For example, children’s rates of brain cancer and leukemia and women’s breast cancer rates in the United States and Britain are increasing at a rate of one to three percent per year. Thirty percent of U.S. women in their prime childbearing years are now having difficulty conceiving, and asthma rates are skyrocketing among America’s urban youth. It would be difficult indeed, if not truly incredible, for even the most skeptical scientists to discount these linkages.

But this is only one reason to green our lifestyles even more. Christopher Limcaco, a professional engineer in the field of wastewater treatment and natural system engineering and design, told me on Green Patriot Radio that he was inspired by nature’s ability to develop the efficient cycles necessary to maintain aquatic life. In 1996, after several years of studying the natural cycle of aquatic environments, Chris designed the first algaewheel to be used as an aquatic filtration and life-support system. From there, the algaewheel technology has been developed for use in wastewater treatment, carbon capture, biofuels, and biomass for electricity generation. In its simplest form, the product line is merely an algae-production system that has the potential for multiple applications in multiple industries. The algaewheel technology applied to wastewater plants nationwide could reduce our country’s energy needs by around five percent. In Indiana, where the Algaewheel company he founded is based, conventional job growth has recently been at a net negative, but, thanks to companies like his, green-job growth has gone up more than 15 percent—and his company receives no money from Uncle Sam!

These innovations in technology not only will help to establish greater national security, but provide well-paying manufacturing and green-collar jobs and technologies that pay for themselves with a cleaner environment and lessened dependency on foreign oil; plus, we can export these technologies to the rest of the world. And that’s good for all of us.

With green living in mind, this issue of Healthy Living  holds all sorts of promise and miracles. In many ways, for me, it was the most exciting issue that we have ever put together. I say this because we were able to report on such a wide variety of topics. We report on National Diabetes Month and natural remedies, how cities in Orange County, California, experienced devastating dioxane pollution in their drinking water and how that might be linked to what we pour down our drains. We rediscover five classic skin care ingredients and report on M.D. Anderson’s research supporting the use of curcumin. Dr. Jonny Bowden tells us everything we need to know about the amazing powers of olive leaf complex, certainly newsworthy in an age of the H1N1 swine flu virus, since this potent Biblical tree supplies immune boosters and antioxidants more powerful than almost any other food found in nature.

I hope this issue brings you happiness and healing. Be well!