Archive for April, 2008
Kentucky Fried Stem Cell Chicken
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008If you haven’t heard of PETA’s new contest- you are in for a treat. I am sure that everyone would love to pick up their next bucket of KFC chicken or McDonald’s chicken nuggets and be tempted by the taste of fresh laboratory chicken. As if the processed chicken meat we already have was not [...]
Green Works
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008As your average suburban mom and wife, I am in charge of most of the inside-of-the-house cleanup. In the past, I have bought the same cleaners that have been around for ages-products with bleach and ammonia. I hate the smell of ammonia! When my daughter was born and I started to look for more non toxic [...]
Meatless Monday
Monday, April 28th, 2008Today’s dinner was yummy! Thanks to Kalyn’s Kitchen- a great blog, I was able to combine the South Beach Phase One Diet with a vegetarian meal! Phase one only lasts two weeks but it can be hard to plan a vegetarian menu if you are trying to limit carbs. We had a great main course [...]
Healthy Child, Healthy World
Friday, April 25th, 2008I really believe that the public library is one the best uses of my tax dollars. I have been using the library to satisfy my unending need for books and magazines while significantly curtailing my own bookstore purchases. This saves me money and helps the earth by reusing reading materials. They even have an online reserve [...]
Happy Earth Day!
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008Okay, in the spirit of full disclosure, I must admit this is the first Earth Day I have paid attention to but Happy Earth Day nonetheless. In my mind, the best “present” I can give is to REDUCE the amount of stuff in my life. If I could get this right, it would be the [...]
Meatless Monday!
Monday, April 21st, 2008Sometime ago, I read about the Meatless Monday campaign on another blog (wish I could remember which one!) and I thought that would be a good way to introduce some new dinnertime ideas. I have read that vegetarian eating can not only be a healthy lifestyle but also good for the environment. So every Monday, [...]
Shades of Green
Friday, April 18th, 2008Yesterday, I signed up for coupons at the Seventh Generation website. Usually, I despise coupons - I lose them, I forget to use them, or they are for things I don’t use anyway. This is my first foray into online coupons and although the sign up process was kind of long, there was an interesting [...]
A Greener Walmart?
Thursday, April 17th, 2008Last night while watching Kristy Lee get booted off American Idol, an odd commercial flashed on the screen. It was Wal Mart - only now with a new green tagline and a sales pitch for earth friendly products. Of course, there was also the link to the new green section on Walmart.com.
First, I guess when Walmart jumps in, [...]
Why Modern Lime?
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008I have been doing lots of research lately on living a “greener” lifestyle. Like many women, this was motivated by the arrival of our first baby a little over a year ago. I started to think about ways I could take charge and have my family live a healthier and more sustainable life. However, I consider [...]