It's O'right Quarterly

Be LOHAS and Eat for Sustainability Start a Beautiful Day with a Slow Meal

Eat slowly and love the earth

Eat for the Earth

Towards a healthy and ecofriendly diet

Food Education in Elementary School

Teaching kids to enjoy food in a healthy way

The O’right Charity Flea Market

Cherishing resources and sharing touching feelings

Green in Vogue: LOHAS in Haircare

Green is in vogue! Let’s see how hairdressers combine hairstyling with everyday aesthetics

Art in Junk

Look how artists turn junk into art

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Steven Ko CEO of O’right

Taste Happiness through Simple Food One day I dropped by an obscure restaurant in the mountains.

Being aware that there are too many toxic

Renovated from an old cottage, the building looked plain in style

chemicals around us, they stick to natural

with simple decoration. I got a seat near the window. As I sat

fa r m i n g a n d re j e ct a ll k i n d s of c h e m i c a l

down and looked out from the window, I suddenly found myself

fertilizers and pesticides. Since then, their

surrounded by beautiful hills and rolling green. The surprise was

health has been improving to a great extent

further heightened as I looked downward the slope behind the

and their lifestyle and diet further have been

restaurant. A freshly green vegetable garden nestled in a small

influencing the people around them. Some of

valley suddenly came into my sight.

their relatives even followed their example and

As the restaurant hostess filled our table with delicious dishes, I just couldn’t wait and got a mouthful of fried cabbage with my chopsticks. What a tasty treat! Then I sipped on the cucumber soup, which was not too salty and the flavor was just right. With every bite, I was experiencing the food in its simple and natural taste. Sitting in the small restaurant away from the bustling city, I was happily enjoying a feast to both the eyes and the mouth. After the meal, I had a casual talk with the hostess. She told me that she and her husband felt tired working in the busy high-tech industry and the hectic schedule was gradually ruining their health. After discussing with each other, they decided to slow down and review the lifestyle they used to lead. They left the city, left the job that promised a good life, and went back to their hometown. Their old home was renovated into a small restaurant and beside the restaurant was a small vegetable garden with a few chickens and ducks walking around.

started a career to share a healthy lifestyle. As a result, on our table were the fresh cucumbers and vegetables along with cabbages grown by their uncle. The hostess’s excellent cooking skills made the meal a real treat. But I think t asting t h e natu ral a nd sim ple fo o d I’ve been yearning for was actually the key to my satisfaction. In this small restaurant, I see the commitment of a couple to haring healthy, nontoxic food and their LOHAS lifestyle. Living in this fast-moving time, I was so lucky to relax myself and taste the simple happiness in this small restaurant. In that beautiful afternoon, I found that there are so many beautiful things in life to be experienced by heart – in a slow pace.

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Be LOHAS and Eat for Sustainability 06 Cover Story

Start a Beautiful Day with a Slow Meal Eat for the Earth Learn about Food, Live a Healthy Life! Food Education in School

14 Event

All for Love The O’right Charity Flea Market

It's O'right Quarterly 2014 Q3— Vol. 04

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Steven Ko

Editor

Jessica Wang

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Nancy Cheng / Asha Tseng

Graphic Design

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Ming-chi Huang

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16 Modern Salon Green in Vogue LOHAS in Haircare

Healthy Hair Starts with a Healthy Scalp

19 Green Lifestyle Art in Junk

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Start a Beautiful Day with a Slow Meal Is the bustling lifestyle in the city ruining your time for a relaxing meal? As the fast pace in the modern society has gradually distorted our life and the environment we are living in, more and more doctors and scholars are concerned and advise people to slow down and enjoy their life.

Eating slowly is the secret to longevity The Mediterranean people eat a slow meal which can extend to 3, even 4 hours. Slow diet is believed to contribute to their longevity. In fact, according to medical studies, there are anti-aging elements in human saliva and eating slowly encourages more saliva secretion. As you can see, eating slowly is good for your health. Here are some of the other advantages. Repeated chewing helps grind the food properly. It also encourages secretion of gastric juice to activate healthy digestion. Careful chewing increases saliva secretion, which forms a protective membrane in the stomach to prevent stomach ulcer. When you eat slowly, you feel full with less food. The chance of obesity thus becomes smaller. Eating slowly can relax your body and unwind your mind, making you happy and delighted.

