Welcome to Green Questions, Groovy Answers-your opportunity to get your pressing green questions answered each week. This week’s question comes from a Groovy Green Livin reader, Suzanne in Memphis, TN. Thanks Suzanne! Does eating organic strawberries really matter? There is nothing like the summer months when supermarkets are filled with fresh fruits and vegetables. Local…
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Juice Beauty Review and Giveaway
I spend a lot of time looking into the safety of personal care products before I ultimately use them. Here’s what happens when I buy a new personal care product: Look through the ingredient list If everything at first glance looks OK I buy the product. Take the product home in a reusable bag (would…
Green Questions Groovy Answers-How to Recycle Teflon
Welcome to week two of Green Questions, Groovy Answers. A big thank you to everyone who submitted their excellent name suggestions for this new weekly column. Rebecca from Natural Mothers Network came up with the winner: Green Questions Groovy Answers. Thank you Rebecca! If you have a question you would like answered please submit it…
What is Baking Soda?
Lately I’ve been receiving oodles of amazing green questions from Groovy Green Livin readers through Facebook, Twitter and email. I love that so many of you are reaching out. While I try to answer each and every question individually, there are times when it’s impossible. There are also many times when your fabulous questions…
Wordless Wednesday: Now and Then
It’s Wednesday and all over the internet you will find photos with no words of explanation. Why? Because pictures say a thousand words. She was my first baby. Guess how old she is now? Linked up with: I Thought I Knew Mama, My Organized Chaos, Searching for Simplicity,
5th Grade Puberty Video: Deodorant v. Antiperspirant
A few weeks ago my 11 year old son woke up not feeling well. He stayed home from school that day and ended up missing part one of ‘The 5th Grade Video’. You know which video I’m talking about-most of us have seen it (or some variation of it) during our own childhood. The movie…
Reusable Againbags: Review and Giveaway
Everyone has one of those drawers in their kitchen that’s overflowing with stuff (don’t they?). I have a few. One of those drawers is filled with all different types of reusable snack and sandwich bags with a few other odd n ends thrown in. I’ll admit it’s not neatly arranged, so I will spare you…