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Part 2: Organic Lawn Care

Choose health over aesthetics

Posted by Cari @ The Kathleen Show

“You’re being a better neighbor by NOT putting chemicals on your lawn.” –Dr. Claire Gervais

Last week it was about how to go organic with your lawn.  This week we’re addressing why.  

Dr. Claire Gervais, a family physician on faculty at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, explains why eliminating pesticides from our lawn care routine is critical to our health.

Listen to her interview with Kathleen:

And if you missed it, here’s part one on organic lawn care (how to go organic) with horticulturist Dr. Astrid Newenhouse.


Related:

Healthy soil is a healthy planet (Interview with the director of Dirt! The Movie)

Healthy Lawn Team

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Prevention Not Prescriptions: Tuesday, April 20

Welcome back to Prevention Not Prescriptions Tuesday.This is a weekly forum where we’re coming together to inform and inspire each other to healthier living.  Tuesdays are our chance to take our health into our own hands and say “hell no” to more pills and the pharmaceutical industry’s endless search for profits.

Healthcare...it's complicated.

A philosophical take on prevention

The most compelling thing I learned about healthcare last year is that above all else it’s COMPLICATED! The year long debate showed that anything you can say about healthcare has another side, a mitigating issue, an unconsidered side effect. Remarkably, this is true even with the idea of preventative health. Increasingly, prevention is moving from the margins of healthcare to take a center stage. It was certainly one of the things that Obama called for in his campaign, and this is not surprising since preventative healthcare is often very popular with consumers. We see it as a corrective to the worst aspects of biomedicine. Rather than waiting till we are sick, when medical or surgical intervention can be difficult, painful, and costly, why not tend to people before they get sick? By heading off sickness before it starts we can side step the pain, expense, and limited effectiveness of corrective interventions. That sounds good, but I’m afraid even here healthcare is complicated and the picture is not so simple. Continue reading...

Organic lawn care

A beautiful yard without the health risks



A beautiful yard without the risks
An interview from Kathleen
@KathleenShow

Food, Diet & Nutrition

Spicy super heroes
By Lisa Corrado
@LCNutrition

An apple-a-day may save more lives than the Toyota recall
By Dr. Ayala
@DrAyala


Fitness

Shrink your waist with sleep and protein
By Susan Dopart
@smnutritionist

VIDEO: Workout of the week
By Jenn Givler
@jenngivler


Self Care & Alternative Treatments

Top 5 energy drainers
By Dianne DelReyes
@AntiAgingArtist


Happiness = Healthiness

“Brownie Husband”
By Pat Barone
@PatBarone


And your entry is next...

In the Media...

8 Invented Diseases Big Pharma Is Banking on
By Martha Rosenberg
@AlterNet

Which Veggie Burgers Were Made With a Neurotoxin?
By Kiera Butler
@Mother Jones
 
Vaccines: Veterinarians Are Better Than Human Doctors
Dr. Sherri Tenpenny
@The Huffington Post



Related:

Prevention Not Prescriptions: Tuesday, April 13 with Marion Nestle

Jamie Oliver's food revolution. Yes!

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Tea for you, help for us...

Posted by Cari @ The Kathleen Show

Hey guys, this year for Earth Day you have a chance to do something that's not only positive for the planet, but good for you too.  And us. (smile)  Watch this quick video from Kathleen to hear the scoop…

So there you have it.  We’re rallying our loyal fans to help spread the word about The Kathleen Show all over the country.  Because the more people we're reaching, the more we can raise awareness about the topics that matter most—like what's good for our planet, our health and our lives. 

Please contact the program director at your local radio station and tell them you want to hear The Kathleen Show.

In exchange for your hard work, we'll give you a chance at one of five Organic Green Tea Sets from our friends over at Rishi Tea. 

We’re making it super easy…

• Shoot us an email letting us know which city you live in and that you're on board to help us out.

• We'll email you back with station contact information and a fun email to send as is, or personalize however you like.

• Hit the send button.  And for bonus points, email back to let us know you did.

