Earth Friendly Goodies If it's Good for the Earth it's Good for Your Health

Amazon is one of my favorite places to keep my browser tuned to for the best Cyber Monday deals, but this year I am a bit disappointed. There is no eco-geek category! In fact I have yet to see a Cyber Monday Lightning Deal for any eco-friendly related items. Last year I had fun keeping track of a number of …

Stay Powered in the Boonies with the Goodhope Solar Backpack Goodhope Says: Travel in eco-savvy style with this solar powered Goodhope Solar Backpack. Fully charged, the G-Tech 5260 Solar Backpack provides 8 hours of power. Includes an AC adapter, USB adapter, and 6 popular cell phone attachments to power them up. Goodhope goes green with Ecoline, our newest range of …

As the first snow fall of the season blows and blusters about outside and the tinkling bells of snow plow back-up signals set the mood for the coming holidays I was hit by a rather warm comforting surprise. I was staring blankly in my spice cupboard while forging for an early morning snack when my gaze fell on the back …

Tis the season for creepy crawlies, spooky ghosts and black cats! In all the legends and superstitions about black cats never once have I seen a way to tame these darkly dangerous wildly witchy creatures… until now. (well except for scratching their bellies so they roll over like a fluff ball while you ooooh and ahh over what a nice …

A Healthy Whole Wheat Banana Bread Recipe with a Mango Twist and Ginger Surprise Sometimes the best recipe experiments are a result of ingredients that have to be used up before they go bad – that works especially well for a banana bread recipe since you need super ripe bananas – what better way to use up those brown skin …

As chance would have it we were having a mini family reunion when my Jambu Colorado Vegan high boots arrived and let me tell you it was fun seeing everyone’s reaction. The over-all consensus amid the oohs and ahhs over the unique look was a general agreement that these Jambu vegan high boots were something different. When I think about …

Do you have a pile of unused plastic utensils at home from various take out restaurants? Are you sick of the excess waste from all these pretty much worthless plastic utensils? To-Go Ware’s founder, Stephanie Bernstein sure was and she had the inspiration to start To-Go Ware and the To-Go line of Bamboo utensils with the clever campaign Reduce Your …

Thanks to Big Bark Bakery and their All Natural Bare Bones organic dog treats my dog eats better than I do. Sure we try to eat organic when we can but little Fido (he asked to use a pseudonym for privacy reasons – he’s shy like that) gets the gourmet treatment around here with these mighty tasty organic dog treats. …

I just wanted to take a quick moment (while my bean and ham canned soup is cooling down) to share that I love love love my new Fissler Magic Smooth Edge can opener! It took a few minutes when I first got it to figure out how it attaches to the can because a smooth edge can opener is not …

I was sitting at the computer gazing longingly at a pair of high boots on sale when I caught a flash of hot pink from the corner of my eye – a runaway pink flamingo from the zoo? No couldn’t be. I heard the tell tale scrape of the kitchen step stool followed by the brief clatter of the snack …

I went to a local fermentation meetup group about a year ago, eager to learn more about how to make kombucha tea at home, and in the process I stumbled across a “new” (at least to me) type of fermented drink called water kefir. Water kefir has actually been around for thousands of years and goes by many different names …

My adventures in Worm Composting in a small apartment begin today! Are you tired of throwing perfectly good food scraps, junk mail, cardboard, and coffee grounds into the trash? I certainly am, but for a long time being wasteful just seemed like one of the unavoidable evils of living in a small apartment and having no yard to speak of. …

If you’ve been drooling over new HDTV technology like I have lately there is lots to be excited about, but if you don’t have enough change left over in the couch crack to swing getting a new 3D HDTV maybe this will light you up… I got a sneak peak at a pretty big deal from a big online store …

If the thought of wielding a massive cleaver gives you goose bumps, but you have a hankering for some fresh coconut water take a look at Vita Coco. All the natural health goodness of fresh young coconuts without the risk of missing fingers, yikes sorry for the graphic image let’s stick to a more inviting picture – the image of …

I love a good cup of chai tea on a cold winter morning. Black tea has antioxidants that help the body to eliminate free radicals from the body, thus fighting colds and flu, heart disease, and possibly even cancer, but when you have some delicious organic chai to sample when the weather heats up it’s a bit of a dilemma. …