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was asked in a radio interview recently why I thought the environmental movement has come such a long way since we started The Healthy Planet magazine in 1997. Or why there has been such an outcry of support for Green & Natural Living since the first Earth Day Celebration in St. Louis in 1989. I began to think a bit more about that question after I was off the air and able to collect my thoughts more clearly. I get pretty nervous when I am interviewed and frankly don’t remember what I said to the radio host. But I think the “Green” movement is an evolution of the so called “Flower Power” movement of the 60s and early 70s. How or why saving the planet became a liberal movement, I am not quite sure. Well, I guess there has always been a barrier between those who have and those who have not -- those who put more emphasis on creating wealth than conserving or preserving the natural resources it takes to create that wealth. Teddy Roosevelt was a Republican and created the National Park system. He went after and broke up the big money monopolies of the Rockefellers and the Carnegies. Barry Goldwater was a conservative and yet was a staunch conservationist. So I am sometimes bewildered by attributing preservation of the environment and natural places to one party’s platform. Maybe each party should check their historic party playlists before etching their next political platform in stone. I think there is something much more primal about wanting to preserve the environs in which we live. When a hunter or a camper

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goes into the woods they scout out dry wood to build a fire. They know that there is a finite amount of wood available for the time they have to spend in this campsite. And if they were stranded on an island with only six trees, they would have to contemplate what to do about building that fire before the sixth tree becomes ashes. The truth is, humans are survivors. We face floods, forest fires, hurricanes, snowstorms and tornados. There is nothing innately political about natural disasters. Such is the case with fossil fuels. We are on an island called Earth and our campsite has over 7 billion people who need to be fed and kept warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Like our pioneer ancestors, we need to spend more time thinking about where our next fire will come from rather than whether we like our steak rare or medium well.

When a tornado wipes out a town in the Midwest, everyone pitches in to help those in need. No one asks to see your political party membership card. It’s just people helping people. And that is what Earth Day means to me and why the “Green” movement has caught on so well over the past 25 years. Because people care about people in a disaster. No one likes a doomsayer, but we are running out of wood for the fire. I like to think that someone much, much smarter than me, will come up with a new universal form of energy that will free us up from throwing everything around us on the fire. Until then, we need to conserve what we have, support renewable energy sources like wind, solar, geothermal, biomass & hydroelectric.

Even if renewables don’t eliminate our use of fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas, they will help clean up our planet and buy us time until we can find a new way to run our cars, heat our homes, and build our campfires. If we know a tornado or hurricane is coming, we batten down the hatches. There is an energy storm brewing and it’s going to take all of us working together to stack the sandbags and carry buckets to the flames. Earth is an island and it’s up to all 7 billion of us to plant more coconut trees, fish the seas responsibly and find a way to turn sand into BTUs. Our national license plate should read, “Innovate or Die.” Happy Earth Day, J.B. Lester; Publisher April Cover Art Earth Day Block Cut by Eric Stevens

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Experience Earth Day at the 2nd Largest Celebration in the Country

by Jeanette Reynolds, Programs and Communication Director, St. Louis Earth Day

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e part of a community tradition at the 25th anniversary of the St. Louis Earth Day Festival on Sunday, April 27th from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the Muny Grounds of Forest Park. Enjoy three stages of entertainment, learn about sustainable products and services offered by local businesses, meet area nonprofits that share the mission of Earth Day, and participate in a variety of hands-on educational activities.

At 12 p.m., join the Honorable Mayor Francis G. Slay at the USAgain Main Stage for the opening ceremony, when Earth Day Action Grants will be awarded to successful projects. The Festival officially kicks off with the All Species Parade and all are welcome to join this costume pedestrian parade through the event grounds, led by the Joia World Percussion Ensemble.

Before the Festival opens, make your way to the Community Stage area to enjoy free activities from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. including yoga, face painting and henna, or make a mask in preparation for the All Species Parade. Yoga will also be offered at 3 p.m.

by Registered Yoga Teacher Rebekah Jarchow of LotusEaterYoga, bring a mat or blanket and meet at the information booth to participate.

A themed-neighborhood booth layout makes it easy to navigate the Festival and experience all the celebration has to offer. Visitors can explore the following neighborhoods: Alternative Transportation and Fuels; Arts and Crafts; the Earth Day Café; Energy and Green Building; the Farmers Market; Home and Pets; Nature, Recreation and Wildlife; Reduce, Reuse, Recycle; and, Wellness and Spirituality. Visitors are also invited to reflect upon their experiences and connect with the Earth at the Peace Garden, where activities will take place throughout the day.

Environmental Education Exhibitors are scattered throughout the grounds with a wide range of hands-on activities for kids and adults. Visitors can

St. Louis Earth Day: 25 Years engage with ecosystem models, role-playing games, or create something beautiful with ‘trash.’ “Play Your Art Out” all day with the St. Louis Teachers’ Recycle Center at the Eco-Art area, and the Ameren exhibit provides interactive ways to learn about energy efficiency and conservation.

More special programming includes the Green Strum Project and new dog-washing demonstrations. Believing that music and sustainability go hand in hand, Green Strum teaches how to make music out of anything. Join Green Strum master builders for hourly demonstrations on recycled instrument building and get a chance to win a cigarbox guitar! Laclede Gas and Better Life are teaming up to perform dog-washing demonstrations. See a natural gas-powered instant hot water heater in

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Two stages feature local music all day beginning at 11 a.m., including funk and soul, folk and bluegrass, swing, and more – presented in partnership with 88.1 KDHX and The Folk School of St. Louis, a service of KDHX. At the Community Stage pavilion, experience Circus Flora and meet the birds of the World Bird Sanctuary.

At the Festival, you’ll find uniquely diverse cuisine ranging from organic vegetarian jambalaya and BBQ pork bao to kambucha and a hummus bar.

Seven Green Dining Alliance members will be showcasing their certified sustainable food. Visit the

booths of Atomic Cowboy, The Dam, Foundation Grounds, Lulu's Local Eatery, Pi Pizzeria, Onesto and Urban Eats Café to show your support. Schlafly Beer will be serving Organic Pale Ale and other favorites. Beer will be served in a Schlafly/St. Louis Earth Day souvenir cup that is both reusable and recyclable (while supplies lasts); bring your cup back for a discounted refill.

St. Louis Earth Day encourages visitors to use low-impact methods of transportation and offers prizes to those achieving the “Earth Day Challenge” – rewarding those who travel by bus, bike or Metro and bring their own water bottle and reusable shopping bag. Metro is “Your Official Ride to Earth Day” and the Forest Park/DeBaliviere Metrolink station is only a half-mile from the Festival, with a free shuttle service connecting riders to the Muny Grounds. Trailnet will be offering free bike valet parking in two locations at the Festival. article continues on page 4

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City Of Chesterfield & Parkway Schools To Host 23rd Annual Earth Day Festival Entertainment, Recycling & Eco-Friendly Products Available

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tart making plans now to attend the 23rd Annual Earth Day event in Chesterfield to be held at Parkway West High School.

The Chesterfield Citizens Committee for the Environment will host the event on Saturday, April 26 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. The Festival will be at the Parkway West High School at 14653 Clayton Road.

This is a FREE community event for all ages to enjoy!

Participants of the new West County Earth Day Festival can enjoy visiting indoors with informational exhibitors and vendors selling up-cycled and recycled art and craft items. The popular 500-tree and native plants and other giveaways will continue, as will the drive-through recycling area. Kids can make projects from recycled materials with Chesterfield Arts and the St. Louis Teacher’s Recycle Center-Van Go! Operation Food Search will be collecting food and personal care items on their “Most-Needed List” and the second annual Science Fair Competition will

St. Louis Earth Day from page 3 A collection event for hard-to-recycle items returns to the Festival for a fourth year, including the DEA Medication Take-Back Initiative. The Recycling Extravaganza will take place in the parking lot of the St. Louis Community College Forest Park campus off Oakland Avenue 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

A full list of acceptable items, including everything from mattresses and carpet to “anything with a cord,” is updated regularly online so you can plan your spring-cleaning accordingly. Catch a free ride to the Festival on a shuttle powered by biodiesel or clean-burning Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), provided by the City of St. Louis, Lambert International Airport and Super Park.

Pre-order a rain barrel and DIY spout converter kit from RainReserve, a Missouri company, and pick it up at the Recycling Extravaganza on April 27 for all proceeds to benefit St. Louis Earth Day. Visit www.stlouisearthday.org for more details and to start your home rainwater management this spring.

For a second year, we’re kicking off the celebration early with Earth Day Eve on Saturday, April 26th – a family-friendly evening with food and music in the Earth Day Café area of the Festival grounds 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the corner of McKinley and Theatre Drives. All are welcome and a donation of $5 is suggested to support St. Louis Earth Day. New this year is the VIP experience for $35, which includes entry, food and drinks.

St. Louis Earth Day is a non-profit 501c3 organization whose mission is to make every day earth day by cultivating environmental stewardship and engaging individuals, governments, businesses, schools and the non-profit sector in celebration, education and action to support a healthy and sustainable future.

The St. Louis Earth Day Festival is grateful for the support and partnership of many local businesses, companies and organizations. This event is presented by Ameren and Metro Transit, and sponsored in part by Chipotle Mexican Grill, The City of St. Louis, KPLR 11/Fox 2, Missouri American Water, Missouri Department of Conservation, USAgain and Schlafly Beer. For detailed information and a complete list of sponsors, or to volunteer, visit www.stlouisearthday.org.

host kids from around the area competing in projects that are related to sustaining or improving the quality of our environment. Students interested in participating can find the application on the City’s web site by searching “science fair.” Food trucks and musical entertainment will also round out the festive atmosphere.

At the drive-thru recycling collection, residents can bring nearly anything you can think of to be recycled including: • Single stream recyclables such as glass, plastic, paper, and aluminum

• Cardboard • Bicycles • Electronics, TVs, computers, and small appliances • Used clothing, linens, and paired shoes • Tool batteries • CFL light bulbs • New and used building materials • Buttons, beads, board games, and children’s books • Musical instruments • Fabric and sewing notions Free confidential document shredding will be provided by Cintas (five-box limit). The Citizens

Alliance for Positive Youth (CAPY) and the Chesterfield Police Department will be collecting prescription and over-the-counter medications, inhalers, ointments and patches. There will also be a collection of non-perishable food items by Operation Food Search.

The event will include numerous vendors and exhibitors offering recycled / eco-friendly products for sale and environmental information.

Supplies are limited for all giveaways!

For more information on the event and recycling in Chesterfield, go to www.chesterfield.mo.us and search for Earth Day or call 636-537-4000.

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Sustainable & Eco-Friendly Resources For Green Lifestyles healthy food.

Our findings show that we eat too few fruits and vegetables, too much meat, too much sugar, and too few

by Kathleen Logan Smith whole grains. Our soft drink consumption rate is starDirector of Environmental Policy tling and downright frightening to any conscientious Coalition For The Environment nutritionist: we drink more than 60 gallons of soft www.moeniron.org drinks per person per year in our area – that contributes to our high rate of diabetes (9.5%) and ATInG ELICIOUS undoubtedly obesity in adults (30.4%).

Interestingly, the vast majority of our farmland is OLITICAL CT producing crops for the processed food system. Of the n his essay, “The Pleasures of Eating,” 9.8 million crop acres in our Foodshed, 9.2 million are Kentucky farmer and poet Wendell Berry planted with crops destined for livestock feed and declares that “eating is an agricultural act.” processed foods. Less than 0.1% is growing fruits and He skewers the industrialized food system vegetables. Instead, we import fruits and vegetables for the severed connections between eaters and from all over the globe year-round, with little awaretheir food, their food and the land. He makes an impasness of the chemicals used on them, the sioned case for how and why everyone “94% of our region’s nutrients lost in shipping, the people who who eats has a stake in agriculture: grew them, or the food safety risks implic“Eaters, that is, must understand total cropland produced it with such scale and handling.

“Food System” crops like that eating takes place inescapably in Loaded with examples of local food the world, that it is inescapably an corn and soybeans for innovators, enticing questions about keepagricultural act, and how we eat deter- processed food, livestock ing the billions of dollars we spend on mines, to a considerable extent, how feed, food additives and food in our region, and startling health and the world is used.” consumption data that helps make the case He underscores the connection sweeteners. Fruits and for systemic change, the Saint Louis between healthy land, healthy food, vegetables made up a Regional Food System Study is meant to and healthy people. The fact that many mere 0.1% of the region’s be a tool for individuals and organizations food consumers would not instinctiveworking for better food, food access, and crop land acres.” ly understand the vital connection farmers. between the soil and the dinner plate underscores how It is our hope that the Study helps people underdeep the chasm is between us and our food system; how stand the food system we have and that it spurs more alienated we are from the knowledge of what we are questions, more research, and more answers. By exameating, how it was grown, where it was grown, how the ining the food system we have, we ask: Is this the kind animals were treated, how workers fared, and how of food system we want? nutritious it may be (or not). Berry laments how passive Visit www.moenviron.org to learn more. we have become in our food consumption, how depenFollow us on Twitter: @MoEnviron dent on an industrialized system that is most concerned about volume and price rather than health, nutrition, We provide community, fairness, ecology, or safety. a wide He explains: “The industrial eater is, in fact, one who does not know that eating is an agricultural act, variety of who no longer knows or imagines the connections commercial between eating and the land, and who is therefore necessarily passive and uncritical — in short, a victim. and When food, in the minds of eaters, is no longer associresidential ated with farming and with the land, then the eaters are suffering a kind of cultural amnesia that is misleading recycling services metro wide and dangerous.” with flexible schedules.

In order to help remedy our collective cultural amnesia, as Berry describes it, MCE has completed the Contact us today: Saint Louis Regional Food Study. The Study examines the area within 100 miles of Saint Louis – 59 counties, in two states – and we call it our Foodshed. The Study looks at food-related health indicators, agricultural info@EarthCircleRecycling.com employment, farm land acres, number of farms, the food we grow, import, and eat, the animals we raise, the 1660 South Kingshighway money we spend, and the challenges of accessing St. Louis, MO 63110

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USGBC Growing Green Awards Honor Those Transforming the Community and Built Environment

By Katie Dieckhaus, Growing Green Awards Committee Co-Chair

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n March 27th the Missouri Gateway Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council held their sixth annual Growing Green Awards banquet at the Mad Art Gallery to announce and celebrate the 2014 winners. Attendees joined to celebrate the accomplishments of all the nominees. Winners and nominees are outstanding individuals and organizations that are active in transforming the built environment.

They share a passion for making our region more sustainable.

The Community Champion award went to Deb Frank. Deb’s leadership sets a high standard for operative excellence. She has championed sustainable initiatives in St. Louis and Missouri - from her decades deep roots in energy efficient engineering design to her service as Chapter Coordinator during the formation of the USGBC Missouri Gateway Chapter. As the Vice President for Sustainability for the Missouri Botanical Garden, Deb leverages the influence of her institution to encourage sustainable thinking and practice throughout the region.

MICDS won the Education award. Over the last few years, MICDS faculty has worked to implement curriculum that is highly engaging and problem-based.

The 86,000 square foot McDonnell Hall and Brauer Hall (under construction) will provide space for interdisciplinary learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. It will contain laboratory space for work in plant science, robotics and ongoing bench research. The building will include a 100kW photovoltaic panel array, energy-efficient HVAC solar thermal systems, and a storm water filtration system.

