Eater: Making Food Choices That Are Good For You, Others, and the Planet, advises to start small by looking at the foods eaten most frequently and identifying ways to make simple swaps. “If you have toast with butter every morning, that could

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When food is wasted, we’re not just throwing away food, but everything it took to produce that food is also wasted— the water, the fertilizer and the land.

–Leigh Prezkop be changed to a nut butter. A sandwich with cold cuts every day for lunch, that can be replaced with a roasted vegetables and hummus sandwich or an avocado sandwich. You can still eat something in a familiar form, but replace ingredients with lower-emissions options,” she says.

If someone is intimidated by switching to an all plant-based diet, a flexitarian option emphasizing foods from the plant kingdom while enjoying meat only occasionally may be more sustainable throughout a person’s lifetime. Her book contains a “protein scorecard” from the World Resources Institute that lists animal and plant sources in terms of greenhouse gas emissions per gram of protein from the worst offenders to the least, with beef (along with goat and lamb) being at the top.

Prezkop recommends eating a wide variety of foods. “Currently, 75 percent of food produced is from 12 plant species and five animal species, despite that there are thousands of varieties. This means there’s less diversity happening in the field. Diversity helps with regeneration and healthy soils. Producing the same crops over and over means there’s no crop rotation and no diversity happening, leading to degraded soils and deforestation to produce more of the same crop.”

Egan adds that diets that are overreliant on just a few food sources like corn, wheat, rice and soy threaten the Earth and can lead to food insecurity.

“Think of it as risk management with a financial portfolio: We have a diversified portfolio of foods available to feed a growing population, but as the climate warms, extreme weather events threaten yields because lack of fresh water and unhealthy soil threaten the planet and, ultimately, food production.”

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Cut Food Waste Prezkop says approximately 40 percent of the food produced globally is lost while still on the farm or further up the supply chain. “When food is wasted, we’re not just throwing away food, but everything it took to produce that food is also wasted— the water, the fertilizer and the land.”

A recent WWF report entitled Driven To Waste cites new data indicating that food waste contributes to approximately 10 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions—nearly twice the emissions produced annually by all the cars in the U.S. and Europe.

Egan suggests using a shopping list; impulse buys can be forgotten and are prone to spoiling. Keeping food visible by putting fruits and vegetables front and center ensures they won’t be forgotten. Leftovers

can be kept from languishing by designating a section of the refrigerator for food to eat first or a day of the week to eat leftovers for dinner. “You can freeze just about anything,” Egan says, from leftover bread to cheese, which can be shredded before frozen. Even scrambled eggs can be poured into a freezer container to use later.

(For more ideas, check out SaveTheFood. com and Dana Gunders’ Waste-Free Kitchen Handbook.)

Nonprofits throughout the country are creating solutions to divert food waste from the landfills. Keep Austin Fed, a nonprofit comprised of mostly volunteers, helps neighbors experiencing food insecurity by redistributing wholesome, nutritious, surplus food from any food-permitted business. Volunteers pick up leftover food from urban gardens, rural farms, grocery stores and caterers serving area tech firms.

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Executive Director Lisa Barden says that Keep Austin Fed redistributed 982,428 pounds of food, or the equivalent of 818,695 meals, in 2021, thus keeping it out of the waste stream.

Similarly missioned organizations exist nationwide. FoodRescue.us, with 40 locations in 20 states, provides assistance and even a dropoff/pickup app for people starting local groups. Since its founding in 2011, it has provided 85 million meals and kept 109 million pounds of excess food out of landfills. Its website offers a potent plea: “Fight Hunger. Help the Planet. Be the Rescue.”

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TECHNOLOGY MEETS NATURE

APPS BRING US CLOSER TO FLORA AND FAUNA

by Sheryl DeVore

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hile exploring Seattle, Jackie Lentz Bowman noticed some bushes filled with pink and orange berries.

