Photo by audi_insperation. Johnson and Johnson (J&J) is sponsoring a contest for families to win $10,000 by submitting a home-made movie showing their children having fun with bubble bath in the tub. The videos will be featured on Johnson’s Baby Channel and voted on by other parents, J & J judges, and Angie Harmon, a [...]
March 2009
In2Green at last year’s Go Green Expo. Check out the discount below to attend the show. Last year, I attended the Go Green Expo in NYC in April, 2008. To say it was spectacular is undervaluing how amazing the expo was. Three floors of green’ess in every imaginable product. Clothes, gardening, books, building products, coffee, [...]
When you think of March, do you think about March Madness or do you start dreaming about your garden? In my house, March madness is very alive and well with the final four approaching. (Basketball lingo that I learn from the five men in my household.) For me the color orange represents pumpkins not a [...]
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I recently received literature from BASF Polyurethane Foam Enterprises LLC with regards to their closed-cell polyurethane spray foam insulation, COMFORT FOAM®. What drew me to their product was their initial caption, “[a]re you wasting as much as 40% on your energy bill?” How many of you can relate to throwing money out the window every [...]
Photo by Cavin B. Well, it is time again for some great green mail that I received or articles that I found. Rounding up the list this week are articles ranging from what’s in your vaccines now that they have taken out mercury, powering airlines with nuts, to giving old wind turbines a second life. Do you [...]
Think of wearing the “Green” on St Patrick’s Day or any day that is cause for celebration? How about just for kicking back watching March madness or your favorite football game? Watch this Grist Video by Umbra, who provides you with tips on how to drink more responsibility to take care of our Earth. Then, [...]
The other day I just happened to look in the bathroom trashcan. And guess, what I found? Not dirty kleenex or an empty toliet paper roll. A box of nerds. My first knee jerk reaction was, “didn’t my kids know that the box was recyclable? Why was it in the trash?” Then I stopped and [...]
Last week, Contech Stormwater Solutions installed at Newport Beach, California’s Fashion Island the above stormwater filtration vault, which will block pollutants from flowing into the ocean. Besides removing harmful chemicals from our waterways, this particular Newport Beach solution contains 2xGreen, a “green concrete,” comprised of industry byproducts of fly ash, slag, silica fume, and other [...]
Environmental Working Group (EWG) has updated their popular Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides with a list of fruits and vegetables which reduces a families’ exposure to pesticides. Ordinarily, the EWG advocates that you buy organic; however, buying organic may not be feasible if you have a tight budget or it is not available. Therefore, the EWG [...]
