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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So, would you invite toxic chemicals to the dinner table? Absolutely not, Anna. You must be thinking, do I take you to be a fool? Come on. All those character are normal every day products. Right? Wrong. All those cute creatures pictured in the above photo are wolves in sheep clothing. Harmful, harmful chemicals. Would [...]
Photo by Fernando de Sousa. Welcome to this week’s edition of Green News via my email box. Loads of great green articles this week. In the first article that I posted, Readers, please vote for Lisa of Condo Blues as the First Salada Green Tea Spokeperson. She is a fellow Green Mom Carnival participant, friend, [...]
Natural gas has been described by many as the cleaner and cheaper energy alternative. But, is this really true? Josh Fox, the filmmaker behind Gasland look at the dark side of the natural gas industry as he traces hydraulic fracturing across 34 states. Believe me. It isn’t pretty. To get a glimpse of what Fox [...]
A couple of months ago, we took Third Son to a holistic medical doctor to help us with cleaning up his body. He had been diagnosed with ADD via the Tova Test and other indications when he was young. His grades have been mediocre at best. Forget telling him more than one thing at time. He would never [...]
Photo by Fernando de Sousa. Lots of good green stuff in the mailbox this week ranging from five green energy myths with a dash of Children’s Tylenol recalls and a sprinkle of what is the Smart Grid anyways? Oh, don’t forget to read the BottleHood’s creative way to reuse wine bottles. Lots more where that came from. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
This is a guest post from Janelle Sorensen of Healthy Child Healthy World: In a turn of events not even Nostradamus could foresee, Cal Dooley, President and CEO of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), today announced that the millions of dollars the industry trade group has been using to lobby against policies that protect public [...]
I received an email from Gaiam saying “check out these green chicks.” That seems so un-Gaiam like. Green Chicks? Has Gaiam gone Cosmo? When I clicked, I saw the cutest picture you ever saw. Aren’t those chicks adorable? Have you received any ads lately with great pictures? Let me know. By the way, Gaiam does [...]