Recognition for Innovation was awarded to Gary Steps of Butterfly Energy Works. Gary consistently pushes the envelope of building science and meticulously evaluates the energy usage of every project he works on. He consulted on a home in the Dogtown neighborhood which integrates advanced building materials, technologies, and techniques. The home is fully monitored for interior temperature/humidity levels, electricity and hot water production and usage, and

circuit by circuit electrical usage.

Maryville University's USGBC Student Group was awarded the Emerging Leader award. In the last two years the USGBC Student Group has proven to be tremendously dedicated to supporting environmentally friendly ideals by participating in and leading a number of green awareness projects in our community. Some of these events include "Don't Be Trashy", the Maryville University Involvement Fair, Maryville Reaches out "Honeysuckle Project", and the Parkway School District "Recycling and Composting Awareness Project".

The award for Operational Excellence went to the Saint Louis Zoo. The Zoo’s mission to protect wild things in wild places throughout the world is expressed in the design, construction, operation and maintenance of their 90+ acre Forest Park campus. In addition to their research and conservation work around the world, the organization has emerged as a sustainability leader in the region by reducing energy, water, and resource use. Each year, the Zoo diverts over 50% of their waste from the landfill and through energy efficiency initiatives have avoided over $1,608,112 in utilities and other expenditures.

Lastly, Green Street St. Louis won the Restoration category for distinguishing itself through the application of sustainable design in the adaptive reuse of infill locations. Green Street partners with its tenants, the community, and investors to share in this vision of property and neighborhood regeneration.

Green Street is committed to contributing to the sustainable principles that exist in these neighborhoods such as walkability, transportation access, central proximity to quality labor, and irreplaceable architectural attributes. Since 2008, Green Street has produced 8 LEED certified projects - another 3 projects are in the documentation phase.

USGBC-Missouri Gateway Chapter congratulates all of the 2014 Growing Green Award winners and nominees for their work to make the built environment a more environmentally friendly, prosperous and healthy place to live, work and learn.

Learn more about the winners and nominees at www.usgbc-mogateway.org.

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St. Louis Green Business Challenge Reducing Waste – Profitably!

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The St. Louis - Jefferson Solid Waste Management District is a regional agency that was created in 1993 to assist the public, private and nonprofit sectors in establishing and expanding waste reduction and recycling. The District includes the City of St. Louis, St. Louis County, Jefferson County and St. Charles County. For more information visit www.swmd.net or call 314-645-6753.

Medical Equipment Donation Drive Saturday, May 3, 2014 9 am - 2 pm Twelve Designated Walgreen’s Sites

For a list of locations, contact St. Louis HELP at 314-567-4700 or www.stlhelp.org Do you have medical equipment that is not being used? Do you need medical equipment? Now there is HELP...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECYCLING INFORMATION • City of St. Louis www.stlouis-mo.gov/government (Departments & Agencies, click Recycling) • Jefferson County www.jeffcomo.org (Services, click Recycling) • St. Louis County www.recyclesaintlouis.com • St. Charles County http://health.sccmo.org/health (Environmental Division, click Green Programs) • St. Louis-Jefferson SWMD www.swmd.net

very kind of business can “save some green” by dealing sustainably with waste management, recycled-content purchasing, and the everyday use of energy and water.

In a booming trend, across our region’s business sector, companies of every size are doing just that – and much more – as participants in the St. Louis Green Business Challenge. This joint program of the St. Louis Regional Chamber and the Missouri Botanical Garden leverages the partners’ business connections, sustainability expertise and community respect to promote the value of “working green” in a business context.

“Since the Challenge began in 2010,” reports Program Manager Eric Schneider, “over 130 corporations, non-profits, universities, cultural institutions, local governments and small businesses have joined this initiative, educating and engaging over 107,000 employees. Our Challenge website features a wealth of resources companies have shared to help this business-greening movement grow.”

Customized coaching and exceptional best practices networking support all participants as they integrate sustainable options at their own

pace. Resource Advisor Jean Ponzi says, “Each company deals with the elements of day-to-day greening in ways that work best for their unique purpose and culture. This individualized, cooperative strategy is solidly ‘grounding green’ across our business sector.”

With recycling practices leading the way, highly visible awareness and actions fostered by Challenge companies benefit the community overall.

Convenient single-stream recycling is greening the experience for Cardinals, Rams and St. Louis Symphony fans, for travelers through Lambert St. Louis International Airport and America’s Central Port, and for world-wide visitors to our top attractions including the Saint Louis Zoo, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis Science Center, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial and the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Southwestern Illinois College and Washington University combine water and waste reduction awareness in signage for their

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bottle-filling stations. Saint Louis University holds national collegiate “Recyclemania” honors as host of free public document shredding and electronic waste collections. Webster University and Lewis & Clark Community College beautifully showcase the value of compost in native plant-based campus Rainscaping installations.

Laclede Gas building neighbors, including Arcturis, the Partnership for Downtown St. Louis, and the McCormack Baron Companies, established the area’s first building-wide singlestream and food waste composting programs. At nearby Metropolitan Square, property manager Jones Lange LaSalle also offers these services – in an ENERGY STAR building - to all tenants including Challenge participants HOK, Bryan Cave and the St. Louis Regional Chamber.

Through a 2014 Solid Waste District grant, Challenge reports will broadly reach business publication readers. Success stories include Green Dining Alliance certification earned by the UniGroup UniGrille café; Graybar Electric’s adaption of the local Scorecard for use in company facilities nationwide; extensive use of compost in landscaping by the City of St. Peters, SCI Engineering and SWT Design; the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis composting instead of landfilling expired currency; and Office Essentials Inc. helping customers convert to recycled-content purchasing through “GreenGreener-Greenest” product guidelines.

Make 2014 your company’s Green year!

Challenge “Apprentice” level training begins the last week of April. For details please visit www.stlouisgreenchallenge.com.

Midwest Shingle Recycling Helps Conserve Enironmental Resources

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hat do you get when you effectively grind used asphalt roof shingles into a fine powdery substance? You get high-quality, asphalt cement that is particularly suitable for paving state highways and parking lots; it's also effective on dust control for unpaved areas. Recycling shingles in this manner, as opposed to landfill disposal, not only saves a significant amount of money, this choice is helping conserve environmental resources.

Although asphalt shingles are 100% recyclable, they never break down in a landfill.

Midwest Shingle Recycling, located in the City of St. Louis, has years of professional experience in the roofing and solid waste industry and is deeply committed to producing the highest quality of Recycled Asphalt Shingle (RAS) product. MSR offers homeowners and roofing contractors cost-effective recycling options for disposing of asphalt shingles removed from residential homes.

Using their state-of-the-art custom grinder, asphalt shingles are processed into RAS at the

uninterrupted rate of more than 80 tons per hour. Shingles delivered to MSR’s recycling facility are processed on-site while the portability of the grinder allows for offsite grinding of shingles that have been stockpiled, including “ground to order” production.

Compared to the original manufacturing of Hot Mix Asphalt, adding RAS to the mix greatly reduces the use of fuel and energy. “We at Magruder Paving have had the fortunate opportunity to purchase RAS from MSR. Their personal and professional services are unmatched. We know each and every time we pick up their material, it is going to be of the highest quality.” Matt

Lindsay, Magruder Paving, LLC. Each year, MSR diverts tens of thousands of tons of asphalt shingles from landfills.

According to MSR, asphalt roof shingles disposed of in landfills account for up to 65% of the total volume. That is a shocking figure to swallow.

When customers bring tear-off residential shingles to MSR’s facility, it helps relieve the local community's landfills; thus extending the life of each landfill to better accommodate the need to dispose of non-recyclables.

To watch MSR’s facility in action, check out HEC-TVs “Full Circle: St. Louis Recycles.” (www.hectv.org) This documentary film highlights several local recyclers and includes scenes showing how the tear-off shingles are transformed into another viable product at MSR’s facility.

When the time comes for your home’s roof to be replaced, talk with your roofing contractor or Midwest Shingle Recycling directly to ensure 100% re-manufacturing of shingles rather than unnecessary and costly landfill disposal.

For more information, visit www.midwestshinglerecycling.com or call 314-382-4200.

Pro Computers and Consulting Accepts Recyclable Electronics At No Cost

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e all know the feeling; a primary computer, major appliance or unique electronic gadget has conked out. Even with routine maintenance and repairs, there comes a time when our once stateof-the-art electronic devices and appliances become too costly to repair or just plain obsolete.

Our first thoughts are of necessary replacement and how to get the best item at the best price.

Next, we need to get rid of the old to make way for the new.

So what do we do? It’s not against the law (not yet; not here anyway) to discard of home computers, TVs and phones in the garbage, however, it’s not the responsible thing to do. Larger appliances such as refrigerators, air conditions or washing machines, on the other hand, are banned from

Missouri landfills. Fortunately, discarding of potentially hazardous or recyclable electronics is not as difficult as it used to be. Nearly all of these items can be easily disposed of rather conveniently, most at no cost.

Pro Computers and Consulting, located in the City of St. Louis, accepts recyclable electronics and appliances at no cost. When Vladimir Kolev opened Pro Computers and Consulting in 2003, however, the primary business was repairing rather than recycling. As time went on, it was apparent that disposing of

nonfunctional computers was a growing concern.

After performing a market study, Kolev expanded his business to include recycling of not only computers, but virtually all electronic appliances.

Since incorporating recycling in 2007, the business has doubled in size every year and currently operates a 20,000 sq. ft. facility on Manchester Road just east of McCausland.

Pro Computers and Consulting accepts free drop-offs at the facility and offers free local pick-up with 20 items or

more. Pick-up of fewer than 20 items is also available for $100. Certificates of Destruction are offered at no cost. Glass is also accepted and recycled at no cost. Coordination and pick-up for events includes providing pallets, shrink-wrapping, and more to make it easy for companies to participate. Basically, companies set aside a day to collect broken or obsolete computers and other electrical appliances from within the business.

Oftentimes, they encourage their employees to also bring in recyclables from home.

Pro Computers and Consulting is an official host site for e-cycle Missouri. They are classified as a Level 3 recycler with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

For more info visit www.pcerecycle.com or call 314-761-6234.

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Sunset Hills Celebrates Earth Day April 12

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n Saturday April 12, preceeding Earth Day, The City of Sunset Hills is honoring our environment in partnership with GO (Green

Objectives).

This Earth Day celebration starts with a 5k run/Walk at 8:30 am. Runners will meet at Watson Trail Park; 12450 West Watson Rd. To register for the race go to www.racesonline.com and search for 5K For Earth Day. Then from 9:00 am– 2:00 pm. at the Community Center, 3915 S. Lindbergh Blvd, runners and attendees will enjoy the FREE annual Earth Day celebration including; education, family activities, recycling stations, exhibitors and a partnership with Lindbergh Elementary Schools, which will be showcasing 130 pieces of student art.

A highlight of the annual Earth Day Celebration is Recycling! Donate your bikes, cans, clothing, shoes, electronics, glasses and paint to be recycled! This year free paper shredding will be available from 10am to noon (two boxes per family); Plus, take home a free tree seedling, compliments of Sunset Hills Parks and Recreation.

New this year, Lindbergh Elementary Students, from Kindergarten to Fifth Grade will have over 130 pieces of art displayed in the Sunset Hills Community Center during the day of the event. Stop by and be inspired by the talents of these young artists and their interpretation of celebrating Earth Day! Earth Day is a day that you can give back with a simple act. The Sunset Hills Parks and Recreation encourages you to celebrate in your own way. Here are some suggestions: plant a tree; use nature to make a craft; pick up some trash; clean a river; use earth-friendly products; go on a family hike, reduce, reuse and recycle.

Future City of Sunset Hills events include the annual Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday, April 20th at 1:00pm and Trivia Night Saturday, April 26 which benefits the Sunset Hills Conservation Foundation: Doors open at 6:30, Trivia starts at 7:00. Be sure to check out the various fitness programs offered and more! Follow the City of Sunset Hills Parks & Recreation Facebook page daily for information on all programs, events and happenings. For additional information please call 314-842-7265 or visit our website at www.sunset-hills.com.

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Benefits of All-Natural Organic Cotton, Wool, and Latex Mattresses

By Doug Belleville

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nvesting in an organic mattress may seem like an extravagant expense, but after doing some preliminary research we have found that many people have become convinced that they are a worthwhile purchase.

What is the reasoning behind the change to a natural organic cotton or any other natural type mattress for that matter. Most people sleep on traditional bedding and spend a great deal of time surrounded by toxic fumes, dust mites, and other dangerous things in their sleep environment. There is good news though, newer “green” mattresses are manufactured using sustainable, all-natural fibers like cotton or organic wool, even natural rubber, and they’re just as comfortable as traditional bedding.

Green mattresses are safer because they are nontoxic, extremely durable,and do not pose the same health hazards found in some traditional mattresses.

The toxins contained in some traditional mattress can enter the air while we sleep and then inhaled deeply into our lungs causing aggravating allergies, causing skin or eye irritations, or worse for some people. The materials used in conventional mattresses are usually synthetic materials like nylon, polyurethane, and polyester, most of which are treated with chemical fire retardants that are known to be harmful.

An example of this are mattresses containing polyurethane foam or memory foam. Beds containing polyurethane are well known for this issue and are in most cases made from a highly flammable petroleum derivative. To counteract the polyurethane foam hazard, these mattresses are richly coated with potentially harmful flame retardants.

Organic cotton mattresses are great to use in place of a traditional inner spring mattress and are very durable, with a life span of up to fifteen years or more.

An organic cotton mattress will improve indoor air quality in your bedroom while eliminating potentially harmful VOC’s being released from modern mattresses. A useful tip when shopping is to give serious consideration to alternative mattress materials like organic wool or organic cotton due to the pesticides and synthetic materials used in traditional mattresses. A green mattress is both environmentally friendly and has less harsh chemicals, which translates to a safer night of sleep for everyone.

Natural latex rubber mattresses are an environmentally friendly solution to a problem that is the synthetic nightmare we call a mattress. These natural, sustainable, and organic products are a great fit for anyone looking for comfort, durability, and little usage of toxic chemicals. Consider beds made from the milking sap substance of rubber trees. A latex rubber mattress is both comfortable and durable and will last for many years while being environmentally sound. Most are not treated with harmful chemicals. Instead organic models utilize organic wool as the only natural fire retardant and wrap it in a quilted organic cotton cover.

Anyone considering buying a new bed should give serious consideration to getting a “green” one. A green mattress often is very high quality, hypoallergenic, mold and mildew resistant, all of which translates to being better for your sleep, health and most importantly your peace of mind. Choosing an organic cotton mattress and bedding material that are free from toxins is an easy way for you to “green” your home and bedroom with little effort. Consumers are now demanding more “green” products, it supports organic growers and allows you to do your part to make the environment cleaner.

Using an organic mattress and bedding products, not only benefits the ecosystem, but natural fabrics are breathable materials that help you maintain a consistent body temperature and is a sure way to ensure that you receive a safe, restful, non-toxic, night’s sleep. No matter what type of budget you may have, there are many economical options so you can find a great selection and not have to break your wallet to do it.

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Plant A Mission Garden

by Linda Wiggen Kraft

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ost of us have heard of Victory Gardens. These were gardens that were needed to help grow food for survival during the world wars. Home gardeners helped the war effort on the home front since the farmers were off at war. One by one, on private and public land, small gardens grew more vegetables than big agriculture. Not only did Victory Gardens grow food, they gave people a passion and purpose to help with the war effort and make a major contribution.

