Learning Where My Food Comes From: A Field Trip to Straus Dairy Farm
After reading Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma and seeing the film, Food Inc., I added "Visit farms and ranches where my food comes from" to my ongoing, never-ending "To Do" list. And the...
View ArticleSave Money & the Planet With Baking Soda: How Many Uses Can You Think Of?
I hear people bemoaning the high cost of "going green." And while organic food does cost more than its chemical-laden counterpart, I'm here to tell you that it's easier to spend more for healthy food...
View ArticleSay No to Fake Plastic Wishbones & Other Thanksgiving Waste
Fake plastic wishbones? Around Thanksgiving time last year, I read a post by blogger Rejin from Urban Botany blasting People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for promoting plastic Lucky...
View ArticleCheap, green, and easy ways to spend less on the holidays -- without feeling...
Pretty much everyone bemoans how consumerism's killed Christmas and other winter holidays -- and how much they want no part of that crappy-plastic-gizmo-giving, money-wasting dealio. Yet cheapo useless...
View ArticleHoliday Buying: More Pressure Today Than 40 Years Ago?
Once upon a time there was a little girl whose only wish was for a Barbie Country Camper. This was 1971. For simplicity's sake, let's call the little girl Beth. Beth had seen the Barbie Country Camper...
View ArticleIs Recycling the Answer to Holiday Waste?
Actually, no. While recycling is certainly important -- we do it in our home -- it's not enough, and here are a few reasons why:Recycling is a business.Like any business, recycling relies on markets to...
View Article"Green" Make-up: Great Ingredients But Still Working on the Packaging
I frequently get asked about what I do for plastic-free makeup, and honestly I haven’t had the best answer. I continue to use the products that I already had and generally only replace them with...
View ArticleCould You Go a Whole Year With Only Five Pounds of Plastic Trash?
What if you were told you were only allowed to generate five pounds of plastic trash this year? And what if that five pounds had to include both your recyclable AND non-recyclable plastic? Could you do...
View ArticleIt's Not Just the Albatross We Should Worry About: My Cat Eats Plastic
Many of you have seen Chris Jordan’s recent heartbreaking photos of dead albatross chicks on Midway Atoll with bellies full of plastic. And perhaps you have seen, or at least heard how sea turtles eat...
View ArticleTired of Toxic Soup? Try Homemade Cough Syrup
Do you have a cough right now or know someone who does? Then I want to talk to you.In December, I caught a cold and towards the end of it was hacking pretty badly. Now, I realize that you don’t want to...
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