The late medical doctor Ogata Tomosaburou (1883-1973) found out that a salivary gland hormone called parotin can help retain youth. Parotin can maintain the elasticity and energy of body tissues like blood vessels and skin, hence slows down aging.

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Bio@PEACE Café offers ecofriendly organic vegetable meals

Bio@PEACE Cafe Ann – the proprietor

The Café is located in the suburban area in New Taipei City

Slow food as a global trend A busy life keeps us from the simple enjoyment of a good meal. The colorful food packages in the supermarket mask the fact of excessive additives in the content. In addition to these problems, people are so used to fast food that they pay less attention to the environmental impacts of fo od during its manufacturing and transpor tation. As a response to this phenomenon, the Slow Food Movement was

Slow Food Festival 2010 in Torino, Italy

A glance at Slow Food Festival 2010

initiated and now it is gradually becoming a global trend. While encouraging people to eat

Slow Food Movement was founded by Cario Petrini in 1986.

slowly and pay more attention to their health

Promoted as an alternative to the rampant fast food that was

and lifestyle, the movement also urges people

originated in the United States, it promotes a lifestyle that is

to think about the connection between food and

characterized as “slow food”. Cario Petrini further established Slow

environmental protection. So far the Slow Food

Food International, a foundation which promotes healthy cuisine

International, an association promoting slow

and slow dieting habits. It has now expanded globally with the main

dieting habits, has attracted about 100,000

concern over issues of how to benefit the humankind, food growers

members in 150 countries worldwide.

and the earth.

The rise of ecofriendly restaurants

Slow Food International has been holding the Slow Food Festival

For Alice Waters, the owner of Chez Panisse Restaurant and one of the founders of the Slow Food Festival, slow food means the food that is fresh, ecofriendly and delicious without too much unnecessary processing. The Slow Food Movement advocates for the consumption of the food that is locally produced or grown instead of being transported from far away destinations.

in one city each year to showcase local cuisine since 1996. The Slow Food Festival is a music carnival as well as an important occasion for discussing slow food. In the festival, people have the chance eating healthy foods from the local area, listening to scholars and experts talking about slow food and watching cookery demonstrations. People can also share their knowledge about selecting good food and suppliers with other people. To create a relaxing and joyful atmosphere, activities like movies, picnicking and rock music are also arranged for the festival.

Moreover, the movement is also concerned about where and how the food is produced as

Official Website of Slow Food: http://www.slowfood.com/

well as how the farmers are rewarded. In recent years, ecofriendly restaurants have b e c o m e m o re a n d m o re p o p u l a r. T h e s e restaurants prioritize local food purchases to reduce food miles and treat their guests with inseason food. Bio @ PEACE Cafe, an ecofriendly restaurant located in a quiet hilly region near New Taipei City, echoes the concept of Slow

Book on Slow Food The cuisine columnist Corby Kummer wrote in The Pleasures of Slow Food that the delicacy of food can only be experienced through careful chewing and tasting. Eat slowly and chew food thoroughly. You will be rewarded with a beautiful, relaxing experience.

Food Movement in many ways.

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Eating in love, living in peace The former owner of Bio @ PEACE Café is an Australian Pilates coach. He had to transfer the restaurant to a new owner due to some family reasons. Seeing that both of Ann and her husband Walter love the earth and vegetable cuisine, he asked the couple to run the restaurant, hoping that the concept of earth caring can last forever through the organic ecofriendly cuisines made with love. B i o @ P E AC E C afé u s e s p l e nt y o f l o c a l o rg a n i c vegetables, most of which come from the organic farms run by Ann’s mother and other farmers. Ann says buying local food encourages organic farmers to apply natural and ecofriendly farming methods. It is a great way of taking care of local farmers and the earth. “Without using any pesticides and chemical fertilizers, the vegetable and fruit taste like heaven. You can tell the difference at the moment you put it in your mouth. Organically grown things taste very different from those grown through conventional farming,” Ann says with a hearty smile. Ann continues to say, “ We didn’t get any formal education in catering. It’s a good thing because we can have unlimited imagination for cooking. We just prepare the food and make it healthy and delicious. In order to carry our ecofriendly concepts through, all of our leftover waste is composted for the use of nearby vegetable gardens.” “Can we have a look at the gardens?” we ask. “Of course! But we need to take a short walk to get there. The rain in the morning has made the trail slippery….”We followed Ann to the garden nearby. We saw a bamboo canopy over the compost pile, beside which is a small garden of lively greenery. Walking back to the restaurant, Ann feasted us with many delicious cuisines and sweets. It was really enjoyable. The food seemed to have a life of its own. We know where it came from and how it was cooked. Most important of all, the food was prepared with love and care. In the tasty food, we saw the respect for human beings, the land, and all creatures on earth. Eating in love and living in peace - that is the kind of pure happiness everybody should experience.

