My picks for green gift guides 2011 There were so many fabulous green gift guides circulating this year that I didn’t have to create my own (good excuse, eh?). There were a few that stood out and are worthy of sharing: Environmental Working Group’s list of Great Books Make Great Gifts: What EWG Is Reading….
Healthy Living
There’s Flame Retardant in Your Soda
I don’t know about you, but I’m getting pretty tired of hearing about all the toxic stuff that’s in our food. A while back I wrote about how artificial food dyes in are found in our food. A report, issued by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, showed food dyes—used in everything from M&Ms…
This Old House is Green
This is part one of a two part series of discussions with Roger Cook and Kevin O’Connor from This Old House. Part one focuses on the host of This Old House- Kevin O’Connor. Way back in 1979 Boston Public Television (WGBH) introduced Bostonians to a new television show called This Old House. Little…
Product Review: LunchBots Stainless Steel Lunch Containers
Lunch boxes are a hot topic of conversation these days. It’s hard not to talk about them when 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 from an average sized elementary school. That’s a lot of waste. The Sierra Club estimates…
Groovy Green Friday Follow Up
At any moment my kids are going to come running through the door ready for the weekend to begin (I’m ready too!). I thought I would share a few of this week’s green happenings before bedlam sets in. Tristin & Tyler launch a new site Two of my favorite eco boys, Tristin and Tyler (along…
5 Best Green Toys
These toys don’t have to travel far to get to you. As a matter of fact most of them are already in your home. No wasteful packaging is needed-they’ve already been opened. These green toys reduce excess holiday waste and are made from things reused and repurposed. If you haven’t had a chance to read…
Product Review: Ecolution Hemp Messenger Bag from Ethical Ocean
I’m always on the lookout for quality eco-friendly bags to carry all my stuff. I thought when I ditched the diaper bag my purse would get exponentially smaller. Boy was I wrong. I’m not really sure what’s in there, but it always seems to be heavy and full. So the need for a larger bag…
