Is traditional wisdom a key to combating climate change?
Farmers have been known to observe the movement of ants and butterflies to forecast rainfall. Do such indigenous practices hold the key to addressing climate […]
Ecological Wisdom
The Difference Between My Psychiatrist and My Shaman
Nowhere is the disconnect between science and spirit felt more intimately than in matters of mental health. We can speak empirically on this by saying […]
Our Cities need Regenerating, Our Villages Must be Valued
Herbert Girardet, author of “Regenerating Cities” warns that an unplanned, urbanising world could be a tragedy in the making. I live in a village, but my […]
Why Are We Showering Our Children with Chemicals?
Bhoomi feature that takes a hard look at chemicals in our lives and the chemicals we unwittingly expose our children to. An old adage in […]
The Only Safe Option: Cloth Diapers for Babies
There are many joys of motherhood: Baby’s round toes, cherubic smile, twinkling eyes, contented gurgles…. When my child was born, the hospital provided disposable diapers […]
Beware of Chemicals in Beauty & Personal Care
Beauty and personal care products are as old as the human race. And we apply practically all of them on the skin, the largest organ […]
How clean are our Cleaning Agents?
A wide array of chemicals are used in day to day household products. We have become so addicted to them that we look out for […]
Fizz that Doesn’t Fizzle Out – Soft Drinks Are Hard on Your Body
Soft drinks are mainly soda. Laced with cocaine and caffeine, in the early days, today they contain lindane, DDT, malathion and chlorpyrifos, which cause cancer, […]
Toxic Toys – No Child’s Play
Toys once stimulated a child’s education, creativity, laughter and fun and left the legacy of a long and healthy life. Today, they may well leave […]
Deodorants – Do we need them?
Using deodorants on a regular basis might be increasingly considered a cultural norm but, according to a new research study, as many as 78 percent […]