Organic dog food? Organic cat food? For those of who love pets, having the same healthy options for our pets as we do for ourselves is important. Here are some healthy pet products worth sharing:
Organic Pet Food: Newman’s Own Organic Pet Food. They make pasta sauces, salad dressing and cookies. Why not organic cat and [...]
An article with a multitude of opinions has popped up this morning.
The question: which is greener - real or fake?
I touched on this topic earlier this week, but am now revisiting the topic. Clearly, the answer isn’t as easy as you would think.
The question: are plastic trees really unhealthy and ‘non-sustainable’ enough to warrant avoiding [...]
Google has hit the news with a very promising foray. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Google has earmarked hundreds of millions to spend on developing renewable energy:
Google Inc. says it will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to develop renewable energy as part of an ambitious plan to clean the environment and reduce [...]
Here are more tips on how to “Green” your holiday season. Today, we focus on the original green: the Christmas Tree.
Trees are the original green! Choose real over plastic:
1. Plant a living tree: we did this last year! This was our 2nd living tree. The first one we never planted, but rather we decorated it [...]
Here’s the first in a series of tips for Green-ing your Holiday Season this year: think less is more when it comes to holiday gift-wrapping and cards!
Be Creative - Think Less Waste
1. Rewrap – reuse wrapping paper from earlier gifts. We keep a small collection of wrapping paper, bows and ribbons from previous years’ gifts. [...]
Organic cotton and hemp clothing are continuing to be very hip. Use of eco-friendly fabrics and materials has been increasing dramatically over the last several years. And now, this movement is influencing the fashion industry. For them: green is the new black.
“With Seventh Avenue proclaiming that ‘green is the new black,’ we can expect a [...]
The city of San Francisco announced a program which marks a move towards all city vehicles running purely on biodiesel
The key? Free pickup of the main ingredients from local restaurants: oil and grease
Today the city launches SFGreasecycle, a free program in which the city will pick up used cooking oil and grease from local restaurants, [...]
Runners are a special breed. Determined, deliberate… and often fun-loving and a little crazy. Running is my meditation, workout, and pursuit of happiness. It also allows me to connect with my neighborhood and nature.
I saw someone wearing this shirt yesterday and it gave me a smile:
Check out the Peace, Love and Running t-shirt from [...]
This is the greatest recycling program a runner can ask for. Old news to some, but worth a reminder.
For years, the accumulation of my old running shoes bothered me. I felt guilty when thinking of donating old shoes to Salvation Army (and who knows if they would have taken them!).
Throwing these shoes out? Even worse.
Then [...]
Vegans and vegetarians have long know about the impact of meat production on the environment. But even this is new information:
A kilogram of beef is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution than driving for 3 hours while leaving all the lights on back home.
This is among the conclusions of a study by [...]
