Even though PTSD treatments work, most people who have PTSD don't get the help they need. June is PTSD Awareness Month. Help us spread the word that effective PTSD treatments are available. Everyone with PTSD—whether they are Veterans or civilian survivors of sexual assault, serious accidents, natural disasters, or other traumatic events—needs to know that treatments really do work and can lead to a better quality of life.
METAL, with Travel Webb (@taosvalleyforge), featured the basics of metal smithing, with forging basic shapes to make a wall hook.
Six active military and veterans were welcomed into Travis’s workshop for the afternoon of this half-day workshop offered free to our Military community.
The launch of the microgreens farm in the walipini was a huge success! Thank you to LANL and Taos Behavioral Health, Richard Kalenka and to all who participated in the planning and execution of this project. We are excited to now be able to offer healthy, local, fresh, organic microgreens and produce to our community year-round.
It is important for communities like Taos to address housing crises through a combination of short-term and long-term solutions, including increasing the supply of affordable housing, providing financial assistance to individuals and families in need, and strengthening economic stability through job creation and economic development. Collaboration between government, non-profit organizations, and the private sector is often key to successfully addressing housing crises and helping individuals and families maintain stable, secure housing.
Homes built to maximize sustainability often double as landmarks. It can be awe-inspiring to look at the architecture that lends itself well to the landscape around it, or it can be useful to see how someone balanced conflicting sustainable practices, such as rooftop gardens, rainwater collection, or solar panels.
From recycling and efficient heating solutions to renewable and buying locally sourced organic produce, we are spoiled for choice when it comes to ways we can help save the environment. Climate change, biodiversity loss and resource scarcity are global challenges but they should not leave us feeling powerless. Sometimes, solutions are so diverse and unexpected that they can even catch us by surprise.
Each day we are breaking new ground with renewable energy: from the new record Germany broke by generating 35% of power from renewables in first half of 2017 [1] to the fact that renewables investment remains larger than that for all fossil fuels[2]. And this is good news for our climate and environment: with increasing energy demand, renewable forms of energy enable us to fuel our needs with remarkably low greenhouse gas emissions especially when compared to fossil fuels.
As you plan a garden for the spring, you may not be thinking much about its biodiversity. You should. Biologists explain biodiversity as the variety of species living on earth. For a garden, it means incorporating native plant species. It may not seem like a huge deal, but it’s a decision that matters to all of us.
Although deforestation is an ongoing environmental issue which receives a lot of media and internet coverage, many people don’t realize that it is happening on their doorstep. The huge losses of forest in Asia and South America is well publicized, but unfortunately, a similar thing happens in the United States of America. Most deforestation in the USA is legal, but that doesn’t mean that it is right!
Although deforestation is an ongoing environmental issue which receives a lot of media and internet coverage, many people don’t realize that it is happening on their doorstep. The huge losses of forest in Asia and South America is well publicized, but unfortunately, a similar thing happens in the United States of America. Most deforestation in the USA is legal, but that doesn’t mean that it is right!
Walking in nature makes you more mindful and relaxed, when compared to walking for the same amount of time along city streets. Numerous scientific studies have discovered that residents of the urban areas who have limited possibility to spend time in green spaces are more vulnerable to psychological problems: mood disorders, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, or depression.