She discovered she could safely eat them by using the smartphone nature app called iNaturalist (iNaturalist.org). “I learned they were salmonberries and edible,” says the Chicago area photographer and birder. “I just had to try them. They were very similar to raspberries.”

Bowman is among a growing number of people using their smartphones to enhance their nature experiences. Phone apps are available for free or a modest price to identify mushrooms, bugs, birds, dragonflies, reptiles, beetles, wildflowers and other flora and fauna.

“Whether it is to help identify a plant I’ve taken a photo of or to familiarize myself with what a bird looks like and sounds like, these are tools I’m always glad to have in my back pocket,” she explains.

At least 6,300 nature apps were available in 2015, according to Paul Jepson and Richard Ladle, Oxford environmental scholars and co-authors of “Nature Apps: Waiting for the Revolution,” a research paper published in the Swedish environmental journal Ambio. Such programs are only beginning to scratch the surface of what is possible. They write, “As most people own a mobile phone today, the app—though a small device—is a major way conservationists could be reaching a huge audience with transformative possibilities.”

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their observations and contribute to science.

Perhaps the most popular nature app is iNaturalist, which has all those features and more. “Our mission has been to connect people to nature through technology,” says Scott Loarie, co-director of iNaturalist, a joint initiative of the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society. “By 2030, we want to connect 100 million people to nature to facilitate science and conservation.”

The app began as a master’s degree project at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2008, and today 2 million people have recorded about 100 million observations, covering one in six species on the planet. “iNaturalist has grown to the point where it’s helping take the pulse of biodiversity,” he adds.

Newcomers are often mentored and helped with identifications by volunteers that are experts in different fields. One example is a worldwide competition called the City Nature Challenge in which beginning and advanced naturalists document urban flora and fauna for several days. During the event, people share their photos of plants and animals on iNaturalist.

During Chicago’s Challenge, Eric Gyllenhaal, who blogs about nature on the city’s west side, found an uncommon species. “A Canadian expert helped confirm the identification as a bronze ground beetle native to Europe,” says Cassi Saari, project manager of natural areas for the Chicago Park District. “It’s an introduced species in Illinois and could have implications for wildlife in the region down the line.”

Two other nature apps that Loarie likes are eBird (eBird.org) and Merlin (Merlin.AllAboutBirds.org), both administered by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, in Ithaca, New York. With eBird, users can report on their phones a list of birds they’re seeing in the wild, including when and where, and the sightings are added to a database for scientific research.

Merlin is a field guide app to help folks identify the birds they are seeing. “Merlin has taken on authoring content with great descriptions of birds, something iNaturalist doesn’t do,” Loarie points out. “Merlin also just released sound recognition in the app, so people can identify birds by sound. It’s huge for birders.”

Award-winning nature photographer Adriana Greisman, of Phoenix, says she uses both Merlin and iBird (iBird.com), another field guide app, to identify birds in the wild and when processing photos. “These are great resources to identify unknown species and to learn about their behavior.”

The favorite app of Joyce Gibbons, a volunteer at the Natural Land Institute, in Rockford, Illinois, is Odonata Central (OdonataCentral.org), which focuses on her passion—dragonflies and damselflies, collectively called odonates.

“I’ve loved solitary walks in the woods, prairies and other natural areas since I was a child,” she says. “I’ve always taken photos and tried to ID the many species I’ve observed. Now, with these apps on my phone, I feel like I am actually contributing to the scientific body of knowledge and connecting with other enthusiasts and not just keeping all this joy of discovery to myself.”

Sheryl DeVore is an award-winning author of six books on science, health and nature. Connect at SherylDevoreWriter@gmail.com.

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Pest Control KEEPING DOGS SAFE FROM TICKS AND FLEAS

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leas and ticks are different types of pests; so, when considering how best to protect a dog, it is important to make a distinction—fleas are an annoyance, but ticks can be life-threatening. Many veterinarians recommend specific chemicals as a preventive solution, but this is often just a knee-jerk approach that uses chemicals to control nature. Instead, consider more natural alternatives that are both effective and non-toxic.

