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CLUB OIKOS©
Where Does the Word ‘Oikos’ Come From, and What Does it Mean?
 The word ‘ecos’ in the Greek Language, comes from the word ‘oikos’ which means, ‘house’. When you participate in the Bring Back the Earth! Eco-Learning Legacy and Eco-Mentor Leadership Training, you are invited to view your personal and planetary ecology as a ‘house.’ The foundation of this symbolic ‘house’, it should be said, is built and maintained by the eco-relationships that inhabit it. For example, your personal ‘house’ is built and maintained by the relationships known as your body, mind, emotions and spirit which are designed to exchange positive energy with each other, in order to create your experience of health and wholeness. Your planetary ‘house’ is built and maintained by nature, plants, animals, ecosystems, and the greater cosmos, of which you are an integral part, which are designed to exchange positive energy with each other (and you) to create its optimal state of health and wholeness.
Club Oikos Invites You to “Give a Little” and “Get A lot” in Return!
 Club Oikos, serves as a ‘club-house’ for individuals (including young adults and mature adults) who are seeking ways to create, share and promote lifestyles that generate a spirit of partnership and eco-compatibility between themselves, the earth, and all living things. Club Oikos invites all people to be part of the solution to our personal and planetary ills, by sharing their questions, concerns, ideas, and ‘gifts’ for eco-intelligent living with others. When you participate in Club Oikos, there are opportunities to join with me and others around the globe in social networking. There are also opportunities to join me and others in creating true educational reform. Best of all, there are opportunities to do creative things together, such as putting our ideas together to create a seasonal online newsletter, or creating mini instructional videos together (featuring food demos and wellness talks) that speak to the needs of our selves, our families and communities.
Educational Experiences Offered through Club Oikos Include:
Nutrition and Preventative Health Care Classes
 From Life’s Parlor to the Kitchen: Eating to nurture yourself and the greater whole of life.
What’s it all About, Algae? Photosynthesizing your diet for optimum health.
Living Toxin-free: Exploring the safe, non-toxic methods for removing chemical toxins from your body and strengthening your immune system.
Whole Food Sweeteners: Meeting the delicious, organic sweeteners that won’t spoil your health rotten!
Salt for Health and Longevity: Learn why salt is essential to the health of your heart, your digestion, and more!
Vittles Without the Vapors: Food combining secrets for digestive fitness.
Probiotics versus Antibiotics: Creating the ecology of life in your body’s digestive system.
Natural Beauty Secrets: Reveal your inner beauty using the principles of detoxification and nourishment. Learn about do it yourself body wraps, and ingredients for beauty from the rainforest.
Eco-Friendly Food Preparation Video Instruction:
 Not Milk...Nut Milks! – Create gourmet dairy-less beverages that are smooth-sipping, eco-friendly delights!
Super Smoothies: Taste the Nectar of Life! – Create creamy tasting, dairy-free smoothies, featuring the bounty of nature’s gardens, orchards, and nut groves.
Gourmet Grains – Main Dishes Made of Nature – Create savory dinner dishes in which ancient grains play a starring role.
Thoroughly Modern Millet – Discover the ancient grain that is ready to jazz your plate and palate!
I Dream of Quinoa – Explore the Peruvian Mother Grain that makes breakfast, snacks, dinners, and desserts awesomely nutritious!
The Cosmic Muffin – Learn to prepare delicious, fiber-rich, egg-less muffins using flax and fruit based purees.
Madonna’s Manna – Eat to keep yourself and your baby nourished during the first years of life.
Omega More! Taste the good fat that flaxseed is famous for!
Dynamite Snacks and Hors d’Oeuvres – Taste the vitality in foods prepared with essential oils!
For Teens and College Kids:
 Stellar Snacks: Easy to make mouthfuls that feed your cells versus your stomach alone.
Look Ma! ... Milk without the ‘Moo’! Dairy-free delights for teens with milk allergies.
Super Smoothies: A taste for all seasons; nutrition for all reasons!
Field Trip to Fatsville: From Lard Boulevard to the Land of Essential Fatty Acids (Do You Know the Difference Between ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’ Fats in Your Diet?)
From Sugar Mountain to Honey Hilltop—Sweeten your life naturally, without the fear of eating empty calories!
Burgers without the Beef—Preparing homemade burgers that save the ecosystem grief!
Cookin’ on Campus: Healthy food ideas in a flash!
(Volunteer to Serve Eco-Learning Legacies, through Club Oikos©)
When you participate in Club Oikos as a volunteer, you are invited do the following:
  Practice a philosophy for living that is changing the lives of people around the planet.
Use your life, to participate in hands-on educational activities that educate and inspire others to develop new beliefs, attitudes, and approaches to living.
Experience the satisfaction of doing what you love to do, while working with others who love to do the same.
Help lighten the load of a few eco-educators, by serving as part of a global family of eco-educators who are committed to working together to assist in this healing process.
Work directly with the founder of Eco-Learning Legacies to enrich your appreciation of eco-intelligent living and learning.
The Volunteers I am Seeking, Are:
 Supportive of the Eco-Learning Legacies Mission and Vision.
Able to learn and take direction from others.
Willing to take on creative challenges and capable of performing tasks (such as writing seasonal newsletter segments) or helping to set up (and possibly “star in”) video presentations.
Deserving of friends and life skills that enrich your life and support your journey to wholeness.
If you are interested in doing in-person volunteering, please contact me through my email and specify your interests, abilities, and talents. Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age.
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