The other day, I received a cryptic message from my friend and fellow blogger, Charles Richey of Las Vegas Real Estate that he was out of treatment and heading to rehab. I could not imagine what he was talking about. For those of you who do not know him, he is a frequent contributor on [...]
June 2008
Swap and Save is a video on Current.com featuring several websites on how to save some green by being green. Why buy new when there is so much treasure out there for the swapping? Current.com is “about what’s going on in your world: all the things you and your friends are actually interested in — [...]
This week while vacationing in South Florida, I visted a Publix GreenWise Market Store, a ”green” grocery store. Just to give you a frame of reference, Publix is an upscale grocery store located throughout the Southeast. When I lived in Florida, I found that they had the nicest fresh vegetable and fruit selection although pricier than [...]
Considering remodeling or building to create an energy efficient home, but are limited by your budget? I recently interviewed Steve Needle of Needle Point Homes, a twenty-four year veteran builder. Not long ago, he completed a Green Globes commercial building called The Point in Morristown, New Jersey and has built several energy efficient homes as [...]
Rubie Green’s Marilyn fabric If you follow Green Talk regularly, then you must know that I love fabric. Who else would take the time to research and write two different articles including 20 plus organic fabric companies? (See “Eco-Friendly Fabric are Gorgeous and Green” and “Eco-Friendly Fabrics are no Longer Shrinking Violets.) So, add my [...]
The other day, I went to open my front door and this beautiful moth was stuck to the door. This is not a touched up photo. This is a real moth that looks like it is stuck to my door. I think it was dead because my friend touched it and it did not move. [...]
My son came home from a birthday party with a little green mesh bag of candy. What was I going to do with this mesh bag? It is too tiny to hold much and anything that is tiny would slip right out the holes. However, as of late, I have been trying to think of [...]
We sealed our deck two years ago with Weather-Bos. As indicated in my article about this product, it is nontoxic and is absorbed into the wood. However, the company advises that you should reseal your deck every 2 years. Well, from the looks of my now gray and full of mildew deck, it was definitely [...]
Alltop is literally what it sound like. It is website with “all the top stories” from over 100 various blogs depending on the topic. “You can think of an Alltop site as a “digital magazine rack” of the Internet. To be clear, Alltop sites are starting points—they are not destinations per se. The bottom line [...]
I received an email from Lisa Friedman, co-founder of Someone Spoil Me telling me about their Eco-fabulous Father’s Day list. Don’t you just love their name? Although not all the items on the site are green, this green list is pretty extensive with some wonderful gifts. I particularly liked the Solio Solar Charge for revving [...]
