I had the opportunity to write an article for a sassy organizer who wanted to tuck in a bit of green into her newsletter, what a fun writing project ! In writing the piece below we wanted clients not to feel overwhelmed. There is certainly enough of that in the world already Greening your garage requires organizing too By Karen Hanrahan If [...]
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Day In The Life Of Best Of Mother Earth
June 17, 2010 – 6:01 am
This post is for this month’s Green Mom’s Carnival. When our host Beth Terry of Fake Plastic Fish, someone devoted to living a life with less plastic suggested the topic, I found myself thinking — shoot — what am I possibly going to say? When I think of my day to day. I don ‘t [...]
When Was The Last Time You Offset Your Personal Carbon?
April 28, 2010 – 7:03 am
If it’s been awhile perhaps it’s time to offset your personal carbon! This is the carbon calculator that I use It looks at your emission sources things like electricity and natural gas it can look at your annual usage personally or for your entire family it looks at your household waste and other things like [...]
Does Your Organization Have A Green Fundraiser?
April 15, 2010 – 7:19 am
This fundraising idea is my own green diddy diddy idea It’s an idea that has been used very successfully in fundraising past It’s a grass roots idea in that it fosters community involvement, involves some rallying, some educating and some enrolling the organization has to really want to create change I supply the product, the information and the strategies I [...]
Scour That Toilet Naturally
April 14, 2010 – 7:28 am
I remember once I was cleaning the toilet using a typical scouring powder. Somehow I got some in my nose and about lost my mind with how much it burned. I thought to myself how much damage did I just do to myself? When I decided to go green, one of the things that really [...]
The Expo Was A Success!
April 11, 2010 – 5:00 pm
Yesterday was the Illinois Sustainable Living And Wellness Expo! I can’t begin to tell you how cool it was. Yup, that’s me listed as part of the days presentation line up. This was my speaking debut here in this community. I just had to share these adorable pictures Shouldn’t everyone have alpaca’s?
Best Of Mother Earth Presents
March 23, 2010 – 12:29 pm
Yours truly will be presenting at this remarkable event held at Illinois Wesleyan University in conjunction with the Ecology Action Center. You can find me at 11:00 am I can’t tell you how excited I am. The topic ? The Top Ten Food Additives To Avoid And Why, an excerpt from my Healthy Choices For [...]
PCB Found In Fish Oil Supplements
March 9, 2010 – 7:58 am
Hey consumers we forgot to tell you!! That stuff we bottle to help you with your well being? It’s got PCB’s or Polychlorinated Biphenyls – a carcinogenic, liver dysfunctioning agent/ environmental pollutant in it! You know that stuff that was banned in the US in the 70′s but is still being illegally dumped into our [...]
Dear No Impact Man
February 8, 2010 – 12:00 am
Dear Colin Beavan, I just watched your documentary — No Impact Man. My daughter joined me and wow – we LOVED it. I was actually quite taken by this film. Seriously well done. Very understated, grass roots, yet provocative and the message was so powerful. I was left with such happiness for you. don’t [...]
