The topic for this month’s Green Mom’s Carnival is transportation and is hosted by the very lovely Diane MacEachern of Big Green Purse By the way give a HUGE kudos to this terrific group of woman!! Green Moms has been named as one of the Top 10 Most Influential Moms Groups in social media by [...]
Tag Archives: Green Advocacy
Phenol, 1,4 Dioxane and Formaldyhyde Oh My!
May 4, 2010 – 7:25 am
Below are a three chemicals typically found in main stream personal care products. I want none of these in the lotions potions I apply to my body. What alarms me most is the fact that kids and baby products are completely loaded with this stuff. Let me know if having all three of these in [...]
Death By Teflon.
April 29, 2010 – 7:47 am
I remember the first teflon skillet my mom bought. It had rules. We were never supposed to use metal utensils when preparing food in it. Or immerse the pan while hot into cold water. It was officially the skillet we made eggs in. I also remember that somehow my younger brother or someone started not following the rules [...]
Breathe Any Petroleum Lately?
April 29, 2010 – 7:35 am
In addition to sharing the natural approaches to health via nutritional supplementation, I devote additional advocacy to the wellness of this planet. There are many substances around us which can affect a person’s behavior and ability to focus and learn. Some affects are believed to be transient and some are known to be permanent. Obvious examples [...]
Have I Thanked You Lately For The Trees
April 28, 2010 – 7:31 am
Hey Mother Earth – You are unfolding before my very eyes these recent days, trees that were bare weeks ago are now feathering with potential of leaves, and blossoms. It is just beautiful. Thank you! I always thought I was treading lightly on you. I fear that my personal impact is more, much MUCH more than I ever knew. I [...]
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 [...]
Do The Companies You Purchase From Have A CSO?
April 27, 2010 – 6:42 am
Do the companies you purchase from, especially companies that tout their greenness, have a CSO? What’s that? A CSO is a Chief Sustainability Officer. My company has one!! Why do corporations have CSO’s? Because they are up to stuff sustainably. As a matter of fact our company was the very first in the world to [...]
Worm Composting
April 25, 2010 – 10:05 am
Warning readers: if you don’t like pics of worms don’t scroll down. The other day a lovely lady gave me her former worm compost bin complete with worms!! I have to say I was so touched by this gesture. We met for coffee one day and I asked her six million questions about worm composting. [...]
My Favorite Basic H Story
April 22, 2010 – 7:47 am
The story below and the example I am about to share is strictly personal and not a Basic H use endorsed by my company. In the late 90′s I got a call from the local zoo. The head pachyderm caretaker had been told that the San Diego Zoo had been using Basic H to successfully [...]
Know Any Moms Who Want To Clean Green?
April 22, 2010 – 7:15 am
Know any moms who we could share this post with? In honor of Earth Day, I would like to tell you about the most amazing “Green” cleaner available, Shaklee’s Basic H2. Why is it so amazing? Other than the fact that the WHITE HOUSE uses it, Oprah promoted it as one of her favorite products, [...]
