AChinookhttp://www.achinook.com/journal/en-US2012-02-13T06:01:39ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Why an edible forest garden?http://www.achinook.com/journal/2011/10/9/why-an-edible-forest-garden.htmlAChinook2011-10-10T01:09:42ZHow's Your Mental Well-being?http://www.achinook.com/journal/2011/4/21/hows-your-mental-well-being.htmlAChinook2011-04-22T01:18:49ZHuman Ecology Natural Health[e.g. 6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15].  That is, diet notably influences the thought processes and emotional reactions that ultimately guide us on our path through life.  Thus, if our diet is lacking, then at a minimum our brain is not functioning optimally. ]]>Natural World Consciousnesshttp://www.achinook.com/journal/2011/1/11/natural-world-consciousness.htmlAChinook2011-01-12T01:51:03ZHuman Ecology
It is scientifically accepted that on a cosmological timescale the Earth’s period of habitability is at least half over. In about another billion years the Sun will start to be too luminous and warm for water to exist in liquid form on Earth. Even within the next billion years, there are numerous factors we can't control that threaten our existence on Earth (e.g. volcanism, earthquakes, asteroids, global epidemics, etc.). The future is undoubtedly a bumpy ride.

The issue here though is not about factors over which we have no control, that are likely to occur within the next billion years. It's about factors we're creating now, that we could better influence. Factors we're already seeing the detrimental consequences of, and which at the current scope and pace will cause substantially increasing harm to humanity well within the next couple hundred years. That is, the issue is about surviving our own controllable actions in the shorter term, to have time to possibly learn to survive uncontrollable factors in the longer term.

This isn't another prophecy, or mythology, but rather is based on our accumulating objective understanding of natural world ecology, in which our continuing existence is rooted. Our expanding knowledge and focus is more realistically encompassing the discontinuity in the gradient of human interaction with the natural world, yet the scope and pace of our detrimental actions are accelerating frantically.  The shorter term state of human existence on Earth depends on whether wisdom or irrationality prevail.  That is, whether objective understanding or subjective beliefs prevail. ]]>Mankind's Self-inflicted Perilhttp://www.achinook.com/journal/2010/6/21/mankinds-self-inflicted-peril.htmlAChinook2010-06-21T17:44:50ZNatural HealthOl' Shep's Well-being: A Natural Perspectivehttp://www.achinook.com/journal/2009/6/18/ol-sheps-well-being-a-natural-perspective.htmlAChinook2009-06-18T17:02:21ZAnimal Health Natural HealthSecond revised edition dated Friday, June 18, 2010.

Have you had occasion to reflect on the continuing escalation of debilitating chronic illnesses like cancer, heart diseases, various forms of arthritis, and the many other autoimmune diseases, despite our advanced development and medicine? Maybe you've also wondered why some people and animals are so naturally healthy despite this trend?

The author Euan Fingal has offered up a free ebook to try to help us understand how we might improve our well-being and that of our domestic animals in general, but especially that of our canine companions.

]]>Microbes To Mankind, And Back?http://www.achinook.com/journal/2008/11/28/microbes-to-mankind-and-back.htmlAChinook2008-11-28T18:33:27ZHuman EcologyNature's Magic Mirrorhttp://www.achinook.com/journal/2008/11/9/natures-magic-mirror.htmlAChinook2008-11-09T14:52:37ZHuman EcologyDr. P. Kibble Interviewhttp://www.achinook.com/journal/2008/9/14/dr-p-kibble-interview.htmlAChinook2008-09-15T03:03:35ZAnimal HealthOn a lighter note, I'm offering up a fabricated interview that I modeled after a piece that has been kicking around the internet for a number of years.  Hope you enjoy it :o)  

]]>Is Soda Pop or Milk Healthier?http://www.achinook.com/journal/2008/9/7/is-soda-pop-or-milk-healthier.htmlAChinook2008-09-07T18:58:23ZNatural HealthInterested in another thread of the “Chronic Illness Industries” real-life saga, replete with all the sorted chicanery a novelist might conjure up?   I'm trying to present this in bite-sized threads because there's so much material it's overwhelming.   Please come along for the journey to a more well-rounded perspective of our “advanced” industrial development and its effect on our quality of life – it's really not as boring as you might presuppose :-)  

]]>GMOs: Frankenstein in a business suit?http://www.achinook.com/journal/2008/7/29/gmos-frankenstein-in-a-business-suit.htmlAChinook2008-07-30T03:53:32ZHuman EcologyAnimals, having senses more attuned to the  natural world, may have something to teach us.  There's a farmer in Illinois who had planted soybeans on his 50-acre field for years.  He also had a flock of soybean-eating geese that took up residence in a pond nearby.  Being creatures of habit, the geese returned to the pond each year to feast on his soybeans. But then one year, the geese limited their eating to only a portion of his field.

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