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Category: Green Choices

  • Blue Stripes Chocolate Bar with Whole Cacao

    A few weeks ago I decided to try something different while shopping at Whole Foods: Blue Stripes Chocolate Bar with Whole Cacao. Yum. It’s different and tastes different. Blue Stripes uses the whole cacao pod to let you have more superfood benefits and eliminate waste in production. It’s difficult to…

  • Delta Airlines to Replace Plastic Cups with Paper

    With all the crazy things going on with airplane plugs or panels falling off mid-air, it’s nice to hear some good news from an airline! Delta – I admit my favorite airline and I’m a nervous flier – has announced that they are beginning to test new, more environmentally friendly…

  • Earth Day 2021 April 22

    Each day is earth day, but on April 22, it’s time to take a few extra minutes to consider what more you can do. The theme for Earth Day 2021 is “Restore Our Earth.” Learn more at Earthday.org. Here are five ways you can do more this Earth Day. One:…

  • How Staying at Home to Avoid Spread of Coronavirus Changes Things for the Better

    How Staying at Home to Avoid Spread of Coronavirus Changes Things for the Better

    Covid-19 is some horrible stuff. People are dying, or becoming extremely ill. Doctors and nurses are in trouble without the supplies and support they deserve and need. There’s a major disruption of daily life, employment and the economy, but there are some things about self-isolating, or obeying safer-at-home orders from…

  • Can you recycle disposable coffee cups?

    If you’ve been tossing disposable coffee cups into your recycling, you might be an aspirational recycler. A disposable coffee cup can ruin, or contaminate, a big batch of recycling. This is a case of reuse (taking your own cup) proving better than recycling. Thanks to The New York Times article, “6 Things…

  • Help End Plastic Pollution on Earth Day 2018 and Beyond

    Earth Day is celebrated on April 22, but the lessons of Earth Day last 365 days a year, as long as you’re open to that! This year, Earth Day Network is focusing on ending plastic pollution. Plastic is everywhere. Since plastic was invented in the 1950s, we’ve produced 9.1 billion…

  • The Arctic Melt, Images of a Disappearing Landscape

    Photographer Diane Tuft traveled to places few human eyes ever see. By plane, boat and helicopter, she explored Norway’s mountain glaciers, the Arctic Ocean’s sea ice and Greenland’s icebergs and ice sheet. It’s important, hard work! As we’re all living life in our neighborhoods, sipping coffee or walking the dog, we don’t…

  • Feature: Tides, The Science and Spirit of The Ocean

    Those wondrous and sometimes frightening tides. Why do they act so? It’s time to take a little mystery away from them, but love them all the same. What’s the book, and where can you get it? Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean by Jonathan White will be released from…

  • Plastic Straws Are the Enemy?

    There’s a lot of iced coffee being served. And have you ever seen anyone take their own reusable straw to a coffee shop? It typically doesn’t happen unless said person is also taking along a reusable coffee cup. And I don’t see that often either. Is it a big deal?…

  • Make Greener Decisions to Honor Earth Day 2016

    Earth Day, April 22, is a time to stop and think. To mark Earth Day, you don’t have to go to any official event, though you can! But what’s really important is that you consider how your decisions affect the earth. I’ve listed some ideas to help you make more…