Soil enrichment and botanical companies have gotten creative about ways to branch out into the community with planting parties. Sure enough, these events are laying down roots beyond the dirt! At The Juicy Leaf on Abbot Kinney Blvd in Venice, CA, employee mixers and team building exercises mean sipping on a juicy martini while arranging a mini garden of succulents. These co-created projects then provide greenery for their lobby or break room, along with closer relationship

I enjoy the season-wide practices of living in the gift of each moment and giving from the spirit of activism. Thanks to non-profit organizations like Kiva, which provide a worldwide hub for micro-finance lending institutions, a lifestyle of socially supportive GLOBAL contributions are possible all year long! In 2009, I created and produced Jewish World Watch’s event Global Soul: An Evening of Action and Vision, honoring the co-founder Rabbi Harold Schulweis. The evening w