1. Avoid plastic bags at the grocery store. This applies to the bags you get at checkout AND the plastic produce bags you put your loose fruits and veggies in. There are two really easy, really affordable products you can use instead of plastic so there is very little excuse to keep bringing plastic baggies home. Reusable Grocery Bags – Cloth bags can be bought at most grocery stores for $1 nowadays and you can usually find good quality bags for $10 each that will last for years and years AND … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2010
10 No Low Impact Activities to Enjoy with Your Partner
Looking for a Green Way to Say I Love You? Sometimes it's tough to come up with new and creative ideas for romance when you don’t want to spend or consume resources. If you'd like to keep expenses and ecological impact to a minimum there are plenty of ways to have an excellent time without spending much, if anything. Consider the following ideas: 1. Cuddle. Sometimes when you're both busy, you may forget how good it feels to cuddle up to each other and relax. It's a great activity to … [Read more...]
Is Gaming Healthy for Kids?
You already know I have a bit of an "attitude" about video games. I used to flat out insist no video games would ever enter my house. Nowadays I am eating my words as my oldest son has accumulated a few consoles, we got a Wii for the family, and my kids play educational games on my computer. We don't spend a lot of time on them... maybe a few hours a week but I am happy with these changes because they have enriched our lives instead of detracted from them. I am not feeling that … [Read more...]
Cool Green Product: Kill A Watt EZ
I just ran across this yesterday and I want one! You plug it into an outlet and then plug an appliance or some other electric device into it and it then tells you how much energy is used to run that device. Not only does it tell you how much energy is used but it also allows you to input your price per Kilowatt-hour (as charged by your utility company) and it will then tell you how much it costs to run that device per day, week, month, and year. By using the Kill A Watt EZ you can measure … [Read more...]
What is The Paleo Diet?
More and more health food blogs are popping up that tout the benefits of a primal or Paleo diet. What exactly is a Paleo Diet? Well, the easiest way to decipher what it is is to call it the caveman diet. Some of them even appear to want to club their veggie eating neighbors over the heads with a drumstick. The basic idea is that we need to eat what cavemen ate before modern inventions like farming and food processing. So they eat fish, lean meats, eggs, nuts, fruit, greens, and seeds. They do … [Read more...]
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