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"When we truly realize that everything beautiful is already in Our Hearts, we have nothing to lose and everything to share." - Forrest Kolb

Arthur Potts Dawson: A vision For Sustainable Restaurants (Video)

Source: TED - Which came first, epicure or eco-warrior? For 23 years, Arthur Potts Dawson has worked alongside Britain's most respected chefs, including Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Jamie Oliver. But his interest in food began during childhood, on a Dorset farm.

"There was never much money around when I was growing up," he says. "We learned to turn lights off, put a jumper on instead of the heating."

This thrifty sensibility found expression in his acclaimed London restaurants Acorn House and Water House, opened in 2006. From rooftop gardens to low-energy refrigerators and wormeries that turn food waste into compost, these restaurants prove the profitability of an eco-friendly approach -- and serve as training grounds for the next generation of green chefs. Potts Dawson is now taking his crusade to kitchen tables, launching The People's Supermarket, a member-run cooperative supporting British farms, and cooking for Mrs Paisley's Lashings, a supper club whose profits fund urban gardens in London schools.

"Doesn't he sometimes envy those of his contemporaries who went for the fame and the cash, and don't worry about sourcing recyclable microfibre table tops? He says: 'I just want to serve food that people want to eat, and show a way forward for the restaurant industry, for all industries. One day, everything I've done will be worthwhile.'" - Nick Curtis, Evening Standard

Book Review: "DailyOM Learning to Liveby Madisyn Taylor"

Source: DailyOM: Wouldn't it be great if we were born with instruction manuals? Each one would be different based on what we needed to learn, but the basics would be the same: how to create healthy relationships, how to deal with sorrow and pain, how to reach our goals, and how to know what we want to do with our lives when we grow up

DailyOM: Learning to Live is the next best thing to a personal instruction manual: a guiding light to reassure us that we're on the right path, and to help fix us when we feel broken.

ABOUT THE BOOK: In this new book, based on the popular Website DailyOM, co-founder Madisyn Taylor seamlessly weaves together her award-winning inspirational thoughts with her achingly honest personal story, revealing the inspiration behind many of the DailyOM messages that touch millions of people every day. DailyOM: Learning to Live is the next best thing to a personal instruction manual: a guiding light to reassure us that we’re on the right path, and to help fix us when we feel broken.

Eco-Conscious Bachelor Trip (Video)

Forrest is gearing up for his Eco/Archaeological/Adventure Bachelor Trip here at the Mayan Riviera, Quintana Roo Mexico with 5 of his soul brothers. Men's Health Magazine will be covering the action and so will we...