I am not feeling so groovy or green right now. I was in a little, itty, bitty car accident a few weeks ago. Everyone was fine, but my minivan took a beating. Today my van went into the shop for an overhaul-compliments of the sweet- 17 year old-newbie-driver’s insurance company. Needing a temporary replacement- I…
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9 Simple Steps to Recycling
This post was written a week or so ago, when it was still hot and sunny in the early morning and I could pull myself out of bed for a workout. Now that fall has hit it’s not so easy and the early morning workouts are few and far between. My alarm went off at…
Green Moms Carnival Back-To-School Edition
Extra! Extra! Read All About it…… Back-To-School Tips, Information and Thoughts Today is the release of the Green Moms Carnival Back-To-School edition. Green Moms Carnival is a collection of great contributions from around the green blogosphere dealing with a topic many of us are facing: our kids heading back-to-school. Send Your Kids Back to School…
Clean Water and Air Solutions-Healthy Child Healthy World Blog Carnival
This month I had the privilege of contributing to the Healthy Child Healthy World Blog Carnival. The topic was Every Sip – and Breath – You Take, covering clean water and air solutions. So many interesting topics were included- stories about planting foliage around your house, going polyurethane free, exposing water risks, cleaning up indoor…
AAA is Anything but Green
AAA has been around forevah…..since 1902. When it comes to roadside assistance AAA is where most of us turn. I was an AAA member for many years. The renewal envelope would come in the mail year after year and I wouldn’t even think twice about signing up. AAA came to my rescue on more than…
Reduce the Garbage-Switch to a Sustainable Lunch Box
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…
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…
