If wines and beers aren’t your drinks of choice, check out eco-friendly companies like Altitude Spirits in Thornton, Colorado which produces its Vodka 14 (pictured left) using organic corn and rye, along with Rocky Mountain spring water. Other options? Rain Organics Vodka Square One Organic Vodka Sunshine Vodka Shadow Spirits Organic Vodka Maison Jomere’s Organic Vodka and Juniper Green London […]
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Sure, it’s made from grapes. But does that make wine eco-friendly?
Not unless those grapes are grown organically; and if they’re grown locally, even better (Ideal Bite claims that “a local wine always trumps an organic one if it’s shipped from far away.” In fact, they report that the average wine shipment adds over 3 million pounds of CO2 emissions into the air – that’s like 994 […]
Organic Beer Tastes Good!
If you’ve been waiting for organics to add some bounce to the beers you drink, wait no longer. Many micro-breweries and even some of the major beer bottlers have jumped on the environmental bandwagon, giving you lots of eco-friendly choices in pubs, restaurants, and local liquor stores (which is where I recently found an organic beer infused […]
Environmental In-Box: Cast Iron Cookware
For top-notch cooking without the worry generated by non-stick coatings, I turn to cast iron cookware. Here’s why: What I Like: No Nasty Chemicals – You get “non stick” without the nonsense of PFOA, the nasty chemical that makes Teflon easy to clean but also health threatening. Great Cooking – Once cast iron is seasoned (a […]
How Eco Is Your Coffee Pot?
Consumers buy more automatic-drip coffeemakers than any other small kitchen appliance, so it’s no wonder they use about $400 million worth of electricity just brewing coffee every year. To make an energy-efficient but still high-voltage cup of java, start with the pot: French press. Bodum Chambord’s elegant but inexpensive model (pictured left) makes delicious coffee; the […]
Organic Chocolate from Seeds of Change
Today begins a new feature on Diane’s Big Green Purse: the Environmental In-Box product review. Every Monday morning, I’ll review at least one of the products I’ve been sent during the previous week. I’ll award three green purses to products that merit your consideration, two purses that are almost there, one purse to a product that’s on the […]
Want to be “almost” meatless? These cookbooks will help.
My recent post on Ten Reasons Why You Should Eat Less Meat generated a resounding request for recipes. My favorites come from colorful cookbooks that either eschew meat completely or use it primarily as an accent rather than as a main course. Super Natural Cooking will get you whipping up meat-free stews, salads, entrees and […]
Purple Rice? Orange Chocolate? Vanilla Sugar?
If your mouth isn’t watering yet, it should be. These foods, produced by Alter Eco, the Fair Trade food company, are not your run-of-the-mill staples. Their exotic flavors and textures transform mundane meals into delicious dining experiences you’ll want to repeat over and over again. What makes them so special? Taste, for one. The full natural […]