Sure, I could tell you to recycle and use cloth bags when shopping. I could extol the virtues of 'green' cleaners and other household products and how I adore farmer's markets and buying local. To me there is no other reason to help sustain our planet than places like these-Pictures from my home state of Rhode Island. Happy Earth Day y'all. Now go hug a tree and crunch some granola or what have you. … [Read more...]
Happy Earth Day!
It's Earth Day and I feel like I should be telling you to go out and plant a garden today. How about just taking a walk on your lunch break? Or getting out with the kids before or after dinner, if weather permits. If it doesn't then play in the rain. I still enjoy that as an adult. I'm all about being more green. But you already knew that. Earth Day is no exception. I don't even want to tell you how TD reacted when I told her that the recycling company wasn't taking her daily yogurt cups anymore. The kid has grown up green and saying things like, "sight-kling!" each time we tried to throw things away. In honor of my kid who wants to either be a Vet, Trash Woman or Earth Doctor, here are some great ways to go green that maybe you hadn't … [Read more...]
Blame it on Earth Day
Maybe it is all the PR pitches about Earth Day that has me in the green mode more than normal. Maybe it's my pregnancy or the spring time with its feelings of renewal and spring cleaning. Whatever it is I've become incensed lately when I see something going to waste. Well, more so than my normal ranting, undapants in a wad, shaking fists fury. Case in point, today is trash day in my 'hood. I look across the street and see my neighbor is throwing away a grill, two strollers, a bike, a little tikes car and a tiny pool table. Then there is some actual trash. I say to H, "I hope that's for Freecycle." To which he replied, "Nope. It's trash." One man's trash as they say... and I dashed across the street and went to look over the pile. The bike and kid car are fine. The strollers … [Read more...]
Earth Day is Every Day
For weeks my inbox has been flooded with PR requests to review earth-friendly products to share with my readers. "Do you have a green guide gathered together for Earth Day?" The PR people ask me. No, I do not. Here's why.I celebrate Earth Day every day. Not just one day a year where I buy a reusable bag. When I review products at Mummy's Product Reviews (MPR) I try do review as many sustainable, eco-friendly products that I can get my hands on. In the past few years I have consistently tried to make less waste, recycle more, use my reusable bags to shop and tote things around and freecycle my heart out. I donate a lot of items instead of throwing them out. I use household cleaning, beauty, health and kid/baby products that have less packaging and chemicals than the typical alternatives. … [Read more...]