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April’s NYC Go Green Expo is the Place to Be.

by Anna@Green Talk on March 30, 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, [...]

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Excuse Me. I am having Kermit moment.

by Anna@Green Talk on March 16, 2009

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 [...]

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Living Green Makes Cents

by Anna@Green Talk on February 5, 2009

Photo by Tracy Olson When people asked me what I believe in, I tell them  I believe in family, friendship, and sense of self.  But I also believe that living green makes sense.  In fact, I believe  Green makes cents. Before you pooh-pooh me, realize being green does not mean you have to live in an [...]

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Save Water by Licking

by Anna@Green Talk on January 15, 2009

Here is an eco thought.   How do you save water when baking? Lick the bowl!  I did not have to ask my kids more than once to polish off the what was left of the brownie batter.  Maybe, I got a finger full of chocolate before the troops took over.  Talk about seeing and conquering.  Arnold, the [...]

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Organic Chocolates Never Tasted So Good

by Anna@Green Talk on December 5, 2008

http://youtu.be/TO87iNTvxZQ

Updated 2/12/2012: While I was at the New York Chocolate Show, I was feeling a lot like Charlie, the main character of the book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as he toured the Wonka Chocolate Factory. Although the Show did not have Oompa-Loompas or Everlasting Gobstoppers, it featured some amazing and diverse chocolate makers sure [...]

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Organic Chocolate, a Little Taste of Heaven

by Anna@Green Talk on December 4, 2008

Updated 2/12/2012: What is the 8th wonder of the world?  Chocolate, no doubt.  At the 11th annual New York Chocolate Show, I was a pig in mud being around hundreds of some of best chocolate makers, all in the same room, giving out free samples of the best chocolate I ever tasted. My husband has [...]

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How Important is Buying Fair Trade Items?

by Anna@Green Talk on November 13, 2008

Photo by permission of Robert Whitlock Thaddeus Truitt, a senior at University of Oregon, recently contacted me about a survey that he is doing for his business administration class, “ Business Strategies and Planning”  taught by Professor Elizabeth Hjelm.  (This is a real college survey. I am confirmed  the legitimacy of it with his Professor.)  He explains, [...]

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Lemons Vanquish Pots’ Heat Ring Woes

by Anna@Green Talk on October 23, 2008

I am a perfectionist when it comes to how my cooking pans look. It is almost like a not so gleaming pan is a reflection of me. (I know. Therapy is available for us perfectionist types.)  I especially dislike heat rings which look like rainbows in your pans. For years, I have been using Revere Stainless Steel [...]

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Can Eating Your Food Cold Reduce the Energy Crisis?

by Anna@Green Talk on September 18, 2008

Stop making that face as you read my title. You know the “ewww” face.  And no, I have not lost all of my marbles although I have to admit some might be missing.  So, how can you reduce your energy consumption and help save the Planet? Isn’t obvious? Eat your food cold instead of heating [...]

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What Boz Scaggs Taught Me

by Anna@Green Talk on September 12, 2008

So, what did Boz Scaggs teach me? No, this is not a trip down memory lane.  And yes, this is about the same Boz Scaggs, who produced such hits as “Lido Shuffle” and the “Lowdown.” Your probably thinking, this better be good, Anna, because either a) you have no idea who Boz Scaggs is, or [...]

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