Aviva Goldfarb of The Six O’Clock Scramble fame shares her “Earth Day Every Day” suggestions for living greener in the kitchen that will save you money, too. “If I asked you to reach into your wallet and grab a couple of twenty dollar bills, and rip them up and throw them away, you’d probably think […]
Are You Ready for Earth Day? Best Tips for Pets, Parties, Beauty & Your Budget!
Happy Earth Day! To honor this day of environmental action and awareness, we’re highlighting some of our most popular Earth Day posts. We’d also love to hear how you’re celebrating this day devoted to Nature, the environment, and how we humans interact with both. Please share your suggestions and tips, and have a great day. […]
Tell Tide to Come Clean and Ditch the 1,4-Dioxane
Would you knowingly wash your clothes in detergent that contained cancer-causing chemicals? I sure wouldn’t, and I bet you wouldn’t either. No wonder many cleaning product companies don’t tell you that they use ingredients that are known to cause not just cancer, but various reproductive problems and allergies, too. Women’s Voices for the Earth (WVE), […]
Clean and Green Dry Cleaning Methods Reduce Your Exposure to Toxic Chemicals
“Dry” cleaning is one of those things that sounds like a much better idea than it is. You might have an inkling of that when you step into a dry cleaners to drop off or pick up your laundry and get an overpowering whiff of …yeah, what IS that smell? It’s actually a toxic solvent […]
“You’ve Been Trumped” – the Donald Occupies Wilderness
Is another golf course more valuable than pristine, unique wilderness? In Donald Trump’s world it is. Trump is in the process of trying to bulldoze one of Britain’s very last stretches of wilderness and turn it into not one but two golf courses. You’ve Been Trumped, a powerful new film shown on opening night of […]
Beat High Gas Prices Ten Smart Ways
Can you really beat high gas prices? Definitely. But first, why are gas prices so high? Gas prices have close to $4 a gallon in some states, and are inching higher and higher in many others. You’re probably not surprised: you know that gasoline comes from oil, and oil is an unreliable source of fuel. […]
Do You Have Any “Thneeds?” Win Free Tickets to the Lorax if You ‘Fess Up.
When my kids were little, we loved reading Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax” together.In case you don’t know, it’s the story of a greedy developer (well, that’s what I call him – Dr. Seuss called him the Once-ler) who cuts down all the Truffula Trees (but they could be ancient forests, or the grove of woods […]
Lead-Free Lipstick? Well…duh!
Isn’t it common sense that we should NOT eat lead, even in minuscule amounts? We’ve gotten it out of paint and gasoline because of its links to birth defects and mental retardation. Says Health Canada, “Exposure to lead may have subtle effects on the intellectual development of infants and children. Infants and toddlers are particularly […]
