Allie’s Answers

Yesterday, I stocked up on seeds at our natural foods store.  I’m so excited! (more…)

Goods 4 Girls sends out their first shipment!

Lara Books is looking for entries for a book on recycled plastic art (via Haute Nature).

Umbra talks trash.

Ecorazzi thinks a Gore nomination is still in the cards.

The Good Human talks about saving the earth one pizza at a time.

Enviroblog reports on PFCs showing up in breast milk.

I think Fake Plastic Fish solved the deodorant dilemma.

Petite Planet made her own baby food.

When I was younger I was obsessed with books about “olden times.”  I loved reading all of the Little House books, Little Women, and Anne of Green Gables, and I was fascinated with all of the historical details.  One of those details was that back in “olden times” people used bed warmers or wrapped a brick that had been warming by the fire in a piece of flannel and took it to bed with them to keep their feet warm.  When I climb between cold sheets, I always wonder why that’s a tradition that didn’t last.  (more…)

Howling Hill has ideas on what you can do to protect your local water sources.

Fake Plastic Fish uses vodka for the darndest things.

Crunchy Chicken wonders if eating out is more eco-friendly than dining at home.

Erikka has a tutorial for making jewelry from old buttons.

Haute Nature found great toys made from recycled milk jugs.

Umbra talks toxic yoga mats.

This morning we talked about cast iron pans. Cast iron pans just so happen to be the perfect cookware for making fajitas. And meat-free fajitas just so happen to be easier and tastier than you’d ever think they could be. (more…)

And the winners are . . . (more…)

I bought a set of three cast iron pans for ten dollars at a discount store in 2000, because I couldn’t afford a decent set of non-stick pans. After all the talk about Teflon killing birds, and non-stick coatings chipping off into food, I’ve realized that being cheap wasn’t the only benefit of my cast iron pans. When chemical coatings leach into food, it’s scary, when cast iron leaches, you get some of the iron your body needs to make red blood cells. (more…)

Brave New Leaf reminds us to plan for Earth Hour this Saturday.

Frugal Dad has a great post on making a square foot garden.

Petite Planet found a great alternative to plastic teething rings.

The new Dr. Seuss movie gets a morality rating of 3 due to its eco-friendly message. Yeah. You read that right.

Fake Plastic Fish just saved me from buying a compost tumbler. I think I’m going to go the old fashioned bin route.

Neutral Existence says solar power paint is only 2 1/2 years away.

According to Green Chic: Saving the Earth in Style, 25 million pounds of pesticides are used on tobacco plants every year. And that’s not the only environmental issue with smoking:

“The smoke from cigarettes is ten times more polluting than exhaust from diesel fuel. Worldwide, smoking emits more than 5.5 billion pounds of CO2 and more than 11 billion pounds of methane annually. Considering that methane is twenty-three times more potent as a greenhouse gas than CO2, that’s the equivalent of about 235 pounds of CO2 per smoker per year. Then there’s all the packaging, and the fact that so many smokers use the sidewalk as an ashtray.”

So if you’re a smoker, and health reasons alone aren’t enough to get you quit, maybe the carbon cost will. If you’ve been known to bum a cigarette off a friend while you’re at a party, don’t.

For help quitting, click here.

Thanks to Carrie at Sourcebooks, I now have three copies of Green Chic to give away. Find out how to enter and post your comments after the jump. (more…)

How to keep bunnies from eating your garden.

Spraying your lawn is bad for your pets.

How to test your toilet for leaks.

Check out America’s worst foods.

Hannah Montana wallet and backpack have shocking levels of lead.

Petite Planet likes Green Chic too!