Fleas 101 Fleas are related to ants and beetles, feed on blood, and their bites can lead to irritation and skin allergies. They aren’t typically attracted to healthy pets; so, one of the best defenses against flea infestations is to feed a dog a nutritionally balanced, species-appropriate, fresh-food diet that will help keep their immune system functioning optimally.

It is also important to remove the environmental factors that can negatively impact immunity, including: n Poor water quality. Make sure to provide fluoride- and chlorine-free drinking water. n Too many vaccines. Insist that the veterinarian runs titer tests instead of giving un-

necessary shots.

n Toxic household chemicals, including cleaning products and dog beds treated with

flame retardants.

n Pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers used in the yard. n Toxic levels of electromagnetic fields from electrical devices in the home.

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The Trouble with Ticks Ticks are a type of arachnid related to mites, spiders and scorpions. Because ticks feed on many different animals (including humans, dogs, cats, squirrels, mice, opossums and deer), they are quite good at acquiring and transmitting diseases, some of which can be life-threatening.

Unfortunately, a single tick bite can expose a dog to multiple pathogens, including Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and babesiosis. Luckily, most dogs mount an effective immune response.

Up to 90 percent of dogs may have been exposed to tick-borne pathogens, but most are able to fight off infection on their own.

The only way to know if a dog has effectively eliminated harmful bacteria is to follow up the typical blood test with a second test called a quantitative C6 that differentiates exposure from infection. Large num-

Safe Options to Chemicals

bers of dogs each year are unnecessarily treated with extensive antibiotic therapy because their veterinarians panic after seeing a positive exposure and fail to check for infection.

To catch tick-borne infections before they take hold, ask the veterinarian to replace the standard annual heartworm test with the SNAP 4Dx Plus (from Idexx Labs) or the Accuplex4 tests (Antech Diagnostics), which screen for heartworm, Lyme disease and four other vectorborne diseases. Completing one of these simple blood tests every six to 12 months is the best way to protect a dog. In tick-infested areas, if a dog tests positive on either of those two tests, it should also be screened for babesia exposure with a polymerase chain reaction test.

There are safe, non-toxic alternatives for flea and tick control for dogs, and they do not have side effects, unlike virtually all forms of chemical pesticides. These include: n Cedar oil, specifically manufactured for

pet health

Before Reaching for a Chemical

n Natural, food-grade diatomaceous

Pet parents should not automatically apply potentially toxic chemical agents to their dogs or around their home to repel or kill pests. The use of spot-on products may cause skin irritation, paralysis, seizures and even death, if used improperly, and there are effective, natural alternatives that are far safer. If these chemicals are used, follow these precautions:

n A fresh-food diet that is nutritionally

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optimal and species-appropriate

It is important to bathe and brush a dog regularly and perform frequent full-body inspections using a flea and tick comb to check for parasite activity. If they spend a lot of time outdoors, be sure to check pets and people for ticks every night during tick season.

n Be very careful to follow dosing directions on the label. If a pet is at the low end of

a dosage range, use the next lowest dosage. Monitor the pet carefully afterwards for adverse reactions. Do not under any circumstances apply dog product to a cat.

n Every other month, rotate chemicals with natural preventives, including diatomaceous

earth, pet-friendly, essential oil products and natural deterrent collars. In many parts of the country, people can successfully control ticks with one chemical dose in the spring and one in late summer.

Veterinarian Karen Shaw Becker has spent her career empowering animal guardians to make knowledgeable decisions to extend the life and well-being of their animals. Visit DrKarenBecker.com.

n To detox a dog’s liver afterwards, give them a supplement such as milk thistle, a detox

agent that helps to regenerate liver cells, or chlorella, a super green food. Work with an integrative veterinarian to determine the dosage; one dose daily for seven days following any chemical flea-, tick- or heartworm-preventive application is recommended.