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1,3,4 /// Delicious organic vegetable cuisine 2 /// Exquisite menu handmade by Ann's friend

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Eat for the Earth The food supply in early Taiwan was extremely limited and many people were generally left without enough food. As a result, people liked to greet each other with “Did you have your meal yet?” as a way of exchanging loving kindness and friendship. Now most people are amply fed, so more and more people are shifting their attention towards food issues like how to make the food healthy and ecofriendly. Follow the suggestions below. You can also do something for the planet!

Choose low carbon diet Choose a diet that helps reduce carbon emissions.1 In fact, you can be of help to the earth if you pay enough attention to how the food is grown and discarded. For example, you can eat vegetable and fruit in season. Season vegetables or fruits grow strong and need less chemicals and fertilizers, as a result, it contains less toxic residues. It is also important to buy the right amount. According to studies, as much as one third of food produced annually worldwide is discarded before eaten. About one fourth of it is enough to feed the hungry people worldwide. 2 So, think twice before you put another pack of potatoes in your shopping bag.

Support fair trade food Fair trade is a social movement with the stated goals of eliminating exploitation and promoting appropriate rewards to farmers. Thanks to the popularity of fair trade coffee, now fair trade has become a well-received idea. For instance, two chefs in Peru buy potatoes from small farms and turn the produce into various cuisines and sweets. They not only create new potato recipes but also help increase the income of potato farmers of small-scale operation.3 In this example, we can see that professional chefs can contribute to social change if they work hand in hand with farmers and consumers.

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Think twice before buying GMO’s Genetically modified crops used to be regarded as the best solution to food shortage. However, most people only got to know about t h e e nv i ro n m e nt a l d raw b ac ks of G M O’s when it was too late. Some scientists declare that modified crops show stronger resistance to diseases and pests, thus guarantee high yielding. According to this logic, it can be expected that the demand for pesticides should show a significant drop. Ironically, studies show that the use of pesticides in the United States in 2011 increased to an incredible amount of 183,000 tons! Based on this fact, choosing food from non-GMO sources should be better for your health and for the plant, too. Yo u r eve r y c h o i c e h a s a n i m pa ct o n o u r environment. “Choosing what to eat is also crucial in lowering environmental impact, even though it is a personal choice that seems to h ave n o t hi n g to d o w i t h o t h e r p e o pl e. Cherishing every bite definitely makes you healthier and the world more beautiful.

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For definition of low carbon diet, please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_carbon_diet#High_carbon_and_low_carbon_ food_choices

2 For more information about food losses and waste, please visit: http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/suistainability/pdf/Global_Food_ Losses_and_Food_Waste.pdf 3 For more information, please check an interview with Dan Barber: http://foresthillstuvcsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/2014_0603-3.pdf 4 For more information, please check an EPA of America for pesticide consumption in 2011: http://epa.gov/oppfead1/cb/csb_page/updates/2011/sales-usage06-07.html

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Learn about Food, Live a Healthy Life! Food Education in School

Teach your kids about healthy diets Most kids learn about food more from how it tastes and looks rather than how it is made. Food only belongs to two categories: yummy or yucky. To put them on the right track, parents’ attitude plays a key role. Never, ever buy your kids with proposals like: “Be good and I’ll buy you McDonald’s.” What you should do is allowing kids easier access to organic food, even encouraging them to plant vegetable and make their own food. You will see amazing results in terms of influencing their food choice. Together with the efforts from school, each child can be taught healthy

As an everyday routine eating deserves due attention from us. And it is the best time to develop a sound attitude towards eating in the early stage of our life. He Xing Elementary School in northern Taiwan provides food education that is both interesting and informative.

dieting habits in the early stage of their life, and these habits will ultimately decide how healthy they are when they are fully grown. To see how food education is done in the elementary school, It’s O’right went to He Xing Elementary and shows you now here how the school successfully develops the concept of a healthy organic lunch meal.

