Elaine Gallagher Adams is a mom, architect, and college professor living a happy low-carbon lifestyle in a coastal South Carolina town. She serves as a national voice for mindful design, high-performance buildings, and environmental accountability. Elaine lives in a light-filled net-zero energy home that she designed and uses to teach others th...

Kalaripayattu (or Kalari) is an ancient Indian martial art that includes strikes, kicks, grappling, preset forms, weaponry and healing methods. The performance starts with a Kalari Vandanam. Kalari Vandanam is nothing but a salute to the Earth, Sun, Sky, Guru, Ganesha and Shiva, a succession of steps surrounding the four cardinal directions, end...