Green Options » mind http://greenoptions.com/tag/mind Posts tagged 'mind' Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:17:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Caretakers of Sustainability: Journey Inn http://sustainablog.org/2009/09/30/caretakers-of-sustainability-journey-inn/ http://sustainablog.org/2009/09/30/caretakers-of-sustainability-journey-inn/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:17:33 +0000 John Ivanko http://sustainablog.org/2009/09/30/caretakers-of-sustainability-journey-inn/ If life’s a journey, Journey Inn — an eco-inn and retreat that’s designed with nature completely in mind, spirit and body – serves as a guide.

Located in Maiden Rock, Wisconsin, about an hour from St. Paul-Minneapolis, this Travel Green Wisconsin and Green Routes certified enterprise launched by John Huffaker and Charlene Torchia in 2006 artistically crafts a peaceful refuge to enhance our experiences with nature and allow our inner beings to breathe. Journey Inn is part restoration enterprise and part center for recreating our human soul in more meaningful ways.

I had the opportunity to stay at Journey Inn for a couple days this past September with my family, since we prefer ecotravel-oriented accommodation options. We hiked some of the abundant hiking trails on their sixty-six acre property that includes a spectacularly restored prairie and garden labyrinth. We sipped tea while relaxing in their gardens. We even shared a few of our cucumbers and tomatoes from Inn Serendipity with a couple celebrating their honeymoon there.

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]]> http://sustainablog.org/2009/09/30/caretakers-of-sustainability-journey-inn/feed/ Feed Your Mind and The Hungry http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/02/08/feed-your-mind-and-the-hungry/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/02/08/feed-your-mind-and-the-hungry/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:59:30 +0000 Lee Welles http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/02/08/feed-your-mind-and-the-hungry/ FreeRice.comWhen I was in 7th grade, someone gave me a “word-a-day” vocabulary building calendar. Nothing made me happier than showing off with words like “incongruous.” What would have made it more fun, however, would’ve been doing good while expanding my word use!

The UN World Food Program has come up with an ingenious game, Free Rice. You are presented with four or five definitions for a word and with each correct answer, 20 grains of rice are donated to feed the hungry around the world.

It didn’t take me long to work up to 1080 grains of rice and I had the option to set the game to remember my computer and add to the total.

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