Over the last few years, chia seeds have become more and more popular in health food recipes. Nutritionists talk about them, health and wellness experts praise them, and these tiny little seeds are becoming even more common in grocery stores all around the world.

This is a guest post by Lauree...

Every day at the Nature Camp, we harvest some coconuts (you can buy them if you don’t live in the tropical rainforest!), de-husk them, crack them, and make fresh coconut milk. We always have loads of leftover coconut pulp. The compost is already loaded with other goodness, so we created this recipe ...

When people say “end of fertility,” the first thing that comes to mind is menopause. Most believe that if you no longer get your period, you couldn’t possibly get pregnant. However, there is something misleading about the term “menopause.”

This is a guest post by Evlin Symon, an experienced he...

Generally speaking, keeping a healthy lifestyle requires balance in all areas of life, with nutrition on the forefront. It is not a secret that many people think healthy foods are boring and tasteless; therefore, I’ve put together a list of delicious, nutritious foods that you may not have considere...

Yoga has long been known for its healing characteristics. It is a practice that has been around for thousands of years and has long been known to calm and uplift the soul beyond its normal capacity. The traditional purpose of yoga is to achieve a profound transformation through the transcendence of ...

There are a ton of lists for tips on how to fall asleep faster, but many of them leave off some very important information. It isn't enough to just follow through on food and lifestyle changes, you also have to know the specifics of what to change.

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Although the very idea of green and sustainable architecture is hardly a new one, we continue to see fresh and interesting examples in real life, seemingly on a daily basis. Main stars of this green breakthrough are certainly shipping containers. We already saw them as the perfect foundation for mod...

A healthy, yet absolutely delicious gluten free Maple Pumpkin Pie with Almond Crust dessert. When I was living in Canada, this was one of my favourite fall and winter holiday treats. You’ll want seconds! Now we get organic pumpkin from the land at our Nature Camp in the Caribbean, so it continues to...

Poet Robert Frost famously wrote about choosing a less-traveled road, and his words have arguably inspired countless people of all ages and backgrounds to seize unexpected opportunities, especially when exploring. As it turns out, there are several benefits to wandering towards unfamiliar surroundin...

While you may have good intentions by switching to this “heathy” alternative, make sure you are not being deceived! Have you ever stopped to read what the sugar content is in your favourite “health” drink? Unfortunately, some may not be as healthy as you think.

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Fruit and vegetables are the healthiest things you can eat, they give you energy, help you detox, are low in calories and rich in nutrients. You name it – they have it, and they are super-delicious at the same time. Now, when it comes to berries, it seems like every day there is a new research publi...

Our beautiful “Nature Island”, also known as the Commonwealth of Dominica (not the Dominican Republic, we are much smaller), was devastated by Tropical Storm Erika on August 27^th, 2015.

Our Nature Island

It has been reported that more than thirty fatalities have been confirmed to date and abo...