Archive for the ‘ Environment ’ Category

Simple Shoes

I simply love my new Simple Satire sneakers.  I went into Nordstrom’s the other day to try on Tom’s shoes.  Tom’s apparently don’t fit me well but are still great shoes from a company that built its reputation on giving back to those less fortunate.  I like that, I like that Tom’s has vegan options, [ READ MORE ]

Natural Body Products

Lately I am on  a kick to go as chemical free as possible.  I would like for my body to be in as close to a natural state as possible.  This apparently is much easier said than done, especially when you have sensitive skin as I do.  I’m noticing increasing number of items in stores [ READ MORE ]

Climate Change

After watching the movie No Impact Man I added Colin Beavan’s blog to my Google Reader.  Today he wrote an interesting post on our government’s failure to pass a climate control bill that would actually endorse climate change. Ultimately once again our government has caved in and handed all control over to large corporations who [ READ MORE ]

No Impact Man

This morning I finally got to watch the documentary, by Colin Beaven. A reader gmomj recommended it to me in a comment on my post titled My Carbon Footprint.  In my own desire for non consumerism I placed the dvd on hold at my local library and waited about 10 days for it to come in.  Due [ READ MORE ]

Favorite Things

I recently posted about my favorite portable, reusable salad bowl and found that more people that I expected were very interested in that.  So today I’m going to mention a few more of my favorite things.  I’m not one to spend much money on myself so you should find each of these items very budget [ READ MORE ]

Genetically Modified Tofu

Recently I watched the movie Food, Inc.  If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it.  A majority of it made me simply glad to be a veg.  Later in the movie they moved on to genetically modified produce.  This obviously made me sit up and pay more attention.  Not that I wasnt aware of [ READ MORE ]

What Happened to Freecycle?

For a couple of years I have been a big fan of the Freecycle Network.  I even have them listed on my list of links because I believe that somewhere the ideals of freecycle must still be running strong.  Freecycle was set up with local Yahoo groups where one offers up items no longer want [ READ MORE ]

My Carbon Footprint

I recently finished reading William Power’s Twelve by Twelve: A One Room Cabin Off the Grid and Beyond the American Dream.  The author’s memoir about his 4 month stay in this cabin without any basic utilities is a thought provoking read.  He uses parallels between his experience in the 12×12 and his time spent working [ READ MORE ]

Plastics aka Phthalates

I did a little research on plastics aka phthalates which for the most part got me nowhere.  There is research showing that they are both harmful and not harmful.  Some research suggests that these toxins are not found in plastic wraps and containers while others suggest they are.  I am always very weary of who [ READ MORE ]

School lunches & plastic wrap

I have become a regular follower of Mrs Q’s fedupwithschoollunch blog and find it very interesting.  School lunches are barely recognizable compared to the hot lunches I ate as a kid throughout the 1970′s.  Several guest bloggers have shown the difference between school lunches in the USA and other countries throughout the world.  I read [ READ MORE ]

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