Topic: Culture & Society

There are many ways to weave environmentally conscious elements into your landscape, from the initial design to the building process to the products you use. Here are just a few steps you can take to be kind to the environment and still enjoy a gorgeous green outdoor space.

Today's consumers are more environmentally savvy than ever before and one place this interest is really blossoming is in the home landscape. Homeowners are interested in creating yards that are not only beautiful and comfortable, but environmentally friendly as well. As the owner of a company that strives to find creative ways to do the right thing by Mother Nature, this interest is music to my ears.

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Eco-trend setters inspire small business owners to adapt to customer demands of local, green, and organic lifestyle products.

Socially minded citizens all over the globe are rising to the challenges set out by eco-trendsetting celebrities and policy makers. Trend watching organizations predict small business owners will catch on faster than any other group, and their predictions are coming true faster than anticipated as these less corporate citizens experience the sales perks associated with going green.

"Hidden Secrets of Many, But One" takes a look at 9/11 from the viewpoint of the paranormal investigator. In addition, it delves into other paranormal phenomena.

In the troubled times we now live in people are turning to many sources for comfort and guidance. Some turn to religion, some to government, and still others seek something new.

New DVD club features environmental films - hosted by actor/environmentalist Ed Begley, Jr.

Hosted by noted environmentalist and actor, Ed Begley, Jr, the new subscription based Earth Cinema Circle (ECC) DVD club, offers a bi-monthly selection of inspiring eco-friendly films, as well as exclusive membership in a community dedicated to improving the health of our planet. Every other month, ECC will send you four films (features, shorts and documentaries) that explore subjects such as wildlife and conservation, green movies about environmental choices, inspirational biographies about environmental heroes, adventurous eco-travel and more.

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Ed Begley, Jr. hosts the New Earth Cinema Circle DVD Club.

We oldtimers gotta love it. You younger folks might not even know who the Byrds were, given the fact that they seem to get absolutely no airplay these days - in spite of the fact that their work still holds up. If you don't know, the Byrds were perhaps the most important American group in the mid to late sixties.

In a musical first, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Roger McGuinn has recorded a unique video from the inside of a private berth on a train headed from Florida to New York. The Roger Rocks on Rails video, recorded exclusively for GrowingBolder.com features McGuinn taking viewers on a musical journey through the history of rock and roll.

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An analysis of textile fragments excavated from a 5th century Mayan tomb in Honduras, some of the few surviving textiles from the Mayan civilization, revealed high quality fabrics produced by highly skilled spinners and weavers.

Very few textiles from the Mayan culture have survived, so the treasure trove of fabrics excavated from a tomb at the Copán ruins in Honduras since the 1990s has generated considerable excitement.

Organization celebrates their 90th by handing a fat $10,000 check to the San Francisco Botanical Garden Society to provide urban students an opportunity to experience redwoods first-hand.

Save-the-Redwoods League, the only non-profit organization dedicated to protecting ancient redwood forests throughout their natural range, celebrates 90 years of work to ensure that all generations can experience the majesty of the world's tallest and largest trees. At its 90th anniversary celebration, the League announced a $10,000 grant to the San Francisco Botanical Garden Society to fund educational redwood walks for urban youth in Golden Gate Park.

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Herbert Hoover camping among the redwoods in 1928.

Breaking the "Silents" - how generational factors could help America elect a 72-year-old president.

If elected, Senator Clinton would be the first woman President of the United States; if elected, Senator Obama would be the first African-American President; and if elected, Senator McCain would not only be the first President from his generation - the Silent Generation - he would represent the new face of how America is redefining age.

Saith the people behind this move: "Each member of the Canadian Parliament has been provided with a copy of the full length feature film documentary 'Fastwalkers Congressional Update' DVD, labeled 'Top Secret.' For the first time in Canadian history, elected officials will be able to personally view documented evidence that, when investigated by Parliament, will pave the way for a serious examination of the UFO matter.

Exopolitics Toronto announces that in cooperation with Executive Producer/Writer Robert D. Miles, the full length feature film documentary Fastwalkers Congressional Update DVD, labeled "Top Secret" has been delivered to all 308 members of the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa, Canada.

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UFO over urban apartment building.

Campaign will support tree planting efforts in the Atlantic forest of Brazil.

On Friday The Nature Conservancy launched the "Plant a Billion Trees Campaign" at www.plantabillion.org to restore and plant one billion trees by 2015 in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, one of the greatest repositories of biodiversity on Earth.