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ENDoutdoor: New Sustainable Trail Sneaks for the Green Outdoorschickie
Many people think that when you live in the suburbs you are only surrounded by tiny plots of land with mowed lawns and white picket fences. That’s not the case for me. I am very fortunate to live within a half mile of a forest reserve of more than 2,000 acres of undeveloped land. Twice [...]
Gardening in the Suburbs: Keeping it Local
My family and I are strong believers in eating locally and organically. In the late fall, winter and early spring, we get food deliveries from a services called Door-to-Door Organics and in the late spring, summer and fall we are members of a local CSA called Asbury Village Farm.
However, the most local you can [...]
Crunchy Greenolas: Organic and Sustainable Clothing
Crunchy Greenolas is my own personal review of new green stuff I’ve found- I’ve tried everything and these are the goods!
• Tees For Change — “Sustainable tee on a mission, ” this fun and inspiring t-shirt line is made from organic cotton and bamboo. Shirts are adorned with positive messages and affirmations such as “Today [...]
Wolffer Estates: Sustainable Wine on Long Island
This week my husband wanted to take a crack a writing. It is a subject that he is very fond of so I have taken the editor role and he is the writer. Hope you all enjoy.
Ok, I love wine. There I said it. I love it, and have a glass just [...]
Recycling Does A Milk Carton Good
I was reading a recent issue of National Geographic’s The Green Guide (Spring 2008) and on the last page of the magazine was an image hundreds of milk cartons lining a street to demonstrate how much milk American’s consume. The image was taken from National Geographic Channel documentary Human Footprint.
According to the movie, America consumes [...]
WIRED Magazine’s “Environmentalism”
“Attention Environmentalists: Keep your SUVs. Forget organics. Go nuclear. Screw the spotted owl.” Wow, if that is not an attention getting headline I don’t know what is. Well that is what is stated on the cover of the June issue of WIRED magazine. The headline continues “If you’re serious about global warming only one [...]
Green Your Zip Code
Sometimes someone comes up with an idea and you hit yourself on the head and say “Wow” I wish I thought of that…so simple and pure genius. Well that is what I think about a new program call ZipGoesGreen.com. Not only is it great but it is GREEN.
So what is it you ask? ZipGoesGreen.com is [...]
Global Warming, Eating Meat and the Importance of the Local Farm Movement — Directly from a Farmer
In my quest to green my life, I have been on a mission to eat more sustainably. I’ve tried to buy only locally grown and organic produce and have searched for grass-fed meats. Well, during my quest I have befriended Shannon Hayes, a sustainable farmer in Upstate New York. This journey to find better, [...]
Truvia? Coming soon to supermarkets everywhere.
Today our food is over-processed and contains artificial ingredients and sweeteners. Reading the ingredients labels on most foods in the supermarkets makes me feel illiterate, Dimonowhat? Polyglycolichuh?
Years ago everything contained sugar. Then saccharin (Sweet’N Low) came into vogue as a “dietetic” alternative to plain cane or beet sugar–remember TaB? Then, when that was [...]
Organic Booze?
My husband and I are not big drinkers but recently we both wanted a beer. In trying to make our home and lives greener, we decided to try an organic beer. On a recommendation from a Whole Foods employee, we bought Peaks Organic Amber Ale. The beer was tasty and a great [...]
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