According to a recent study, done at the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, San Juan county beat out all the others in Washington as the healthiest county in the state. This study was based on how healthy residents are and how long they live. It considered health behavior, clinical care, social and economic factors, and physical environment.

Does it feel healthy to live here? That’s an interesting question for someone who has lived here since 1977; therefore someone who is getting older. Still, the answer would have to be affirmative. I… read full article

In simple terms, GREEN refers to lessening the environmental impact from society.

While awareness is growing many are not sure exactly what they can do to contribute to the movement and begin to lessen their carbon footprint. As human beings our ecological footprint is large, as North Americans, it is even larger. Here are a few websites that you can use to calculate your own personal carbon footprint: www.earthlab.com, www.conservation.org, www.carbonfund.org.

If you are curious, check it out.

Here are a few Milestones of the Green Movement. In 1957 a geologist working for the Shell Oil Company… read full article