Homemade Pest Deterrent for Dogs

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An all-natural pest deterrent will help a dog avoid a good percentage of the pests they encounter, though not all of them.

To make it, mix eight ounces of pure water with four ounces of organic, unfiltered, apple cider vinegar, and add 10 drops of neem oil.

Neem oil is not an essential oil; it is an expelled or pressed oil. It is effective because fleas and ticks are repelled by it, and it doesn’t bother pets sensitive to odors.

Catnip oil can also be used since it has been proven to be as effective as diethyltoluamide (DEET), the mosquito and tick spray humans use that has a number of toxic side effects. To add extra punch to the mixture, add five drops of lemon, lemongrass, eucalyptus or geranium essential oil.

Store the homemade pest deterrent in the fridge, and before a dog goes outside, mist them with it, being careful to avoid the eyes. The active ingredients, especially the essential oils, dissipate in about four hours, so the solution may have to be reapplied several times throughout the day.

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Alta View Wellness Center, 4814 Jonestown Rd, Harrisburg. Pre-registration required: 717-221-0133 or AltaViewWellness.com.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 1 Live DJ Cycle Class – 5 & 6pm. Sarah and Myka will co-teach the class, but DJ Caraby handles the music. That means you get all 3 of them, for both rides. Great music and a great workout to celebrate H2L’s 7th Birthday. $20. H2L Studio, 2151 Fisher Rd, Ste 103, Mechanicsburg. H2LStudio.com.

New Moon Sacred Circle Ceremony – 7-8pm. Will talk about what it means to work with new moon energy in your life. Experience a smudge ceremony with sage, gemstone cleansing and more. Welcome to bring stones to cleanse. $20. Ascension Holistics, 1004 E Walnut St, Palmyra. Registration required: 717-856-7367 or AscensionHolistics.com.

SATURDAY, APRIL 2 Open House: H2L Studio – 7-11am. Come help us celebrate 7 years. Join us for a variety of free classes and regular classes. Everyone who comes to a class will be given a raffle ticket they can use to enter to win some awesome prizes. Free. H2L Studio, 2151 Fisher Rd, Ste 103, Mechanicsburg.

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Basic Glass Fusing Class – 9:30am. Learn about basic equipment, types of glass, art elements, fusing design concepts and considerations, along with basic techniques of fusing glass. Create in morning and pick up finished piece, 4pm. All supplies provided. $20. The Center of Balance, LLC, 29 N Jefferson St, Greencastle. 717-643-1404.

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Hope Hill Lavender Farm Open – 10am-3pm.

Visit the farm to experience and learn about the benefits of lavender and lavender essential oil.

Shop for locally sourced and made products at the farm or online. Veteran owned and operated.

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Intuitive Tarot Readings – 10am-4:30pm. Also Apr 23. With Judy Winfrey. Receive messages that offer clarity and guidance which can help you with everyday life as well as help open you to your own potential. $100/hr. Gracefull Heart, 1953 W Trindle Rd, Carlisle. Pre-register: 717-240-0400 or Info@Gracefull-Heart.com.

Soundwise Reikivoice – 9:30am-6pm. With Lana Ryder. Accessing the portal of vocal medicine for you, for your clients and for the Earth. $250. Reiki

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Psychic Readings – 10am. Psychic William Stillman connects to the spirit realm to bring forth messages in private, 1-hr sessions. $200. Alta View Wellness Center, 4814 Jonestown Rd, Harrisburg. Pre-registration required: 717-221-0133 or AltaViewWellness.com.

Carlisle Bowen Works Clinic – Apr 9 & 23.

10am-2pm. Practitioners available to offer discounted short sessions of Voila, Therapeutic Massage, Bowen Therapy and reiki. All appointments include a consultation and the development of a treatment plan. Walk-ins encouraged but will take appointments $40/20-min session. Carlisle Bowenwork, 616 W Main St, Mechanicsburg.

