I featured Vast Pavers on Green Talk about a year ago and touted their ease of installation and eco-friendly content (recycled plastic soda bottles and rubber.) For more information, see here. In the past the Company only offered a 3 by 6 paver. Now they offer a 4 by 8 paver. The picture [...]
February 2010
You know why Abe is smiling? Because America has a bright future ahead of it. We will get out of our economic rut and green building is the answer. Green building will create jobs and spur the economy to recover. Right now Congress has taken the lead and there are several green building bills pending. [...]
How many of you sew? It is a lost art but really rewarding. I learned to sew in junior high and did not pick sewing back up until two years ago. While sewing window seat cushions, I found that I could no longer see when I was sewing. The little light on the machine and [...]
Remember, the Super bowl Green Audi commercial? A week ago, I asked if this commercial upset you, made you laugh, or just chucked it up to another consumption based keeping up with the Jones type commercial. (If you want to see the video, see here.) I decided to put a poll on the side bar of my website to see if I [...]
When I first perused the green product shopping website LivingECHO, my first thought what a great site for one stop shopping. I could click on many different organic and sustainable products from various environmentally minded companies and buy them right from the same site. Think of an open food market place where there are all [...]
Last night during on our Green Moms Carnival blab-fest, Beth of Fake Plastic Fish sent an email to the group about watching the above video. ( What’s a Green Mom Carnival blab-fest? It is a mad rush of emails back and forth among the members of our Green Mom Carnival group about various topics.) Thanks, [...]
Make-up is an issue that I wrestle with every day. The words, ” natural and organic,” are not synonymous. Many products tout that their products are made from natural or organic products could contain 1,4 dioxane, in which the Environmental Protection Agency has declared a probable human carcinogen. According to the Los Angeles Times article, “The [...]
Spring is right around the corner and this event which was sent to me couldn’t be more timely for the Garden State. Don’t miss this important conference sponsored by the South Jersey RC & D Council : SOIL HEALTH . . . AT THE ROOT OF EVERYTHING! March 9, 2010 at the Enterprise Center at [...]
The Food and Drug Adminstration express concern (finally) about the use of Bisphenol A in hard plastic products and beverage and cans. What is BPA and why should we be concerned? The Agency states, “Bisphenol A (BPA) is an industrial chemical that has been present in many hard plastic bottles and metal-based food and beverage [...]
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Photo courtesy of Falcon Foam. Updated 12/20/2011: Falcon Foam’s garage kit is not known as Matador. How many of you use your garage as a work area? Or how many feel like their bedroom above the garage is cold despite adequate insulation? Are your garage doors insulated? I did not think. My prior house had [...]
