Disney please stop using toxic chemicals in your lunch boxes As many of you know, I started a PETITION asking Disney to be a leader for children’s health and to stop using dangerous chemicals in their Spiderman and princess lunch boxes. The Disney petition was launched about 10 days ago and has exploded. I am humbled by the…
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Wordless Wednesday – There’s a Wasps Nest on the Roof
Wordless Wednesday is meant to be a simple post which features a photo to convey a message that speaks for itself without using words; well not a lot of words! This wasps nest was discovered on the first day of school at our next-door neighbors house. As massive and intimidating as it is, there’s something…
PETITION Disney: Get toxic chemicals out of Princess and Spiderman lunch boxes
The alarm clock went off at an ungodly hour this morning and I quickly rallied to get my very tall 6th grader and his 5th and 3rd grade brothers out of bed. Today millions of children like mine are heading back to school. My three were ready- armed with new backpacks filled to the brim…
Five Tips to Green Your Barbeque
Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end of summer and this year it’s bittersweet. Over the past few weeks our summer groove has finally fallen into place and I’m not ready to let it go. I admit there’s a slight craving for a routine-normal bedtimes, some sort of schedule and consistency. But I’m still…
What Can Grow in an Organic Garden?
It’s Wednesday and all over the internet you will find photos with no words of explanation. Why? Because pictures say a thousand words and today is Wordless Wednesday. When we decided to add a few seeds to our organic garden this year I wasn’t so sure anything would grow. Boy was I wrong. It just…
Tips to Avoid Plastic from Beth Terry Author of Plastic Free
Last year I had the pleasure of meeting Beth Terry at BlogHer in San Diego. We had lunch together with a group of green bloggers and I remember spending a lot of time discussing the disposable plastic plates that were being used for all of the meals at BlogHer11. Beth and Amber took the discussion to the…
VIDEO: 3 Tips to Keep Fit
Three Tips for Getting Fit I have been shooting videos a lot over the past year. You haven’t seen any of them because I shoot the video and that’s where it ends. The editing piece just doesn’t happen. Until now. Finally, (with the help of many) I have my first Groovy Green Livin video production!…
