Love your daily dose of fruit and vegetables? Including fruit and veggies in your diet each day means you will end up with quite the pile of rinds and scraps. Before you throw those in your compost pile or trash can, why not get a little extra use out of them? … [Read more...]
A new year is so refreshing. It's like hitting the reset button and feeling like you have a fresh start again. If you've been trying (or maybe even failing) to live green, the new year gives you a good opportunity to find some new and fun ways to live greener.Here are a few such ideas... … [Read more...]
The holiday season is officially here, and while I often cringe at the thought of shopping or of all the people buying so many unnecessary things now, it is a nice feeling to give and receive gifts.While a lot of gifts are completely unnecessary and contribute to our growing environmental problems, there are many green options nowadays that can be useful without harming our world, and some that can even help it. Here’s my top 10 list of gifts you can give a guy (and many of them you can … [Read more...]
I'm busier this year than I've ever been. How about you? With spare time becoming more sparse by the day, it's easy to get behind...especially during the holidays.If you find yourself scampering about trying to put together a delicious Thanksgiving meal, but still running short of time, drag our your crock pot.What?Yep, cooking some of those favorite Thanksgiving staples in a crock pot can not only save you time and energy, but can also take your staple side dishes to new heights of flavor. … [Read more...]
We often focus on things, products, or stuff when we write about going green, disconnecting them from people’s daily lives a bit.I think this limits the degree to which people incorporate green practices or green products into their lives. So, rather than just randomly create a list of some things you can do or buy to go green, I thought I’d focus such a list around the story of your day a bit. … [Read more...]
So there you are preparing your Thanksgiving feast when the phone rings...and wouldn't you know it, it's Last Minute Lucy.She invites herself over and cleverly inserts a remark such as, "I know how health conscious you are so I know there will plenty of non-meat options on your table for me to eat...since I'm a vegetarian."Being the caring friend and good host/hostess that you are you quickly begin to altar your menu of salted ham, fried turkey, and green beans cooked with a … [Read more...]
...right out of your diet. Geez, what'd you think I was talking about? Chelsea Green, THE publisher of all books eco-friendly, and Your Daily Thread, LA's guide to having FUN living green, have teamed up to help you go Meatless in May. Why would you want to cut meat out of your diet, even if just for a month? Chelsea Green says, "Cutting meat out of your diet entirely saves 5,000 lbs of carbon emissions per year. By cutting meat out of your diet for just the month of May, you’ll … [Read more...]
Looking to green your skin care? If so, it'd be tough to do much better than the products from Arbonne International. Today Arbonne rolls out its newest line of eco-friendly hair and body products, called FC5. "FC5? What's that supposed to mean?" It refers to the delivery of Fresh Cell nutrients from 5 fruits and vegetables. In addition to this line (as well as ALL of Arbonne's products) being certified vegan, it's also paraben free and comes in awesome eco-friendly packaging … [Read more...]
Throwing or attending a green Super Bowl Party this year? Serve some tasy vegetarian junk food. Wait...vegetarian junk food? Yup, that's what I said. Check out these great vegetarian junk food recipes! Ha, I bet you thought that vegetarians were just all health freaks that sat around eating nuts and veggies all day? Not necessarily. Vegetarians, like anyone else, have plenty of junk food options to choose from. I'm not saying that these recipes are healthy by any stretch of … [Read more...]
Who knows what tomorrow is? If you guessed the opening of Twilight, you're right. If you've been in a cave (or a coffin) and don't know about this movie release, it's your not-so-typical teeny bopper love story movie. With vampires. Vegetarian vampires. One of whom is in love with a mortal. Who he wants to bite. One thing is for sure, if Bella IS a vegetarian she would taste a lot better to Edward...and I don't mean her blood. … [Read more...]
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