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Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle - At Home!
Thinking back on my early childhood (I’m talking 70’s & 80’s), we didn’t do much recycling, until, I’d say, the late 80’s. It’s then that I remember starting to crush soda cans, and saving...
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Confessions of a Crunchy Mama
I’m a crunchy mom. Really, I am. Wanna hear my credentials? Well, there’s the prenatal stuff: I did prenatal yoga, had a doula, and a midwife. There’s the parenting stuff: I breastfed (even tandem...
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Container Vegetable Gardening
I’ve been perennial gardening for years. Adam and I were sort of thrown into it nearly 10 years ago, when we moved to Maine, and the house we bought was surrounded by an amazing array of perennial...
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How Far Do You Go to Recycle?
Back in February, I wrote about things we do around our house to be more eco-friendly. One of those things is recycling glass, metal, paper, and plastic on a daily basis. Separating recyclable...
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Starting Seeds
Last year was the first year we tried planting edible plants in our backyard in containers, and had a fairly successful (albeit modest) harvest: a couple of sweet strawberries, three tiny cucumbers,...
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Celebrate Mother Earth
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb Honor & celebrate our Mother Earth every day, Dear Readers. She's the only Earth we...
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The Problem with Palm Oil
The other day after school, my 7-year old daughter went immediately to the kitchen and began reading the labels (like mama, like daughter) of all of the things on our shelves. She told me that someone...
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World Water Day 2012
Today is World Water Day. Here in the suburbs of New Jersey in the United States, water isn’t something I think about much. It runs clean from my sink, my shower, and my hose. It rains often here. Our...
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Earth Hour and Beyond
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb Earth Hour is tonight - 8:30pm - 9:30, in whatever time zone you are living. What is Earth...
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One Action. One Choice.
A global change can begin with one person. One action. One choice. A global change can begin with envisioning the ideals that we strive towards and the things which are important to us and then LIVING...
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