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Category: Green Choices

  • Bringing Petunias Indoors

    My July post on reusing spice jars for flowers has been finding itself several readers, so I thought I’d update with another photo of a different spice jar. I love the simple look of the spice jar labels from Penzeys Spices. It’s almost enough to make me forgive them for not carrying…

  • Cook at Home: Perfect Corn on Cob

    Summer is almost over, but it’s not too late to buy fresh corn in many areas. (See the Epicurious seasonal ingredient map.) If you buy frozen corn because you think it’s easier to cook, you’re missing out on great taste. Remember to pick corn that is still in the husk,…

  • Republican Candidate Who Believes in Climate Change?!

    With the entry of a rather wild-eyed Rick Perry into the GOP race, it seems there’s a bit of fresh focus on climate change denying. The Texas governor says that scientists “manipulated data so that they will have dollars rolling in to their projects.” (Huff Post)

  • Q&A with Jennifer Ward, Author “It’s a Jungle Out There!”

    Your book is geared toward city-dwelling kids ages 4 to 8. Why is it important for these kids to connect with nature? Jennifer Ward: It is important that all children connect with nature, regardless of whether they live in the country, in the heart of a city, or in urban…

  • Ask Obama at Twitter Town Hall

    President Obama is holding a Twitter Town Hall, or Tweet Up, tomorrow. It’s about the economy and jobs, but Obama has talked so much about “green jobs,” I think the environment is a fair topic here. Right now you can #AskObama on Twitter, and he may answer your question tomorrow.…

  • Book Contest: It’s a Jungle Out There!

    Jennifer Ward, author of I Love Dirt!, has a new book, It’s a Jungle Out There!: 52 Nature Adventures for City Kids. It’s a Jungle Out There! is a nature activity and adventure guide for city parents and kids ages 4 to 8 years. The book includes some simple observation…

  • Sweet Organic Baby Sun Hats

    Sunshine is nice, but you know about too much of a good thing. Right? My sister-in-law mentioned she’s searching for baby sun hats for her little girl. That sounded like such a fun, summery topic to cover. Available from Urth Child is the super fashionable Kate Quinn Organics Sun Hat.…

  • It’s World Fair Trade Day 2011

    Do you have the right idea about Fair Trade? It’s not some far-flung hippie idea. And you don’t have to go to a specialty store like Whole Foods to find Fair Trade products. Believe it or not, chains like Target and many supermarkets now carry Fair Trade items like coffee,…

  • Wash Your Bags, Not the Food

    The scene inside my dryer a few days ago: A freshly washed and dried bulb of garlic, scattered into cloves and lovely detached garlic skins. It was a fluttery, though amusing mess. On the floor. On the towels. And in my dryer. Not the biggest mess I’ve ever made (that…

  • Wednesday Stairs: Dipped Chairs, 3-day Chicken & More

    Tired of your wooden chairs, but don’t want to buy more? Dip them! EcoSalon explains a fashionable way to make old new again. See for yourself at Lustables: Dipped Chair. Green Earth Technologies has a new environmentally friendly motor oil called G-OIL. A blend of nature’s American grown base oils…