by guest author Laura Cornell This article originally appeared on Green Yoga. We thought it was important enough to re-publish here. When I became a yoga teacher, one of the first things I did was to buy a set of mats for my students. It wasn’t until many years later that I learned that the main ingredient of yoga mats is polyvinyl chloride or PVC, an environmental toxin. PVC is widely considered to be the most toxic plastic. Vinyl chloride, the base ingredient in PVC, is a known … [Read more...]
The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: Whose fault is it anyway?
Watching the news recently, I was moved to tears during footage of the devastation in the Gulf of Mexico. Remembering Alys's great article Exposing oneself to the news – what’s the real story?, I was mindful of staying open and non-judgmental of what I was watching. I wanted to be able to see what was truly going on, beyond ignorance or avidya. As I watched, an angry man flashed before the screen and said: Shame on you BP! The news shifted to the latest political goings-on about who … [Read more...]