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Archangel Michael, Mother Mary, Padre Pio Channeling – 10am-4pm. With Pat Cassel. Messages from Archangel Michael and the Angels, and potent healing energies from Mother Mary and Padre Pio are awaiting you. $100/hr, $60/30 mins. Gracefull Heart, 1953 W Trindle Rd, Carlisle. Pre-register: 717-240-0400 or Info@Gracefull-Heart.com.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 10 Angelic Light Weaving – 1-5pm. Healing modality that uses energy transmitted from the angelic realm.

The hand motions are encoded with information containing sacred geometry, colors and shapes known as light language. $150. Reiki by Rickie, ReikiSpace & Learning Place, 2793 Old Post Rd, Ste 10, Harrisburg. 717-599-2299. ReikiByRickie.com.

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Gentle Flow Yoga – Mondays, Apr 4-25. 6-7pm.

With Ashlei Rae. Connect with our breath, joining our bodies and minds in mindful movement. $10.

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Reflexology and Ion Foot Cleanse – Apr 13-15.

10am. Lynn Diehl offers private reflexology sessions and ion cleanse foot baths. $75, reflexology; $40, foot bath. Alta View Wellness Center, 4814 Jonestown Rd, Harrisburg. For appt: 717-221-0133.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 16 Tarot Readings – 10am. Reader John Tucker answers questions through the tarot in these private sessions. Hr or half-hr options. $100. Alta View Wellness Center, 4814 Jonestown Rd, Harrisburg. Pre-registration required: 717-221-0133 or AltaViewWellness.com.

Full Moon Sacred Circle Ceremony – 7-8pm. Will talk about what it means to work with full moon energy in your life. Experience a smudge ceremony with sage, gemstone cleansing and more. Welcome to bring stones to cleanse. $20. Ascension Holistics, 1004 E Walnut St, Palmyra. Registration required: 717-856-7367 or AscensionHolistics.com.

TUESDAY, APRIL 19 Indian Head Massage Workshop – 6:30-9pm.

Ayurvedic blend of energy and massage for personal use. Includes upper back and neck, scalp and face including the pressure points. $50. Reiki by Rickie, ReikiSpace & Learning Place, 2793 Old Post Rd, Ste 10, Harrisburg. 717-599-2299. ReikiByRickie.com.

rebalance with potent sound healing. Sound can provide an opportunity to breakdown patterns no longer serving you. $20. Gracefull Heart, 1953 W Trindle Rd, Carlisle. Pre-register: 717-240-0400 or Info@Gracefull-Heart.com.

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Friends of Fredricksen Book & Media Sale – Apr 21-24. 9am-7pm, Thurs/Fri; 1-5pm, Sat; 1-4pm, Sun. Browse the large selection of books, media, games, puzzles and more. There’s something for everyone. All proceeds from the sale directly support Fredricksen Library. Free. Fredricksen Library, 100 N 19th St, Camp Hill. 717-761-3900.

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Evidential Intuitive Mediumship Readings – 10am. Richard La Rocco, Evidential Intuitive Medium, brings forth messages of healing with your loved ones. 1-hr readings. $175, cash only.

Alta View Wellness Center, 4814 Jonestown Rd, Harrisburg. Pre-registration required: 717-221-0133 or AltaViewWellness.com.

Carlisle Bowen Works Clinic – 10am-2pm. See Apr 9 listing. Carlisle Bowenwork, 616 W Main St, Mechanicsburg. 717-386-8279.

Hope Hill Lavender Farm Open – 10am-3pm.

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Reiki IIIB Master/Teacher Class – 9:30am-5:30pm.

Learn the techniques to share attunements for every level of reiki and healing attunements. Be able to begin teaching reiki after this class. $350. Reiki by Rickie, ReikiSpace & Learning Place, 2793 Old Post Rd, Ste 10, Harrisburg. 717-599-2299. ReikiByRickie.com.

