Choose Organic and Fair Trade Coffee

Your morning cup can have a global impact. Continue reading → Read more

Sexy Green Lingerie

Soft, silky and gorgeous, the newest intimate green fashions are made from organic cotton, hemp, bamboo, recycled fibers and other sustainable touches. Continue reading → Read more

H1N1 Vaccine: Pros and Cons

Normally this organic mom steers clear of the vaccine debate. We skirted it in The Complete Organic Pregnancy on purpose – parents need to discuss the issues (real and less real) with their doctors and trusted advisers, and to make educated decisions t… Continue reading → Read more

20 Adorable DIY Draft Snakes Fight Chills

Make one of these colorful door draft stoppers to reduce your heating bills. Continue reading → Read more

Pull Weeds. Don’t Pollute

Opt for homemade weed killers, like your own fingers, before resorting to chemical pesticides. Continue reading → Read more

Taxing Topic: Energy Tax Reform

Every so often, usually at this time of year after citizens have
finished sweating over their tax returns, there’s a call for junking the
tax code and making it simple enough to fit a tax return onto a
postcard–which assumes the Postal Service… Continue reading → Read more

When to Buy Organic Fruits and Vegetables, When to Buy Local

So by now you’ve checked out what is – or isn’t – in your crisper and fruit bowl (Week 1) and found the store, farmers’ market, or CSA you’d like to be getting your fruits and vegetables from (Week 2). This week’s challenge is to stock up &… Continue reading → Read more

How to Make Food Shopping Healthy

Week 2 Challenge: Shopping

To procure conscious food, stack the odds in your favor. It takes an education to get the good stuff at a supermarket, but you have to work really hard to get the bad stuff at a farmers’ market. If you join a CSA (Community … Continue reading → Read more

Plant a Backyard Wildlife Garden

With spring setting in, thoughts turn to gardening and the return of wildlife, like birds, bees and butterflies. Here are four tips for keeping those colorful critters coming to your backyard. Continue reading → Read more