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I’ve enjoyed quiet moments every morning, watching it grow. Planted in a space the size of a typical coastal Cali- fornia backyard, which barely has room for a lounge chair, I now have a sustain- able vegetable garden that Shawn cares for like a proud grandparent. The joys of growing, digging, weeding and water- ing are inspiring me to consider how I might turn what’s left into more edible garden space.


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Insights from Naomi Stein, of Eco- Greenscape, made me think about how gardens reward us and take us back to our roots. The other day, musing about


this satisfying reconnection, I noticed a baby bunny checking out the new pro- duce patch. My organic hairdresser, Charlotte S. Amor, recommended a harmless, natural repellent: cuttings from my hair that I can mix with the soil at the edges of the garden. Connecting these organic dots lets me know that my garden and hair are in good hands. I am in awe of how information about sustainable living is coming from so


many different and reliable sources. The transforming seeds of change may be found in our garden, or with our hairdresser or health practitioner, but once we make a conscious decision to live a healthy life, the harvest begins. We can help our kids enjoy this journey, too, through simple steps like using Peg Windisch’s creative tips for “thinking outside the lunchbox” as we prepare tasty, healthy meals and snacks for young daycampers. Farmers’ markets are a great way to supplement the produce found in the organic sections now available in many neighborhood groceries. The stores are evolving because of our demand for natural foods, which I discovered can be safely cleaned with a GreatDay Ionator spray gun, gentle enough for my organic strawberries.


Sharing our time and talents is another aspect of a healthy lifestyle, as exem-


plified by Anna Allen and Shawn Studer’s volunteer work at the Center for Healthy Lifestyle and Center for Living in Harmony. Natural Awakenings’ hope is that everyone will look for nonprofits that could use some help. The messages are all around us—we just need to become aware of them, and act. Creative ways to be green and recycle are sprouting up as quickly as my garden, too, like the surfers who are recycling their boards through the Leucadia Project. I’ve used broken surfboards and old wetsuits to decorate my annual Hal- loween graveyard scene—but the solution that Kipp Denslow and Ed Lewis arrived at is even better. June’s Fiesta Del Sol, in Solana Beach, added a “Green Alley,” and San Diego will welcome a Green Expo on August 7. I’m inspired and encouraged by all the community partners that participate in our publication, and grateful, too. Our grocery carts, forks and support of holistic and integrative practitioners provide the fuel to launch us into the future we envi- sion. Participate, and enjoy the change in yourself and others around you!


Warmest smiles,


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