Natural Life Magazine

Hemp is an environmentally-friendly plant with many uses. And now, an international association has been formed for the hemp building industry.

Twelve years ago, Natural Life Magazine published an article about the toxic nature and potential health dangers of mercury amalgam dental fillings. There has been a great deal of research since then on the subject – and on the possible toxicity of resin composite alternatives. We have just heard about some interesting research from the University [...]

The winter solstice provides a great opportunity for our families to share the principles behind our lifestyle and beliefs with others, especially with our children. Solstice celebrations can attune our family to Nature’s cycles, while strengthening bonds within our immediate families. And, if we’re not religious, it can provide us with an alternative celebration to [...]

The print edition of Natural Life Magazine’s January/February issue has just been sent off to the printer. The electronic files were delivered last night. Later this week, we’ll approve the color proof. Next week, it will be printed and bound. Then it will be sent to newsstand distributors and prepared for mailing to subscribers. The issue will [...]

We just received a newsletter from Annie and Jay Warmke at Blue Rock Station sustainable living center in rural Ohio. We published an interview with them a couple of years ago, where they talked about building and living in their passive solar tire/straw bale house and their ecotourism business, which includes straw bale and earth building workshops, [...]

Diapers, adult incontinence products and feminine hygiene products take up to 500 years to decompose in landfills. This presents a major environmental and public health risk. So a 20-year-old company called Knowaste is specializing in recycling the components of this waste. And now, they have announced a series of processing plants to be built in the [...]

Four new net-zero energy homes are being constructed across Canada under the government’s EQuilibrium Sustainable Housing Demonstration Initiative.

In Natural Life Magazine’s May/June 2006 issue, my Ask Natural Life column covered the issue of cosmetic and body care product safety. I wrote that there are no health studies required for cosmetic and personal care products in the United States and Canada. And since we use an average of 10 such products per day, possibly [...]

If you are a subscriber to the print edition of Natural Life Magazine, and you live in North America, you haven’t received your November/December issue yet. They’re now on the way. Actually, if you live in the U.S., they’ve been on quite the odyssey, which is why everything has been slowed down. The magazines were delivered to the [...]

For years, there have been dire warnings from researchers about how our kids’ biology is being messed with by the products we use in everyday life. We’ve been reporting on these things in Natural Life for what seems like a very long time:  sunscreens, soap, cosmetics, plastics and cleaning products, to name just a few of the topics we’ve [...]