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...]
213 weeks ago the Carnival of the Green began with just 2 guys and over a pint of beer in London. Now it bounces around from green blog to green blog around the world. Last week it made its stop at the wonderful Enviroblog. This week its tents raise right here over The Fun Times Guide to Living Green. This week's submissions were truly some incredible ones. In the following 17 stories, you'll find everything from info on how to plan a green burial to natural home remedy tips to … [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...]
The summer sun is already crankin' up the heat...which means your grill should be too! If you've never loaded up your grill with loads of veggies, you have no idea what sensory stimulation overload you're missing out on! On Sunday my wife, a friend, and I grilled an AWESOME sunny weekend vegetarian lunch (pictured at right)...including a sweet potato salad recipe that you absolutely MUST try! … [Read more...]
Memorial Day weekend is knocking at the door and I can already hear the sizzle of all those grills.If you are indeed going to throw some tasty treats on the grill this weekend, be sure to grill it green!Did you know that there are a few easy steps you can take to not only green your grilling habits, but also make you the star grill master (or mistress) of your block?Let me share some with you. … [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...]
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