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Greening up your Spring Cleaning
Tea Tree Oil (Try your natural food store)
A couple of years ago after being fed up buying bottles of “green” window cleaner that never offered a larger sized re-fill version–I started making a few of my own cleaning products for everyday use around the house. Since then I have enjoyed a home free of that stinky cleaning product smell-which absolutely nauseates me just thinking about it, and keeps my lean budget a little meatier.
Green Life Smart Life
- Thursday, March 11, 2010
Walmart Announces Emission Reduction Plan; Can They Achieve Sustainability?
Walmart has been making significant strides in over sustainability for the company including initiatives such as solar energy sources on stores, obtaining power from wind-based electricity, refilling laundry detergent bottles instead of new packaging, eliminating plastic bags and offering sustainable food and goods. However, 8220;Everyone comes to work sick,” including employees handling food. On February 25, Walmart announced their emissions reduction initiative and promised to to eliminate 20 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions from life cycle of products they sell around world by 2015. This
Green Life Smart Life
- Thursday, March 11, 2010
Discovery’s “Life” A Glorious Follow-Up to “Planet Earth”, but Party Smacks of Hypocricy
As omnivores, we have the choice to eat and enjoy a terrific variety of foods, and can live very healthfully (probably even more so) eschewing meat from our diets. We humans have developed agriculture, food processing and cooking, and even restaurants.
And however you feel about the eating of animals (I’m not even going to go into animal cruelty here), nobody can deny the fact that meat takes an incredible Discovery and the BBC’s new series, “Life” is knock-your-socks off fantastic. Seven years in the making, the all-animal cast performs feats of daring,
Eco Chic
- Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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Is Local Food Better?
by Sarah DeWeerdt Yes, probably-but not in the way many people think. ( Editor's note from World Watch Institute : The local-food movement has been gaining momentum in developed countries, and in many developing countries as well, in recent years; in the United States alone, sales of locally grown foods, worth about $4 billion in 2002, could reach as much as $7 billion by 2011. Local food's claimed benefits are driving health- and environment-conscious consumers to seek alternatives to the industrial agriculture system whose products dominate grocery-store shelves.
The Green Changemakers
- Thursday, April 16, 2009
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Food, Inc. Discussion Guide
Resource for Grades 9-12, by the Center for Ecoliteracy Do people have the right to know what is in their food? When deciding what to eat, how much should we consider the workers who pick, process, and transport our food? These are some of the questions high school students are encouraged to consider in the new Food Inc. Should companies be able to own the DNA contained in plant seeds? Discussion Guide, developed by the Center for Ecoliteracy and
The Green Changemakers
- Thursday, November 5, 2009
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Free Food by Avoiding Wasted Food
by Michael Smith Have you ever felt you were throwing away more food than you were eating? In fact we all throw away tons and tons of perfectly good food every year simply because we did not store it properly, or also because we assume that the “best before” date on a product means that it cannot be used a day or so afterwards. The proper kind of storage can make your produce last longer and, doing it right, you can avoid throwing good food – well it was before it went rotten – into It would appear that that is exactly what we are doing, whether in Britain or the USA. A
Green (Living) Review
- Thursday, March 26, 2009
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3 Ultra-Satisfying Vegetarian Fall Soup Recipes
To me, it’s the ultimate comfort food: hot, healthy, and vegetarian. Tags: Featured Food recipe vegetaria Image via: Sneakerdog
Every year, when it starts getting cold, I crave soups and stews packed with greens and garlic. I
Eco Chic
- Monday, November 9, 2009
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Cooling food without electricity
Looking for an environmentally friendly way to keep food and drinks cool without electricity? A pot-in-pot fridge, also known as a Zeer pot, just might do the trick. Great for emergency situations, there's no moving parts and it's cheap and easy to mak
Green Living Tips
- Friday, January 23, 2009
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Toxic Flame Retardant May Be Entering Our Food Supply
Transporting food thousands of miles farm to market has its consequences. Not only does this practice leave a heavy carbon footprint and mean food is not as fresh as if locally grown, but the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has found it also allows toxic chemicals to enter our food supply. Toxic Flame Retardant May Be Entering Our Food Supply
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Green Living Ideas
- Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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Raw Food Recipe: Late Summer Peach Cobbler
When a person first discovers raw food, the thing that surprises her the most is how great the desserts taste! Blend all of these ingredients in a food processor or blender to your desired consistency, save for 2 of the peaches. Blend all of these ingredients in a food processor until it turns to a nice crumbly texture. Guest Post by Nathalie Lussier
Truly guilt-free desserts part of an eating plan that’s not only healthy, but also environmentally conscious?
Eco Chic
- Friday, August 28, 2009
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Raw Food Recipe: Late Summer Peach Cobbler
When a person first discovers raw food, the thing that surprises her the most is how great the desserts taste! Blend all of these ingredients in a food processor or blender to your desired consistency, save for 2 of the peaches. Blend all of these ingredients in a food processor until it turns to a nice crumbly texture. Guest Post by Nathalie Lussier
Truly guilt-free desserts part of an eating plan that’s not only healthy, but also environmentally conscious?
Eco Chic
- Friday, August 28, 2009
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Proposed Soda Tax to Fund Obama Health Care Reform
Tags: Beverages Food and Cuisine health Obama obesity sin tax sod Sumptuary or sin taxes are common on alcohol and cigarettes, but do sugary sodas fall into this same category? The Obama administration has proposed a sin tax on sodas to pay for health care reform. Of course, the beverage lobby opposes the tax claiming it would unfairly target lower income families.
Green Living Ideas
- Friday, June 5, 2009
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Raw Milk is Most Widely Consumed Illegal Commodity Besides Drugs
Tags: Beverages Food and Cuisine Milk Raw Foods Chelsea Green dairy products federal law food health milk products raw milk raw milk products Ron Pau Do you drink raw milk? If you live in one of the states where raw milk is illegal, you may be part of underground movement that is second in size only to illegal drugs. It’s legal to consume raw milk in all 50 states if you own
Green Living Ideas
- Friday, April 10, 2009
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