When our kids started attending daycare a few years ago, they needed a lunch packed for them every day, and so started our daily need to pack lunches for two children. At first, as for many people, this meant the daily use and disposal of items like fruit cups, juice pouches or boxes, sandwich bags, […]
Packing Disposable-Free Kids Lunches – Including Fruit Cups
Posted on May 10, 2011 Written by 11 Comments
Super-Healthy Yummy Vegan-or-Not Pancakes (or Waffles)
Posted on April 22, 2011 Written by 3 Comments
Part of being “green” is being healthy – or so I think. Many years ago I started making large batches of pancakes and waffles for my family and freezing them. Then each morning we’d bring a few out and toast or microwave them and have a healthy, homemade breakfast as fast as a processed, […]
New Garden: Starting Seedlings Indoors or in the Garden?
Posted on March 20, 2011 Written by 5 Comments
I was recently talking to someone who is thinking about starting plants from seeds for the first time. Some of her questions included whether it’s too late to start seedlings for this year and if she is going to do indoor seedlings, how should she get started? Since these are some of the questions I […]
Growing Your Own & Vegan: Zucchini Bread Recipe
Posted on August 27, 2010 Written by Leave a Comment
So, it turns out I make a mean zucchini bread. Everyone who has tried to make it is probably aware that there are about a million recipes for zucchini bread out there. I’ve been through several. There was one I liked the taste of but all my chocolate chips sank to the bottom so it […]
Brownies! Healthier, Dairy-free, Box-mix-like and Super Yummy!
Posted on May 23, 2010 Written by Leave a Comment
I’ve been reading a lot about healthy, cheaper and environmentally friendly eating. If you want to focus exclusively on any one of these items, to take it to an extreme, you really have to forgo the others. However, I have been trying to find a reasonable balance between all three that I can live with […]
Evils of Cut Flowers Revisited for Mothers Day
Posted on May 5, 2010 Written by 1 Comment
We’ve written about the environmental evils of cut flowers before around Valentines Day in our post Roses are Red, Not Green – Give Chocolate Instead. I am horrified by all the radio and TV ads for giving Mom flowers this Mothers Day. Even my 5 y.o. twins came to me begging to buy mommy flowers […]
Environmentally Friendly Food in a Surprising Place
Posted on April 19, 2010 Written by 4 Comments
When you think of shopping for healthy, organic and environmentally friendly foods, stores like Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s, as well as other specialty stores, come to mind. While these are great places to find huge selections of organic foods, and as companies, they have very strong environmentally friendly philosophies and policies, they can also […]
Make and Freeze Chocolate Chip Cookies
Posted on April 17, 2010 Written by 3 Comments
Our family has been trying to eat healthier and eat in ways that are better for the environment. These are actually two different goals, but they are often compatible and many people interested in one are interested in both, like we are. Some of the things we have been doing are trying to eat more […]
The Consequences of Science Denial
Posted on April 12, 2010 Written by 3 Comments
Michael Specter, a staff writer for the New Yorker, gives a great talk about the consequences of science denial in his TED Talk: The danger of science denial. He eloquently expresses my feelings about why the objections to genetically modified organisms (GMO) and vaccines are stupid and harmful. Vaccine-autism claims, “Frankenfood” bans, the herbal cure […]
Free Samples and the Environment – Good or Bad?
Posted on April 10, 2010 Written by 4 Comments
Since I have started blogging I have also started reading other blogs, particularly “mommy blogs“. I’ve noticed that a lot of them promote coupons, freebies and ways to save money. As a mom trying to make ends meet, I find these things particularly appealing. As someone trying to live as environmentally friendly a life as […]
