Growers and Grocers

Seeing how it’s February already, I’d better get cracking on the daily recommendations that author Jodi Helmer puts forth in The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference for easy green living. The key to the whole enterprise is small steps. A quick glance through the book, which showed […]

When it comes to being green, surprisingly, my six-year-old son is a great advocate of it. He’s like me — once he learns about something, he’s the staunchest supporter of it. When we started ridding the house of plastic disposable cups and silverware, he asked why and I told him. After that, I caught him […]

Shhh! Don’t tell anyone, but I’ve already started planing for Christmas! It’s never too early to be organized, right?  Well, this year, I’m trying to go a little greener in all I do… and now that is extending to Christmas. And I think I’ve found a perfect book to help me: A Greener Christmas by […]

When I first came across Commander’s Wild Side, by Ti Adelaide Martin & Tory McPhail, I immediately thought of my husband - the hunter. Just like any good ole Kentucky boy, he grew up hunting (and eating) deer, squirrel, and other little woodland creatures. I, however, grew up on Kroger steaks and frozen turkeys, thinking […]

We are inundated these days with green living advice, but often it’s doled out in sanctimonious or judgmental tones, which can leave us feeling unempowered and guilty. Sometimes the advice feels absolute, uncompromising: if you aren’t 100 percent green — from the food you buy, the car you drive, and the solar panels on your […]

I recently had the opportunity to check out The Pocket Idiot’s Guide to Your Carbon Footprint by Nancy S. Grant. As critical issue of the change in the world’s climate has come to the forefront of issues we can’t ignore anymore, this is a reference with which everyone needs to grab hold.  Each page not […]

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 […]

Lynda Fassa, an ex-model and mom, started the organic clothing company, Green Babies, nearly fourteen years ago.  Still embracing the green movement full-force, she recently added author to her resume with her new book, Green Babies, Sage Moms.  In a recent issue of People magazine, she gave a few of her favorite tips on bringing […]

Earth Day was only a few weeks ago, but there are still heaps of suggestions on little things we can do here and there to do our part. The book, 1,001 Ways to Save the Earth, is a great example of new earth-friendly habits that are very easy to implement, but that reap big […]

I had a bit of trouble obtaining a copy of Eat Here: Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket, by Brian Halweil. First, I checked my local library. Then I checked the local Barnes & Noble, who drove off all of the independent booksellers in my hometown a while ago. Then the not-so-local Borders. Finally, I […]