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It ain’t easy being green

I think it is time for me to give a status on how well this going green thing is doing. I am all greened out this week. I have writer’s block and frankly just don’t have the energy to do another radical green change right now. I have talked about a lot [...]

Shopping for Green Personal Care Products is Hard!

I have to say that one of the hardest things about going green is that it sometimes feels like I am looking for a needle in a haystack. All of the “green” products out there are overwhelming and since there is not much regulation yet, anyone can throw a green sticker on their [...]

Don’t use personal care products with Oxybenzone and Benzyl Alcohol if you have asthma!

This is pretty serious stuff. I want to thank Pat for posting about the soap nuts. When I was researching the soap nuts it opened up a huge can of worms. It brought me to a site listing all of the harmful chemicals found in fragrance products and listed the side [...]

Is the recession good for the environment?

It looks like people are becoming more aware of what is a necessity vs. a luxury item. The Pew Research survey found a -17% change in people rating a clothes dryer as a necessity in 2009 vs. 2006. And a -16% change in the rating of air conditioning! The people [...]

Anyone interested in swapping kids clothes?

I saw a story on NBC local about www.swapmamas.com (no boys, this is not a wife swapping site) – a site where you can be green and swap your used kids clothes and toys for other used kids clothes and toys. I went on the site and signed up – that process was [...]