Fill Your Heart with Organic Chocolate
Any day is a good day to eat chocolate as far as I’m concerned. But on no day is it so special as on Valentine’s Day, when heart-shaped boxes full of cocoa-based delicacies can keep people (well, me) happy pretty
Have you unplugged your refrigerator?
Honestly, it never would have occurred to me as a significant way to save energy. But a story in today’s New York Times reports on this growing trend, which some consumers are adopting as much for the symbolic value of un-plugging
Why I Believe in the Power of the Purse
This month’s Green Moms Carnival topic is “I believe…” I am taking the opportunity to reiterate why I created Big Green Purse, a campaign to motivate women especially to channel their spending power into social and environmental change. It is because I
Lipstick Takes a Toxic Turn; Prevention Agenda Needed
Toxic chemicals keep turning up in lipstick. Previously, I reported on dangerous lead levels in lipstick. Now, according to research done in Canada, two other chemicals used in lipstick and other personal care products pose a significant threat to human health.
Where can you find safe peanut butter?
What peanut butter products are safe to eat? Earlier this month, products containing peanut butter produced by the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) were disovered to be tainted with salmonella. Over 488 people have become ill; six have died. The
Top Ten Eco Ways to De-Ice Your Driveway
Tis the season for snow and ice – only fun if you’re a penguin or like to walk with an ice pick. For the rest of us, the big challenge is dealing with frozen precipitation once it hits the ground,
Why Did Mom Shift $1,000 to Greener Cleaners, Organic Food?
Here’s another One in a Million success story! Carolyn, a Phoenix, Arizona wife and mother of two sons aged five and seven, spent the last year shifting her spending to greener cleaners and organic food. Here’s why: “Early in 2008 I
At Green Ball, Obama’s Cabinet Pledges Support for Clean Energy
I’m usually not one for hobnobbing with the hoi poloi. But it was hard not to get into the groove last night at the Environmental and Clean Energy Ball in Washington, D.C., where many Obama cabinet appointees dropped by to dance,
Of course my gown is “green”!
I’ll be dancing up a storm at the Environmental and Clean Energy Ball tonight, and am happy to say I’ve found a “green” gown. Well, technically, it’s a beautiful deep chocolately brown color, layered over with a silver sheath. But
I’m going to the ball! Now all I need is a gown…
Environmentalists will be decked out in a hundred shades of green over the next few days as they celebrate Barack Obama’s inauguration with no less than three “green” balls — and I’m going to two of them! The Green Inaugural Ball:
