Meat from all land animals and dairy is probably the most water (and air) consuming product you buy. For 1 kg of cheese it is about 5000 liters. The water ‘cost’ for a cotton T-shirt is just above 2500 liters and for a laptop to be produced 20 000 liters of fresh water is needed. Meat is still the worst as some eat it 3 (!!) times a day. The High Protein Diets have not helped the Earth in this way. Meat consumption has unfortunately gone up because of them.
If we compare different food and goods, everything coming from land animals is worst, because we eat and wear it so much. But if you buy more laptops than leather shoes you might be costing the water resources and Nature more. Find out what your water footprint is by the way you live on http://www.waterfootprint.org/?page=files/home
To be a Conscious Consumer is nothing else than to think before you buy. The most important question to ask is; Do I really need this? If all of us would think beyond ourselves when asking this we probably wouldn’t have many of the ecological (and health) problems we do today. Minimalistic consumption is the best consumption. You can do as Oprah Winfrey and many others, start by by cutting down on animal food, and meat more than anything.
The health benefit is huge, and a plus if you care more about Nature and your footprint than your body. Don’t believe me? Check out this video with a 98 year old heart surgeon who stopped eating food from animal sources when he realized he never had to operate a vegan.
O•live Retreat demystifies health and in the process it stands clear that health is far from drugs or injections made from petrochemicals.
First we make sure you know yourself, your body and what that means. Then we continue on your healthy path to get to know your body and yourself to do a good cleanse on all levels, Body·Mind·Soul. With over 15 years in this business and, as Conde Nast Travel and some others put it "top-ranked" health retreat, we base our work our own O• method, derived from a multitude of methods, both old and new. You'll get healthier in all areas of life as we don't think one can leave health at home while going to work, we can't say we are healthy if we destroy our bodies over the weekend or vice versa. One is either healthy or not, and what that means can only be defined by each and one and if that is to indulge in the unhealthy stuff it's because it's really worth it for the only judge - you.
The key training for professionals (individuals and groups) is focused on enhanced productivity through self-inspiration and self-care. As a high equity manager in the finance sector put it - it's all about staying highly inspired. We couldn't agree more and we know how that biochemistry looks like.
Independent studies find that 96% of our guests become more healthy and stay healthy after 6 months, 82% stay healthy after a year. This is a better rate than anyone other treatment or training, as far as we know. Our teachings are based on modern science, and ancient evidence based techniques, and a lot of personal experience with trial and error, in the field of being a healthy human. and healing.
We start all training with a health assessment and by asking what healthy means to each one? How you define it is what counts, but one thing is similar for all no matter what you learnt - a natural, anti-inflammatory lifestyle is everything we need (without drugs) but many things our society finds "normal" cause inflammation and therefore diseases. (www.oliveretreat.com)
For those who are healthy and ready to take their own health out to the world, do more for others and the Earth or have a story to tell we offer Kindfullness projects, support, editing, writing, marketing, translation and publishing.(www.hardonkarma.com)
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