There are foods that we eat often, very often, rarely or not eat at all. Salt is the only exeption. Can we, humans do without salt? Probably we can, for some time. But immediately, the food becomes bland and tasteless, as well as life itself.

So, food without salt is tasteless, but with salt it is harmful. Is there a reasonable compromise? There is, and it was found by our ancestors. From ancient times in Russia the…

Birch bark handmade craft may be an original decoration, a practical storage for small things at home or an exclusive gift for your loved ones.

Birch bark contains fungicidal and antiseptic substances like betulin that help preserve bark artifacts - ideal for long storage of different drinks, as well as dry goods. Please read this article for more info about unique properties of birch bark:…

My friend Alosha is offering a self-study online comprehensive training, Eco Home MasterClass which will assist you (step-by-step from start-to-finish) to easily build your own low cost eco Dome home. This home will protect you from Electro Magnetic Radiation. Here is the link: https://ou369.isrefer.com/go/water&home/yury/

In Abundance of Water…

New permaculture book launched 15 months ago by Paul Wheaton and Shawn Klassen-Koop, is now ready for the kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/better-world-book?ref=cq5fuf - please contribute to let it out and share this message with friends!…

My Russian friend Alosha Lynov is an eco engineer, inventor, builder and teacher who gets his inspiration from mimicking Nature’s Genius.

After 12 years of learning from Water, Natural Building and Permaculture Wizards, he is creating a wave of intentional communities based on Cooperation and Natural Law !

I would like to invite you to Alosha's complimentary…

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In fact, you can get Ecominded heirloom non-gmo seeds for as little as 75 cents per seed pack!

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Do you know that cold-pressed natural oils are much more beneficial for your health than any other oils? Because they retain healthy antioxidants that are otherwise damaged by being exposed to heat. They are also rich in vitamin E, which has anti-inflammatory healing effect.

We are offering cold-pressed cedar nuts organic oil, wide range of natural oils, made on wooden presses (no contact with metal) as well as organic…

Eco-Minded greetings, my friends!

Phew! It took months to complete all changes and renewals on https://ecominded.net What a relief to have the work done! :)

The site has got a new adaptive template and now works much faster. Beside PayPal we also accept Visa and MasterCard payment. GooglePay option is on the way.…

1. In the last year Facebook banned and deleted without warning and explanation three my FB accounts.

So for now I have only one FB account left: https://www.facebook.com/george.smirnov.10 - please feel free to make a friend request, I accept all requests.

You can also find me on…

Hi Folks,

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We invite you to benefit from the wisdom of Dolmen sages, join Vedic Russia gatherings and…

Hi Folks, please check Urbech, one of the Russian superfoods:

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Originally from Dagestan, urbech is a 100% natural paste made of ground raw seeds and nuts. There is no thermal treatment of the paste, so it…

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Please place an order: organic non-GMO whole grains - ready for germination, as well as organic vegetarian food mixes: porridges, soups and cutlets - great for vegans and raw foodists.…

Hi Folks, let me introduce one of our new suppliers: Zinayida Bushkova is creating her Kin's domain in Vedrussia Kin's settlement. She is a professional botanist and the author of unique mix of 15 natural wild herbs, flowers and fruits collected in the purest foothils of Caucasus mountains, beneficial for your health, that has recovery and generally revitalising effect:…

Dear friends,

I've got a number of requests from people who wanted to get paper option of the RCoR books. In reply I created a special page where you can purchase all the books of the RCoR series (paperback): https://ecominded.net/news/recommended-books.html 

Plus to that on…

Dear friends,

My Russian friend, Alosha Lynov, is tackling Water Sustainability head on. After 10 years of learning from top water and permaculture wizards, he took his urban home Off-the-Water-Grid.

He is currently running a complimentary water class…

Dear friends,

Get the best for your health (and wallet) with upto 50% discount for the following Eco-Minded items:

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Autumn is the perfect time to think about next year harvest! )))

As usual we have wide range of heirloom organic seeds from Russian family homesteads: https://ecominded.net/heirloom-seeds.html - please place an order and share the link with your friends.

If any seeds are not available on site please let me know at radaryu@gmail.com…

My dear friends,

I am happy to introduce my just written book "The Prayer of Life" - available in pdf, click here to place an order: https://ecominded.net/books-dvds/the-prayer-of-life-detail.html

What prevent us to be happy in life?

How do our emotions/feelings effect our life?

Are we really mirrors of each other?

Covering wide spectrum of vitally important issues this eBook will…

A few days ago Facebook asked me to go through confirmity check, I sent my picture as required and a couple of days later got this note: Your account has been disabled.

Luckily I has been expecting something like that and a few years ago registered a spare account with Facebook with all the information posted simultaneously with the main account.

So please, to keep in informed join my another Facebook account here:…

What is Russia's Far East Hectare program?

Russia offers free land to foreigners, is it true?

Is free land giveaway really extended all across Russia?

Find the answers to these and some other questions in my new article: https://ecominded.net/news/land-giveaway-in-russia.html…