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Day of Silence for Japan

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Massive Chili PLASTIC Consumption {Take 3}

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Last month, on an abnormally hot day (again), Mister and I attended our third chili cook-off. Those of you who have been following me through the years know that this is an area of contention for me. Massive amounts of plastic are consumed at this annual event. You newbies can read about my previous rants [...]

Kid-Safe Chemical Act

The other day I received an email from Environmental Working Group (EWG) containing some disturbing information. EWG tested the umbilical cord blood of ten newborns and found nearly 300 chemicals! Shouldn’t a newborn be pristine? They just entered this world! Unfortunately babies are exposed to toxic chemicals before ever leaving the womb. EWG found BPA, [...]

Take Your Canvas Bags

A Wake-Up Story

A Wake-Up Story from Healthy Child Healthy World on Vimeo.

Plastic Resolution

Think it is impossible to live without plastic? Think again. Beth Terry of Fake Plastic Fish is well on her way. She saves and tallies all the plastic she consumes and then graciously blogs about it, offering up ways to reduce your consumption. Her plastic tally for 2009 was 3.7 pounds. For the whole year! [...]

Send Diane!

Huffington Post in conjunction with Hopenhagen.org is sending one person to Copenhagen for the UN Climate Change Conference to both represent concerns of people around the world and to report back daily as a HuffPost citizen journalist. Our own beloved Green Mom, Diane MacEachern is in the running! Diane is author of the best selling [...]

The Story of Cap & Trade

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Little Bo Peep lost her Greeen Sheeep.

Wondering where I have been? Berry picking. Building up my compost piles. Working in the garden. Planning new beds. Catching candy at a small town parade. Oohing and ahhing over fireworks. Shopping at IKEA. Shopping at the farmers’ market. Freezing beans. Checking out the world’s largest and longest running Energy Fair. Reading. Writing. Watching. Mowing. [...]

Meatless March

This week at the Green Phone Booth I am talking meat, or lack there of. We are one month in to going meatless for lent!