Stone Wire Wrapping – 3-4pm. Learn about tools and basic and specialty techniques for wrapping stones with decorative wire. Create a one-of-a-kind piece of wire-wrapped stone as jewelry or decoration. A great Mother’s Day gift. $20. The Center of Balance, LLC, 29 N Jefferson St, Greencastle. 717643-1404. TheCenterOfBalanceLLC.com.

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Carolyn Romako 940 Century Dr, Ste D, Mechanicsburg 717- 610-4911 • CentralPennAcupuncture.com We’ve been Central Pennsylvania’s center for compassionate, thorough and evidence-based acupuncture for 10 years. Our location is easily accessible with evening and weekend hours. Specialties include pain management and women’s health.

GIDDINGS ACUPUNCTURE PRACTICE, LLC AND ZEN & NOW APOTHECARY Rhonda Giddings 4814 Jonestown Rd, #101, Harrisburg 717-657-1951 • GiddingsAcupuncture.com

A practice of healing art techniques from acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine, massage, herbs and energy work to help patients and clients reach their individualized optimal health and vitalized longevity.

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION MELLA LUNA STUDIOS

Dawn R. Tule 9 N Baltimore Ave, Mt Holly Springs 717-486-7823 • MellaLunaStudios.abmp.com Dawn provides compassionate service to deepen the understanding between you and your pet, whether in physical form or in spirit. Gain insight into what your animal friend is thinking and feeling. u

BODYWORK ARVIGO MAYA ABDOMINAL THERAPY® 309 Third St, New Cumberland Jaque Hanson • 717-448-1281 Jaque@BeePresentWellness.com

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CARLISLE BOWENWORK

Nancy Bittinger 616 W Main St, Mechanicsburg 717-386-8279 • CarlisleBowenworkPA.com Bowenwork is renowned for its effectiveness in stimulating true healing from within.

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THE CENTER OF BALANCE, LLC

Louise Kemper, RMI, Reflexologist, EOP, Artist Leslie Kemper Punt, Holistic Health Practitioner 29 N Jefferson St, Greencastle 717-643-1404 • TheCenterOfBalanceLLC.com We offer reiki, foot/body reflexology, auriculotherapy, essential oil treatments, coaching and hypnosis for wellness and soul nourishment.

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Provides full service family dental care, mercury-/metal-free options, f luoride-free, safe mercur y removal, biocompatibility testing for dental material sensitivities, in-office ozone treatments, clear aligner orthodontics, Bruxism/ tooth grinding guards. See ad, page 9. u

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HERSHEY DENTAL ASSOCIATES, LLC Carol Layton, DMD, MAGD, AIAOMT, NMD 273 Hershey Rd, Hummelstown 717-220-1792 • HersheyDental.com

Provides full service dental care, mercury/metal free, including s a f e r e m o v a l o f m e r c u r y.

Biocompatibility testing for individual choice of materials; use of ozone for protection. See ad, page 9. u

SUSQUEHANNA DENTAL ARTS Dr Owen Allison, DMD 100 S 18th St, Columbia, PA 17512 717-684-3943 or 717-285-7033 SusquehannaDentalArts.com

A full-service family dental practice providing 100% mercury-free restorations, quality non-surgical periodontal care, INVISALIGN, implant retained dentures and partials. See ad, page 17. u

MASSAGE HAPPIE SOUL MASSAGE HOLISTIC & ALTERNATIVE THERAPY Cristina L Boyle, LMT 5000 Lenker St, Ste 104, Mechanicsburg 717-254-7250 • HappieSoulMassage.com

Our focus is on integrative healing of body, mind and soul. We identify the root cause of discomfort and assist with physical and emotional healing. Also, massage with reiki, reiki for emotional support, couples reiki, light therapy/full spectrum sauna, more. Ask about our referral program. We all deserve to be Happie Souls. See ad, page 12. u

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DENTISTRY – WELLNESS COLONIAL DENTAL GROUP

Tammy del Sol, DMD 4940 Linglestown Rd, Harrisburg 717-901-7045 • CDGWellness.com Our focus on Wellness educates and motivates patients to care for their overall health. We no longer place mercury fillings, nor encourage ingestion of fluoride for children or adults. We educate and safely serve our patients and protect the environment. See ad, page 12. u

