Remember Eat the View, the campaign asking the Obamas to create a White House vegetable garden to feed the staff? Well, the campaign worked and Michelle Obama is busily creating an amazing organic garden at the White House. Feel like a little dirt under your fingernails or eating amazing home grown veggies? If you live [...]
May 2009
I just received the following press release in my mail box late last night and thought it was worth mentioning. “While most economic sectors within California are ailing, the clean energy industry – newly dubbed the “green gold rush” – promises to boost jobs and drive development despite dismal economic conditions. The California Utilities Diversity [...]
(From left to right, Panelists Paul Miller, Dr. dt ogilvie, Marty Johnson, and Robert Antonicello) Last week, I attended the Jumpstart the New Green Economy conference at Fairleigh Dickinson. Although this conference was in New Jersey, many of the discussions at the conference were applicable to situations through the country. One of the most profound [...]
When I was a kid, I used to love putting Fritos in my peanut butter sandwich. I was so addicted to Fritos that I ate them through college. My usual college lunch was a tuna sandwich, Fritos, and a diet coke. Real healthy, right? Heck, I was young so who cared, right? I must have [...]
On May 19-21, 2009, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey, will be the host for the conference, Jumpstart the New Green Economy. If you haven’t registered, it is not too late. The cost to attend these 3 days is a mere $295 (until May 18) and $325 at the door with discounts being given for [...]
You know when you want something bad enough you can taste it? Well, I have always wanted a solar system. Every time, I see those shiny grids on top of a building, I swear they are winking at me. They are such a tease knowing that I could not afford the system. In the last [...]
Check out the Kids Konserve lunch bag giveaway below! Who doesn’t want to be the cool kid at school? Reducing classroom waste is the new black. So every kid will want a Kids Konserve waste free lunch bag, which will significantly reduce your child’s school waste of aluminum tin foil, plastic baggies, paper bags, and juice [...]
Yep. I was voted mother of the year. Didn’t you read the NY Times, WSJ, and MSN.com? I was so surprised that I nearly fell over in my seat when Janelle of Healthy Child, Healthy World sent me this video letting me know that I had won. Did I think I deserved it? You bet I [...]
Yesterday, I listed a ton of suggested ways of how you can green your home on a budget. I had to break the article up into two posts because the ideas just kept flowing out of my head, making the article way too long. Today, I am focusing on water conservation in the home and gardening low [...]
