Plantain is a common garden herb with healing properties. Although many people refer to plantain as a weed, it’s actually an edible medicinal herb with a number of health benefits. You can use plantain leaf as a poultice for insect bites, a plantain tea to improve digestion or soothe bronchitis, or a healing plantain salve for…
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Philippines passes law requiring students to plant 10 trees if they want to graduate
A new Filipino law requires all graduating high school and college students to plant at least 10 trees each before they can graduate. The law formalises a tradition of planting trees upon graduation, which is also hoped to simultaneously combat global climate change. The proponents of the law say the legislation could result in as many as 525…
The vast majority of animals in the wildlife trade are not protected
As elephants, rhinos, and tigers capture the spotlight, thousands of other species are being traded into potential oblivion. Anecdotally, international trade in all 10 crocodile skink species, which come from New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Indonesia, seems to be on the rise. Yet no one has any idea how many of these lizards are…
Breath of Bliss Academy – Breathwork Teacher Trainings & Retreats November 2017
Breath of Bliss Academy – Breathwork Teacher Trainings & Retreats QUANTUM LEAP in Thailand! The most recent Level 2 Group Facilitator was life-changing. I’ve been speechless for a few days. I can now finally try to put it into words. Raw, primal jungle and crystal blue waters…and group of old souls gathering to learn how…
We are nature: The outdoors, indoors and health (USGBC New York Upstate)
I just signed on to David Suzuki’s 30×30 Challenge, which means I will go outside for at least 30 minutes each day in June. The goal of this for me is to change my habits to ensure more outdoor time. For the Suzuki Foundation, it is a way to assess attitudes from a broad range of people before…
Pemerintah Bahas Penerapan Kebijakan Satu Peta
Pemerintah telah menerbitkan paket kebijakan ekonomi jilid VIII tentang kebijakan satu peta atau one map policy pada akhir 2015. Menteri Koordinator Bidang Perekonomian Darmin Nasution, Selasa (11/7), melakukan rapat koordinasi untuk membahas langkah-langkah mekanisme intregrasi dan sinkronisasi implementasi dari kebijakan satu peta di lapangan. “Pada rapat koordinasi hari ini akan membahas tiga tema yang menjadi…
Polda Papua menang atas sengketa tanah sekitar Bandara Sentani
Jayapura, Jubi – Polda Papua dinyatakan menang atas sengketa tanah di jalan masuk Bandar Udara Sentani dalam sidang di Pengadilan Negeri Klas 1A Jayapura, Senin (10/7/2017), sekitar pukul 15:20 – 17:05 WIT. Pada sidang lanjutan perkara perdata dengan nomor: 188/Pdt.G/2016/PN.Jap ini, tergugat Sriwiyanti, Amos dan enam orang lainnya tak bisa membuktikan keabsahan tanah, sehingga kepemilikan…
Trudeau asks Pope Francis to apologise to indigenous people for church’s abuses
Canadian PM invites pontiff to travel to Canada to say sorry to thousands placed in residential Catholic schools where they were abused Justin Trudeau has urged Pope Francis to visit Canada to apologise to indigenous peoples for the Catholic church’s treatment of aboriginal children in schools it ran there. Starting in the late 19th century,…
Walhi Papua: Jangan beri rekomendasi sebelum ada Perdasus perlindungan hutan Papua
Jayapura, Jubi– Penundaan pemberian izin baru dan penyempurnaan tata kelola hutan alam primer dan lahan gambut, merupakan kebijakan atas komitmen semua pihak untuk melakukan penundaan atas banyaknya penyusulan izin baru pemanfaatan hutan dengan maksud melakukan penyempurnaan terhadap tata kelola hutan alam primer dan lahan gambut. Hal ini penting dalam rangka upaya penurunan emisi karbon degradasi…
Samoan Traditional Healers: Should we be concerned?
By Mathew Amituanai, November 10, 2016 10:48 AM The first time I came across the phenomena of traditional healing was three years ago. I was a new graduate from the University of Otago and I had just started working for Samoa Rugby Union. At the time we were preparing for the IRB (as it was called…
Yes We ARE Nature 