Parents DO shape their kids’ eating habits Kids who learn to judge the things they put into their mouth will be smarter about their dieting habits as a grownup. According to a survey conducted by Formosa Cancer Foundation (FCF), about half of the obese children are permitted to eat candies before a meal, and as high as 63.5% of parents give lavish supply of sugared drinks to their kids. Think twice before satisfying your kids will make them healthier.

Do you keep your kids away from candies before a meal?

Do you keep your kids away from sugared drinks?

Junk food is too popular Today most parents are busy with their jobs. Time is usually so pressing that they don’t have enough time to prepare healthy meals for their kids. Consequently, it becomes easy for many kids to get junk food that looks so attractive with enticing yet unhealthy colors and flavors. Greasy hamburgers, colorful candies and overlysugared drinks are usually kids’ top favorites. Without some form of “improvement”, the food just looks boring

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and unattractive to kids.

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The one-dollar lunch meal In Hsinchu, a county in northern Taiwan, every elementary student gets TWD$32 (approximately 1 US dollar) from the government for one school meal. The meager amount is barely enough for a beverage in Taiwan, yet He Xing Elementary provides two organic meals every week within the limited budget. “We’ve been tracing the amount of leftovers for a long time. The information allows us to precisely estimate the food consumption of students of different ages. As a result, we provide only the proper amount of food for students, which in turn keeps the leftovers to the minimum – just about 1-2 kg of leftovers for each meal (an incredibly low amount given the fact that there are about 200 students and teachers). It makes the organic meal possible because we cut back the cost significantly,” said the school meal coordinator Tien. He went on to say: “An organic meal is not only good for the students. It also helps local small farmers.” He Xing Elementary even buys organic soybeans with the revenue generated from meals and provides homemade soybean milk to students as a supplement to their breakfast. Seeing the students sipping on the warm tasty soybean milk, we can tell that they prefer this kind of natural drink to beverages loaded with additives.

Kids love DIY Kids were playing a food tournament when we visited the school. In one of the checkpoints, students were taught to make fig jelly by themselves. They were also asked to compare the handmade jelly with that bought from the supermarket, and the handmade jelly would be served after lunch as a snack. “Kids just love eating the food they prepare by themselves. In last semester, we taught our students to make potherb mustard. Speaking of potherb mustard, most kids just don’t like it because of the bitter taste, but our kids finished the fried potherb mustard happily on that day,” said Rui-xiang Lu, the principle of He Xing Elementary. Allowing kids to make their own food creates a sense of achievement, which makes the food taste even better. It is no surprise that the kids ate up all the fig jelly on that day.

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Organic meals make big changes! Organic meals are just a beginning. So many beautiful changes have been taking place. A student once ran to the principle saying: “Principle! I saw a candy wrap in the men’s room.” It turns out that a part-time English teacher brought the candy to school as a

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reward for students. A small candy wrap caused such a commotion! It can be concluded that candies or snacks are commonly seen in the school. “The teacher for the first grade Jia-yu also offered her observation: “At first students bring things like candies and chocolates to school. But most of them turn to biscuits, even home-

1 /// Organic food is not unusual on lunch plates in He Xing Elementary School

grown fruits like watermelons after a period of time. Their parents

2 /// Students enjoying the simple yet healthy organic lunch

also learn to prepare healthier food for their kids. Beginning with the

3 /// Teacher Jia-yu teaching kids to make fig jelly

child, we gradually extend the influence to his/her family.” “All in all, we hope to extend the concept of organic lunch to green

4 /// Students designing a menu and learning about food combination

consumption and green lifestyle,” concluded Principle Lu. We believe the goal will be achieved and the fruit of their effort will be like the passion fruits dangling from the bamboo frame outside the school kitchen, abundant and tasty.

Organic Goes to School To m a ke t h e s c h o o l m e a l n u t ri t i o u s a n d educational, H e Xing Elementar y S cho ol and three other schools in northern Taiwan co -organize an organic lunch alliance. As par t of the alliance, H e Xing Elementar y systematically introduces concepts like fair trade, food miles and organic diet to students as well as their families. Additionally, part of the school land is turned into a garden for kids to grow vegetables themselves. Through this personal involvement, kids learn to be thankful to the food on the plate. It also gives kids firsthand access to natural food.

