Growers and Grocers

I’m always looking for new quick and easy ways for our family to “go green,” and luckily, there is no shortage of available inspiration.  Sara Snow, host of Discovery Health’s Get Fresh with Sara Snow, offered up a few simple solutions in a recent issue of Woman’s Day magazine:
Rethink takeout.  Don’t take more ketchup packets […]

Ever wonder what type of impact using green products really has on your life?  Your environment?  Well wonder no more. 
Visit GreenandSave.com and you can see in dollars and cents exactly how much money you save by using eco-friendly products, and the effect it has on the environment.  You’ll see how long it will take you to […]

Did you know…

If everyone in the US used one less paper napkin a day, we would save more than a billion pounds of napkins from the landfill every year?
If just one out of 10 products you bought had little or no packaging, it would eliminate more than 50 pounds of waste per household a year?

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When it comes to protecting the planet, kids can quickly feel at a loss for what they can do to help.  Make an effort to get them involved, and lead by example.  There are thousands of small ways they can be kinder to the earth and be involved in the whole process. 
In a recent issue […]

Often times, our greatest inspiration comes from others.  And in terms of “going green,” it’s always nice to hear of changes, be they big or small, that others have made in their lives to spur on our own changes.  A recent posting on Wondertime shared some green suggestions from celebrities … my favorite is Jason […]

The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in Hyde Park, NY announced last week that they are undergoing a new “green” initiative, and to that end, they have removed paper cups and lids in all of their dining facilities. Considering the campus uses between 15,000 and 18,000 disposable cups a week, this is certainly good news.  
“We took a look at […]

In addition to trying to break the paper plate habit (or at least curb it), I’m also working on cutting my paper towel usage, but it ain’t easy. 
Enter Peaceful Company.  They have come up with a biodegradable cleaning cloth that, no joke, does the work of a stack of paper towels.  The sponge is dishwasher-safe, made […]

Chef and popular cookbook author Deborah Madison has long been a champion of eating local, shopping fresh and visiting farmers’ markets.  With nine cookbooks already to her credit, she is currently working on her latest, What We Eat When We Eat Alone, with her painter husband, Patrick McFarlin.  Although it will have some recipes, this […]

I love entertaining, and if I can incorporate “going green” along with it, even better.  I’m a little late to the party on this one, since it was published in 2006, but it still ranks as a cool find in my book.  Danny Seo, a popular environmental activist and columnist for Country Home magazine, recently […]

London-based singer KT Tunstall is perhaps best known for her breakout hit, “Suddenly I See,” but did you also know that with her recent success she decided to redo her London apartment to be more environmentally friendly?  She shares the space with her drummer boyfriend Luke Bullen and the redo features solvent-free paint, recycled radiators, […]