• You’ll be entered to win a fabulous gift from Rishi Tea. 

• Winners will be announced on Earth Day (Thursday, April 22) on our Facebook Page. 

And to help everyone gear up for Earth Day, we thought we’d share some of our favorite eco shows.  Enjoy...

Talk dirty to me—healthy soil is a healthy planet.

You are what you invest: Slow Money

Trashing the oceans…why our addiction to plastic is destroying the planet and mutating our bodies.

Organic lawn care


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Giveaway announcements on Facebook

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The grass is always greener...

A beautiful yard without the risks

Posted by Cari @ The Kathleen Show

“A couple weeds in your lawn is not a crisis.” – Dr. Astrid Newenhouse

Summer weather is starting to tease us and it’s likely that your lawn mower has replaced the snow blower in the garage.  But that means people are about to start piling on chemicals and pesticides so they can have beautiful lawns in a few short weeks.

But what if we could have a great lawn without the risks?  According to Dr. Astrid Newenhouse we can have all that and then some.

Listen to Dr. Newenhouse share her quick tips on organic lawn care:


Related:

Healthy soil is a healthy planet

More info on organic lawn care

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Soil: The ultimate natural resource

Filmmaker Gene Rosow talks Dirt!

Posted by Cari @ The Kathleen Show

“Some of the best organic farmers and gardeners say we don’t grow food, we grow soil…we feed the soil, the soil feeds us.” –Gene Rosow

We know the importance of planting trees, conserving water, going organic…but there’s another crucial element to think about. Yes, we’re talking dirt. The health and availability of our soil affects the health and availability of our food. 

And as filmmaker Gene Rosow depicts in his Sundance award-winning documentary Dirt!, we are quickly putting it at risk through industrial agriculture, pesticides, monocrops and urban development. In his interview with Kathleen, Gene explains why taking care of our soil is so important and what we can do to help create change. (Hint: Organizing a community screening of Dirt! is a good place to start).

Listen to Gene’s interview (he dishes on Sundance too):

Listen to Kathleen’s monologue about making simple changes in our own lives that can add up to big changes in the market and for our earth.


Related:

Buy Dirt! or organize a community screening

Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms and Fertility Mattered

Kathleen's interview with Wine Library TV's Gary Vaynerchuk (he makes a special and funny guest appearance in Dirt!)

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Pick of the Week: James Cameron at TED

Before Avatar...a curious boy.

There is so much I love about this video. James shares a very personal side of himself and the aspects of his childhood that led to the most creative elements in his filmmaking.

He also describes some of the specific steps he took to get to where he wanted to go in life… connecting the dots between his thoughts, his actions and his results. And it was fun and inspiring to listen to it unfold.

In some ways, it allowed you to see how his entire life and career led to Avatar. But what most surprised me, is that he also humbly discussed what he learned about mutual respect in the work arena.

This wasn’t the James Cameron I expected. And that’s the beauty of the TED presentations.

 

Related:

Kathleen's interview with Sir Ken Robinson (and his inspiring TED talk)

Past Picks of the Week

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Leaders who ignite me

When people and planet factor into the bottom line...

 

Part of the thrill of doing this job is talking to people who excite the heck out of me. These are the passionate and visionary ones who forge their own path and do what they love. They know their craft forward and backward. They are infectious.

A few weeks back I had the privilege of interviewing Joshua Kaiser, the founder of Rishi Tea, an organic and Fair Trade loose leaf tea company.

Who knew that tea could have you on the edge of your seat? Or as my sound engineer Sarah said as I walked out the studio, “Who knew that tea could be so damn interesting?”

Joshua is clearly a man who loves his work. That ignites the sleeping giant in all of us and equally important gets us fired up about healthier options to put into our body.

Listen to the interview and you'll know exactly what I mean:

And did I mention Josh is a political science grad? Me too. Bonus points. (smile)

We need to support business leaders like Joshua—those who factor people and planet into the bottom line. It’s why I have chosen to partner with Rishi Tea. You too can send a clear message that organic and fair trade and high quality is important to you—by voting with your wallet.

