Weed Walk

Apr 14, 2010 | Better Health, Go Green, Slow Food

Tweet I spent some time this morning pulling up weeds in my lawn and my flower beds. Weeds never cease to amaze and inspire me. I can learn loads from their persistence and resilience.  Even better than that, I can supplement my lunch! My lawn hasn’t been...

Cotton is Not a Food!

Apr 12, 2010 | Better Health, Go Green

Tweet When you see partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil on a food label, think beyond trans fat! This super cheap oil is one of the most toxic ingredients in processed food today, let me count a few ways: #1 Cotton is not a food! These cottonseeds are a left over by...

Going on a 21 Day Auto Diet

Apr 8, 2010 | Go Green, Rubin Rodeo

Tweet Sometimes chaos reigns at the Rubin Rodeo. We got back from holidays at the in-laws to find 3 important looking envelopes from NY DMV amongst a huge pile of mail. I opened them up to find out that we were no longer insured by GEICO and that we had been operating...

Water Week Day #5 Saving $ in Government.

Mar 26, 2010 | Better Health, Go Green

Tweet OK, so if your town and county is like mine, they are hurting for money right now. So here’s a way that municipalities can save money and create better health for their employees at the same time. It’s time to think outside the bottle. You may have...

Water Week Day #4 Greenwashing

Mar 24, 2010 | Go Green

Tweet Earlier this week, I blogged about Green Washing with my new wash machine. there’s another kind of greenwashing, but it has nothing to do with laundry. Greenwashing is  a form of white washing.  It is the practice of companies disingenuously spinning their...

Water Week Day #3 BYOB

Mar 24, 2010 | Go Green

Tweet I remember a few years back when I first started using cloth bags for food shopping.  It took a while to build a solid habit. To remember to bring the bags into the store, and to put them back in the car when I was finished with them at home. After a few months,...