For this week’s Do One Thing, I want you to head over to IShareStuff.org and register for an account. When I move to a bigger city, I plan on signing up right away, but for those of you in “populated” areas, you should sign up asap! iShareStuff saves money and reduces waste by helping you [...]
We all know about The Body Shop, which is that store in the mall that claims to be making products that are all about being “natural” and showing their care for the environment. In fact, on their website, they state “For many years, The Body Shop has constantly sought out wonderful natural ingredients from [...]
Windows are one of my favorite topics. I love windows. I have lots of them. I like to feel like I am outside. If I had 100 acres, I’d build a glass house right in the middle. Windows today are much more efficient than they were ten years ago. If you have the inclination and [...]
I just downloaded iRecycle to my iPhone and wow – so cool. You enter your location and what you need to recycle, and the application tells you the locations nearby that will take your stuff off your hands. Granted, there aren’t many places here where I live (try, none), but in most major cities that [...]
Dear EarthTalk: How can I make good use of the rainwater that runs down my roof and into my gutters?
For most of us, the rain that falls on our roof runs off into the ground or the sewer system. But if you’re motivated to save a little water and re-distribute it on your lawns [...]
Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day on their own blogs with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance. Blog Action Day 2009 will be the largest-ever social change event on the web. One day. One [...]
It’s that time again – time to discuss yet another toxic chemical/ingredient in our food and skin care products! Butylated Hydroxytoluene, or BHT, is an anti-oxidant which reacts with oxygen free radicals to slow down the autoxidation rate of ingredients in a product that can cause changes in the taste or color. As [...]
