While major shifts are happening in the organic personal care industry, it's still a challenge to find truly clean hair care products. Brands like Aubrey and John Masters may top the list of acceptable options, but still, nothing beats pure, unadulterated real ingredients for healthy, shiny and soft hair, especially in the cruel drying winter months. Good thing you can take matters into your own hands, naturally, with these easy, DIY hair care treatments.

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Increasingly high levels of antibiotics fed to livestock animals are causing antibiotic-resistant bacteria to become more potent, raising concerns from the Center for Science in the Public Interest via a petition to the USDA to prohibit the sale of contaminated meat and poultry.

When chilly winter weather arrives, we tend to go into semi-hibernation, avoiding the outdoors and sticking to the warmth of our homes. What's the bright side to not being able to do your favorite outdoor activities? Winter offers up plenty of time to snuggle in and read a good book.

Before you dig into that latest bestseller or a read-it-20-times classic, you need to craft the perfect space to cozy up with your new book. Create the ultimate reading escape with these five easy steps.

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Closing out 2011 on something of a high note, the EPA revealed new standards that would dramatically limit emissions on mercury and other toxins allowed by coal and oil plants.

Short ribs braise slowly in the oven and come out caramelized and tender. This savory stew uses the shredded meat and the braising liquid. This is a great way to use leftover short rib meat (and if you don't have any leftover braising liquid, you can use beef broth).

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The Colombian rainforest smells sweet. Dewy flowers burst with fragrances that made me think of warm apple pie, juicy ripe fruits and a steamy cup of tea...but the retreat kitchen served deep-fried plantains and flavorless iceberg lettuce drowning in raw onions at every meal. Just outside Mexico City, the pyramids of Teotihuacan conjured images of a civilization thousands of years gone, and the hotel restaurant served bread that tasted just as old. I'd all but guzzled the last of my emergency energy bars… so, what's a health foodie to eat?

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People have differing opinions about coffee; I'm one of those people who can't live without it. The smell of coffee brewing in the morning makes my day, and a bad or bitter cup can ruin it. Which is why I've taken the time to seek out three different organic coffees that are tasty and pack the punch to get you going in the morning.

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Incense lovers, you're on notice: Frankincense trees are facing serious threats according to a new study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology.

You’re pretty sure you didn’t get electrocuted, but no one would know that by the state of your hair. Dry winter air can turn your usually sleek tresses into a frizzed out, static-y hairdo that refuses to be tamed.

With bits and pieces sticking out like a mad scientist’s mane, you’ve got some serious static electricity going on. You don’t want to drown your hair in chemical-laden hairspray, but hair that refuses to submit to gravity is gets darn annoying. What’s an eco-beauty to do? Wage war (and win!) on static-y hair with these three natural ways to get rid of the craziness.

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Caviar has always been a ruse. It was fed to Middle Eastern and European royalty to boost the image of the higher classes (who seemed unfazed by the gross factor of eating fish eggs); 19^th century U.S. saloon patrons were given free gobs of it because the salt content increased their beer consumption; in the late 1800s, U.S. production dominated the world caviar market so much that exports to Europe were sold back to the U.S. as more expensive imported "Russian caviar," when in actuality, as much as 90 percent of it was American until production pushed stateside resources to the brink of extinction making real Russian imports the dominant option; Hollywood's booming golden era of the 1920s and '30s delegated caviar as a decadent must-have food for anyone interested in increasing their glam-appeal and quasi-wealthy appearances. By the counter-culture revolution of the 1960s though, even many self-respecting billionaires let their taste for fish eggs sink. But a resurgence in caviar, now with an ethical twist, is bringing this food back into fashion despite the one question no one seems to be asking: Do we really need caviar?

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