Today we need a new type of Victory Garden, a Mission Garden. The name Mission Garden was introduced to me recently by a woman who is in the forefront of sustainable gardening. It’s a perfect concept for the kind of garden we need now. We have a war on the environment going on. Gardens one by one can be part of the solution to win this war.

Many gardeners are on a mission to save our planet. Our gardens can help fulfill that mission.

Mission gardens can be beautiful by normal gardening standards, but they can go much further. They can be habitats for wildlife like butterflies, bees, insects and birds that are disappearing because they have lost their habitat homes. We must know how to grow some of our food and keep the biodiversity of plants we eat alive.

We must create eco-systems that give life to the soil, micro-organisms, plants, beneficial insects, birds and all life forms of a garden. We must learn how to work with nature, not against her. We must learn about the problems and the pests of a garden and how to treat appropriately and organically.

Sometimes the challenges to helping win the war on the environment seem overwhelming. Mission Gardens one-by-one can help bring about the victory.

Linda Wiggen Kraft is a landscape designer who creates holistic and sustainable gardens. She is also a mandala artist and workshop leader.

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Missouri Natives Native Plants Beautify Landscapes while Attracting and Feeding the “Web of Life”

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f you’re a gardener who would enjoy watching butterflies flitting about your property, birds nesting in your trees and shrubs, and lizards enjoying a sunny spot, then you could benefit from a landscape plan that includes native plants.

Birds, butterflies and other native wildlife species appreciate properties landscaped with native plants. The food chain that feeds native animals begins with native plants. The second step up the food chain is often insects that eat plants. It’s all one big web of life dependent on native plants.

If you’re lucky enough to live near native oak trees, you have likely experienced the constant serenade of spring migrating birds in the treetops as they feed on insects that are munching on oak leaves. The birds are doing their part to keep the web of life in balance.

For the past 30 years, Missouri Wildflowers Nursery has been providing native plants that beautify landscapes as they attract and feed that “web of life.” Their plants are propagated from seeds that

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While there are many cultivars of native plant species on the market today, Missouri Wildflowers Nursery sells only one. Cultivars are generally selected by plant breeders with the idea that the plant will be more attractive to the customer without regard for wildlife benefit, and the wildlife benefit is compromised the more a plant is changed by plant breeder selection. Missouri Wildflowers Nursery wants part of the beauty in a landscape to be butterflies and birds that are best attracted and fed by the plants that these animals took part in selecting.

In big cities and suburbs people (including children) miss a lot of wildlife action because the native plants are missing. Most native plants in these areas have been replaced by plants from other continents, plants often referred to as exotic species. Our native insects, the second step up the food chain, usually don’t recognize exotic species as being tasty, or in the case of bees and butterflies there is little nectar or pollen available in cultivar flowers.

You can obtain genuine native plants at Missouri Wildflowers Nursery. They have plants for sun, shade, and everything in between, including perennial wildflowers, trees, shrubs, and vines.

Missouri Wildflowers Nursery is a retail nursery located at Brazito MO, 12 miles south of Jefferson City. To learn about their plant sales in your area or to receive a copy of their 2014 catalog, email mowldflrs@socket.net, visit www.mowildflowers.net or call (573)496-3492.

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the one plant monarchs need. If there are not enough milkweed plants, monarchs will become extinct.

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by Linda Wiggen Kraft and no chemicals like neonicotinoids or other insect harming chemicals are used on them. ennifer Loyet-Schamber and her family Also available is “Eco-Easy”, a labeling and have owned Greenscape Garden & Gifts in grouping of plants and products that are easy to use, Manchester, MO easy on the earth, bio-benefifor twenty years. cial and work together. This Jennifer is a major force in system includes native and the region promoting susother plants that grow well in tainable gardens and landMissouri, products to help the scapes. She brings the soil, soil, pest management understanding of how and products and organic fertilizwhy each and every home ers. Plants include Grow garden can be a habitat that Native, Plants of Merit and is not only beautiful, but others that support the envialso a life enhancing sysronment and grow well here. tem. She wants people to Deer Free Zone plants are plant Mission Gardens, One of the Greenscape sustainability programs grouped in one area to help like the Victory Gardens of is “Show Me the Monarch.” those who want to grow a World War two. Only this garden, not a deer buffet. time the war is about the assault on our environment, Greenscape Gardens reaches out into the comloss of habitat and lack of knowing how to grow our munity too. Working directly with Circle of own food.

Concern, a food pantry program and Parkway Jennifer and her staff are educators about plants Southeast Middle School children are growing food and products that help create eco-friendly gardens. at the school to donate to the food pantry and learnTammy Behm works closely with Jennifer and ing how to grow healthy food for their families. together they have created programs to help cusJennifer’s and Tammy’s goal is to educate peotomers “connect the dots” and see the big picture of ple, so that creating life enhancing habitats for biogardening. As they see it, all gardens can have the diversity and growing healthy edible gardens will be mission of sustaining life. One of the Greenscape the mainstream norm. For now, making the journey sustainability programs is “Show Me the Monarch.” to Greenscape Gardens and Gifts helps us all become Show Me the Monarch offers a free monarch mission gardeners who bring about this change. host plant, free membership to Missouri Prairie Greenscape Gardens & Gifts is located at 2832 Foundation and more information on how to help Barrett Station Road in Manchester, MO 63021. monarchs survive.

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Cover The Ground: Naturally

By Cindy Gilberg

tional color in spring and spiky leaves throughout summer and fall. round cover plantings can be As you begin, here are a few tips to tremendous problem-solvers, keep in mind. Never till under trees as offering sustainable options to this damages surface roots causing slow mowed lawn and pavement. Ground covdecline and death of trees. Instead, a layer ers unify the scene by visually tying of compost/soil, about 6” deep, can be together different areas within a landspread over the surface under trees— scape, providing textural transitions from don’t pack it around tree trunks. Shorter, mowed lawn to other plantings. While most garshallow rooted plants such as wild ginger deners think of ground covers as low-growing (Asarum canadensis), daisy fleabane (Erigeron perennials, the definition literally means plants pulchellum) and crested iris (Iris cristata) grow that cover the ground, so a mass planting of happily in this layer. As with any garden design, shrubs combined with perennials and/or grasses pay particular attention to foliar texture by comfunctions as ground cover. Imagine no longer bining plants with textural contrast in mind. Short mowing a steep slope or sedges and ferns offer a trying to grow lawn fine texture that blends grass in shade or in wet well with the larger soil. Ground cover planttexture of wild ginger, ings, in combination groundsel and alum with other plants, are root. Always match the viable options for erosite to a plant list that sion control and rainwill thrive in that conscaping. Turn a problem dition (i.e., sun vs. into an opportunity— shade, dry vs. wet) for create a beautiful and best success. diverse landscape feaCindy Gilberg is a ture using Missouri Missouri native and Indian pink (Spigelia marilandica) native plants that are not horticulturist whose only well-adapted to our climate but also add work includes design and consulting, teaching much needed habitat for birds, butterflies and and writing. Much of her work focuses on native other creatures. Once established, native ground plants, habitat gardens and rain gardens. Cindy’s cover plantings can crowd out weeds, providing projects include work at Shaw Nature Reserve landscape features that do not require fertilizer, and its Native Plant School, the Shaw mowing, watering or pesticides.

Professional Landscape Series and the Deer One problem area for gardeners is shade— Creek Watershed Alliance. many scratch their heads, curse the shade, and You can ontact Cindy at 314-630-1004 say that nothing will grow there. Yet a walk in cindy.gilberg@gmail.com.

Missouri’s woodlands reveals a diverse bounty of woodland plants. Encompass groupings of shade trees to create an island bed with a few small trees (serviceberry, dogwood or redbud) and some shrubs (for example, wild hydrangea). Fill in with shade-loving perennials, for example, ferns, Indian pink (Spigelia marilandica), wild Geranium or Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum). Add the finishing touch with ground cover species that offer a low maintenance solution while visually defining and unifying the scene.

This list includes oak sedge (Carex albicans), wild ginger (Asarum canadense), alum root (Heuchera parviflora) and golden groundsel (Senecio obovatus). This protects exposed tree roots that often get cut by mower blades, is healthier for the trees than ‘tree donuts’ of mulch and offers an aesthetic break from lawn. A reduction in the amount of mowed lawn adds a savings of both time and fuel not spent mowing. Save lawn for areas where it is easier to grow, mow and for use as pathways.

Ground covers are incredible problem solvers for steep slopes. It is dangerous to mow and erosion is often an issue. Among some of most useful native plants for this situation (in full-part sun, dry soil) are aromatic aster (Symphiotrichum oblongifolius), prairie dropseed (Sporobolis heterolepsis), blue false indigo (Baptisia australis), slender mountain mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium) and American feverfew (Parthenium hispidum). Add in butterfly milkweed and blazing stars for splashes of color.

Perhaps your property has low areas that remain wet. Sedges and rushes, such as palm sedge (Carex muskingumensis) and soft rush (Juncus effuses), thrive in moist soil and can be used as ground cover. Shining bluestar (Amsonia illustris) is a spring-blooming, four foot tall perennial that can function as a hardy ground cover. A solid-growing groundcover for wet sun is southern blueflag iris (Iris virginica) for addi-

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April, 2014

St. Louis Composting Celebrates International Compost Awareness Week With a Heaping Helping of Compost drought, disease and insects.

Because of the intense heat generated in compost piles, compost contains no weeds, insects or insect t. Louis Composting eggs/larvae. Compost also reduces invites you to join in celesalt damage and provides nutritionbrating International al balance.

Compost Awareness • The benefits of compost are Week (ICAW), May 5-11, 2014. long-lasting. Rain and watering This year’s theme is “Compost! cause chemical fertilizers to leach The Solution to Sustainable Soil out of soil stripping it of its nutriand Water”. Planned activities span tional properties. Conversely, comthe globe with celebrations schedbinds with the soil and releasuled across the United States, To celebrate, post es its nutrients over a multi-year Canada, the United Kingdom, period.

Europe, Australia and Ireland.

St. Louis • Compost strengthens soil Composting advocates will Composting structure. Compost reduces the encourage everyone, everywhere to compost. Come join St. Louis will host events compaction of heavy soil, enhances Composting and learn how to be sandy soil and increases both topat three of our soil and soil fertility while rebuildmore sustainable!

“The Solution to Sustainable worn-out soil. Over time, comcomposting ing Soil and Water” for many, can post makes any type of soil easier mean planting a backyard vegto work with. facilities etable garden; the ultimate way to • Finally, compost can hold six on May 6, 7 times its weight in water, which go green. Fresh produce comes direct from the garden to your reduces the need for irrigation durand 10. table, cutting out the middle man. ing periods of drought.

As any seasoned vegetable gardener will But, perhaps more important to remember attest, the best strategy for boosting yields is to when planting is that using all-natural, STAbuild a better soil by conditioning with comcertified compost is part of a 100% efficient post. Compost delivers four major benefits to recycling cycle. the gardener, all of which help the environICAW focuses on building awareness of ment: composting and its environmental benefits.

• Compost improves plant/turf quality.

Year after year, innovative programs improve Compost reduces spring transplant shock and, community sustainability and promote the use longer term, decreases plant stress response to of compost. Join us in celebrating International Compost Awareness Week and get hands-on with St. Louis Composting with a heaping helping of compost!

To celebrate, St. Louis Composting will host events at three of our composting facilities on May 6, 7 and 10.

Enjoy BBQ, snacks and veggies that grow GREAT in St. Louis Composting’s STACertified compost and soil blends at these three ZERO waste events…

May 6 – Fort Bellefontaine facility in Florissant, Mo. (13060 County Park Road) – 11a.m.

May 7 – Belleville, Ill. facility (5841 Mine Haul Road) – 11a.m.

May 10 – Valley Park, Mo. facility (39 Old Elam Ave.) – 8 – 10a.m. and 11 – 1p.m.

On Saturday, May 10 from 8 – 10a.m.

Mike Miller, Host of KMOX 1120’s Garden Hotline will be broadcasting live from the Valley Park facility. Come by and meet him, chat with St. Louis Composting experts and who knows, maybe you could even be on the radio!

We also will host a ZERO waste lunch from 11 – 1p.m. Our experts will be around to educate customers about compost, its benefits and how to begin backyard composting and enrich your backyard vegetable gardens! No registration is required; just show up ready to COMPOST! Home composters will be available to purchase at the event and all attendees will receive one free cubic yard of compost to take home (offer good for day of workshop only)!

If you cannot make it to any of St. Louis Composting’s exciting ICAW events, be sure to celebrate ICAW at home! Start your own compost pile or incorporate our Black Gold Compost into your lawn, landscaping and gardens and see its benefits for yourself!

For more information about the benefits of compost and composting at home, please visit our website at www.stlcompost.com.

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cross a quarter-century, as of this month, a company of spirit worms has faithfully joined me every week, for just an hour at a time, inviting anyone, anywhere to tune into GREEN ideas, through conversations beamed on airwaves.

In other words, I’ve been hosting “Earthworms” on KDHX for twenty-five years now.

And, like so many other energies flowing from this radio station, the show seems to be a positive influence.

My Dad liked to say, “Stand still long enough and you’re a leader.”

This has certainly proven true for me as an advocate of (as I like to say it) eco-LOGICAL awareness and values. And it has been worth the wait: plugging away for all the years that environmental topics have been perceived as hippy-dippy backwater oddball tree-hugging weirdo stuff, which is manifesting now as (much more) mainstream popular-culture stuff.

People caring about Green ideas is a big step forward. Of course there’s much more awareness and action needed, but a milestone in nudging this shift is a good excuse to tell the story.

It was a happy accident that I became a talk show host. I had been volunteering on fledgling FM-88 for a few months, part of an early-morning show team, when Dave Taylor, my great friend, radio mentor and former KDHX station manager, decided a strip of talk shows would be good across the weekday noon hours.

The KDHX mission, a major driver in those early years, was involving women and minorities in radio broadcasting. I was a woman and I could talk, so Dave figured I should host one of those five new talk shows.

I was flattered, and I agreed. A hitch was that I had no idea about talk shows. Johnny Carson was starring in late-night TV, and a couple of radio legends, like Terry Gross on NPR and Paul Harvey in Chicago, had established a talking niche. But this was 1989, way before the wave of call-in talk show mania, or the flood of talking-head pundits overflowed our popular media.

I was also new to environmental subject matter. People listening to “Earthworms” might think I was born with a Green issue burbling from my mouth, but I was totally Green-illiterate until just before I got on KDHX. It’s true! I was a sophomore in high school in 1970, in Wisconsin, when my own Senator Gaylord Nelson recognized the need for public environmental education and founded the first Earth Day. I have no recollection of this event, whatsoever. Likewise, shortly after I moved to St. Louis, folks about an hour south of here were locked in a fight for their lands and their lives, against

the “done deal” Meramec Dam. “Stop the Dam” ads were playing on every Wehrenberg movie screen, and activists (some who are now my friends) were plastering “Meramec Dam” stickers, statewide, onto the bottom of Stop signs. I was totally ignorant of this too.

