As I’ve mentioned in the past, New Year’s resolutions don’t work for me. They are a set-up for big time failure and I don’t handle failure very well. For all of us, January resolutions roll in just as the holiday season rolls out. I’m just returning from a wonderful week of family vacation. All we…
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Go Green with Softcup
Brace yourselves. I’ve decided to ring in the new year by going out on a limb. The topic I’m about to discuss is a bit outside of my comfort zone and could be outside of yours: a menstrual cup. I know that I just lost some of you, but please stick with me. This is…
ESP Goes to the Oscars and Grammys
One of our sponsors, Essential Safe Products (ESP), has some BIG news to share. They are heading to the Grammy Awards and Oscars in 2012! No, they haven’t been nominated for an award, but they will be hobnobbing with some of the biggest celebs. ESP has been named the featured sponsor for the 2012 Grammy…
Best Green Gift Guides 2011
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….
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
Whew! This week flew by and this Friday brings lots of Groovy Green things to share. Yoga If I haven’t already convinced you that yoga is the bomb-a recent study shows yoga could help ease sleep problems and could be used as an alternative to hormone replacement therapy for menopause. There’s really nothing to lose…
How to Dispose of Toxic Cleaning Supplies
Last week we found out that many popular household cleaners have hidden toxic chemicals. Tide Free & Gentle, Simple Green Naturals, Glade Touch Odor, Clorox Clean Up, Bounce Free & Sensitive and multiple air fresheners made the list of products tested and were found to have carcinogens, reproductive toxins, endocrine disruptors and allergens. We…