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Today’s’ guest post comes from Mallory McDuff, the author of the soon to be released book Sacred Acts: How Churches are Working to Protects Earth’s Climate (April 2012), in which McDuff documents the many religious activists, church leaders and parishioners who are working to define a new environmental movement, where honoring the Creator …

It's a damp, dreary, chilly, day on the West Coast. It seems like eons since the last lovely, fresh garden salad, and I haven't even started ordering my seeds for spring planting yet. Far from growing, everywhere I look things are in a state of advanced, soggy decay. I don't know about anyone else, but I could sure use some sunshine in my life …

Barry Rehfeld, the author of, get ready for it, it's a mouthful, Home Sweet Zero Energy Home, What it Take to develop great homes that won't cost anything to heat, cool or light up, without going broke or crazy, is our guest blogger today, discussing the rising popularity of "zero energy" homes and what that means for the homeowner.

Barry  has been …

My co-worker told me on Monday that the third Monday in January is called "Blue Monday" - Christmas is over, debt is high, people have been back at work for three weeks and with no holiday in sight, depression looms. Well, not today!  Today is a day for celebrating.

First of all, it snowed on Gabriola Island.  But, more importantly, today President …

The Interfaith Alternative is a paradigm-altering book that chronicles how and why our varying spiritual paths have divided humanity for thousands of years, and proposes a life-changing way to embrace the love our faiths have tried to teach us.

The author, Reverend Steven Greenebaum, was ordained as an Interfaith minister in 2007. In September of …