It wasn’t until 1988, two months before I got involved with KDHX, that I got hip to any local environmental concerns, when I lucked into the job of coordinating a World Environment Day event at the place that’s now my supremely valued employer, the Missouri Botanical Garden.

I began to meet our area’s Green Giants. Francis Scheidigger, the Kirkwood alderman who started a recycling center by standing, day by day at cans he set up in a parking lot, near where now for decades a Recycling Depository bears his name. Roger Pryor, the red-bearded folk-singing ferocious champion of clean air, clean water and open spaces – who teamed with folks including the exceedingly quiet man who became Missouri’s largest private landowner, Leo Drey – to dog legislative protection of our state’s natural treasures. Kay Drey, Leo’s wife, a towering opponent of nuclear energy who’s still one of, if not the leading, citizen expert on nuclear energy issues, nationally. And others: Mary Hall, Wilma Kennell and Louise Green, leaders here of the United Nations Association and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. Lewis Green, Louise’s husband, the fierce legal eagle whose lawsuits tirelessly worked to turn rapacious tides – and whose non-profit legacy, the Great Rivers Environmental Law Center, continues this vital work. They came into my life “out of the blue,” my teachers, my Environmental Elders.

When I started hosting Earthworms, incredibly knowledgeable, dedicated folks like these responded to my requests for interviews. They were willing to talk to me – a person who knew next to nothing about what they were trying to accomplish – and they respected what I was inexpertly trying to do, get environmental information out there to the listening public.

I really didn’t know beans about these topics, but I was interested, I took notes as we talked, I researched the issues before I interviewed. I did my best to ask good questions. And I gave my airtime – my precious hour every week - to the issues, the causes and the groups that couldn’t simply buy it, still a priority for my shows today.

I enjoyed a radio conversation recently with Eric and Crystal Stevens, who organically farm LaVista CSA, up in Godfrey Illinois.

Among many other lively details, we discussed how they are featured on the cover of a national health magazine as “The New Face of Farming.”

We talked soil, economics, family fun, community benefits of local

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food production – and much more. As these lovely, productive, creative humans were leaving the studio, Eric shared something based on a date we had mentioned, 1997, when The Healthy Planet magazine was first published.

“I was in high school,” he said, “thinking about how I could make a difference in the world. I was listening to ‘Earthworms’ on KDHX and reading The Healthy Planet.

I decided I would work for the Earth, as a farmer.”

This story’s moral is that anyone, anytime can flip the Green light on in heart and mind, and do some (maybe a lot of) Green good. Opportunities are unlimited.

Happy Earth Day from Earthworms! I am so grateful to be of service.

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Metro Electric Supply and Metro Lighting can conduct an audit to help your business or home reduce energy usage and operating costs, and also provide the equipment to ensure a quick payback for your project.

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he Sustainable Backyard Tour, held annually in June, is a unique opportunity to see firsthand how homeowners in St. Louis City and County are transforming their yards in a range of environmentally sensitive ways.

Attendees design their own routes and set their own pace, choosing from addresses and descriptions in the tour booklet which will be available around town and online beginning midJune.

More than 80 families have welcomed tour goers into their yards over the past three years, demonstrating such practices as composting, organic gardening, chicken and beekeeping, native plant landscaping, rainwater conservation, renewable energy production and backyard habitat creation.

As the tour grows, more hosts are needed to keep things interesting as well as to give past hosts a break.

“We have a few charter hosts, who’ve been generous enough to be on tour every year, but we always want new yards to show that these things can be done anywhere,” says tour founder Terry Winkelmann. “Practices like homesteading and edible landscaping are spreading into every neighborhood and municipality—we want to find the trailblazers so we can shine a light on their efforts.”

While many host sites are traditional backyards, this year apartment buildings, rooftops, front yards, and school gardens are particularly encouraged. The deadline to register or suggest a potential host is May 1st.

Visit www.sustainablebackyardtour.com for details and a link to the online registry. Isn’t it time YOU go green?

This year’s community partners include Slow Food St. Louis, Grow Native!, the St. Louis Audubon Society, and the Saint Louis Beekeepers. Media partners include The Healthy Planet magazine, Gateway Gardener, and R3 St. Louis. The tour is Sun., June 22, 11a.m. to 4 p.m.

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by Phil Berwick, Certified ISA Arborist

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arm days woo woody vessels to open, while winds exercise the boughs in coordination with the trees’ inner plumbing and pumping. If trimming happens as trees awaken, then preferably only dead wood should be taken.

Oaks and Elms must have tree paint applied if they must be trimmed, for open pruning wounds will attract carriers of vascular disease.

It’s better to not prune a tree than to prune it wrong.

Pruning of live branches should be few and far between, and is best done during dormancy when a tree’s sustenance is stored in the root zones. It’s detrimental to remove a lot of live limbs when the ‘sap’s up’.

Tree 'topping' is a common chainsaw disease. There are reasons to not let someone ascend into your tree to trim. • If they are wearing spikes. • If all they carry is a chainsaw and not a handsaw. • If they use the T word!(topping).

Branches prone to breaking can be properly reduced with the tree left looking like a tree. But when it’s topped, the original strong wood is replaced by rapidly growing shoots (secondary wood) which will break all the more.

Trees were designed to seal over properly placed pruning wounds.

When trees are not trimmed according to their design, and carefully cut back to what I call the healing zone, (the branch bark collar), hollows develop and branches fail. ‘Adventitious buds’ are positioned just under the bark and remain there unless a tree’s top is denuded by a strong wind.

Without the miracle engine of photosynthesis, trees starve.

So these latent buds are signaled to action, and quickly sprout leaves so that photosynthesis is only briefly disrupted.

This is why a tree reacts by ‘bushing’ out profusely when topped by a chainsaw instead of a storm.

Whenever a limb larger than 5 inches in diameter is ‘flush cut’ back to the trunk, there is a chance that the pruning wound will desiccate and a hollow will eventually develop before the callous growth can roll over and seal the wound. It’s better for the health and longevity of the tree to trim many smaller branches than to cut off large limbs and sections.

When thinking that ‘you get what you pay for’, consider that when it comes to trimming trees, more is less and less is more.

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Why Grow Heirlooms?

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uality Modern vegetable breeding has yielded some useful varieties, but at a price: quality has been sacrificed to convenience in harvesting and shipping. Crops have been bred for uniformity, or to ripen all at once (simplifying mechanical harvesting), or to withstand rough handling.

Quality, taste, and nutritional value have been casualties of this trend. Hybrid types often lack complexity and depth in their flavor, since appearance and shippability are so much more important under a mass-marketing paradigm. Tenderness and fine texture have also often fallen by the wayside. And, increasingly, studies are showing that the nutritional values in factory-farmed produce are actually lower. Agribusiness is okay with that, but agribusiness standards don't apply in the home garden!

Performance: Despite heirlooms' reputation for being finicky, this really needn't be the case. Heirloom varieties are often the product of generations of careful selection by farmers and gardeners who knew what they wanted from their plants. If a variety has been carefully nurtured by generations of a family or in a small geographic area, it stands to reason that it must perform well in the conditions under which it has been preserved. So, by choosing varieties from your own area, or from similar climates, it's possible to select varieties that will be vigorous and productive in your own garden.

SavinG Seed: A great advantage of heirlooms is the fact that true-to-type seed may be saved for use in future years, and renewed year after year! You can't do this with hybrids; if you save seed grown from hybrid parents, offspring will show wide variation and will usually be markedly inferior to the parents. In fact, careful selection in your own garden can actually produce a unique strain, resulting in even better performance under your unique conditions and methods!

April, 2014 TradiTion & conTinuiTy Heirloom Vegetables represent a priceless legacy, the product of centuries of work by generations of farmers around the globe. When we grow heirlooms, we are the living link in the chain. We take our turn in a succession of growers, each generation of which cherished their favorite varieties and lovingly preserved fresh seed for coming years. As the current custodians, get to make our mark, passing on in turn the varieties we love most. Heirloom seeds are our living legacy, bequeathed to us from the past, and passed on to posterity! oPen-PollinaTed, Hybrid, Heirloom?

Gardeners are sometimes baffled by these terms, frequently seen in seed catalogs: oPen-PollinaTed: Seeds are produced in a stand whose members are similar, breeding freely by natural means. The genetic makeup of the parents is fairly uniform, so their offspring are also uniform. There is still some breeding work being done with open-pollinated varieties,especially within the heirloom community, utilizing existing heirlooms to yield new open-pollinated types.

Hybrid: Two quite different parents from highly inbred lines, are crossed under controlled conditions.

Since the offspring carry genetic material from two different lines, if their seed is saved, the next generation reverts to something similar to the two parent lines, which may be quite different from each other, resulting in a lot of variation in the second generation. Many of the individual plants will be inferior to their parents.

Heirloom: Always open-pollinated, usually at least 50 years old. Some heirlooms may have been the product of university breeding in the days before hybrids were preferred, but often arose on an individual farm, within a particular family or group of people who shared their seeds.

For more information on Heirloom Seeds, please visit online at www.rareseeds.com or go to www.theheirloomexpo.com.

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by Kari Hartel, RD, LD Program Coordinator, Cooking Matters, Operation Food Search

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ftentimes in America a meal is centered on meat, and vegetables are often an afterthought.

However, it’s beneficial not only for your body but also for the environment to cut back on the amount of meat you consume. In fact, a new study just revealed that eating too much animalbased protein could lead to an early death. You can get plenty of protein from plant-based foods and eggs. Beans, nuts, seeds, legumes, eggs, tofu and certain vegetables and grains are healthy, nutrient-dense forms of protein that are low in saturated fat.

Here are some easy tips to help you make delicious meatless meals: • If a recipe calls for ground meat, simply replace one ounce of meat with a quarter cup of cooked beans or lentils. • Try grilling large portabella mushroom caps in place of burgers. • Bake a frittata for breakfast, lunch or dinner, or top roasted veggies or a salad with a poached egg. • Bulk up a vegetable soup with protein-rich tofu (crumble up soft tofu into your soup) or use diced firm or extra-firm tofu in a vegetable stirfry. You can also make meatless kabobs with cubes of marinated extra-firm tofu and thick cuts of vegetables such as onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, or even fruits like juicy fresh pineapple or peaches.

• Quick-cooking quinoa is a whole grain that is also a complete protein.

Quinoa has a wonderful taste and texture and can be used as an alternative to pasta or rice in many dishes. • Delete the meat atop your salad and instead toss in some nuts or seeds to pump up the protein. To boost their flavor, toast the nuts or seeds in a skillet beforehand. • Go exotic and make a Thai peanut butter sauce to spread over various meat-free options.

Simply combine 1/4 cup of peanut butter (or other nut butter) with 1/3 cup warm water and then add 1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce, 2 Tablespoons cider vinegar, and 4 teaspoons of sugar. Pour the peanut sauce over cooked veggies, whole-wheat pasta or brown rice.

Operation Food Search is pleased to partner with the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri for April Showers, a community-wide personal care item drive. Last year’s drive brought us more than a million care items to distribute to our neighbors in need. The items secured through this major collection (soap, toilet paper, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, etc.) are not a luxury – they are essential to health, hygiene, and self-esteem, yet are often costly and not covered by food stamps. Please mark your calendar with these important dates and make a contribution to this year’s April Showers collection: April 4 – 6: Bag distribution; April 5: Showering the Community event at area Walmart stores; April 12: Bag collection.

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3 Reasons to Grow and Eat Organic

by Brigitte Zettl of Crown Valley Organics

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To know for certain that something is organic, look for the USDA Certified Organic logo.

There are two main guidelines required for farms and greenhouses to be certified: The plant must be grown without the use of synthetic chemicals. An organic grower works with nature simulating the balance of a healthy ecosystem, gently tipping the scales in favor of their crops. Conversely conventional agriculture depends on harsh synthetic chemicals like organophosphates.

The plant must not have been propagated from a genetically modified organism (GMO).

A GMO plant has had its genetic material altered in a way that would not occur in nature.

For example, to create a more cold tolerant tomato, scientists have inserted fish genes into tomato DNA. Why should you care?

1) Your HEALTH, Foods grown organically have been shown to have higher nutritional value and are usually more flavorful than con-

A connection with our food and farms is part of being human. ventionally grown foods. Besides being better for you, organic foods are safer for you too!

Studies have linked organophosphates to 16 types of cancer. If you were to be tested for this chemical today, odds are you would have it in your blood, fat and urine. The long term effects of GMOs on our bodies are untested and unknown, however these crops are grown using high levels of organophosphates.

2) The ENVIRONMENT, Pesticides like those used in conventional agriculture don’t just kill the target. Populations of pollinators like bees are being dramatically affected by these chemicals. No pollinators, no food.

Synthetic fertilizers are cited as major contaminants of our water supply. In a recent review the EPA reported only 5% of our nations streams were in good health. Crossbreeding with GMOs is causing the genetic integrity of crops cultivated by our ancestors to be irreversibly altered.

3) SOCIETY, Advocates argue that more food can be grown by one person using conventional agriculture. However, what happens to all the jobs when only one person and a machine are needed to grow hundreds of people’s food? Bio-intensive organic agriculture takes more hands, but produces more food per acre. CULTURE comes from Agriculture.

Humans would not have settled in one place long enough to develop civilization without it.

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Interested in starting your own garden in 2014?

Gardening is as easy as you want it to be.

by Crystal Moore-Stevens

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good hands-on introduction to gardening can begin in a kitchen window. Fresh herbs are a great place to start.

Culinary herbs are highly medicinal, fresh and dried. They serve a dual purpose and therefore are incredibly important to have on hand. Most standard culinary herbs do well inside in pots next to a south facing window. Outdoor herb gardens not only create a gorgeous edible landscape, but also attract pollinators.

Vegetable gardening has been traditionally thought of as growing vegetables in backyards that get full sun but there are many individuals and groups that are challenging that notion. With the boom in aeroponics and aquaponics, many do-it-yourselfers are bringing gardening to the next level. Wherever you grow, vegetable gardening has many benefits.

Imagine yourself this spring in a warm and sunlit area of your yard, planting your own vegetable garden.

You could be providing fresh organically grown produce for your friends and family all summer long.

Benefits of organic gardening are remarkable: • Know exactly how your food is being grown without having to worry about unsafe pesticides.

• Organically grown freshly picked vegetables provide an excellent source of vitamins, minerals and nutrients to your diet. Their taste is fresh, crisp and delightful. They are packed with authentic flavor.

• Cut costs tremendously at the super market by growing your own produce.

• The joy of witnessing the firsthand experience of the seed to table connection is immeasurable.

Materials and supplies helpful for successful gardening: • Seed starting trays, terra cotta pots and wooden planters (for transplanting/container gardening) • River rocks, loose gravel, or sand (to line the bottom of your pots for adequate drainage) • Nutrient rich potting soil (we go through a great company called Beautiful Land Products) • Watering can or hose • Compost (broken down of course) Patience and a little time to weed and water your plants. Think of it as your meditation hour. Try to take this one hour to disconnect to the world around you and turn off your electronic devices. Use this hour per week to ground yourself, to focus on your breath, to dedicate energy to making your plant friends thrive.

Start with herbs that you would typically buy fresh at the market (basil, chives, rosemary, thyme, sage, oregano, parsley, dill, cilantro). Some herbs are perennials, some are annuals, and some are biennials. Do your research and make yourself a handy chart of all the things you are growing. Include seeding recommendations, spacing, light requirements, and other important information in a garden binder. I suggest keeping a journal to record the steps you took, the dates you planted, and the varieties of seeds and plants you chose.

