Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in energy, Environment on Mar 29th, 2010
On Saturday, March 27th at 8:30 p.m. I should have been sitting in the dark. I had signed up for Earth Hour, a wonderful World Wildlife Fund program that asked everyone around the world– for just one hour — to turn off their lights in support of positive climate change. A follow-the-sun program, once it [...]
Posted in energy, Environment, Favorite Things Friday, Going Green on Jan 29th, 2010
One of the things I dislike the most about the green movement is the fact that so many people discount it. Case in point: This week a new study came out from The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. Pew surveyed more than 1,500 Americans via telephone, asking them about their biggest [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Environment, Going Green on Dec 28th, 2009
Although I buy used things most of the year and even for Christmas, too, my husband feels strongly that Santa shouldn’t be cheap, and that he (or she) needs to worry a little less about the environment at this time of year. Unless Santa has unearthed something super-cool on eBay like the retired Little Tikes [...]
Posted in Environment, Going Green, Reduce, Shopping on Dec 21st, 2009
I am a freelance journalist. I have been since October 16, 1999. My income is based on my good ideas, talent, and a little luck. There’s one more component, too: The kindness of relative strangers — the editors, producers, and project managers who give me assignments. That’s why, every year, I take the time to [...]
Posted in Environment, Going Green on Dec 15th, 2009
You may have missed it with all the Tiger Woods news, but this month, leaders of more than 115 countries are meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark to discuss climate change. If you didn’t miss it, you may be wondering why you should care. If you’re like most people, the details of the meeting are a little [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Environment, Going Green, Health, Toxins on Dec 2nd, 2009
Consider this: In the 1990s, the average age a little girl got breast buds — a precursor to puberty — was just shy of 11. Today the average age is about nine! More than one in ten girls start developing at seven. (Thanks @DrGreene for pointing this out!) How could this be? Some experts think [...]
Posted in Environment, Going Green on Nov 25th, 2009
On Monday my friend, Joel sent me a message filled with links to The Big Story — the leaked e-mails from the Climatic Research Unit that imply numbers have been crunched and data has been omitted in a way that may mean global warming is a farce. He struck again yesterday sending me yet another [...]