Sometimes before you can start new habits that are good for you, good for your children, and good for the environment, you have to let go of old habits to make room. During January we had a whole month of Save Green habits.
We don’t think too much about habits. That is what makes [...]
Air pollution where I live is bad to the point that I often have difficulty speaking during the most polluted times. Eyes water, breathing hurts. Children are kept inside rather than going outside for recess. I was part of a group of local citizens who founded a nonprofit organization to find solutions [...]
Today is day #21 of my new Save Green Habit: run the stairs every day.
For me, is running up and down stairs a habit? Well, yes, but I’m going to put this one into the second round again. I thought I would be running 30 minutes a day by now. HA! [...]
Since I wrote the post last week on tracking New Year’s goals, I have been thinking about the difference between goals and habits. This year I’m focusing on habits. I have the usual big pile of goals as well, but I want to see how it will work making changes consciously driven by new [...]
Gift giving on your mind? I have read a lot of great green gift giving advice lately. These are the highlights from some of my favorite greenies. Please, follow these links to see the best green gift giving advice of the year. If you really need a jump start, check Inhabitat. [...]
The finalists for our Blog To Inspire Contest have been chosen. Let me tell you, this was no easy task with more than 40 fabulous entries submitted. A special thank you to all of our participants. We’re thrilled to have received so much encouragement and excitement about our contest.
So without further ado, our selected finalists [...]
And boy did we get a flood of responses! Our Blog to Inspire contest has been so. much. fun. The amazing support and wonderful feedback from the bloggers involved has been fabulous. We couldn’t have asked for a more enthusiastic group.
I loved reading all of the posts and personal stories sent to us for consideration. [...]
Harvest time is the perfect time to ask yourself about your local in-season abundance.
How Local Is Local?
How far does your food travel to reach your table? On average, 1,500-2,500 miles. Food miles are certainly not the only consideration, but this is one more factor you can use to consider the environmental [...]
Black Friday is coming. I know you’ve seen or heard advertisements about it from companies large and small. Why Black Friday? Because this coming Friday is the day in the calendar year when most retailers go into the black financially—all because so many people brave the danger to rush out to drive themselves [...]
Vinyl. It’s good, right? It’s the way music should be listened to, after all. But, what is good for your turntable is not so good for your baby.
You have probably heard that you should avoid vinyl toys. Why you should avoid softened plastic toys is a horror story of 20th-century wonder [...]