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

Let’s face it Flu season is here and the heart of flu season is fast approaching, so are we protected from the H1N1 virus or other strains of the flu? That may depend believe it or not on whether you have had your seasonal flu shot – and the answer isn’t what you would expect. Research done in four Canadian …

Once upon a time in a land far far away lived a puppy named Rufus. Rufus was a good little puppy so he got plenty of dog treats, treats when he held still for a nail clipping and a coat grooming, dog training treats when he rolled over on command and even treats for pretending to speak – he had …

Morning mill in Oud Zuilen © Jeroen van Daal It’s always fun finding new photos for Earth Friendly Photo Friday especially when you find a new artist when you aren’t even looking. This gem of an artist was a delightful surprise while I was looking for featured photos for yesterday’s post on ending rural hunger. This month’s photo comes all …

© Jeroen Van Daal “14.2% of rural households are food insecure, an estimated 2.8 million households” Tis the season for family fun and when our family gets together for the holidays it means good food and lots of it. But what is easy to forget when our kids are nestled all snug in their beds, visions of sugarplums dancing in …

Benjamin Moore Natura Waterborne Interior Paint: an Environmentally Friendly Paint with Style While some people might like that new paint smell it turns out that smell, or the chemicals that cause that smell are pretty harmful. Volatile organic compounds or VOC’s are basically chemical compounds that are small enough to vaporize or become airborne. The VOC’s in paints, air fresheners …

A Cyber Monday sensation to sink your teeth into, this natural cake mix is due for a huge discount in Amazon’s Cyber Monday promotion. (Keep your clicking fingers nice and limber around 12pm PST to snatch up the best price) This 100% natural cake mix has no artificial ingredients, colors, preservatives, hydrogenated oils, dairy or soy, and is completely kosher. …

Tune-tastic Christmas Gifts – Recycled LP Record Coasters Looking for a great gift for that music lover in your life? Check out these eco-friendly recycled Vintage Vinyl LP Record coasters from Vinylux. Vinylux has a unique selection of LP record coasters, party bowls, and even 45 rpm Record Clocks in several fun genres – Rock, Country, Crooners, Heavy Metal, Soul …

In the true spirit of earth friendliness and Black Friday super sales Amazon offered a Black Friday Week Lightning Deal on the World Food Programme Feed Bag. The Feed Bags which are normally $35 were on sale for a whopping 71% off which made them only $10. While the big Black Friday sale may be over these eco-friendly FEED bags …

I knew it – there IS such a thing as an ice cream tree (I’m still looking for the money tree, I’ll let you know when I find it). The Ice Cream Bean Tree is found in Central and Southern America. It is called the ice cream bean tree because it produces bean pods up to 1 meter long which …

Last Spring I read a short little interview with Ed Begley Jr. about how to cost effectively green your home. At the time he was helping Natural Health Magazine choose the winners for the 2009 Green Choice Awards. He gave a few green tips we all hear often but procrastinate on implementing like rain water collection barrels for watering house …

Did you miss out on the free Sigg return program for their bottles containing BPA like I did? Well, don’t fret you have the chance to win an even better water bottle from ThinkSport. (plus BPA Sigg’s make a great vase for flowers) I’ve been reading about the thinksport bottles made by thinkbaby and they sound like a much better …

Anybody Home? Welcome to another edition of Earth Friendly Photo Friday, and what better way to celebrate Friday the 13th than with a spooky iridescent photo. I love the lighting in this photo and the spooky vibrant green. It is certainly reminiscent of any number of those classic horror films like Friday the 13th. (Hello, Anybody there…) You’ll have to …

I was looking through a box of junk in the closet this morning and I came across several disks of a cedar branch that had somehow found their way into my possession – probably for some art project that was never finished (or started for that matter since I still had the wood disks). I thought to myself “what in …

Catnip Crazed Cat Chooses the AeroGrow AeroGarden Paws Down As winter grows closer and closer these days thoughts of square foot gardens and fresh herbs have to be put on hold until next spring. I feel somewhat sorry for my basil plant as it struggles inside and if it had eyes I’m sure they would longingly gaze outside and yearn …

If you are looking for a tasty treat on a chilly morning (or afternoons and evenings) perhaps a bowl of organic old fashioned slow cooker oatmeal would hit the spot. I was recently flipping through my “Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook: Feasting with your Slow Cooker” and happened to see a recipe for making slow cooker oatmeal. Well, my creative kitchen …