For Kids, Colorful Means Tasty Knowing that nutrition is crucial for kids, so in Taiwan each elementary school has to assign a nutritionist. The nutritionist is responsible for checking the hygiene of kitchen facilities and gives food education to students twice a semester. Schools are further required to hand out the lunch menu of the following month in advance for trophic analysis to ensure proper nutrient intake. When asked what kind of food is attractive to kids, the nutritionist of He Xing Elementary Rong-xiu Liu says: “Food with rich colors is attractive to kids. Sometimes kids reject the food simply because it looks dull.”

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Event

All for Love – The O’right Charity Flea Market In order to create a healthy and sustainable environment, people around the world are organizing various events on World Environment Day in an attempt of inspiring people to take care about the blue planet. Staff working in the O’ right Green Headquarters also celebrates the meaningful day with a lively and meaningful activity.

Find your treasure in the O’ right Flea Market O’ right Charity Flea Market took place on June 5 – the World Environment Day. In the afternoon about 4 p.m., people in the Green Headquarters were bustling around with excitement. On the floor were placed personal items from all of the staff members, including shoes, articles for daily use, bags, leather goods, toys, baby accessories and a painting by one of the designers. There were too many things to choose from. “This is the souvenir I bought when I traveled abroad. It’s special, isn’t it?” “This was my favorite toy when I was a kid. What a surprise that we are from the same generation….” “Wow. Are these bead ornaments all made by your mother? Where did she learn to make it? She is so talented!” “This pair of glasses is my father’s best companion when he was young. Now the vintage is in fashion. Wanna try it on?” “My sister bought these high-heels for dating. But she doesn’t like this kind of shoes at all. She wore them only once. As you can see, they are pretty new!”

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Event

New life for old stuff　　

Share love through donations

Laughs and chuckles are heard from around every corner of the

In this charity flea market, we not only promoted

busy flea market…. Do all of these things remind you of the beautiful memories you

the reuse of resources, but also donated part of the earnings to an environmental organization

shared with your friends and families?

as support to environmental protection. To

Do they remind you of the things you cherish and do you feel the

sent to a charity organization in Taiwan called

urge to do something for the earth?

extend our love, the unsold items are further Hua Kuang Center for the Mentally Challenged.

In the O’ right Charity Flea Market, every person bought or sold

By this way we make the best use of resources

the things they like or used to like. Some people looked excited

and extend our love to those who are in need.

because they found good things in the market. Other people looked contented simply because their beloved items are going to start a new life. This is the mission of the event – exchanging stuff and creating beautiful feelings. The flea market is not all about buying and selling. Reusing things is a viable way of showing our care for the earth.

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1, ２/// The CEO of O’right Steven Ko leads all staff members to support World Environment Day 2 /// We support the World Environment Day! 3,4/// O’right staff curiously looking for things they might want to purchase.

World Environment Day (WED) In the first United Nations Conference on the Human Environment taking place in Stockholm on June 5, 1972, it was proposed to set June 5 each year as the World Environment Day. The proposal was accepted in the 27th Conference in October, 1972. From then on, the United Nations and many governments have been holding various campaigns worldwide to encourage environmental protection and conservation.

Source: United Nations Environment Programme: http://www.unep.org/

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Green in Vogue LOHAS in Haircare Green is in vogue! It’ s O’ right invites Manson, a professional hairdresser who used to study visual communication design in college, to share his view on the green trend of the hairdressing industry, and how he combines hair fashion and art.

Eco fashion in hair salons “I hope to influence other people with ecofriendly concepts and ideas and make the world more beautiful. When I started this beauty salon, I decided to make it energy-saving and eco-friendly. To help customers choose healthy and ecofriendly haircare products is also part of my goal,” said Manson about his concept. For him, making money can also benefit other people and the earth if you choose to do the right thing. Due to advanced communication technologies, now it is easier for customers to get access to all kinds of information. As everyone can imagine, the hairdresser is no more making all decisions and customers usually have a strong view about the services they receive. “For example, many customers pay more attention to the ingredients of a product and their source than before. When knowing that the brand they are using is e c ofrie ndly, they usually fe el a higher level of psychological satisfaction,” said Manson.

