Over my few years of blogging my motto has morphed into “Together We Can Make a Difference”. Why? Because we can. I have proof. I’ve seen thousands of people band together and influence some of the largest consumer product companies in the world. This is real change and real progress. The past few days have…
Green Advocacy
Pregnancy, Infertility and Environmental Chemicals
Pregnancy is a thing of the past in my world. My oldest just turned 13. How could that possibly be? He’s 5’5″ and pretty much towering over my 5’3″ self. I’m watching him closely now. Watching and waiting for changes. It’s going too fast and I don’t want to miss a thing. I think back…
Walmart Takes Steps Towards Safer Products
Walmart is listening. The Mind the Store campaign is working. Together we’ve asked the nation’s top 10 retailers to avoid carrying what are being calling the Hazardous 100 + toxic chemicals. Remember when I went into Walgreens and asked them to take steps to remove toxic chemicals from the products they sell? These toxic chemicals have been linked to cancer, infertility, learning and…
Breaking Green News This Week
I’m finally back in the swing of things and there’s a lot of breaking green news to report. Some stories seem bigger than others, but whether baby steps or giant leaps they’re all steps in the right direction. Procter & Gamble is Removing Triclosan and Phthalates from All of Their Products! In January, we received…
How You Can Help Save the Bees
This summer flew by without so much as a bee sting. Where were the bees? Usually we find a hive or two above our garage or hidden in the shingles of our house. Nothing this year. It may have been a coincidence or maybe it’s because the bees are in trouble. Honeybees pollinate many of our…
Hidden Hazardous Chemicals in Your Backyard BBQ
Picnic products can have hazardous chemicals A new study finds that some picnic products sold at the top ten national retailers have one or more hazardous chemicals linked to serious health problems. Are you surprised? Mind the Store Calls on Top Ten Retailers to Phase Out Toxics Remember when I went into a local Walgreens…
Alexandra Zissu Asks Halle Berry “What’s in Your Perfume?”
Alexandra Zissu started a petition asking Halle Berry, who has 5 perfumes in her name, to disclose the individual ingredients that make up the fragrance in her perfumes. Fragrances—which are in everything from perfumes to lotions to diapers to food –are considered government protected trade secrets. This means that companies don’t have to tell consumers what’s in…
