March 3, 2010
- Happy Healthy Eating: Community Supported Agriculture
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a great way to support your local farmer and keep fresh vegetables on the table. (…)
February 24, 2010
- Garden Dreams
Here in the Pacific Northwest we have had an unusually mild winter and an early spring. (…)
February 11, 2010
- After-School Snacks that Tread Lightly on the Planet (and your Grocery Budget)
If you’ve been following my posts here at 5 Minutes for Going Green, you know I’m all about taking baby steps toward eco-living. (…)
January 19, 2010
- The Dinner Co-Op: an Easy Way to be Green?
A number of years ago, an acquaintance of mine belonged to a dinner co-op. The concept was simple: four friends (living on the same block) shared the burden of the evening meal. (…)
December 16, 2009
- Package Sizing and Sustainability
My grocery buying habits have shifted over the years. Once upon a time (in a long forgotten age) I was a single university student living alone. Most of the food I bought came in small packages. (…)
October 5, 2009
- Join Us for the Eat Local Challenge
It is no secret that I love food. Local, slow, whole, delicious food. (…)
September 21, 2009
- A Fall Garden for All
Victory Garden Bounty Circa 1941-1945 on Flickr
The fall garden used to be something that only experienced backyard growers took on. (…)
April 30, 2009
- Going Green By Growing Green
In the never-ending quest to find the best food possible–healthy for both people and planet–it seems like there's a pitfall around every corner. Farmers' market or supermarket? (…)
April 28, 2009
- Green Recipe Of The Month: Savory Black Bean Soup
Are you still cold, too? Someone told me that it is spring, but I get all confused when I read stories of snow in April like the mid-west recently experienced. (…)
April 27, 2009
- The Earth Day Hullabaloo Is Over; Now What?
So, you participated in Earth Hour and you went to an Earth Day celebration. (…)
March 26, 2009
- Fighting Climate Change With Chocolate: Going Green Never Tasted So Sweet
It's probably pretty safe to say that there are more people on this planet eating chocolate, than fighting climate change. Sad but true. (…)
March 25, 2009
- Um, But What About The Poo?
(This is article #3 in MacKenzie's series What's Up with Cloth Diapering? (…)
March 10, 2009
- Green Groceries: 9 Reasons To Eat Local
If I were to ask you how eco-friendly the food you buy at the grocery store is, you would probably dutifully point out the "organic" label on the fruits and vegetables and perhaps even some cereals and crackers. (…)
February 26, 2009
- Green Coffee Break
Until I met my husband I didn't like coffee. (…)
February 25, 2009
- Do You Know Where Your Fish Comes From?
Surprisingly, many of us don't.
The tuna you had on the salad last night may have been from waters off the coast of India. Your farmed raised tilapia may have been raised on a farm in Indonesia. (…)
February 13, 2009
- Saving Green By Going Green
Let’s face it, in this economy nearly everyone is having to cut corners and eliminate things from the budget. Sadly, it has come to my attention that one of the big things people are cutting back on are eco-friendly and organic products, in favor of cheaper, run of the mill alternatives. (…)
February 3, 2009
- Go Green for Lunch
When my husband and I moved in together in college, we were both going to school full time and working, and so we always ate at least one meal away from home each day. (…)
January 28, 2009
- Going Green for Special Needs
A few years ago I lived my life in 20 minute increments. Then I had to rest. Fibromyalgia and Asthma ruled my life. (…)
January 21, 2009
- Reinventing The Wheel
Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the environmentalist's charge to "eat local?" Think the term "slow food" means "not McDonalds?" Intimidated by the 100-mile diet, or clueless when it comes to constructing weekly menus that highlight in-season foods from your neck of the woods? (…)
December 1, 2008
- Cold Weather Roadblocks to our Green Schedule
I feel like we got into a green groove this spring. The weather got warmer and we started walking everywhere. (…)
