Light Green Stairs

Category: Green Choices

  • Burt’s Bees and Clorox

    Last summer I started using Burt’s Bees beeswax lip balm as an alternative to petroleum-based ChapStick. The natural beeswax lip balm feels much better. Burt’s Bees had a lot of green business practices, including using recycled packaging. But Burt’s sold to Clorox last year for $913 million. Clorox says it’s…

  • I joined Tree Hugging Family, but not leaving you here!

    I’m now co-blogging with Jennifer at b5media’s Tree Hugging Family. It’s a great green family-oriented blog, and now it will have even more posts each week. Please stop by. And, yes! I will keep Light Green Stairs alive and well, so keep visiting or I will miss you.

  • Bamboo Feed + Toss Cat Bowl: How lazy can you be?

    Most of the products I mention here I do so to praise. However, I was disgusted by these Bamboo Feed + Toss Cat Bowls. (Also available in even larger dog bowls.) I saw them at Petco, and perhaps I should stop going there. Actually, my usual pet store was out…

  • Chocmoon / Peggy

    Hello. First of all, I can’t let this first month of the new year slip by without thanking all of my loyal readers. You really do keep me posting. It’s great to see the blog stats climb. Now, I wanted to let you know that I’ve changed the name you…

  • A big YAY for Whole Foods Market

    Those of you who read Light Green Stairs regularly know how much I dislike plastic bags, particularly those given out so freely at grocery stores. Why? Besides the waste of energy and the potential for pollution and destruction of wildlife, they just feel slimy in my hands. Also, I used…

  • Washing cloth napkins vs. using 100 percent recycled paper napkins

    In comments on my Paper napkins nevermore post, blog visitors Dawn and Virginia both asked about the impact of using water and energy to wash cotton napkins. Does it cancel out the good you’re doing by not using paper napkins? This is a complicated question. If you wash your cloth…

  • When do you say something?

    I noticed several sad things on the way to my recycling drop-off Saturday. In case you don’t know, I live in an apartment, and my city won’t pick up recycling at larger apartments. So, I drive it down the road a bit. My husband went along and drove. We passed…

  • Paper napkins nevermore

    In addition to silicone baking cups, I also received cloth napkins at Christmas. I have a few cloth napkins that are still like new after being in my possession for 10 years, but I needed more so I could just wash one load of napkins a week. My previous cloth…

  • How earth friendly is your candidate?

    Are you wondering where the US Presidential candidates stand on the environment, but you don’t want to go browsing through all those websites? Here you go: This Grist article spells it all out for you on one site. Personally, I am disappointed that the environment isn’t a hotter topic in…

  • They pop out so easy

    I told you I’d come back and do this! I tried out both brands of my new silicone baking cups that are replacing paper baking cups for me. Overall, I was very impressed. I mixed chocolate chip muffin batter and placed the filled cups on a baking sheet. No muffin…