Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Siblings on Feb 19th, 2010
It’s been a recycling/reducing kind of week, so it’s only fitting that I am dedicating today’s Favorite Things Friday to cool products and companies that can help us reduce waste, improve recycling rates, and reduce the amount of plastic in our world. What do you think? Willing to give them a try?
Ecologic packaging. I [...]
Posted in Environment on Feb 18th, 2010
I spent about an hour yesterday reading about and watching the Vice Magazine documentary/news report TOXIC: Garbage Island. If you haven’t watched it: It’s a first-person account of a trip into the Pacific Garbage Patch. Reporters from VBS.TV along with researchers and volunteers go out and analyze the waters. A three-week trip there and back. [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Going Green, Reduce, Reuse on Feb 17th, 2010
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Environment, Going Green, Reuse on Jan 20th, 2010
After spending yesterday thinking — really thinking — about all my actions, I came to a conclusion: I get why most people would rather skip the whole green thing entirely. It’s so much easier to do things quickly and move about your day. Case in point: One of my One Small Thing moves is recycling [...]
Posted in Going Green, Organic, Reduce, Shopping on Jan 6th, 2010
Fellow Mommy blogger Hip Mountain Mama Suzy has come up with a great way to get people talking about environmental issues: One Small Change. And what is it? It’s a contest and a blog-o-thon of sorts. According to the instructions, everyone who participates must make one green-related change per month between now and Earth Day. [...]
Posted in Environment, Going Green, Recycle, Reduce, Sustainable on Dec 1st, 2009
We recycle. I Freecycle. I try not to throw anything away. Still, every Tuesday and Friday a big garbage truck shows up at my home to take away our trash. It’s inevitable. With two kids and a trying-to-be-green husband, we make garbage. I’ll save you the boredom of its contents, but suffice it to say [...]
Posted in Environment, Going Green, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse on Nov 9th, 2009
This past Saturday I got to the gym and my Spin class was canceled. I’m sort of glad it was. I decided to make the best of it and do 45 minutes on the cardio machines. Without headphones, I was stuck reading magazines. I grabbed the issue of Rolling Stone with Madonna on the cover [...]