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Integrating the Best Ideas from Left and Right

Linda Buzzell | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Left, Politics, Psychotherapy, Marriage Counseling, Economy, Right, Psychology, Health Care, Ecotherapy, Politics News
Linda Buzzell

As a psychotherapist I've done my share of counseling squabbling couples and have learned to looking for common ground. Lately I've begun to apply this method to politics, with some fascinating results.

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How The City Hurts Your Brain And What You Can Do About It

Linda Buzzell | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Memory, Psychology, Ecopsychology, Crime, Ecotherapy, New York City, Nature, Wellness, The Balanced Life, Living News
Linda Buzzell

Can city life harm your memory and stunt your ability to control yourself? New research is revealing how urban living can actually harm the human brain

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What the Heck Is Permaculture?

Linda Buzzell | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Ellen Page, Organic Gardening, Permaculture, Ellen Degeneres, Sustainability, Ecopsychology, Gardening, Teen Hollywood, Ecotherapy, Green News
Linda Buzzell

Permaculture is a path towards sustainable living that is patterned on the way nature works, and can be applied in rural, suburban and urban areas.

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The Clash of the Time Zones

Linda Buzzell | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Organic Gardening, Gardening, Lifestyle, Ecopsychology, Healthy Lifestyle, Ecotherapy, Time Stress, Living News
Linda Buzzell

Most of us start out 100 percent in the old culture and inch our way into a different and healthier way of living. But there's no denying that somewhere in the middle of this process we'll probably hit a bad case of Clash of the Time Zones.

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Is This "The Age of Stupid"?

Linda Buzzell | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Consumerism, Age of Stupid, Peak Oil, War, Oil, Climate Change, Ecopsychology, Film, Ecotherapy, Human Stupidity, Entertainment News
Linda Buzzell

Why all the hullabaloo? Many believe The Age of Stupid could be the next, far hipper "An Inconvenient Truth."

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What's With the Climate Change Deniers?

Linda Buzzell | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Ecopsychology, Ecotherapy, Republicans, Green News
Linda Buzzell

Psychologically I'm curious: why are the climate change deniers so upset, so shrill, so fearful, loud and angry at those who agree with the international scientific consensus?

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Climate Inaction: All in Our Heads?

Linda Buzzell | Posted 09.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Denial, Climate Change, Psychology, Ecopsychology, Climate Crisis, Ecotherapy, Green News
Linda Buzzell

A national poll showed 75% to 80% of respondents said that climate change is an important issue. But respondents also ranked it last in a list of 20 compelling issues, such as the economy or terrorism.

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Have We Reached Our Civilization's Tipping Point?

Linda Buzzell | Posted 09.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Tipping Points, Plan B, Ecopsychology, Lester Brown, Ecotherapy, Civilization, Green News
Linda Buzzell

In his new book, Lester Brown explores the tipping points that overwhelmed previous civilizations reveals clues about our present situation.

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The Waking Up Syndrome

Linda Buzzell | Posted 08.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Simplicity, Transition Initiatives, Ecopsychology, Permaculture, Local Food, Ecotherapy, Pachamama Alliance, Green News
Linda Buzzell

Environmentalists are now finally realizing that this is actually a problem of human psychology and human behavior, not just climate science, technology or resource scarcity.

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TIME Article on Eco-Therapy

Linda Buzzell | Posted 08.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Stress, Depression, Environment, Psychology, Ecopsychology, Ecotherapy, Eco-Therapy, Anxiety, Therapy, Nature, Green News
Linda Buzzell

It's tremendously encouraging to find renewed interest in the relationship between the human mind and the rest of nature.

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Faux Localization: The New Greenwashing?

Linda Buzzell | Posted 08.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Main Street, Business, Starbucks, Ecotherapy, Relocalization, Greenwashing, Local Business, Local Economy, Green News
Linda Buzzell

The trend toward local economies may be convincing the giant multinationals like Starbucks to start disguising the affiliations of their stores.

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Fruit Trees Now Victims of War

Linda Buzzell | Posted 08.22.2009 | World

Read More: Settlements in Palestine, Ecopsychology, Israel, Mother Nature, Ecotherapy, Israel-Palestine, World News
Linda Buzzell

Have you been following the sad story of the Palestinian olive trees being attacked and destroyed by Israeli settlers?

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Is Your Yard an Ornamental Desert?

Linda Buzzell | Posted 08.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Foodscaping, Organic Gardening, Green Psychology, Green Therapy, Edible Landscaping, Farmers Markets, Community Gardens, Gardening, Ecotherapy, Edible-Landscaping, Outdoor Exercise, Food Security, Living News
Linda Buzzell

But there's a new movement in landscaping, away from "ornamental deserts" and towards local food security. It's called edible landscaping -- or "foodscaping."

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Vote With Your Fork!

Linda Buzzell | Posted 08.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Michael Pollan, Factory Farming, Food Inc., Sustainable Food, Nutrition, Farmers Markets, Food, Ecotherapy, Green News
Linda Buzzell

Every purchase of genuinely organic, local and/or sustainably grown food is a contribution to a grower who's doing the right thing

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Ecotherapy vs. Retail Therapy -- Which is Better?

Linda Buzzell | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Retail Therapy, Outdoor Exercise, Shopping, Ecotherapy, Compulsive Shopping, Living News
Linda Buzzell

Tempted to splurge to beat the blues or deal with stress? A study by the University of Essex in the UK says you're better off taking a walk in nature.

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What's Your Favorite Method of Nature-Connection?

Linda Buzzell | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Psychotherapy, Art, Nature, Environment, Green, Meditation, Science, Healing, Ecopsychology, Ecotherapy, Evidence-Based Medicine, Living News
Linda Buzzell

Research has shown that nature-connection of almost any kind turns out to be a powerful healing force.

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The Greening of Psychotherapy

Linda Buzzell | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Depression, Green Therapy, Nature, Green Living, Ecopsychology, Ecotherapy, Anxiety, Sierra Club, Wellness, Living News
Linda Buzzell

If therapists really considered what humans are doing to themselves and the rest of nature they'd have to admit that our behavior is pretty homicidal, fratricidal, suicidal and even ecocidal.

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What's With Our Obsession with Michelle's Clothes?

Linda Buzzell | Posted 07.18.2009 | Style

Read More: Ecotherapy, White House Garden, Michelle Obama, Michelle Obama Style, Victory Garden, Style News
Linda Buzzell

Today's news includes a great picture of Michelle working up a sweat in her garden as she tends her veggies. But folks still insist on commenting mostly on what she's wearing.

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The Green Cure for Chronic Stress

Linda Buzzell | Posted 07.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Simplicity, Spending Less, Green Therapy, Ecotherapy, Simple Living, Downshifting, Wellness, Living News
Linda Buzzell

Natural Lifestyle Therapy isn't a complex new regimen. It's a return to traditional wisdom, old-fashioned common sense and individual and collective sanity.

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Ecotherapy: Slowing Down to Nature's Pace

Linda Buzzell | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Green, Environment, Therapy, Green Living, Outdoors, Ecotherapy, Nature, Living News
Linda Buzzell

De-linked from the natural rhythms of our bodies and the rest of the planet, we struggle with diminishing success to adapt to the strange mechanical and disembodied world we have created.

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