Jun 20, 2019 | Agriculture & Gardening
Bamboo has many amazing characteristics. And the woody grass has a reputation for being the fastest-growing plant on earth. That reputation is well-deserved because some varieties of bamboo can grow more than a meter a day, under ideal circumstances. NOTE: This...
Jun 3, 2019 | Hemp Products, Natural Fibers
After nearly a century of prohibition, new hemp laws are finally sweeping across the nation. In 1937, the federal government passed the Marihuana Tax Act, effectively banning the cultivation and use of both industrial hemp and marijuana. Highly regulated hemp farming...
Apr 30, 2019 | Bamboo Products, Green Living, Natural Fibers
What are we supposed to think when something that’s been around for five thousand years suddenly turns trendy? Yoga reaches the West, and it’s like something brand new. The paleo diet gets resurrected from the ice age, and it’s the culinary panacea....
Apr 26, 2019 | Eastern Philosophy
Students of Taoism and Eastern philosophy will inevitably come across the notion of the Ten Thousand Things. And like so many aspects of Eastern spirituality, what appears so simple and mundane turns out to be brimming with esoteric mystery. We’ve touched on...
Apr 12, 2019 | Eastern Philosophy
You don’t need to be a master guru of Eastern mysticism to recognize the sublime beauty of a Tibetan Buddhist Thangka. Simply take a close look at one of these traditional religious paintings, and you can practically feel your heart, mind and soul being swept...
