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…
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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…
Top 12 Fruits and Vegetables to Buy Organic
There is nothing like the summer months when supermarkets are filled with fresh fruits and vegetables. Local farmers markets have set up shop for the season, offering an abundance of fresh produce. When we shop for produce we have many choices -one of the most difficult being whether to invest our hard earned dollars on…
Blog Carnival: Protecting Children from Toxins in the Great Outdoors
I had the privilege of contributing to the Healthy Child Healthy World Splendor in the Grass Blog Carnival. My blog post, Shoes Off at the Door Please, was among several other blog posts discussing how we can protect children from toxic chemicals in the great outdoors. The Carnival was created as part of a continual…
Welcome to Groovy Green Livin!
Groovy Green Livin is a place to share anything and everything about going green; a place for green inspiration, ideas, dialog and debate. As we go through our daily lives we are confronted with information overload, pressuring us to buy specific brands –the media, our friends, family-everyone has an opinion. How do we sort through…