Activism

March 11, 2010

  • One Hour For The Earth

    On March 27th at 8:30 p.m. cities and people all over the world are turning off their lives to help bring awareness to climate change. Last year more than 4,000 cities in 87 countries joined in. (…)

February 26, 2010

  • LiViTY Outernational

    Hemp and raffia clothing? A shirt made from recycled plastic bottles? Could such a product look like anything other than a potato sack? (…)

  • CREDO Mobile and the Solio Solar Charger; A Review

    I'd be lying if I said I wasn't at least a smidge excited when, a few weeks ago, Tim from CREDO Mobile contacted me about featuring their company on 5 Minutes for Going Green. (…)

January 20, 2010

  • Recycling Plastic Markers

    My daughter, Hannah, is almost 5 years old and she loves to draw. She'll use whatever's on hand but her favourite drawing tool, by far, is a marker. (…)

October 29, 2009

  • Staying Warm in the Winter

    One of the best ways to reduce our carbon footprint is to use less fossil fuels- pretty simple right? (…)

October 12, 2009

  • Suburbs Have a Leg-Up on Greening

    Last week Mireya Navarro reported for the New York Times on the greening of suburban municipalities. In Green and Greener in Suburban Towns Navarro highlighted the Long Island town of Babylon. (…)

May 5, 2009

  • Green Birth

    As a birth and postpartum doula, and a natural parenting company owner who is expecting a baby in the next few weeks, I can’t help but write a post that mentions the “greenness” of homebirth. (…)

May 4, 2009

April 27, 2009

April 24, 2009

  • Bringing It Home: Swami Baby Giveaway

    A giveaway courtesy of Swami Baby is a great way to end our week-long giveaway carnival, if you will, in celebration of Earth Day.
    What exactly is Swami Baby? (…)

April 23, 2009

  • A New Perspective: Through Endangered Eyes Giveaway

    One thing we don't often talk about on this site is the correlation between climate change and endangered species, and specifically, what we can do to help ensure the myriad species who also currently call this planet "home" remain here for generations to come. (…)

April 22, 2009

  • Clean Green: Seventh Generation Giveaway

    Now that Earth Day and the spring season have officially arrived, many Americans are in their eco-conscious cleaning modes, and while spring cleaning is necessary if not a little exciting (downsizing! (…)

April 21, 2009

April 20, 2009

April 14, 2009

  • Recycled Note Of The Week: Purple For Maddie

    Today is little Maddie's funeral, and in remembrance her parents have asked everyone to sport a bit of purple for the day, in memory of a beautiful little girl who left this world too soon, but left it brighter, warmer. (…)

March 27, 2009

March 26, 2009

March 9, 2009

  • Ursa Freedom Project

    To many of us, poaching is an unfamiliar term and practice. It happens on African savannahs and involves clandestine ivory sales. (…)

January 23, 2009

January 15, 2009

  • Say "Goodbye" to Handmade Toys, Or…Don't!

    Don’t you just love purchasing handmade goods, that on the by-and-large are naturally green and eco-friendly by the fact that they are created with love in peoples’ own homes and workshops? (…)