We recently discovered Ecology Action, a local recycling center that accepts almost anything with a recycling symbol on it, and so we are recycling everything we can now. Even those odd plastics with the numbers that no one knows what to do with, colored glass, cardboard… they take it all.  We have reduced our [...]

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Earth Day is April 22, although we should be paying attention to the things we can do to impact our planet every day, not just once a year.  Kate Heyhoe has a ton of great ideas in her new book, Cooking Green: Reducing Your Carbon Footprint in the Kitchen. She defines your cookprint as the [...]

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Cork is showing up everywhere from the runway to the dining room, and here it is in this versatile Sustainable Cork Bowl by Bambu.  Eco-friendly cork is made from the bark of the tree, and thus the harvesting of cork does not harm the tree.  Instead, the outer bark quickly regenerates and the tree continues [...]

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As every cook knows, sometimes that 4-burner cooktop is just not enough, or it’s totally located in the wrong spot.  Like inside. When you’re grilling outside.  Meet your new best friend, the Sunpentown Induction Cooktop.
Here’s the deal with induction cooking, in case it’s new to you:

Uses magnetic waves to provide fast and safe [...]

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When my boys were small, I traveled with lots of food, partially because I am anal very prepared and partially because I am the mother of two continually-growing boys that never quite get full.  Ever.  I had to carry bags of food, or I’d never get anything done what with all the Moooooom, I’m hungry.  [...]

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Black and white.  So chic.  So you.  So now.
Envirosax knows you have a penchant for black and white and they also know you love your planet.  So, they have created this set of reusable shopping bags that makes going green look stylish.  This set, they call it a pouch, holds FIVE waterproof shopping bags and [...]

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You know about my landfill visit and all…I won’t rehash it yet again, but I will say that the whole plastic bag thing is not really working for us.  And let me just give a big shout out the the creators of this innovative and AWESOME product – biodegradable, compostable, earth-friendly trash bags.  Too cool!
What [...]

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