Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for the many blessings we normally overlook in life. Family, friends, faith, time, education, food, housing, transportation, job, nature, and chocolate are a few of the many blessings we receive. We need to recognize their value and strive to remember that importance throughout the year. Read More »
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Being Thankful
By respectlife - Posted on November 27th, 2008
Tagged: Blessings
• chocolate
• Faith
• family
• Food
• friends
• housing
• Job
• nature
• thankful
• Thanksgiving
• time
• transportation
• Education
• Broad prosperity
• Personal freedom
• Better future
When Chocolate Isn't Enough
By jlepp_journey - Posted on November 1st, 2008
Tagged: believing in self
• chocolate
• freedom from fear
• overcoming anxiety
• suffering
• Better future
The History of Chocolate (Nectar of the gods...)
By respectlife - Posted on October 13th, 2008
Tagged: Aztec
• cacao
• chocolate
• cocoa
• europe
• Ever After
• history of chocolate
• Mayan
• South America
• Spain
• Broad prosperity
• Better future
That (destructive) Chocolatey Goodness
By Shimmeringstar - Posted on July 7th, 2008
Tagged: chocolate
• chocolate industries
• Food
• Rainforest
• Shared responsibility
• Better future
Feeling stressed? Sad? Hormonal? Reach for that oh-so-yummy sweet, smooth, goodness of chocolate. Yessss!! It’s my favorite, too. However, is the chocolate industry yet another bad guy in the growing list of environment-hacking products and industries? Read More »
Poisoned Chocolates
By Nafiza - Posted on February 28th, 2008
Tagged: child labor
• chocolate
• chocolate industries
• cocoa
• fair trade
• Hersey's
• injustices
• ivory coast
• Labor
• M&M
• Better future
Chocolate lovers are all over the world, and it’s a common thing to love because it depicts love and affection. I’m sure many of us have bitten into a delicious piece of chocolate that and felt momentarily lifted. Read More »
Chocolate: An Addiction
By ctrtlelova - Posted on February 22nd, 2008
As I sit here munching on my Valentine's Day chocolate, I contemplate the effects chocolate can have on our bodies. Read More »
We're All Addicts.
By FlirtsWithDisaster - Posted on February 21st, 2008
Why are we all compelled to be stickly thin?
I'm no twig, and I'm also aware that I'm not morbidly obese.
Yet I still find myself trying to limit my caloric intake for my trip to Florida that is so quickly approaching. But if chocolate is in my line of vision (and, it has made an appearance quite freqeuntly, thank you Valentine's Day,) there goes my diet. I literally BINGE on chocolate. Read More »
You just ate a chocolate bar, did you aid civil war in Africa too?
By kinae - Posted on July 20th, 2007
Did you know...
cote d'ivoire
was at one time considered an "economic powerhouse". Their avoidance of becoming involved with the civil war and feuds between the government and the rebels. According to Global Witness1, it is not so any longer. In their press release, they say that a number of companies are aiding the violence.
cocoa
is a commodity we import to the UK and the Americas. The prices for such delicacies have been rising, but to what cost and why? Read More »
