What are you first thoughts when you see the picture above? These people are standing in the middle of a Greenhouse? Well. Close. The picture is of sustainable architect and author Stuart Rose, Ph.D., green designer and developer and his wife, Trina Duncan, in their own home. He is the designer of Garden Atriums. Rose’s [...]
April 2010
Photo courtesy of NJ.com’s coverage of last years car seat recycling. As a follow-up to my recycling car seat post, Jennifer Carcich and Linnea Hasegawa of the Morristown Moms and Tots sought car recycling in their town last year and furnished me with a copy of their letter for use by anyone who desire car [...]
As I have been spring cleaning, I noticed that I still have my son’s foam booster seat. I figured I would just give it to someone. People pass down their car seats all the time. Right? For some reason I landed on a site about Morristown and Morris Township’s car seat recycling effort and got [...]
Lately, I have been getting PR releases about green condoms and green sex toys in my email. Perhaps it is due to my racy 10 Green Tips for a Red Hot Valentine’s Day suggestions or perhaps my follow-up Valentine’s post this year when I pretended to be my husband writing a letter from a man’s [...]
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Kids Behave Brilliantly by Guest poster, Janelle Sorenson of Healthy Child, Healthy World. When I was young, I volunteered for various organizations and I participated in an academic extracurricular group known as the Future Problem Solvers of America, but that was the extent of my adolescent efforts at having a positive impact on the world. I don’t [...]
Do you have Earth Day overload? I do. In my email box, I must have hundreds of requests to write about so and so’s green product or promote this or that agenda since the Earth needs us. After awhile all of the requests seem the same. So, here on Green Talk, I am taking the [...]
I received this email from HealthyStuff.org today which I am passing along to you. Remember, they are the organization that tests toys? It is really important that you contact your elected officials about passing the Safe Chemical Act. I have spoken about the importance of this bill many times. “Good news! Thanks to the overwhelming support [...]
Have you ever notice how cold your outlet or switch covers are in the winter? This winter was extremely cold in the northeast. Periodically, I would go around and see if air was emanating from the outlet. Sure enough, the outlets were cold as ice. Despite the fact my house is an Energy Star [...]
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I know, I don’t have babies any more but still like looking at children products. Blame it on hormones or what is left of them. But, you have to check out this multi-functional stroller/bike from Taga. According to the Company, this multifunction vehicle converts from a carrier bike to a stroller in less than 20 [...]
Want to power up your car and make soap from the cooking oil from your local restaurant? Don’t laugh. FutherProducts co- founder, Marshall Dostal, is driving all the way to the bank and NOT to the local gas station since he makes his own bio-diesel fuel from the restuarant down the street. Well, not exactly the restaurant [...]
