Photo by Fernando de Sousa. Usually my Green Speed Links for the week are an eclectic group of green news. For some reason, green building news caught my eye this week. For those of you who are not as enamored with green building as I am, I sprinkled the links with other interesting green news. […]
Archives for November 2009
Could your Thanksgiving Sweet Potatoes Kill You?
Photo by Matthew Moore. Sorry to be so melodramatic, but I wanted to catch your attention. I know Thanksgiving is food and football. It happens to be one of my most favorite holidays. I absolutely love sweet potatoes, turkey, cranberry sauce, and all the trimmings. So whats the problem? When I ask for Aunt Millie […]
Growing Amaranth and Enjoying the Super Grain all Year Long
By the time I was done reading about a food, I would be running to my computer to find a source to grow the plant. However in Amaranth’s case, I saw the plant and it was love at first site. I jumped in with both feet without any knowledge of how to grow it, harvest […]
Shouldn’t America Recycles Day Be Called America Reduce or Reuse Day?
Photo courtesy of National Recycling Coalition. Today is America Recycles Day, which is the only day nationally recognized to encourage people to recycle. For the past eleven years, this date has been celebrated across the country increase awareness of recycling at our home and business. (See here as to events in your area.) As the […]
NJ Residents: Recycle your Unwanted or Expired Medication Nov 14, 2009
On November 14, New Jersey residents have the opportunity to clean out their medicine cabinets of unwanted and/or expired medication through the OperationMedicineCabinetNJ.com program from 10 am to 2 pm. According to the program, “Every day 2,500 youth age 12 to 17 abuse a pain reliever for the very first time. More teens abuse prescription drugs than […]
Amaranth: Cooking with this Super Grain
A Young Amaranth Plant This year I decided to plant Amaranth, a highly nutritious grain. I saw its ornamental cousin last year and flipped at how beautiful this plant was. My husband tells me that I grow to grow. It does not matter if I intend to eat it. I enjoy the pleasures of watching […]
InStyleBelly: Pregnancy Consignment with an Eco Chic Attitude
Photo courtesy of Fit Pregnancy-June-July 2009 and Maternity Designer, Liz Lange. I love consignment shops. Some of my best consignment purchases have been for special occasions. Think about it. How many times do you wear the same dress to an event? When I saw an article in a local magazine about InStyleBelly, an online consignment […]
Will Triple Pane R-5 Windows Become the Norm?
Photo from Department of Energy. Note: See the updated information about DOE’s Triple Pane program: 12/9/2011 I bet you just got used to hearing about double pane, Low-E glass, Argon filled windows. You know the ones. The ones labeled as ENERGY STAR? Now, there is a new babe in town getting a lot of attention […]
