The Designer's Accord
At this year’s AIGA’s Compost Modern event I was really excited to be introduced to The Designer’s Accord, “a coalition of designers, educators, researchers, engineers, business consultants, and corporations, who are working together to create positive environmental and social impact.” Originally referred to as the “Kyoto Treaty of Design,” the…
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…
Top 6 Hottest Ecofabulous Swimsuits
I know, I know, when it comes to discussion of ecofriendly swimsuits, going au naturale, AKA skinny dipping has the lowest environmental impact (except if you scare the fish with your exposed ladybits, ha ha) since there’s no bathing costume to manufacture, ship and package. But since most public beaches,…
Ethical (?) Squirrel Meat, Lame Journalists (But Awesome Bloggers) and "Fockters"
In this week’s Zaproot: -Meat is meat, so why is squirrel meat ‘gross’ while other meat is ‘yummy’? -Shocking Conservative group LIED about global warming deniers (and DeSmogBlog blogger Kevin Grandia is the only one who bothered to call them out on it!) -Sarah Silverman Rules, In General To get…
Wind Farms: Beauty or the Beast
I took this photo of the wind turbines in Palm Springs, CA I’ve heard the two windiest spots on our planet are the Coachella Valley of California and South Africa. The wind in California has prompted the installation of thousands of windmills in the Coachella Valley, which generate electricity for…
Red Raspberry Leaf: Herbal Tonic for Pregnancy and Reproductive Health
When you think about consuming parts of a raspberry plant, naturally you think of the raspberries themselves – but the leaves are just as nutritious and have great medicinal value. An alkaloid called fragrine that’s found in high concentration within these leaves tones the muscles of the pelvic region, including…
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…
2 More Days For Under the Canopy Sweepstakes
Hurry! Make haste. Only two days left to enter the Eco-Chick and Under the Canopy Organic Cotton Bedding Giveaway Sweepstakes. In case you haven’t heard, Eco-Chick and fan-favorite organic bath, bedding and fashion co., Under the Canopy, have teamed up to give one lucky reader a gorgeous organic cotton bedspread—for…
Green Cleaning Resource
photo by Bianca de Blok Cleaning products are up there on the list of “things I hate to spend $$ on” — they come in a close second to toilet paper. So basically any type of green home remedy I can make in place of buying conventional cleaning products is…
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?…
