Tag Archives: One Health

We Are Not the First Americans

The 24 hour news cycle has been a source of intentional exhaustion by this current administration. The constant flood of bad news and bad behaviour can drain a person to the brink of emotional fatigue – and yet, we are still likely missing most of what is happening out there.

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New Year, New Earth

This was the name of the summit I attended last week, hosted by Ecoversity. The focus: permaculture. It was three full days of information, so I won’t go into detail on what all was covered, but I was surprised to learn how adamant each of the speakers were about WHAT permaculture means.

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MAHA Food Guidelines

Ok, I’ll be honest, I’m annoyed with this current administration. Annoyed is an understatement. Today I’m feeling petty. So I’ve decided to look at the nutritional guidelines put out by the folks at MAHA (Make America Healthy Again, for those of you who decided to go off grid after November 2024).

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Do You Know What a Food Desert is?

At first, you might hear the term “food desert” and assume it has more to do with the environment’s ability to support crop growth. Not to worry, humans have made an impressive commitment to growing produce and livestock in unlikely places – often to the detriment of said environment.

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Maryland Lakes

Did you know that Maryland does not have any natural lakes? In fact, it is the ONLY U.S. State without any natural lakes! That is only possible, I suppose, due to arbitrary boundary lines; however, the lines do exist, so now we have this fun factoid. The reason for there being no natural lakes (we have over 100 man-made bodies of water) has to do with multiple factors.

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Health and Wellness v. Medicine

There is a great deal of conversation happening these days surrounding health and medicine, thanks to a new faction of influencers who have rooted themselves in the MAHA movement (a Trumpian health campaign, Make America Healthy Again). Much like the MAGA movement, it is fueled by misinformation and emotions. As someone who believes in the power of blending eastern and western medicine together, I find someone like RFK Jr. to be a danger, as he seems to prefer blending science with pseudoscience to sell his ideas, so…let’s talk about some of these spaces of health and wellness (and since it is a bit longer of a post, I’ll break it out into four sections).

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A One Health Take on Halloween

This is a reboot of a post I made a year ago when I first started my blog. It is no less relevant today – maybe even more so with our current political leadership obstinately ignoring environmental health concerns and families struggling with a government shutdown. That said, here is a piece on Halloween!

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