Tarot of the Secret Forest
Tarot of the Secret Forest
by Lucia Mattioli
Art Tarot Collection, Lo Scarabeo, Torino, Italy
Using this deck feels like taking a path into the deepwood, the cards bearing images that invoke tangled, green mystery. If you collect Tarot decks, then you will surely want to add this one to your collection. If you are a serious student of Tarot and want to explore new realms, then this deck is also most definitely for you.
North American Dandelion Preservation Society
North American Dandelion Preservation Society
Assorted items by Anne Jordan and Helen Marvill,
Osterville MA 2005
I have to admit when I read the label, my first thought was, “… huh?” After all, dandelions are ubiquitous. No amount of pavement, foot traffic, spraying, mowing, or blowtorching seem successful in eradicating them. They’re about as far as it’s possible to get from “endangered.” So I wondered, what could this society be about?
Epicurean Simplicity
Epicurean Simplicity
by Stephanie Mills
Island Press, Washington D.C., 2002
I loved Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold, one of the first books to warn us about environmental degradation. We were still near the top of that particular slippery slope back then. Leopold died in 1948, characteristically, while helping fight a grass fire on a neighbor’s farm. Fifty-four terrible years later, Stephanie Mills, environmental activist and writer, tells us that Leopold is one of her personal heroes. In her new book, Epicurean Simplicity, and in her life, she does him proud.
Medical Herbalism: The Science and Practice of Herbal Medicine
Medical Herbalism:
The Science and Practice of Herbal Medicine
by David Hoffmann
Healing Arts Press, 2004
David Hoffmann, highly respected author of seventeen books on herbalism, has outdone himself with his latest offering. In writing it, the author intends to bring together “the modern scientific movement with traditional herbal practice.” Every health care practitioner of Western medicine in the United States should read this book.
Read more: Medical Herbalism: The Science and Practice of Herbal Medicine
The Eco-Foods Guide: What’s Good for the Earth is Good for You!
The Eco-Foods Guide:
What’s Good for the Earth is Good for You!
by Cynthia Barstow
New Society, Gabriola Island, 2002
A generation ago, grocery shopping was easy. You went to the meat counter at your local market and watched the butcher grind your beef. You picked up iceberg lettuce and Red Delicious apples in the produce department, a loaf of Wonder Bread, and a jar of spaghetti sauce completed your list. You didn’t buy milk and eggs; the milkman delivered those to your front door. Mango? Radicchio? What were those?
Read more: The Eco-Foods Guide: What’s Good for the Earth is Good for You!
