By David Willey - BBC News Rome A small town in central Italy has declared its independence and started to print its own banknotes. The authorities in Filettino, 100km (70 miles) east of Rome, are protesting against austerity measures. It has only 550 inhabitants and under new rules aimed at cutting local administration costs it will be forced to merge with neighbouring Trevi. Town mayor Luca Sellari, who...

Natural Cleaning products are just as effective as popular chemical brands. The upside is that natural cleaning products don't leave harmful fumes or residue, and so you are left not only with a clean home, but a safe one, too. Chemical brands have the tendency to kill all bacteria – both good and bad. What we don’t realize is that we need good bacteria in our micro ecosystem for a healthy environment. Eve...

(By NaturalNews) Tree hugging, that much maligned hippy generation idea, has now been shown to have validity after all. Contrary to popular belief, touching a tree does make you healthier. In fact you don't even have to touch the tree to get better, just being within its vicinity has the same effect. In a recently published book, Blinded By Science, the author Matthew Silverstone, proves that trees improve m...

The amazing story of Lucas Hembree and his dog Juno 14th December 2011 By Bob Yarbrough - volunteertv.com The ability of Lucas Hembree, 4, to live life to the fullest is slowly slipping away. He suffers from Sanfilippo syndrome, a rare disease that affects his entire body. There is no treatment and no cure for the disease. Doctors expect Lucas to be in a vegetative state within five years. His mother J...

Apparently there are not enough chemicals already added to our drinking water, as there is now a call by “experts” to further poison our water supplies by adding Lithium. Their main reason is to decrease suicide and violent crime rates. So it this how we wish to function as a society?  Instead of dealing with our issues at hand, let’s drug ourselves so that we don’t have to deal with personal subjects that may be pe...