Posts Tagged ‘Blog Carnival’

Announcing the Spring Cleaning: Get the Junk Out! Carnival

In the spirit of Annie Leonard’s Story of Stuff video and book and her emphasis on simplifying our lives, I’m happy to be participating in a new community blog carnival called “Spring Cleaning: Get the Junk Out!“  (If you haven’t yet read my post from yesterday, please check out my interview with Annie Leonard and [...]

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Holiday Buying: More Pressure Today Than 40 Years Ago?

Once upon a time there was a little girl whose only wish was for a Barbie Country Camper.  This was 1971.  For simplicity’s sake, let’s call the little girl Beth.   Beth had seen the Barbie Country Camper in Saturday morning TV commercials, and she wanted her Barbies to have the fold-out picnic table, pop-out tent, sleeping bags, [...]

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Baking Soda: So Many Uses; So Little Money… and Plastic

I hear people bemoaning the high cost of “going green.”  And while organic food does cost more than its chemical-laden counterpart, I’m here to tell you that it’s easier to spend more for healthy food when you save money in other ways.  We can skip many of the green cleaners, deodorizers, and personal care products, [...]

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Hey Wal-Mart! I See Glaring Omissions in Your New Sustainability Index

Dear Wal-Mart,
Let me apologize in advance for any sarcasm you might detect in this letter. It’s late, and I’ve been losing sleep for about two years, basically working for free to wake people up to the environmental crises we face. So you can imagine that I’m a little bit cranky. And maybe [...]

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Where’s That Money I Left Lying Around?

I know it was there the last time I checked. Where’d it go?
When I heard the topic of this month’s Green Mom’s Carnival was “Conserving Resources,” I was stumped. I mean, I write about the topic every single time I post, right? Using less plastic = conserving resources. Plastic comes from [...]

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Green Moms speak out on Bottled Water

As a member of the #Blogher09 Green Team, I had the privilege of participating in a conference call with one of the Blogher Conference’s largest sponsors: PepsiCo. Why did the Green Team want to speak with Pepsi? Because in addition to peddling sodas and other flavored drinks, Pepsi has gotten into the bottled [...]

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New Guide to PVC-Free School Supplies

The Center for Health, Environment, & Justice has released its Back to School Guide to PVC-Free School Supplies today. It’s a free downloadable guide to all the products kids might need for school, from binders and notebooks to clothes, electronics, lunch boxes, and a host of other products. It includes a comprehensive guide to [...]

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Beth’s Big Back to School Binder Debate & Give-Away

10/13/09 Disclosure: As of today, I have become a Sustainable Group affiliate, which means that I receive a small percentage of sales of ReBinder products purchased through this web site.
08/13/09 Update: The give-away is over, but the debate continues. Feel free to voice your opinion in the comments. Find out who won [...]

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BPA: California let us down. The Smart Mama’s Green Guide can help.

I’m kind of sad this morning. I just learned that yesterday, California’s Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee voted not to add Bisphenol A (BPA) to the state’s list of chemicals that are believed to cause reproductive harm under Prop 65. The board members said that “none of the studies they reviewed offered [...]

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Organic food in plastic packaging: Isn’t it ironic?

Arriving late to the Elmwood Theater Saturday night for the film Food Inc, Michael and I were stuck in the front row with our necks craning to see the screen. Believe me. It was worth it. Even if you’ve already read The Omnivore’s Dilemma or Fast Food Nation, seeing images of downed [...]

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