METAPHYSICAL GRACEFULL HEART

Sharon Askey 1953 W Trindle Rd, Carlisle 717-240-0400 • GraceFull-Heart.com Gracefull Heart provides a peaceful, loving and supportive space to assist in your journey toward wholeness/ healing. Crystals, books, gemstones, jewelry, statues, incense, oracle cards (plus sample decks), crystal and metal singing bowls, pendulums and much more. See ad, page 10. u

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Heather DeLuca, BS, ND 1524 Cedar Cliff Dr, Camp Hill 717-494-4500 • NaturalPathsToWellness.com Heather is part of a unique, collaborative naturopathic practice in central PA. She provides a safe, effective and affordable alternative to conventional health care. See ad, page 9. u

NATURAL PATHS TO WELLNESS

Jessica Shoemaker, BS, ND 1524 Cedar Cliff Dr, Camp Hill 717-494-4500 • NaturalPathsToWellness.com Jessica is the owner of Natural Paths to Wellness where nutritional therapies, alternative modalities and functional medicine testing are combined to create an individualized holistic approach to health. See ad, page 9. u

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Ashlyn Zikmund, BS, ND 1524 Cedar Cliff Dr, Camp Hill 717-494-4500 • NaturalPathsToWellness.com Ashlyn's enthusiasm for wellness and nutrition makes her a tremendous addition to NP to W. As a Naturopathic Doctor, she partners with patients to solve difficult acute and chronic health issues. See ad, page 9. u

NUTRITION WEGMANS FOOD MARKET

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NUTRITIONIST NATURAL PATHS TO WELLNESS

Sarah Glunz, MS, CNS, LDN 1524 Cedar Cliff Dr, Camp Hill 717-494-4500 • NaturalPathsToWellness.com Sarah will design your optimal nutrition plan for managing your weight, food allergies or sensitivities, or medical condition while helping you to improve your relationship with food. She breaks down the plan you need to follow to accomplish your health and wellness goals into reasonable action steps providing support along the way. See ad, page 9. u

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3514 Trindle Rd, Camp Hill 717-440-6197 • ZangPT.com Zang PT is proud to help people regain an active lifestyle.

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REFLEXOLOGY REWEAVING BALANCE

Beth Baublitz 5A Harrisburg Pike, Dillsburg 717-943-4833 • ReWeavingBalance.earth I offer reflexology, reiki and ReConnection coaching, with a focus on Traditional, Thai and Chronic Pain Reflexology.

ReConnection sessions are a client-led, three-month journey of body, mind and spirit, unique for each individual. My mission is to help others reconnect to their own strengths, truth and passion.

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REIKI REIKI BY RICKIE

Rickie Freedman, ReikiSpace & Learning Place 2793 Old Post Rd, Ste 10, Harrisburg 717-599-2299 • ReikiByRickie.com Rickie Freedman, Reiki Master/ Teacher, P.T., offers the Gentle Touch, Deep Healing and Balancing of “Reiki by Rickie” sessions, as well as unique Therapeutic Massage including Indian Head Massage and Chakra Foot Massage. She teaches Reiki classes and workshops on stress management, positive attitude and more. See ad, page 7. u

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Wild Alaskan Salmon & Halibut Shares 717-842-0180 EatWildSalmon.com Sustainably harvested wild Alaskan salmon and halibut available, fisherman-direct. Pre-order online annually (spring) for local pick-up (fall) of sushi-grade delicious nutrition, deep-frozen at the peak of freshness to enjoy throughout the year. See ad, page 24.

SPIRITUAL CENTER UNITY OF HARRISBURG

Rev Dan Landis 927 Wertzville Rd, Enola 717-732-9773 • UnityOfHarrisburg.org We are a Spiritual Center focused on practical spiritual tools and processes that guide us to a more successful life. We honor and respect all people.

