A few days ago, my children declared a smoothie I made them The Sweet Beet Smoothie. They said it looked like Valentine’s Day. I had been planning to make and write about a chocolate smoothie, but scrapped that idea after reading so much about fair trade chocolate last week. I don’t have [...]
I remember a Saturday Night Live sketch from years back about a Disposable Toilet. Basically, one flush and you found yourself completely unbolting the thing from the floor and installing a new one. It was ludicrous, but it made a point.
Just about everything these days is disposable.
Even things not marketed specifically as “disposable” [...]
As I sit here drinking tap water that tastes suspiciously like chlorine, I am aware that I need to rethink my water filter. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has a very helpful and thorough guide to tap water, including finding a filter specific to your own water.
1. Identify the [...]
Duck Duck Goose and Wheatberry Soup
This is a budget-friendly winter soup that costs us about $.35 per person. The total cost of the aromatics (onion, celery, carrot) is about $.50 at my store. The rest of the vegetables are about $1.00; Kale about $1.00; and Wheatberries about $.25 ($.89/pound). Total = ~$2.75. [...]
Day #2 of Save Green.
Today’s savings: ENERGY.
A couple of months ago I wrote about the 90% reduction movement and my family’s informal energy audit. An energy audit or full green home audit is always a great way to start. You won’t know if you have made improvements unless you know where you started. [...]
I try to make the best food choices for my family. This is not always easy when the food industry uses weasel words to bend meanings.
One of the best food articles I read all of last year was from Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm. You may have met him and his farm [...]
Blog to Inspire finalist tout-est-des-roses is Sara Sophia, who blogs to share her joy, her everyday adventures and happy findings, things she loves and things that move her.
Eight years ago our first child was born,
a wee little man who came into the world
all shiny and new on the eve of Christmas.
I sat in the hospital [...]
Are you ready to write your resolutions? The New Year provides a good time for us to take stock, as so many of us do. Despite psychologists’ claims that New Year’s resolutions are doomed, I think we can beat the trend. Rather than putting myself in the 78% that blow off or otherwise fail to [...]
Blog to Inspire finalist Strocel is Amber, an all around crunchy granola mom to 4-year-old Hannah and 1-year-old Jacob. She is an engineer-turned-at home mom and an aspiring freelance writer.
The holiday season is approaching fast. Much faster than I like or would care to admit, frankly. You would think that one of these years I [...]
Last minute and you aren’t sure what you’ll use to wrap gifts?
Don’t reach for paper. All you need to create colorful holiday gift wrap is a cloth bag, a tea towel, or a play cloth. No more post-holiday bags of garbage. Reduce and reuse.
Sew a bag. Even last minute, [...]