Once your plants start thriving, chances are you will want to keep on growing! You might find yourself with a tiny jungle on your balcony. Based on my experience, I have found that certain small details seem to meld into one another over time. So keeping a record of your green thumb adventures can help you out year after year. Instinct gardening is equally fun and rewarding and surprisingly has the tendency to work well. article continues on next page

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here are many Healthy Planet readers who are proud members of the Ameren Missouri Pure Power program. This article is aimed at you. We want you to fully understand that when you participate in the Ameren Missouri Pure Power program, you are supporting new, renewable energy generation in several different ways.

First, whether you are a 100% participant or purchase a fixed $10 “block” of Pure Power each month, a portion of your monthly premium is dedicated to purchasing Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). Since 2009, all the RECs sold through the Pure Power program were purchased from Farmer’s City wind farm, a

Starting Your Own Garden from page 20

Gardening, Helpful Hints: The most important component to a healthy garden is healthy soil. Have a soil test done or build up your soil with organic matter such as grass clippings, leaves, compost. Organic fertilizers will add micronutrients to your soil and can be purchased from many local companies including Worm’s Way and Garden Heights Nursery.

Choose an area that gets full sun for at least 6-8 hours per day.

The winter is a great time to start planning your garden and ordering seeds. Seedsofchange.com has an excellent variety of Organic Seeds. Morgan County Seeds and Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds are great local sources.

Organize your seeds according to planting dates.

In this region, the following fruits and vegetables are well suited to be planted in early Spring; broccoli, cabbage, spinach, carrots, peas, chard, salad mix, lettuce, radishes, potatoes, onions, scallions, strawberries, beets & turnips.

In late spring, tomatoes, summer squash, cucumbers, melons, peppers, beans, okra, raspberries, blackberries, and herbs such as basil and dill can be planted to enjoy in the summer.

In the summer, plant the same crops you planted in early spring, as well as sweet potatoes, winter squash, and cauliflower to enjoy in the fall.

Start the following seeds indoors under grow lights mid February through mid April; broccoli, cabbage, onions, eggplant & early tomatoes.

You may also purchase established vegetable plants & transplant them into your garden. Garden Heights Nursery in Saint Louis is an excellent source for Organic vegetable starts. www.gardenheights.com Plan the layout of your garden. There are a number of books available at your local library on vegetable gardening which offer garden plans ranging from raised beds to acre plantings.

If you have a large garden space that gets plenty of sun, till your space as soon as the ground is ready. Your goal should be a fine tilth soil. Be sure to add plenty of compost, bags of leaves, grass clippings, and cow or horse manure before you till. These amendments will feed your plants throughout the year.

Raised beds can easily create raised beds with straw bales, cinder blocks, or untreated scrap wood. In a raised bed, the bottom layer should be leaves, followed by straw, grass clippings and more leaves, and compost.

Finally, your top layer should be well decomposed compost mixed with topsoil. You want your top layer to have a fine tilth so that it is easy to sow seeds.

By the time your beds are ready, in early March, the following seeds can be sown in the ground; carrots, beets, spinach, peas, parsley and cilantro. Mid March is a great time to transplant the cool weather seedlings you have started indoors. Be sure to mulch your transplants in with straw to beat the weeds.

Weed regularly and use soaker hoses on your beds. Keep your seed beds well watered until they sprout. Water on a regular basis once plants are established.

You can repeat the process with warm season crops and then again for fall crops. Just follow a planting

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By following these steps, you will acquire a green thumb in no time and will be enjoying a lovely garden and a bountiful harvest of fresh, homegrown, seasonal, organically grown produce this Summer & Fall. Avid Vegetable Gardeners are able to enjoy the fruits of their labor from April until November.

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Paradox of Alkaline Diet / Anti-Oxidant Supplements:

Diametrical Effects of Too Much Too Good Stuffs

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oo much of what we think of as “good for you” might not be.

However it might be even more harmful than you may think. Professor Randolph Howes, MD., Ph.D. spoke on the danger and myth of the virtue of anti-oxidant supplements at the ACAM (American College of Advanced Medicine) conference in 2013.

He said anti-oxidant supplements, especially fat soluble beta-carotene and vitamin E, are harmful. He is backing up his claims with a whole list of references.

His lecture seems contrarian. Therefore, I have decided to write about the nature of the paradox, diametrical effects of alkaline diet, and the anti-oxidant supplements myth. Diametric means being at the opposite extremes as “in diametric contradiction.”

An alkaline diet and anti-oxidant supplements have been long standing recommendations by alternative, integrative medical doctors and holistic nutritionists. These are the foundational nutritional therapy for all chronic disease. In general, I believe and follow an alkalizing diet and anti-oxidant supplements for myself and for most of my patients. I said “I believe” because every book and lecture at conferences I attend always say to alkalize the body and take more anti-oxidant. I have been well indoctrinated by experts.

Is it possible that a health guru has been promoting the wrong kind of diet for millions of people by recommending an alkalizing diet and anti-oxidant supplements? The expert’s mantra is to alkalize with an Alkalizing Diet, eat more fruits and green vegetables, and drink alkalized water until green sprouts come out of your ears. I believed them. I tried it on myself and my patients. The responses have not always been consistent but rather unpredictable.

If your patients do not respond to an Alkalizing Diet, the tendency is to push more green vegetables because you thought they are not getting enough vegetables. However, they feel worse the more they eat fruits and vegetables. Why? What is happening to their bodies?

My first experience was twenty some years ago when I started exploring alternative medicine while I was working in managed health care. A young man came to see me with a general malaise and fatigue.

His dietary habit was terrible with eating sugar coated cup cake, donuts, chips, soda, and fast foods as his main diet. I told him to stop eating all junk foods, eat more fruits and vegetables, and drink water.

One month later, I was expecting him to feel much better. To my surprise, he told me that he felt worse than ever before. I thought he was going through a detox phase with Herxheimer’s reaction and told him to continue more fruits and vegetables and no junk food. When he came back again, he did not feel any better. He told me he is going back to his usual diet.

I was at a loss, speechless, and dumbfounded that my recommendation, which is based on nutritional experts’ alkalizing diet, made him feel worse. Since then I learned about biochemical individuality as discussed by Roger Williams, metabolic individuality (fast or slow oxidizer) discussed by George Watson, and food allergies discussed by my mentor, Harvey Walker, MD, Ph.D. General dietary recommendations are far more complex than I had imagined.

Recommendations must reflect the overall biological terrain of the individual based on pH (acid/base), redox (reduction oxidation potential), and resistivity.

Too much of what we think is good for us may do more harm than we may realize.

For example, some cancer patients are too alkaline in their blood and may need more acidic foods including consuming apple cider vinegar, saturated fatty acids from butter, bacon and eggs, or meat rather than a more alkalizing diet with fruits and vegetables. Many cancer patients need more pro-oxidant therapy with ozone/hydrogen peroxide therapy and

minimum anti-oxidant supplements. The Ketogenic Diet which promotes acids and pro-oxidants might be better than an alkalizing diet for many chronic fatigue and cancer patients.

Professor Randolph Howes, MD, Ph.D. gave a lecture titled, Oxidation and Mitochondrial Function: Antioxidant Snake Oil, at ACAM ( American College of Advanced Medicine) in 2013. He discussed the danger of over consuming anti-oxidant supplements, especially fat soluble anti-oxidants from beta carotene and vitamin E. He is a researcher, prolific writer, and wrote many books including, Danger of Excessive Antioxidants in Cancer Patients and U.T.O.P.I.A. (Unified Theory of Oxygen Participation in Aerobiosis).

He proposed that cancer is allowed to occur due to a deficient microenvironment of EMOD (electronically modified oxygen derivatives), aka, free radical oxygen species production. He said excessive consumption of antioxidants may do more harm to chronic fatigue and cancer patients.

High dose Vitamin C IV infusion has a dual role as an antioxidant plus pro-oxidants at the cellular level (paradox of diametrical effects, fancy words for Yin/Yang effects). It may also enhance chemotherapy while simultaneously exhibiting a protective role from chemotherapy. Linus Pauling, champion of vitamin C and two times Nobel Prize winner, ingested up to 25 grams of vitamin C daily and, allegedly, died of cancer at age 92. Is this the paradox of diametrical effects of vitamin C? Are you still with me? I hope I am not confusing you with the miracle of an alkaline diet for pH acid/base balance and the miracle of antioxidant supplementations hype because nature operates in Yin/Yang effects. There is no perfect answer to how much you need when there are constant fluctuations of paradox of the diametrical effects.

The St. Louis Post Dispatch covered the vitamin C controversy on February 6, 2014 in their health section, as it was originally covered by the Los Angeles Times. Dr. Jean Drisko, MD, director of integrative medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center, published that intravenous high dose vitamin C therapy boosted chemotherapy when high concentrations of vitamin C entered the spaces between cells and formed hydrogen peroxide.

Hydrogen peroxide in the cell damages cancer cells DNA, stresses their metabolism, and inhibits their growth. It improved the effectiveness of traditional chemotherapy agents like carboplatin and paclitaxel.

How much you need for antioxidant/pro-oxidants or acid/base balance with an acid/alkaline forming diet is still an educated guess. By measuring the pH, redox potential, and resistivity of blood, saliva and urine (the basis of the biological terrain assessment), the paradox of the diametrical effects can be monitored. For more information, you may read my short article on Biological Terrain on my web site.

I believe Dr. Howes is warning us about some of the danger of excessive use of fat soluble antioxidants, especially from beta carotene and vitamin E, when blind faith is used. We need to take his advice seriously. Treat patients based on their biochemical, metabolic, and biological individuality. Antioxidant supplements are not for everyone.

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“Belly Fat Frustration? It May Not Be Your Fault”

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Dear Seeker of Health & Fitness, Be honest with yourself. Do you like what you see when you look in the mirror—especially a full-length mirror? Do you want to turn back the hands of time? Has your quality of life been diminishing a little bit here and a little bit there because your appearance, health, energy, and resilience are slowly slipping from your grasp? And do you feel stymied because you don’t quite know what steps to take next, even though you’re battered on every side by lifestyle advice from family, friends, and countless “authorities”? More diets, more fads, more opinions?

At the heart of it all, you don’t like what is physically happening to you. And you’re not stupid. But intelligence has little to do with it. The all-too-human truth is this: Most people in your shoes continue to react in ways that harm themselves over time! Why is that? Because the emotional distress that comes with body distortion and premature aging begs for relief, NOW! The desire for quick relief simply overwhelms rational thinking about possible long-term damage and failure. Let’s face it: for many overweight people, this is a desperate struggle. You may even be one of those desperate strugglers, running from diet to diet, and gym to gym, but with little to show for it.

For such desperation, anything that seems to offer a quick, easy answer to weight loss, cellulite reduction, or other health and fitness problems is a straw worth grasping for. But that’s precisely the problem. Everywhere you look, people are offering you only straws to grasp, straws that come with great promises of quick, easy solutions (but their disclaimers about “atypical” results tell the truth).

Somehow the promises just don’t pan out because straws, no matter what shiny, new packages they are wrapped in, are still straws! Each new weight-loss fad brings new hope, but hope is not a stable course of action! Working with scientific facts and principles is. You see, re-education is your missing link to a more youthful appearance, higher level of wellness, and greater quality of life. Re-education is how you create success with permanent weight loss.

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Camp F.R.E.S.H. Chess, Adventure Theatre, Lego Robotics, and Engineering and Architecture. We welcome both current CDS families and non-CDS families to spend the summer with us and experience our highly personalized approach to education and community at Chesterfield Day School.

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Chesterfield Montessori School offers a quality, funfilled summer program for children ages 2-1/2 –12. We have a beautiful facility on five acres with a large swimming pool and two tennis courts. CMS offers a good balance of indoor and outdoor activities, including swimming and tennis lessons, sports, arts and crafts, gardening and an AMI Montessori education. Enrollment is half or full day. Extended care and catered lunch are available at additional cost. Sessions run from June 2nd through August 15th. To learn more about this exceptional summer program, contact Chesterfield Montessori School at info@chesterfieldmontessori.org or (314) 469-7150.

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CRAFT ALLIANCE SUMMER ART CAMpS Craft Alliance Art Centers offers fun and creative art camps for ages 4-18 in the Delmar Loop and Grand Center. One-week morning and afternoon camps and late afternoon teen camps are available June 2-August 15. Explore hot glass, pottery wheel, jewelry making, digital darkroom, textile design, cartooning and more. High school students can spend two weeks immersed in the art world in the Grand Arts Camp, in collaboration with Saint Louis University, July 21-Aug 1. Teens 15-18 can become a Summer Camp Intern and work with the younger campers and our artist instructors. Visit www.craftalliance.org for more information.

COUNTRYSIDE MONTESSORI SUMMER CAMp Give your child a summer to remember!

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instruction/free swim/water play, art activities, outdoor play and gardening. Our younger campers will enjoy daily pony rides, water play, Montessori class time and art activities. Countryside offers a ten-week summer camp from June 2nd -August 8th. Camp hours: 8:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. with a Full Day Option (8:15 a.m.-3:15 p.m.) or Extended Hours (7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.) You can register for as little as two weeks or for all ten weeks! Countryside is located at 12226 Ladue Road in Creve Coeur and was established in 1964. Call 314-434-2821 or visit www.montessori4children.com to learn more.

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Jr. Science Searchers and Math, Marvels & More students delve into oceans, rainforests, math, science and creative expression. Extraordinary teachers, field trips, experiments, simulations, and a fantastic physical activity component make it an unforgettable summer.

Three two-week, full-day sesRocking J Ranch Summer sions are offered at centrally located Crossroads College Day Camps Preparatory School, for students in kindergarten through 8th grade. Before/After Care is available. Go to www.giftedresourcecounGifteD ReSOuRCe COunCiL cil.org for brochure/application or call 314-962SuMMeR aCaDeMieS 5920.

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y SUMMER CAMPS y Animal Adventures Summer Classes • 3-hour animal encounters • Learn about finned, furry & feathered friends • Play fun pet-related games & make crafts • A cool way to spend a hot day!

Humane Society of Missouri Summer Programs

Humane Society Summer ProgramS CALLING ALL KIDS! Do you love animals? Do you want to have fun and learn lots of fantastic facts about animals? We have the perfect classes for you. Don’t worry…NO homework or tests!

The Humane Society of Missouri’s Animal Adventures programs are three-hour “animal encounters” where you’ll learn about your favorite finned, furry or feathered friends and make a great keepsake to take home. Check out the fun and register at www.hsmo.org or call 314/951-1572. Tell all your friends! It’s a cool way to spend part of a hot, summer day!

Have Fun Under the Sun with CDS this Summer!

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raintree ScHooL Summer ProgramS From prairies to riverbanks, woodland to wetlands, young adventurers will see it all. Campers will go off the beaten path as they explore the wild side of our city. Whether trekking through the forest at Castlewood or running through flowering prairies at Shaw, campers will learn the science

YMCA Camp Lakewood and art of our great outdoors. Raintree’s Wildlands Trek is guided by degreed and certified teachers who will help each young child explore the mysteries and magic of the outdoors. With field trips every week, special guests, art encounters, science experiments, and community service, it’s sure to be a fascinating summer at Raintree!

