Updated: 12/9/2011. Lots more colors and different products to choose from! “I am not a plastic bag” in any form is the new IT bag. Anyone and everyone has their preferred e-bag, whether it is cotton, hemp or recycled polyethylene. Despite all of your good intentions, how many of you forget to take [...]
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Photos in this Article courtesy of Smart Food Healthy Kids. (See Green Talk reader discounts below) [youtube] As busy parents from car pools, jobs, and sports, who has time to figure out what to serve our children that is healthy, organic, and tasty at the same time? Even if you try and cook healthy food [...]
Fall is one of my favorite seasons of the year. I love the fall foliage with its different colors of red, yellow, and orange. As beautiful as the colorful foliage seems, many people dread fall because they have to rake up all those leaves. On top of the hard work, they have to pay someone [...]
Photo by Stephen Helms by permission. Updated: 12/22/11. The Holiday season seems to start right after you put that last plate away for Thanksgiving dinner. If you are going to spend your green this season, then consider giving environmentally friendly gifts that will lessen your impact on the Earth. Who knows? These gifts may turn [...]
Photo by permission. Founder Brett Mosley,taking apart broken iPods. Emma Lazarus said in her poem which is engraved on the pedestal of the Statute of Liberty, “Give me your tired, your poor,/ Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” Although not as dramatic, Brett Mosley, founder of Buymytronics.com has taken that same philosophy and pays [...]
Photo by Max Cook by permission ‘Tis the season for the onslaught of holiday parties, gift buying, and yes, the dreaded holiday catalog barrage. I don’t know about your mailbox, but during the holiday season, it is filled to the gills with tons of catalogs for every kitchen gadget, home improvement, and decorating accessory known [...]
Photo by Dee Teal by permission. Updated 1/25/2012 Would your feet look like the above picture if you took off your socks and shoes in your house? Are you cold, unable to stay warm, and tired of giving away your money to the utility companies? Sometimes, you think the utility company should be considered a [...]
(Readers receive discounts for Battic Door purchases. See below.) Do you feel like Goldilocks in your home? Either it is too hot or too cold. It is never just right? Could your house be suffering from leaky home syndrome??? Is it curable? I am living proof, having lived in a leaky house, that you [...]
Photo courtesy of Energy Star You know the verse, “oh, the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful?” 1 Perhaps it should be changed to “oh the weather outside is frightful, our natural gas bills are not so delightful.” With the expected increase in natural gas prices, it is time to start [...]
Updated: 4/10/2011 Everywhere you read today there are green sections in magazines, television spots, and in newspapers. Even Hollywood stars are picking up the green mantra. However, not everyone can afford solar panels on their roofs or ripping out their cabinets to be replaced by less toxic ones. Believe it or not, you can take easy green [...]
