Through August 31, 2010 Kids Konserve is offering Groovy Green Livin readers a 15% discount on all products -just enter the code “groovy” at check out. Wow! It is hard to imagine that children’s lunches create more than 3.5 billion pounds of garbage each year, which amounts to a crazy 18,760 pounds of trash annually…
Green Living
How Safe Is Your Hand Sanitizer?
Since the outbreak of H1N1 automatic hand sanitizer dispensers are everywhere. These waterless cleansers are provided as a “courtesy” at check out counters of local pharmacies and grocery stores, in public restrooms, doctor’s offices and restaurants. Most of us walk around armed with our own personal supply of hand sanitizer, ready to ward off the…
Groovy Green Livin Named Number 36 in Top 100 Green Blogs For Students
A big shout out to OnlineDegrees.org for compiling the Top 100 Green Blogs for Students. I am honored and thrilled that Groovy Green Livin is included as #36. While you are visiting the Top 100 Green Blogs for Students, be sure to check out all of the other great blogs listed for eco-friendly ideas and…
Ready, Set, Stop Your Engines
This is part of the Healthy Child Blog Carnival about Clean Water and Air Solutions – an effort by Healthy Child Healthy World to help inspire a movement to protect children from harmful chemicals. The delivery guy pulls up to my house to bring me a package. I have to admit, he is visiting my…
How to Green Your Grilling
There is nothing like grilling during the summer months; burgers, fish, and chicken are all favorites on the grill. As delicious as grilling is, research has shown that cancer-causing compounds, heterocyclic amines, are formed when protein foods (meats, poultry, fish) are cooked at high heat. Here are a few things to do to keep our…
And the Green Grass Grows All Around-How Do You Cut It?
Not many people know this about me- I love to mow the lawn. It has become one way for me to have a little alone time; time outside with my music cranked up to drown out the sound of the mower. I use a self propelled gas mower to get the job done. As much…
Connecting with Food-Home Gardening and Joining a CSA
It’s true-the best organic food is the food that is grown closest to you I am finally reading a book that I have wanted to read for years-The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan. As I read it I am continually reminded that we, as a culture, have lost sight…