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“Professional hairdressers play an important role. Holding campaigns like eco hair fashion show is also a surefire way. Maybe O’right can do more hair shows like the RECOFFEE Party in the future!” Manson said with a warm smile.

Art in green salon, art in life Manson goes on to share the experience of Proprietor of Mofi Hair

an eco tea party event held in April. With the tea party, Manson tries to convey a LOHAS

Ecofriendly – the magic word for haircare products　

lifestyle that emphasizes concern for health and nature. The guests include customers, neighbors as well as people from other haircare

As a professional hairdresser, Manson shares his thoughts about

brands. “We hope to share ecofriendly ideas,

eco fashion. “When desired results are achieved through haircare

art appreciation, even a kind of zen-like lifestyle

products from two common brands, customers now tend to prefer

with as many people as we can,” emphasized

an ecofriendly one besides that.”

Manson.

“What is the best way of boosting confidence in using eco haircare products?” we asked Manson.

“Will you hold more activities or events like this?” we asked. Manson nodded immediately and said, “We have plenty of interesting ideas to carry out! Maybe we will hold a small second hand book fair in the salon, or create an art exhibition with broken salon tools like hair dryers or curling irons.” A picture full of creativity and beauty comes to our mind when listening to Manson explaining these amazing, extraordinary ideas. Maybe soon in the future, we will see more ecofriendly ar t works in the salon and a new haircare industry that integrates art and beauty might be the future mainstream.

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1 /// A painting by Manson’s friend 2 /// Mofi’s hairdresser team 3 /// The shampoo area

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Modern Salon

Healthy Hair Starts with a Healthy Scalp The scalp is the root to healthy strands Healthy hair is impossible without a healthy scalp. Growth and development of the hair is closely linked to scalp condition. Dermatologists point out that the scalp plays a key role in the hair condition because it is the place from which the hair grows. When the secretion of sebaceous glands on the scalp is not in good balance, the secretions (mixture of oil and dirt) instantly cover all the hair follicles – a good environment for the growth of bacteria. If the secretion keeps jamming around the follicles, the physiological balance of the scalp will be damaged. If the scalp condition is getting worse and worse, hair loss then becomes a sure thing.

Tips for a healthy scalp Scalp problems can be attributed to many reasons. Unhealthy scalp can lead to weak follicles and fine, coarse hair, and eventually resulting in hair loss. Here are some tips to share. Avoid chronic fatigue, tension and inadequate sleep. Keep an eye on your diet and avoid taking too much spicy food to avoid endocrine disorders, which can disturb water-oil balance of the scalp. Seek medical advice if you suf fer from seborrheic dermatitis to prevent blocked hair follicles. Choose natural scalp cleaning and haircare products to avoid irritations, unhealthy scalp metabolism and blocked hair follicles. Use proper products to control oil secretion and keep your scalp in good shape.

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Green Lifestyle

Art in Junk Throwing the broken bicycle to the dumping site? Discarding the clothes that are out of fashion? In the eyes of artists, these unwanted items should not end as garbage. With the creativity of artists, these wastes start a new life and become pieces of artwork. It’ s O’ right picks three pieces from an eco art festival held in central Taiwan in June. Philosophical and playful, these works tell much about what wastes mean and how rich an artist’ s mind can be.

/// Reaching for the Sky Artist: Tung-liang Hsieh　　　　 Materials: broken bicycles, fans, iron pipes, iron plates, etc. The work combines running horses with moving bicycles by attaching them on the frame in an upward fashion. It symbolizes that sky is the limit and we all have to struggle before reaching the top!

/// The Happy Clown Artist: Yuan-zhong Jian Materials: Broken vibraphone, chair base, bicycle wheel, metal bowl, etc. This playful work vividly represents the lively, noisy aspect of the open market.

/// The LOVE Monster

S urrounded by energetic haw king

Artist: Jun-xiong Zhong

s o u nd, a cl ow n w i t h exagg e rate d

Materials: Iron scraps and bicycle wheel

makeup face and small items hanging all over the costume appears in the

What does love look like? Do you feel what the artist is trying to

market. Looking at the artwork, you

tell when you see this lovely work? The Love Monster is like a

can imagine some kids walking

naughty and playful little animal. Seeing the spikes on its back,

curiously towards the clown.

you would still want to give it a hug!

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