About a year ago, I ran across an article about Act By Nature, an organic permanent hair color, which is now known as Palette by Nature. What caught my eye was that it was PPD and ammonia free along without all the other nasties you see in permanent hair color. Thrilled to see such a [...]
Welcome guest poster, Katy Farber, author of Why Teachers Quit. She also blogs at Non-Toxic Kids. This post is quite timely with the kids getting ready to go back to school. Did your child’s favorite teacher suddenly leave mid-year, or quit in the summer? Have you noticed the palpable stress levels of teachers and staff [...]
I have to admit I am a total sucker for any product made with recycled materials especially the ones made out of products that I thought you could never recycle. Take Green Mountain Ski Furniture, for example, that turns old skis and snowboards into furniture. Adirondack chairs, coffee tables and coat racks. Get out of town, Anna. [...]
Photo by James Emery I hate poison ivy, and have no idea what its purpose is besides to make me itch. In fact, the thought of it makes me itch. Every time I am exposed, my rash gets worse. National Public Radio noted in one of their radio segments that poison ivy is growing faster and more [...]
Readers, see the time sensitive discount code below! Ever since I meet Beth of Fake Plastic Fish, a woman who eschews plastic, who has made it her life mission to reduce her plastic consumption for both environmental and health reasons, I too had to take a hard look at my own plastic consumption. It’s not been [...]
Remember Jello shots? Ah, come-on, you aren’t that straight. How about making jello shots environmentally cool? Get out of town, Anna. Are we talking about Organic vodka Jello shots? Um, No. I am talking about Jelloware, the e-brainaic child of uber cool The Way We See The World, a group of dynamic out of the box [...]
How many times have you been in a restaurant and your meal is interrupted by the sound of cell phone calls? Worse yet, the calls are coming to your lunch time companion. On a follow-up to Dakotah howling hair raising look at our mobile technology obsession, where this smart pup questions how wired are we, The Way We [...]
This is a guest post from Dakotah, who has it all figured out. Dakotah is the company mascot for Florida based Advanced Power Technologies, which specializes in lighting, electrical needs, and signage through the US. He has his own newsletter column, is responsible to raise the “woof” on team spirit and is constantly begging for [...]
Calling all gardeners! Gardener’s Supply Company is having their summer sale! This is the time to stock up, Geeps. (Short for gardening people. Do you think it will catch on?) Many of my loyal readers know that I absolutely love Gardener’s Supply. In the Spring, I listed my favorites from Gardener’s Supply and gushed above how [...]
Welcome guest poster, Susan, of Practically Green. I absolutely adore her and her new quiz on her site. Read on. Almost four years ago, I tossed my first bottle of conventional baby lotion and banned plastic from our microwave. My toddler son had just been diagnosed with a whole range of food and environmental allergies. [...]
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