For information visit www.raintreeschool.org

rocking j rancH Summer day camPS HORSES? SUMMER CAMPS IN HIGH RIDGE: Children and adults (ALL LEVELS) Open House: Sunday, May 4 (2-5pm) Rain or shine! Kids ride in arena, refreshments, and a chance to win a Trail Ride for 4 worth $200 with every enrollment that day. Drawing after enrollments. Imagine riding in the beautiful foothills of High Ridge. Learn to groom, tack, feed, stall-cleaning, trail ride and ride in a horse show. Friendly wranglers, guarantee a memorable experience. 1-day and 5-day camps and lessons. Enrollment form on web site. Lessons/trail rides, leasing, boarding, parties. Rocking J Bonfires & Parties LLC, www.rockingj.com.

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St. Louis Language Immersion School’s Summer Camps ible extended care options are available for busy parents.

Register online at www.SLSC.org or call with questions. Don’t forget to ask about our special discounts for members! Call (314) 289-4439 or (800) 456-SLSC x4439 or visit online at www.slsc.org.

Immerse your child into language and culture this summer at The St.Louis Language Immersion School’s Summer Camps. Camp Voilá (French) is June 23-27, Camp Olé (Spanish) is July 7-11 and July 14-18 and Camp International is July 21-25. Explore a Ymca of greater different language and culture each St. LouiS DaY week with fun games, crafts, music, campS activities and field trips. Camps are TIME TO BE A KID. For more than 130 years, Y camps have been from 9am-4pm daily with before and Chesterfield Montessori providing kids opportunities to aftercare available. Registration forms Summer Camp learn, have fun, and create lasting online at www.sllis.org or contact friendships. Y camps have someSara Asmus (314) 533-0975 or thing for every interest – from traditional outdoor sara.asmus@sllis.org for more information. Early bird camps to dozens of “specialty” camps involving excitdiscount ends April 5th! ing adventures and themes, sports, games, arts, dance, and much more. Sign up at any one of 17 Y branches Saint LouiS Science center that offer camps. Ages 3 to 16. Camps run all summer Summer Science BLaSt campS from May 28 to August 9. Half-day and full-day camps Have a blast at the Saint Louis Science Center’s available. Check out our DISCOUNTS! Call 314-436Summer Camp! Learn how to fly a real airplane, build 1177 or register online at ymcastlouis.org. a roller coaster or develop your very own video game!

Amazing feats are everyday occurrences at Summer Science Blast! This year we are offering 8 weeks of camp for Pre-K through 10th grade. Camp opens June 2 and runs through Aug. 1. Half-day, full-day, and flex-

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ence for campers, by getting them outdoors to connect with nature, while having fun, making new friends, and learning new skills. Located only 90 minutes south of St. Louis, Camp Lakewood is home to a 360-acre lake, 5,000 acres of hills, caves, creeks, and more; creating many opportunities for adventure, exploration and experiential learning. Camp Lakewood staff and programs help campers grow into well-rounded individu-

als. At camp, we're growing great kids within an incredibly fun and safe environment where they feel comfortable being their "favorite me."www.camplakewood.org, 1-888-FUN-YMCA. If you would like to have your camp or summer program listed in our May Guide, call 314-962-7748.

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Stories & Resources For Young People & Their Families

Gifted Resource Council’s ECO Academy Summer Program Blends Ecological Responsibility and Economic Challenges

by Susan Flesch

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hat do landfills have to do with recycling?

Sustainability with financial profits? Politics with business plans?

Academically talented students, grades 3-8, will ask these and other important questions when they explore the tradeoffs between economic desires and environmental realities in ECO Academy, June 16 – 27.

ECO Academy, blending ECO-nomics + ECO-logy, is one of 11 Summer Academies sponsored by Gifted Resource Council (GRC). The council has sponsored high-interest, hands-on enrichment programs for bright students since 1983. GRC’s 2014 Summer Academies will be located at Crossroads College Preparatory School in the Central West End. Students in ECO Academy explore the relationship between ecological responsibility and

economic entrepreneurship. They form a company, sell stock to family and friends, divide responsibilities, research needs and materials, design and make a product, develop and execute a marketing plan while remaining environmentally responsible.

Working as a team, these young ECO entrepreneurs will turn discarded tile into garden stepping stones. In the process, they benefit the environment, learn important lessons about business and ecology while potentially making a profit for their startup business.

The experience of thinking critically about Mthe interaction of our environment and our economy will empower them to be more effective stewards of the environment as adults. For more information, visit www.giftedresourcecouncil.org/sumacad.htm or call 314-962-5920.

This program will empower the children to be more effective stewards of the environment as adults.

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Art & Nature Summer Camp Offered

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hen I was a child, I played outside all day, every day, catching tiny frogs and fireflies, watching the clouds for the pictures that they created, building tiny gardens for small unseen friends. These days children are inside more than ever connected to the world through screens, large and small. This modern trend has been documented and commented upon as 'Nature Deficit Disorder' and children are needing help in finding a relation ship to the natural world that came easily in my own childhood. This summer I am offering a summer camp where the children will spend time outside in my yard filled with native plants, butterfly and rain gardens learning some basic information about the ecological web including names of butterflies and their host plants. After playing and learning outside, we will travel indoors to create an artistic response to our nature experience in a plethora of media. We may paint a translucent watercolor painting or use modeling beeswax or clay to create some of the animals or flowers we have seen. We may knit or sew some birds or other animals

to take home. We may sew some small dolls and create a puppet play of a Space story to share GRC’s Academy (Grades 1-5) with the parents. We may create a picture of colored wool fibers on a wool felt background of a scene with a tree and sky and little creaFor more than 25 years, helping boys & teenage boys tures. We may work with wood to create a fine fairy excel academically, socially, & emotionally through: house or some blocks to • Pet Assisted Therapy • Play Therapy • Talking Therapy take home. There are so Jmany possibilities! And, Where caring, competence, and integrity make all the difference. of course, when we are 10900 Manchester Road, Suite 201 hungry, there will be Kirkwood, Missouri 63122 • 314-966-0880 home-made bread and Ancient Academy (Grades 3-8) other whole foods to share with our friends. Each day will include singing, nature experiences, a

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Glenda Moore, who Beyond Solar System: Finding Something Like Home! has degrees the in elementary education with minors in art education and ceramics, will teach this Early 20th Change IS the Frontier! wonderful camp for 6 to 12 year olds.Century: Openended art experiences will adapt to different levels of skill. Glenda has taught children for many years and had her own school from 2000 to 2012. These weekend and summer classes are her next chapter in an unfolding journey. Classes are offered on Saturdays and

a five-day summer camp beginning in June.

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Raintree School Students Become Shark Experts as They Learn from the “Shark Lady”

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re-kindergarteners at Raintree School (Raintree) in Ballwin are undergoing a deep-sea study of sharks with the help of the “Shark Lady” during their semester-long project.

Children at the nature-inspired kindergarten and preschool have been learning about sharks and will now learn from the best: Eugenie Clark. Clark (AKA: the Shark Lady) is a world-renowned ichthyologist known for her research on poisonous fish of the tropical seas and on the behavior of sharks. She is also a pioneer in the field of scuba diving for research purposes and is the founding director of Mote Marine Laboratory: Center for Shark Research in Sarasota, Florida, where at age 91, she continues her research.

“Like most children, our students are fascinated by sharks, and at Raintree, we feed their intellectual curiosity by giving children the freedom to choose their topics of study,” said Brandi Cartwright, co-founder and academic dean at Raintree. “Having the ability to interact with Eugenie Clark gives the four and five-year old children a powerful connection from their passionate pursuits to the science happening all over the world.”

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The community of young children began the school year with an interest in sharks. They took that interest and turned it into a long-term, collaborative project. The project included having the kids draw pictures of their favorite shark species and write letters to Clark. In their letters, students asked her questions about marine life and sharks.

She responded to the students with a drawing of her own, thanking them for their sweet words and impressive illustrations, and answered many of their questions.

For example, the students took interest in a shark’s fins and asked Clark for details about the varying sizes of the creature’s most iconic warning sign. “The size of a shark’s fin depends on its size and species,” responded Clark.

“The thresher shark has a very long tail, and the oceanic white tip shark has long pectoral fins. The dorsal fin of the

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six gill shark is small compared to its body length.”

Amid their in-depth marine studies, these young shark experts inquired about the unusually small eyes on one of the ocean’s largest occupants – the whale shark. “The eyes of a whale shark are small probably because they depend more on their other senses, such as olfactory (nostrils), to find food. The Eugenie Clark adult nurse shark is almost blind the “Shark Lady” and easily finds food using other senses. They eyes of a great white shark look black.”

“The whole experience working with the children has been just as rewarding for me. It’s exciting to see these young minds so interested in marine life,” said Clark.

“Children have a unique way of looking at things, which

can be refreshing.”

About Raintree School Raintree School is a private kindergarten and preschool that offers part-time and full-time educational programs for two year olds, preschoolers and kindergarteners, as well as before- and after-school care and a summer camp for children up to age six. They are only one of a few Reggio Emilia-inspired schools in the St. Louis area and when they move to their new, 11-acre wooded campus this winter in Town and Country, they will become the only Forest School in Missouri. Forest Schools are a type of outdoor education that introduces young minds to the outdoors to build independence and self-esteem.

Raintree is also a co-founding institution behind the Gateway Children’s Nature Connection, a local coalition devoted to inspiring and educating children through nature. For more information about the school go to: www.undertheraintree.org or call (636) 386-0900.

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The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. — Gandhi

Springtime Preventative Health For Your Pets

by Dr. Doug Pernikoff, DVM

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t's just about springtime and we are all excited about leaving our winter cocoons and blossoming into backyard explorers, often joined by our beloved pets, either dog or cat. The first issue regards updating your annual examinations and immunizations. Each veterinarian will host their own healthcare program for your pets, so take the time to visit, have your pets examined and update the appropriate and needed immunizations, per direction. If your cats explore the outdoors unsupervised, or even stay outdoors during spring and summer, be sure to have them tested for feline leukemia and feline immunologic virus(FIV). Follow up with proper vaccinations for the feline leukemia.

Unfortunately, most vets will not honor the value of FIV, or FIP(feline infectious peritonitis), vaccines as being useful. Rabies is a vaccine required by law, as humans can be infected by the same strains of virus that affect our pets, or wild animal carriers like skunks, foxes, bats, and more.

Fecal examinations are also a necessary part of the annual, or better, the biannual visits to your veterinarian. Parasite infestations can go undetected for years sometimes, until your pet undergoes other disease or stress that suppresses the immune system, and allows a recrudescence of clinical disease associated with any number of internal parasites like hookworms, roundworms, whipworms or protozoan coccidia. A fresh sample is always best, not dried or not much older than a few hours.

Ticks and soon after, fleas, begin to appear in the woodlands and grasslands. As we explore our yard spaces, guess what. Our critters pick up these parasites, we call ectoparasites. Ticks can spread any number of diseases like Lymes(not in Missouri, officially), Erlichiosis, and more. Most exams include a heartworm blood test for mosquito borne disease, but also may include testing for these other tick borne diseases as well. They can be very insidious regarding their clinical onset, as they tend to hide inside body cells or blood cells, and again, with undue stress, they may invigorate themselves and become a problem.

Signs and symptoms may be very generalized, showing only fever spikes, lethargy, loss of interest in play and a decrease in activity overall. Again, these issues are often ruled out in the course of your physical examination. I usually encourage folks to initiate preventative tick and flea products by early to mid April, depending on the weather conditions. Wet and

warm will encourage the seasonal presence of ticks and again, fleas a bit later.

Heartworm disease is most usually treated with preventatives year round. That is our own clinic recommendation, and likely, what you will hear from your own vet as well.

There are a number of products on the market, and again, visit to your vet will clarify any number of alternatives. All products also provide preventative protection against intestinal parasites mentioned above.

Newest products have expanded protection against whipworms as well, a more difficult parasite to discover on very intermittent fecal exams. All in all, preventative care for your pets, including the one or two times annual exams, go a long way to protect your pet's health and well being; and, ensures a safe and fun time in the yard and surrounding woodlands.

Have a great and enjoyable spring season!

Fondly, Dr. Doug Douglas S. Pernikoff, DVM 32 Clarkson-Wilson Center Chesterfield, Missouri 63017 314-761-8583

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Supplements To Support Liver Disease

by Teresa Garden, DVM

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iver diseases are common ailments in both dogs and cats. Signs and symptoms are similar to those found in people: anorexia, weight loss, depression, lethargy, vomiting, diarrhea, and increases in drinking and urination. Severe cases will present with jaundice and ascites (abdominal distension due to fluid accumulation). Liver diseases can be acute or chronic in nature and are caused by a variety of forces. Your veterinarian can diagnose liver disease based upon history, physical exam findings, and blood and urine tests. Abdominal ultrasound and biopsy of the liver may be needed to identify an exact cause of chronic liver disease.

Acute insults to the liver will usually respond favorably to treatment in just a few weeks.

Chronic liver diseases may be medically managed successfully over a period of months or years depending upon the underlying etiology. Many liver disorders will respond well to dietary therapy enhanced with various supplements.

Early stages of liver disease is characterized by inflammation of the organ tissue. The next stage of pathology is fibrosis. The end-stage of liver disease is cirrhosis.

The liver is a remarkable organ that can repair and regenerate if treated properly and promptly.

When diagnosed and treated early, fibrosis and cirrhosis may be prevented. The goals of treatment are: reduce metabolic and toxic waste, protect liver cells, reduce scarring, support organ repair, reduce drug dosing and intervals, identify and eliminate the cause of the disease if possible, and decrease disease pathology.

Home-made diets that are highly digestible and high in biological value are often employed.

These diets may use vegetable or dairy products as their protein source. I have also recommended a liver cleansing diet consisting of white fish and sweet potatoes. Home-made diets take more time and care to prepare but most sick pets find them tastier than prescription diets for liver disease. I often advise adding a little fresh chicken or beef liver to the diet. It is a concentrated source of vitamins, minerals, aminoacids, and other nutrients a diseased liver can use to repair and regenerate.

Fortunately for all of us, the liver responds well to therapy involving herbs, antioxidants, and nutritional supplements. The herb Milk Thistle, (Silybum marianum), acts as an antioxidant that

reduces inflammation and stabilizes hepatic cell membranes. It will reduce damage from toxic insults to improve survival, liver function tests, and histopathology. Milk Thistle may help increase synthesis of albumin by stimulating RNA polymerase in hepatocytes. There is evidence it will slow down the cirrhotic process and manage ascites as well. Milk Thistle has a high therapeutic index and is safe for long-term use. Tumeric has antioxidant properties and has been shown to inhibit hepatocellular carcinogenesis as well as toxin-induced damage to the liver. Schisandra is a traditional Chinese herb that can protect an animal’s liver from toxin damage.

The antioxidant Vitamin E is often employed in treating many liver disorders in order to reduce immune imbalances and the toxicity of bile acids to hepatocytes. The dalpha form is preferred since it is more available and active in the liver. SAdenosylmethionine (SAMe) is a potent antioxidant that detoxifies free radicals and regenerates intracellular glutathione. Glutathione helps the liver rid the body of toxins, chemicals, herbicides, pesticides, and heavy metals.

Glutathione can be increased by adding whey protein and alpha lipoic acid to the therapeutic protocol.

