I am all about not making extra trips to the store, so I wanted to give you a heads up on this. Read more…
Best Green Blogs is up for a Green Log Award. Show your support!
Stonyfield Farm wants you to pick the next great yogurt flavors.
I wear make-up. I wish I didn’t feel the need to ever, but I’ve been wearing makeup since I was 13, and I feel like a little mascara helps me put on my brave face to take on the world. Big Green Purse has great advice for wearing makeup responsibly, and taking a break from it all. Read more…
According to Diane MacEachern’s book, Big Green Purse, “Women spend eighty-five cents of every dollar in the marketplace.” This puts us in a great position to leverage our power as consumers and make a difference by shifting our purchases and voicing our concerns. Read more…
Enviroblog debunks the myth of “clean coal.”
The Daily Green says Canada is banning BPA in baby bottles.
FitBuff included my baking soda post in this week’s blog carnival.
Earth Friendly Gardening has a post of invasive ornamental grasses. Read before you landscape.
The Modern Gal has an Earth Day to do list for you.
The Green Path Company’s advice on weed control came at just the right time for me.
Green Grounded found a great Earth Day cartoon.
The Green Life talks about how to deal with environmentally unfriendly coworkers.
I don’t know about you, but I love a good documentary. I love the opportunity to see people and lifestyles I would never have any experience with otherwise. Without the King looks like a fantastic film, and I can’t wait to see it.
From IMDB:
“Swaziland is the last absolute monarchy in the world and one of the few African countries that has never faced a civil war. This portrait of a nation in transition juxtaposes the opulent life of the royal family to the bare subsistence of Swazi citizens who are poised to fight for a better life.”
Michael Skolnik, the director of Without the King, discussed how environmental issues are adding to the crisis in Swaziland.
“Swaziland has definitely been dealing with huge environmental issues, as the country has been in a SEVERE drought for 9 years. Because of that, the food production has been really hurt, and for the past 9 years they have been in a desperate situation. The Food Agriculture Organization (which is part of the UN) named on Monday Swaziland one of the 6th most vulnerable places in the world for food. And there seems no end in sight.”
Without the King is the winner of the 2007 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Special Jury Prize, and opens on April 25th at the Quad Cinemas in New York City. Become a fan on Facebook to get updates on this film.
If you haven’t signed your name to Fake Plastic Fish’s Brita Filter Take Back petition, get to it ASAP. She has a phone conference scheduled with Clorox (parent company of Brita) at 8:30 AM Pacific Time. Get your name on the list.
Hanging your clothes out to dry is a simple and effective way to drastically cut your household energy use. But while hanging your laundry out doesn’t seem like a political act, it can be. In some areas, residents are banned from hanging clean laundry in their very own yard. Read more…
The Good Human makes a plea for electric cars.
Mother Jones talks about black ops on green groups.
FoodShed Planet tells tales of Target.
Go Green Travel Green’s Gore-Tex dilemma.
The Green Life has some ideas about what you can do for Earth Day.
Nature Deva takes on school lunches and the environmental hazards of the classroom.
The Greenhorns have a job listing for a full-time farm worker in Queens, NY. Tractor skills a plus.
The Environmental Working Group is taking a stand on pet care products, home toxins and the effect they have on people and animals. Our pets are members of our family, but their food, grooming products and toys aren’t held to the same standards as those labeled for human use. And our pet’s health could be telling us startling things about our own health.
Did you have a family member who sat in the corner at a party or holiday event, carefully folding up wrapping paper for future use? Maybe it was a grandma or great aunt who lived through the Depression and learned to save anything that was usable, maybe it was just someone who was thrifty and knew how to pinch pennies. What ever the reason behind it, saving wrapping paper makes good green sense.