Happy Friday {{first name | my friend}},

Riana and I will be carving pumpkins tonight, and yes, we’ll be oven roasting all the pumpkin seeds! 😜 Here’s the recipe we’ll be using to make up to 8 different roasting flavors, if you want to roast some at home, too. 🎃

ECL TRIVIA: What is the term for how organisms use day length to time seasonal events like flowering or migration? (Answer below)

🌱 PLANT-INSPIRED FILTRATION: Princeton architecture students have developed plant-inspired filtration technology that attracts and removes microplastics from wastewater. Learn about how they’re testing to achieve 98% removal efficiency at commercial scale.

🌳 WARWILDING: War can be devastating for human life, and the ecosystems subject to military takeover. Scientists suggest, in this area of Poland’s ANCIENT “primeval forest,” recognizing “nature’s defensive value” is easier than restoring it. Watch the large-scale “swamp” defense proposal explained here.

🪺 REGENERATIVE COLLAB: Nestlé and BirdLife Europe just launched this 3.5-year study comparing regenerative and conventional farming across Europe, which will monitor birds and other wildlife to identify practices that benefit biodiversity in a measurable way. “Birds are one of the most trusted signals nature can give us.”

🍓 NATURE’S CANDY: Strawberries, pomegranates, and a few others stand out as the best fruits for lowering cholesterol, reducing heart disease risk, and even improving sexual health, this cardiologist says. 1.5+ cups per day is the USDA recommendation for daily fruit intake.

🦷 DENTAL & AIR: Does air pollution worsen inflammation and chronic diseases linked to gum disease and cardiovascular problems? Scientists are saying there’s a connection, and dental health will matter more in the coming decades. In case you missed it, functional dentist Dr. Staci offered incredible holistic oral care tips you can implement at home, in this month’s ECL members video call HERE.

🍬 SWEETENED AGING: New research of 13k adults is linking 6 artificial sweeteners to “significantly faster declines” in memory and critical thinking skills. Read all about it HERE.

If you’ve never made your own espresso at home…it’s time to skip the coffee shop and try this.

Purity’s new Espresso Roast is a medium roast developed specifically for espresso brewing, with naturally occurring notes of cocoa and dried fruit. It has a silky body, and golden-brown crema. I make it straight, but you could also used it as the base for your favorite latte, cappuccino, or Americano.

Purity is in a league of their own when it comes to the attention to their beans. In a world of endless contaminants, they require their coffees to meet testing standards for mycotoxins, heavy metals, and pesticide residue.

If you’ve been looking for a new coffee for your espresso machine (or have a french press), this is a good one to try.

Try Purity’s new Espresso Roast and save 20% on your first order. Applies automatically, or enter ECL at checkout. New customers only.

What is the term for how organisms use day length to time seasonal events like flowering or migration?

Answer: Photoperiodism. It helps plants and animals coordinate their life cycles with reliable seasonal light cues.

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To a healing future,

— Rob