Glandular liver therapy is utilized for many liver disorders. Glandular therapy will help to improve organ function, reduce inflammation, protect liver cells, and enhance metabolic elimination of toxins and wastes. Standard Process is a preferred brand which most dogs (and even cats) find tasty to eat!

Liver health depends on reducing toxins and metabolic wastes and increasing antioxidants and phytonutrients. Liver cell regeneration can be improved if proper nutrition and supplements are employed to reduce inflammation and spare the liver. Once healthy, the liver can again act as the body’s filter and detoxifier. Integrative therapies will give us the best chance of restoring optimum function to your pet’s liver.

Dr. Teresa Garden is chief veterinarian/owner of Animal Health & Healing, a full-service holistic and conventional veterinary practice in the Maplewood/Richmond Heights area.

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Healing Touch Creates Tranquil Companions

by Maureen Keller HTA Practitioner

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s a Healing Touch for Animals (HTA) practitioner, I am part of an energy medicine therapy community, whose primary goal is to restore harmony and balance to the entire body. Providing stability,mentally,physically, and emotionally, as the animals connect to their spiritual self.

We are an elite group professionals that are dedicated to bringing energy field therapy to our clients,to give theirs bodies support,enabling them to heal themselves by clearing"energy blocks". HTA is used in veterinary hospitals,training facilities,shelters,and in homes to assist animals in their healing process and over all well-being.

Used with veterinary programs or stand alone therapy.

In addition to my regular canine clients, I volunteer my HTA services to the rescue horses at Happy Hooves Equine Rescue located within Liberty Prairie Farms , a holistic stable, located in Edwardsville, Illinois.

Working with rescue horses is a challenge, as these horses come to Happy Hooves an emotional and physical wreck.

My basic protocol starts with visual assessments, followed by a check for blocked Chakras. After determining where the energy blocks are, I workout a suitable plan of action.

These can be resolved in as little as one session, some take more. This can be caused by more than one issue, making the treatment more detailed.

Often emotional issues are the basis of energy blocks. They can become so deep that they manifest themselves as any number of physical dis-eases. Some can cause muscles to tighten to the point of becoming chronic and even displace vertebrae and bone alignment.

When this happends the horse can become too sensitive for muscle massage or chiropractic adjustment.

Kristen Baker, CMT and Derick Neihaus, D.C both work on the rescues at Happy Hooves.

We developed a protocol which start with me opening up the energy blocks and relaxing the horse enough for Kristen to release the muscle tension which enables "Doc" to make his adjustments. The result is a horse that is emotionally and physically balanced , ready for Mary, the owner of LPF, to rehab them for their "forever" homes....

Maureen is a Level 4 HTA practitioner in process of certification, owner of Tranquil Companion, and a beginner natural farrier,in the Ida Hammer Applied Whole Horse Hoof Care Certification Program. All studies are aimed toward being a proficient HTA practitioner.

For more informatoin visit Maureen’s website, www.tranquilcompanion.com, call (618) 972-8267, or email spoiledrotts@gmail.com. www.happyhoovesequinerescue.com Kristen- www.functionalfours.com Doc-(618)475-3600

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314-541-3502 • yueMaMassageTherapy.com

Kimberly Schneider is the author of Everything You need Is Right Here: Five Steps to Manifesting Magic and Miracles and Terrible Beauty: Poetry and Reflections for Precarious Times. A Licensed Professional Counselor with a degree in law and decades of experience in facilitating transformation in individuals and groups, Kimberly teaches Communication at Washington University and is a

regular contributor to Great Day St. Louis TV. Kimberly empowers people to create lives of wonder, productivity and possibility. She inspires audiences on diverse topics including: Thriving in Crisis; Celtic Cosmology and The “6 Ps of Presence” in Communication.

Kimberly’s keynote talks and custom workshops combine storytelling, coaching, experiential

exercises and original poetry. To find out about how Kimberly’s work can support creative change in your life or organization, call 314-275-8188 or email support@kimberlyschneider.com.

Go to www.KimberlySchneider.com to request Kimberly’s Free Conscious Manifestation eCourse and you’ll receive the first chapter of her book.

Alternative Hospice is a locally owned, community based end of life program, dedicated to being an advocate for our patients and providing them with a high standard of holistic end of life care.

We strive to empower our patients and their caregivers with the knowledge and information that they need to make informed decisions

regarding their care.

Our focus is on comfort, quality of life, and facilitating of a peaceful passing with dignity, respect and love.

Alternative Hospice is a physician directed, nurse coordinated program of care. Dr. Joseph Flaherty with St. Louis University Medical School Department of Geriatrics serves as our

Medical Director and guides our team. Our team is seasoned in conventional end of life care and several are experienced in complementary care techniques… the body, mind, and spirit in rhythm.

Our values include: integrity, accountability, respect, trust, compassion, and passion to serve.

Volunteers needed, please call 636-343-3839.

Yue Ma’s Specialty is Acupressure Massage, involving gentle but firm pressure to meridian points on the body to relieve pain and relax muscles. She combines ancient massage therapy with other techniques such as Deep Tissue Massage, Hot Stones, Japanese Shiatsu, Swedish Relaxation, Reflexology and more.

Her methods promote better health through

deep relaxation and increased circulation of the body and soul. Her special philosophy is “The body is like a River. Everything is connected.”

Yue Ma has been practicing in St. Louis for 16 years. (Formerly at the Jewish Community Center for 14 years.)

Yue Ma is a Missouri State Licensed therapeutical massage therapist. Her touch will help

to relieve body pain, improve circulation and movement and revive your overall energy level.

Call today to make an appointment. 314541-3502 or 636-256-0862. Please email Yuemamassage@gmail.com or visit online at www.yuemamassagetherapy.com. 522 north Ballas Rd., Ste #299, Creve Coeur, MO 63141.

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Combining traditional training with a cutting edge holistic approach, Deborah specializes in helping people change their eating habits to achieve optimal health. As an experienced educator with a teaching degree, she excels at motivating individuals to improve the quality of their wellbeing.

For more information on the BioMat Call 314-725-6767

The BioMat’s quantum energetics allows the body to fight disease and heal with a naturally strong and efficient immune system. It is composed of 17 layers of technology, combining Far Infrared Rays (FIR), negative ions and amethyst crystals. Time spent on the mat relieves pain and joint stiffness, reduces stress and fatigue, boosts the immune system, burns calories and many other healthful benefits.

Infrared Rays, nature’s invisible light and most

beneficial light wave, penetrate skin and increase circulation to detoxify the body of harmful toxins. The FIR can increase blood flow and clean the arteries (which means it can help lower blood pressure), release toxins, increase metabolism, heal soft tissue and relax muscles.

Negative Ions are Nature’s Energizer. Ion particles cleanse and purify the air we breathe.

Amethyst bolsters the production of the hormones

and strengthens the cleansing organs, the circulatory system and blood, the immune system and body metabolism.

Be proactive about your health and well being.

A good nights sleep on the BioMat or a mere 30 minute nap, can go a long way to ensuring a healthier, happier you.

Call The Center for Mind, Body & Spirit to schedule an appointment to try the BioMat. 314.725.6767.

St Louis Aquatic Healing Center offers state of the art, cutting edge alternative health therapies for health, healing, balancing and detoxification. Many of our therapies can only be found at St Louis Aquatic such as: The MG-PRO, Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) Cellular Exercise, widely used in Eastern Europe for 30 years with extensive research behind it; cleaning and

promoting cell repair and regeneration; The Quantum Pulse frequency generator, successfully eradicates many viruses and pathogens; Watsu/Wassertanzen, warm water shiatsu therapy to relieve pain and revitalize organs, and Cranial Sacral Therapy in the pool, all the benefits of CST amplified by the water. We also offer T-Zone, Whole Body Vibration for health and fitness, Nutri-

Energetics Systems (NES) health evaluation and therapy to promote the body’s natural healing and detoxification, far-infrared sauna, ionic foot soaks, ear candling, lymphatic drainage, other therapeutic massages and much more. Call, email or visit our websites for more information. 314-432-5228, watsu11@yahoo.com, www.watsu1.com, www.purificationhealthproducts.com.

An Integrated Approach To Healing & Wellness

Deborah Zorensky, rD, LD, CCN

314-725-6767

St. Louis Aquatic Healin g Center Kathleen Huber Christ Licensed Massage Therapist Internationally Certified in Watsu/ Wassertanzen Water Massage

Natural Peacefulness For The Whole Body

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Cutting edge nutrition for: • Autism • Auto-Immune Disorders • Cancer • Digestive Problems • Fibromyalgia • Food Allergies & Sensitivities • Learning Disabilities

For more information contact Deborah Zorensky, RD, LD, CCn, Clinical nutritionist at The Center For Mind, Body, Spirit, 7649 Delmar, 314-725-6767.

H o l i s t i c D E N tA l c A R E BioLogiCAL DENTiSTry Michael g. rehme, DDS, CCN & Associates

314-997-2550 at the corner of Ballas & Clayton Roads

ronald Schoolman, DDS rodney Lofton, DDS

636-458-9090 16976 Manchester Road, Wildwood, MO 63040

Our approach to holistic health includes the entire body and the oral cavity is no exception. We are dedicated to serving our patients and promoting a level of health care that carefully evaluates and reviews the use of dental materials, dental procedures and also offers dietary and nutritional support for each and every individual that is seen in our office.

Did you know that examining the mouth can reveal the presence of illnesses or unstable conditions in other areas of the body?

If you feel like you’ve just about exhausted all your options in your search for better health, have your mouth examined with a different approach in mind. Get motivated, get educated, and get ready to participate in a

health-oriented lifestyle that will provide dental alternatives and a nutritional foundation designed to help support your own body’s healing powers.

The focus of holistic dentistry is to consider the mouth as a part of the whole body. We use materials and methods that are more compatible biologically with the body instead of the traditional dental materials. Examples of non-compatible materials are mercury fillings, non-precious heavy metal crowns, bridges and partials or dentures. Alternatives to fluoride are used

for the prevention of cavities.

Proper alignment of the jaws and teeth are the foundation of how the body perceives itself in space. The result of improper alignment can result in symptoms of headache, ears ringing, loss of hearing, pain in the head and neck and clenching or grinding of the teeth.

Good nutrition is inseparable for good

health. If your diet consists of food and drink made with white flour, sugar and no fresh fruits and vegetables, your body is likely to be acidic with resultant more medical and dental problems.

For your dental evaluation contact our office for an appointment by calling 636-4589090 or email at cherryhillsdds@yahoo.com.

For more information visit our website at www.toothbody.com.

Spring Has Sprung On The St. Louis Arts Scene...

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don’t often use “art� and “science� in the same sentence---except for this exhibition, they do belong together perfectly.

DINOSAURS IN MOTION is a fascinating, interactive exhibition at the St. Louis Science Center. Kinetic sculptures blend science and art in an engaging manner. Said Bert Vescolani, President and CEO of the Science Center, “Dinosaurs In Motion brings the intersection of art and science to your attention through these incredible artistic sculpture by the late artist John Payne. This blending creates STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) and illustrates how the arts can enhance science learning by creating a connection that naturally makes you want to know more about everything you see.�

Payne used recycled and repurposed metals to develop his dinosaur sculptures, meticulously making each bone and joint from real-life skeleton recreations. “I had to bring them to life,� the artist said. Through videos and interactives, visitors become Payne’s apprentices, following his artistic process from sketches to real works. To further enhance the experience, visitors can manipulate the 14 life-size dinosaurs, making them move and change positions. It’s a must-see exhibition for both sculpture and dinosaurlovers, at the Science Center through September 1. For details, visit slsc.org or call 314-2894424.

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ARTful Living St. Louis Area Fine Arts, Crafts & Performing Arts Michelle “Mikeâ€? Ochonicky, Arts Editor In 2011, the duo of While we’re disKenneth Pattengale and cussing music‌..it’s Joey Ryan built a followtime for the 11th ing with the purity of Annual Greater St. their music. Since then, Louis Jazz Festival, the duo now known as April 24-26. This The Milk Carton Kids year promises to has won accolades for wow audiences with their flat-picking harmoheadline performer ny. On April 15, they’ll Arturo Sandoval on fill the acoustically-perFriday evening at the ST. LOUIS WOMEN’S CHORALE fect Sheldon with a sound Touhill Center for April 8, 7:30 p.m.; The Sheldon that defines the folk music Performing Arts on the tradition. According to UMSL campus. Also Garrison Keillor, they are “absolute geniuses in performing there on Saturday evening is the close-harmony.â€? Cultural purveyors such as T Legendary Count Bassie Orchestra.

Bone Burnett and Billy Bragg proclaim The Milk Carton Kids to be “among a group of new It was my distinct privilege to hear Mr. folk bands expanding and contradicting the rich Sandoval perform live in Washington, D.C. just tradition that comes before them.� this past December and it took just one note to Pattengale and Ryan have toured with a host realize I was in the presence of a musical great. of established acts, including Old Crow Sandoval is considered one of the most dynamMedicine Show, and Punch Brothers as well as ic contemporary performers. A Cuban-born appearing on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert Series. trumpeter, pianist and composer, Sandoval has Their on-stage humor is charmingly deadpan. earned nine Grammy Awards, six Billboard Performing with twin acoustic guitars and tightAwards and an Emmy. He has performed for ly matched harmonies, The Milk Carton Kids President and Mrs. Obama at the National bring for the highly inventive guitar lines and Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony and is the intricately woven vocals. I promise you’re 2013 recipient of the Presidential Medal of gonna love ‘em!

For info, visit Freedom. The list of musicians with whom he www.TheSheldon.org or call 314-533-9900. has recorded reads like a Who’s-Who of performing greats.

At Jazz at the Bistro on opening night (Thursday), the festival features an all-star quartet of pianist Reggie Thomas, bassist Rodney Whitaker, tenor saxist Willie Akins and drummer Montez Coleman. It promises to be a soulful, hard-swinging performance beginning with the first set at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets for the various performances can be purchased separately through the Jazz St. Louis Box Office at 314-289-4030 or via MetroTix at 314-534-1111 or online at www.metrotix.com.

The three-day festival encourages the musical education and growth of the participating students by interaction with these internationally acclaimed jazz artists. “In addition to celebrating professional jazz musicians in our headline concert performances,� said Jim Widner, director of the Jazz Studies program at UMSL and artistic director of the Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival, “we focus on nurturing the talent of young musicians with jazz student performances and clinics.� Learn more about Jazz St. Louis at www.jazzstl.org.

This month offers so very many musical performances. I regret only having space to feature a few. Check out my ARTful Happenings to find even more that you’ll want to attend.

And, best of all this month, NO SNOW!!!

A Full Listing of ArtFul Happenings can be found online at

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April 29 - May 11

Tickets: The Fox Box Office • 314-534-1111 • MetroTix.com

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HealtHy Planet HaPPenInGS April 1 – 30 ShoemAn WAter Project Shoe Drive Ongoing, FREE, Reservations not required. All during the month of April, Whole Foods Market in Brentwood will collect gently used shoes for the Shoeman Water Project.

This non-profit organization exports donated shoes to over 75 countries around the world including Kenya, Haiti and South America. Shoes are then sold to raise money to drill water wells, install water purification systems, repair pumps, and train local residents to operate and maintain pumps. For more information visit, www.shoemanwater.org or call 314-968-7744 or 636-527-1160.