Related:

Slow Money: You are what you invest

Kathleen’s taste test of 3 green teas

Loose leaf vs. bagged tea

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Prevention Not Prescriptions: Tuesday, March 16

Welcome back to Prevention Not Prescriptions Tuesday. This is a weekly forum where we’re coming together to inform and inspire each other to healthier living.  Tuesdays are our chance to take our health into our own hands and say “hell no” to more pills and the pharmaceutical industry’s endless search for profits.


We pay to create health problems

Dr. Neal Barnard weighs in

The luxury cruise ship was outfitted with a gymnasium, a squash court, a Turkish bath, and an on-board swimming pool, justifying the ticket price of $4,350 for first class passage. What it did not have was a hull capable of withstanding an iceberg. And on April 14, 1912, the Titanic went down.

The health care reforms proposed by the administration and in Congress all aim to provide basic health care for the uninsured, an essential goal. But unhealthy federal policies have turned health care into a luxury, with no means of fending off the icebergs that lie dead ahead.  Continue reading...


Call me a "bad" doctor


 

Drugs are not the only answer to better heart health
By Dr Joe
@drjoesdiyhealth



From Our Show to You...

What every American needs to know about food
By Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau
@KathleenShow


Food, Diet & Nutrition

What's on my food? Pesticides?
By Dan Overlander
@psychiclunch

Go ahead, enjoy that glass of wine
By Dianne DelReyes
@AntiAgingArtist

When life hands you lemons . . .
By Lisa Corrado
@LCNutrition


Information is Inspiration

Clean enough vs. killer clean
By Peggy Webb
@wwwebbs

Mental health: everyone's problem or many people's life journey
By Scott Spicer
@scottspice


Fitness

Finding your recipe for weight loss
By Susan Dopart
@smnutritionist

Not seeing results sucks
By Jenn Givler
@jenngivler


Self Care & Alternative Treatments

Keep your joints healthy with Ayurveda
By Sharada Hall
@DrSharada

Can you really treat cellulite with a pill? The verdict
By Melissa aka "The Cellulite Analyst"
@CelluliteFiles


Personal Responsibility

Hippy freaks from Mars...
By Jack Chuang
@DrGotpassport

And your post is next…

In the media:

Health Insurance Industry Moans That It’s Being Unfairly Vilified
By igorvolsky
@ AlterNet

How Safe Is Your Cell Phone?
@ The Huffington Post


Related links:

Prevention Not Prescriptions: Tuesday, March 9 with Gail Konop Baker

"Cancer is a Bitch" wake-up call

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Trashing the ocean...

The plastic age.

Posted by Cari @ The Kathleen Show

“Nobody is really talking about our plastic footprint on the planet, but it’s global, and right now it’s worse than our carbon footprint.”

Did you know in the U.S. we use 2,000,000 plastic bottles, every five minutes? We need to get a handle on what we’re throwing away—not only for the health of our planet, but for our personal health too. 

Taking a shortcut while sailing in the Pacific in 1997, Captain Charles Moore discovered what is now known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a floating landfill of plastic bottles, bags, bottlecaps and other debris, twice the size of Texas.

In this eye-opening interview, Captain Moore tells Kathleen how our plastic footprint is now worse than our carbon footprint, and it’s killing and distorting millions of birds, fish and marine life. Distorting—as in disrupting their sex hormones—creating a new breed of franken-fish that lead to big health hazards for humans. (This mariner actually abstains from eating fish, knowing that it’s full of toxins and endocrine disruptors.)  Captain Moore also explains how all that garbage gets into the ocean and offers advice for minimizing plastic in our daily lives (beyond taking your re-usable bags to the grocery store).

Listen to Captain Moore’s interview:

And listen to Kathleen’s monologue about her inner-battle with trash:

This entry has been posted as part of Food Renegade's Fight Back Friday.

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The Queen of Green

The Green Guide

Change your fuel, change the world?

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