THERMOGRAPHY ADVANCED THERMAL IMAGING

Pamela Howard, DC, CCT 550 Coventry Dr, Mechanicsburg 866-522-3484 • AThermalImage.com Thermal Imaging offers a safe, non-invasive way to visualize potential health concerns; providing early warning signs for a proactive approach to health, including breast health. Visit website for more information.

VETERINARIAN – INTEGRATIVE HEALING CREATURES HOSPITAL (Formerly Avian And Feline Hospital) 3300 Hartzdale Dr, Camp Hill 717-730-3755 • HealingCreatures.com

Our passion is pets. Holistic and traditional services tailored to meet pets’ needs (homeopathic, herbal, nutritional and behavioral).

Unique services offered include acupuncture, cold laser therapy and veterinary orthopedic manipulation (VOM). See ad, page 29. u

WELLNESS GRACEFULL HEART

Sharon Askey 1953 W Trindle Rd, Carlisle 717-240-0400 • GraceFull-Heart.com Gracefull Heart offers many services to assist in maintaining wellness: Sacred Spirals Healing, Dominus Cervix™ Stargate sessions, reiki sessions, aura photography and AmpCoil™ sessions. We offer reiki classes and a diverse schedule of workshops. See ad, page 10. u

classifieds NOTE: For guidelines and to submit a classified listing, email Publisher@ NaturalCentralPA.com. Listings are $25 for up to 25 words, or $1 per word over 25 words.

Deadline is the 1st, for the next month.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY START A CAREER YOU CAN BE PASSIONATE ABOUT – Publish your own Natural Awakenings magazine. Home-based business complete with comprehensive training and support system. New franchises are available or purchase a magazine that is currently publishing. Call 239-530-1377 or visit NaturalAwakenings.com/mymagazine.

ENERGY WORK BRENNAN HEALING SCIENCE – Energy Consciousness Transformational Healing. A bridge to your health through your vital energy system. Understand your energy field, understand yourself. Experience transformational healing on the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels. Visit EnergyBodyWorks.com and Tinyurl.com/Asha-HER-Summit. Asha Scatchard, 717-843-5672.

FOR RENT PRIVATE PROFESSIONAL OFFICE FOR RENT – Approximately 1,000 square feet. $1,450.

Includes large lobby, meeting area, 2 private rooms, kitchenette and private bathroom. Quiet building, parking and utilities included. Great location on Market Street, East York. Call Denise, 717-371-5575.

PRIVATE WELLNESS ROOMS FOR RENT – $465 to $600, utilities included. Located on Market Street, East York. Call Denise, 717-371-5575.

SHARED WELLNESS ROOMS FOR RENT – Furnished. 55 hours a month available. $252 to $384, utilities included. Located on Market Street, East York. Call Denise, 717-371-5575.

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YOUR YOGA

CASHIER – Full- or part-time. Sonnewald Natural Foods in Spring Grove is seeking an experienced, accurate, neat and organized cashier; a strong team player with excellent customer service. Includes Fridays and Saturdays. Employee discount, paid vacation and holidays. Application at Sonnewald.org.

See ad, back cover.

Your journey is our passion at Your Yoga. We welcome everyone to learn in a safe, inviting, no judgment studio located near the fairgrounds.

All body types welcome. Easy access with lots of free on-street parking.

Hatha, Vinyasa Flow, Restorative, Chair and Gentle Yoga. See ad, page 3. u

SALESPERSON/COMMUNITY LIAISON – Natural Awakenings is looking for the right person with a passion for healthy, holistic and sustainable living to earn a generous commission working to grow the community and services of Natural Awakenings as an independent contractor.

Relationship-oriented sales, part-time or full-time, overachievers welcome! Email your resume to Publisher@NaturalCentralPA.com.

YOGA Cynthia Johannes-Beecher 1900 Orange St, West York 717-586-6494 • YorkYourYoga.com

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