April 1 cole robertS: tWo DegreeS - our built environment & the chAnging climAte In partnership with St. Louis Earth Day & the Construction Specifications Institute, the USGBC-MGC is excited to welcome Cole Roberts, co-author of the book "Two Degrees - Our Built Environment and the Changing Climate" as our April speaker. Cole will discuss risk, vulnerability and integrated adaptation a they relate to climate change, as well as the notion of climate positive communities. Powder Valley Nature Center 11715 Cragwold Road, Kirkwood, MO 63122. Free to USGBC-MGC and CSI Members and full time students;Non-members must register for the Earth Day Symposium in order to attend.

For more information please contact USGBC-Missouri Gateway staff by calling (314)577-0225.

April 2 Stlcc-FloriSSAnt vAlley celebrAteS eArth DAy With AnnuAl green FAir Want to learn how to reduce your carbon footprint? St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley will host the eighth annual Green Fair, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, in the quad area of the campus, 3400 Pershall Road. In the event of inclement weather, the Green Fair will take place in the Student Center Multipurpose Room.

Vendors for this year’s fair include the Wildlife Rehab Clinic, Goeke Produce, Missouri Conservation Department, Isabee’s Beekeeping, Gardeners of Florissant, Natural Fibers, Whole Foods, Earth Ways Center, Ferguson Bike Shop, Leftovers, St. Louis County Waste, Rides Finders, Always Green, Ferguson Farmers’ Market, Hanley Fold Farm, Organo Gold Coffee, Shetland Sheep and Plowsharing Crafts. The Green Strum Band will perform. The Green Fair sponsored by the STLCC Sustainability Committee. For more information, contact Bozek at 314-513-4856.

April 3, 17 and 24 holistic health empowerment: Power hour for your health, 6:30-8pm, Facilitated by guest health practitioners and professionals. Co-hosted by non-profit projects: Power Hour for Health, Grateful for Vibrant Abundant Health Now Project, The Infrared Medical Foundation, and the Cancer Resource Foundation. 1-hr Health presentations on a topic integrating aspects of: Quantum energy, Holistic Health, Functional Medicine, preventive energy medicine, reverse aging, nutrition, alkalinity, detoxing, cancer and disease prevention, infrared saunas, ions, yoga, quantum crystal healing, quantum touch, health habits, radical forgiveness, gratitude. Non-profit resources available to empower you to proactively manage your health. Health philosophies similar to Dr. Oz, Wayne Dyer, Dr. Mark Hyman and Oprah. RSVP to Clint Raymond Willett at 314-562-0844, or emailclint@biomatmedical.com.

Donation,$ 1, a book or food item to donate, or healthy snacks to share. Call Clint at 314-562-0844 for more info, or visit BiomatMedical.com, BiomatSynergy.com. 7168 Manchester Rd., St. Louis (next to Cheryl's Herbs).

April 8 integrAting AlternAtive meDicine With conventionAl meDicine April 8 - FREE Monthly Seminar and Discussion Integrating Alternative Medicine with Conventional Medicine - Learn how to build your immune system and take charge of your health. If you are suffering from chronic conditions, you'll learn why you don't have to live with your "incurable" symptoms anymore. Topics covered include: Cancer, Heart Disease/Stroke, Diabetes, Arthritis, Osteoporosis, ADD/ADHD, Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Food Allergies, Nutrition, and many more.

You should come to this discussion also if you feel, "My Doctor said everything is fine! Then why do I feel so lousy?" Second Tuesday each month at 6:30 pm at our healing clinic - Prevention and Healing, Inc., Dr. Simon Yu, M.D., Board Certified Internist, 10908 Schuetz Road, St. Louis, MO 63146, Weaving Internal Medicine with Alternative Medicine to Use the Best Each Has to Offer.

Call to verify meeting date; seating is limited, arrive early, 314-432-7802. See patient success stories at www.preventionandhealing.com.

April 10 re-mAniFeSt your reAlity With QuAntum creAtion StrAtegieS 7pm-9pm. This Workshop gives the participant the chance to redefine their role in co-creating their reality. Ideas are explored followed by a meditation to support individual projections of quantum manifestation. Speaker: Joseph Carringer, professional Didgeridoo musician and sound therapist. Cost: $45, register in advance. Held at Holistic Journey, 216-1 Frank Scott Pkwy East, Swansea, IL 62226.

618-234-8280 or www.yourholisticjourney.com.

April 11 the orchiD Society oF greAter St. louiS is holding their monthly meeting at 7:30pm in the Missouri & Botanical Rooms at the Missouri Botanical Garden on April 11, 2014. The topic is Paphiopedilums as presented by our guest speaker, author Dr. Harold Koopowitz Professor Emeritus of Biology in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Irvine. Books will not be for sale at the meeting. Anyone with an interest in orchids is encouraged to attend. Should you have any questions or concerns about orchids, our members are always eager to assist. For more information visit www.osogsl.org/calendar.php.

April 12 mAking heAlthy DeSSertS Do you love sweets? Do you want to learn to make healthier options such as Raw, Gluten Free, Vegan, or Sugar Free? Join Esther to get tips, watch a demonstration, and sample some delicious healthy desserts! This Free Class will be held: Saturday, April 12th at 4pm, Holistic Fitness, 7501 Murdoch Ave., Shrewsbury, MO 63119. You may register online at holistichealthstl.com (under "Make an appointment") or by calling the office at (314)647-3999.

Space is limited!

April 12 3rD AnnuAl riverbenD eArth DAy FeStivAl Saturday, April 12th from 12pm-6pm. Come join the Riverbend Community at Piasa Harbor to enjoy live music, canoeing, fishing, Frisbee golf, hiking, hands-on informational booths on local nature, workshops, as well as nature arts and crafts, cell phone and plastic pot recycling, a clothing swap and textile collection, and lots of local tasty food offerings. Artists & Vendors will offer products and services that are in keeping with the spirit of environmental responsibility. Think recycle, reduce, re-use & resource! Piasa Harbor; 10815 Lockhaven Rd.; Godfrey, IL 62035. For info contact: The Nature Institute (618) 466-9930 or info@TheNatureInstitute.org.

April 15 Free monthly WellneSS SuPPort grouP April 15 - Free Monthly Wellness Support Group. Come and enjoy an evening of fellowship, learning opportunities in Medical Spiritual Information and exercises to strengthen your journey in managing your plan of care and treatment. Support Group Leaders: Dr. Simon Yu, M.D. and Chaplain Paul R. Johnson, M.Div. When: Third Tuesday each month (with an occasional exception) at 6:30 pm. at our healing clinic, Prevention and Healing, Inc., Dr. Simon Yu, M.D., Board Certified Internist, 10908 Schuetz Road, St Louis, MO 63146, Weaving Internal Medicine with Alternative Medicine to Use the Best Each Has to Offer.

Call to verify meeting date, 314-432-7802. For more information, read the article on our web site at www.PreventionAndHealing.com titled "New Medicine, New Biology: Spiritual Wellness, Spiritual Assessment, and Spiritual Care."

April 15 connecting your heAlth betWeen your teeth AnD boDy FREE Monthly Seminar and Discussion. Connecting Your Health Between Your Teeth and Body. You may not realize it, but your teeth and gums may be making you ill or weakening your immune system. Hidden infections. Unresolved illness. Find out what may be happening between your teeth and body and what to do about it. Discover how infection and illness transfer between the teeth and body.

Understand how biological dentistry focuses on your overall health. Learn about what dental materials are compatible with wellness, mercury-free, tooth-colored fillings,the impact of dental procedures, how certain dental procedures can influence your body, and nutritional therapy that supports a healthy mouth. Third Tuesday Each Month, 6:30

pm at the Holistic Dentistry office of, and presented by, Dr. Michael Rehme, D.D.S., C.C.N. (Certified Clinical Nutritionist), 2821 N. Ballas Rd, Suite 245, St. Louis, MO 63131. A Healthy Choice for Dental Care. Call to verify seminar date and reserve your space at 314-997-2550. See Patient Success Stories at www.toothbody.com.

April 19 john oF goD, WorlD renoWneD meDium AnD heAler presentation and video, 11 am-1pm, 7168 Manchester Rd. (next to Cheryl's Herbs). Donation, $10. Please call Shirley at: 636-225-3881 to pre-register /space is limited.

April 19 & 21 heAlth oF the honeybee Airs on KNLC Channel 24 4/19 at noon & 8/07 at 5:30 pm and KNLC Renewable Energy Channel Channel 24-2 4/21 at 8:00 p.m. What’s behind the disappearance of bees in the US? Jane Sueme discusses the importance of pollinators, bee losses in the US and metro St. Louis, how much honey you typically get from a honeybee hive and guidelines for people wanting to keep honeybees.

April 20 eASter egg hunt The annual City of Sunset Hills Easter Egg Hunt will be held Sunday, April 20th at 1:00pm at Watson Trail Park www.sunset-hills.com April 22 eArth DAy celebrAtion 2pm-3pm. Drum Meditation & Ceremonial Herbal offerings to Mother Earth to help cleanse and ground positive energies. Free/Love Donation. Held at Holistic Journey, 216-1 Frank Scott Pkwy. East, Swansea, IL 62226. Call 618-234-8280 or visit www.yourholisticjourney.com.

April 22 the eArth DAy Worm--rAmA Musical Guests The Augusta Bottoms Consort. Tuneful Interviews with Missouri River Relief and World Bird Sanctuary. Special Guests Robert Fishbone and Dale Dufer. Visual-Musical Celebration of Living on Earth.

3524 Washington Avenue, Grand Center - mid-town St. Louis. FREE with donation of non-perishable items for Operation Food Search.

April 24 unDerStAnDing the connection betWeen emotionS oF the PASt AnD hoW they AFFect you toDAy Free Monthly Seminar and Discussion – Learn about Emotional Polarity Technique, a natural energy healing technique that helps you release stress through Energy, Intuition and Forgiveness. 7:15 p.m. at Breath of Life Health & Wellness Center, 7700 Clayton Road, Suite 319, Richmond Heights, MO 63117. Please call Dorothy Tomasic at 636.821.1158 or email dorothy@myessentialconnections.com to reserve your space.

April 26 the WebSter groveS herb Society AnnuAl SPring herb SAle 8:30-2 p.m. at The First Congregational Church in Webster Groves, MO. Elm and Lockwood. Now in its fourth decade, the Webster Groves Herb Society herb sale is traditional for "one stop shopping" for culinary, medicinal and ornamental herbs. St. Louis University Culinary students will be providing some herbal treats. No admission charge, plenty of free parking. Visit www.wgherbs.org to see the List of Ordered Herbs.

April 26 triviA night At SunSet hillS community center Doors open at 6:30, Trivia Starts at 7pm Benefitting the Sunset Hills Conservation Foundation. www.sunsethills.com.

April 26&27 WeekenD meDitAtion clASS Do you want to reduce stress and anxiety in your life?

Learn to meditate in 2014! As stress is reduced through meditation, our mind and body functions with more effectiveness which can lead to better health, vitality, and happiness! Primordial Sound Meditation is a meditation program developed by Dr. Deepak Chopra. This meditation class will be held April 26 & 27 at the Mercy Center, 2039 North Geyer Road, St. Louis, MO. Learn how to enjoy the benefits of meditation! Contact Shirley Stoll for more information and/or registration. 800-796-1144 or shirlstoll@charter.net.

April 28 Weight AnD WellneSS 6:30-8:30pm. Learn about the obesity epidemic and how it affects your well being, ways to decrease your risk of disease, learn why 85% of “Diets” fail, learn how to lose 2-5 lbs per week 1st 2 weeks; 1-2 lbs per week thereafter with a safe, clinically proven program that conserves muscle while it burns fat. You will also meet others who have lost weight with Take Shape for Life and get all your questions answered. Cost: Free. Held at DePaul Hospital May Community Education Center, 12303 DePaul Drive parking lot #3, Bridgeton, MO 63044. For details or to register call 314-727-2120 or register online via HealingSTL.com or Facebook/HealingSTL. April 29 enZymeS, the key to heAlth 7:30-9:00 pm. Are you trying to care for yourself through healthy food choices but you are still not at optimal health, weight and energy levels? Enzymes may be the missing link! Enzymes help you to digest your food and they comprise your entire immune system. Learn about enzymes, the workers of the body and how they maintain the body’s ability to heal itself. Dr. Rebecca Gould DC has been using enzymes in clinical practice for 12 years, she has studied enzyme nutrition extensively and teaches future doctors how to use enzymes with their patients at Logan College.

Join Dr. Gould for an evening of information and practical tips that will help you improve your health from the inside out. Cost: Free. Held at The Healing Center, 734 De Mun Avenue in Clayton, 631025. For details or to register call 314-727-2120 or register online via HealingSTL.com or Facebook/HealingSTL. April 29 Free movie night At St. john'S uniteD church oF chriSt in Chesterfield. 7:00 - 9:15. Sponsored by Missouri Interfaith Power and Light (www.moipl.org) and St. John's (www.stjohnsuccchesterfield.org) "CHASING ICE" viewing and discussion led by Climate Reality Leaders Ken Denson and Larry Lazar. Chasing Ice Documentary informational link:www.chasingice.com. 15370 Olive Blvd.

Chesterfield, MO 63017, 636-532-0540. Send any questions to: missouriipl@gmail.com.

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Red light penetrates into the derma layer of the skin, energizing the cells, thereby helping to create collagen, which helps to plump up the skin, and elastin, which helps to firm the skin and diminish fine lines and wrinkles.

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My goal for this year is to help as many people as possible to reach their goal weight and reclaim their lives! Will you be one of them? If you are suffering with a weight problem or any of the related illnesses that go along with it, don't wait another minute.

Let me help you. this seminar could literally change your life the way that it has for so many people just like you.

Listen to what just a few of my patients have to say:

“I lost 63 pounds in 4 months with NO exercise!

Before I met Dr. Banerjee I could only walk 4 to 5 steps at a time. My feet and my legs hurt me all the time. Then I met Dr. Banerjee and he changed my whole life around. I feel like I'm 20 years old again.

You have to do each step that he tells you to do. If you do this, you will lose the weight and you will get better. This is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me. I would highly recommend this to anybody!”

-- Dennis D.

“I have lost 45 lbs in 9 weeks (without exercise). I have gotten off all my pain medicine since the third week of the program. My blood sugar and blood pressure is now normal. My energy is back to normal. I sleep great at night, which I haven't done for years and I wake up refreshed!” -- Ralph C. “I am very excited about the results. And I started seeing them with in a very short period of time. I reduced my insulin intake by 80% and my blood sugar levels dropped. And I lost 27 pounds WITHOUT any exercise! I would highly recommend this

program to anyone. The results are amazing. It works.” -- Nancy M.

If you are dealing with a weight problem, I sincerely want to help you get your life back. Are you frustrated with trying so many gimmicks and still dealing with weight issues? Are you sick of the hype and false hope? Have you given up on losing weight? If you are serious about losing your weight once and for all, then call to reserve your seat right now. This one hour seminar could be the beginning of a new life for you. Don't miss it!

INTEGRATIVE HEALTH CARE OF ST. LOUIS 8860 Ladue Rd., Suite 110, St. Louis, MO 63124

SEATING IS LIMITED, SO CALL 314-282-3990 TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT TODAY! Presented by Dr. Raj Banerjee, DC

PS: this will be my biggest weight loss seminar of the year and will book up fast.

Don't be left out. Call now to reserve your spot.