New Oil Disaster in Gulf Makes Strong Argument for Moratorium.
Another oil rig has caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico. Thirteen people were forced to jump off the rig and into the ocean to avoid harm; all of those people have been rescued, and one is being treated for
Seven Ways to “Green” Your Period
If you’re like most women, you’ll use as many as 11,000 tampons during the course of your lifetime. Add to that a couple of thousand pads and panti-liners and the ecological impact of your monthly cycle really starts to add
Salmonella-poisoned eggs make a strong argument for local, organic, family farms.
I love eggs, but I hate food poisoning more. I’m betting so do the more than 2,000 people who have been sickened by eating tainted eggs produced by factory chicken farms in Iowa. After all, no one I know enjoys the
It’s Time for BlogHer to be Green – Inside and Out.
BlogHer is the world’s largest network of women bloggers. As such, it commands substantial financial sponsorships from multi-national conglomerates, many of whom jump at the chance to peddle their wares to the thousands of attendees who throng BlogHer’s annual conferences. After all, these
Students Start Food Fight For Reusable School Lunch Trays.
Kids are going green, and not just at home. A cadre of student activists at Piney Branch elementary school in Takoma Park, MD, are agitating to replace the throw-away polystyrene lunch trays used in their public school cafeteria with
Little girls are shopping for bras when they should still be playing with Play Dough.
Girls six and seven years old should not have to go shopping for a bra. But in this day and age, it seems like that’s exactly what they have to do. A new study reported in the journal Pediatrics found that very
Want to Change What Stores Stock on Their Shelves? Go Meet With Them. These Women Did.
Big Green Purse urges consumers to shift their spending to greener products and services as a faster way to protect people and the planet. But that can be tough if you can’t find environmentally-friendly products at the stores where you commonly shop. After
Five Steps to a Naturally Green Drain
Let’s face it, clogged or slow moving drains are a bit of a drag. They leave a mess in the sink and actually stink if you wait too long to clean them up. Not so if you aim for a naturally
Test Drive the New Chevy Volt With Me
The Chevy Volt is electrifying the car market – especially in the wake of the oil disasters in the Gulf of Mexico and now, Lake Michigan. Every one of us needs to stop using oil so the Volt, which can
Beauty…or the Beast? Depends on the Safe Chemicals Act.
Cosmetics and personal care products literally touch every part of our bodies. We’ve been convinced that they’ll make us beautiful. They often make us feel better. But evidence is emerging that the cumulative use of these products may be contributing
