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Taking “guilty” out of pleasure – making yogurt

Posted in Eco-Friendly, Environment, Local Food, Organic Food, Plastic, Product Safety, tagged , , on February 1, 2011 | 5 Comments »

In our household, we love yogurt. But ever since we’ve become more aware of the negative impact plastics have on our health, wildlife, the environment, and the future of our planet, eating the stuff has left a … ahem … sour taste in our mouths. Now, if I go to our organic food store, I [...]

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Action for safe cosmetics

Posted in Animal Conservation & Welfare, breast Cancer, Cancer, carbon footprint, Diseases, Eco-Friendly, Environment, Product Safety, women's health, tagged , , , , , , on January 28, 2011 | 4 Comments »

Earlier in the week, I presented a dilemma I had last year with the cosmetic industry. I was shocked to discover what we’re putting on our and our children’s faces, bodies, and even in our mouths (in toothpastes). I shared my own natural beauty solutions, which I hope you’ll consider and adapt for yourself. But, [...]

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Search for safe beauty solutions

Posted in Cancer, carbon footprint, Diseases, Eco-Friendly, Environment, Product Safety, reproductive health, women's health, tagged , , , , , , on January 25, 2011 | 4 Comments »

About eight months ago I began a descent toward hell. With the intent of doing an Impact Effort on commercially-made beauty products, I started doing research into ingredients typically included in these items. What I found was disturbing, in many cases, frightening. My dilemma: I didn’t know how to present my findings to YOU. I, [...]

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Lovin’ Slacktivism, Slacktivists and Slacktivity

Posted in Animal Conservation & Welfare, carbon footprint, Children, Eco-Friendly, Education, Environment, Product Safety, volunteering, women's rights, tagged , , , , , , , on September 22, 2010 |

This is turning out to be such a fun week. I’m lovin’ being a Slacktivist and thanks to a friend, I now have a new word to add to my vocabulary: Slacktivity! (Thanks, Joe. I think I’ll submit it to Merriam-Webster). This trying really hard to do as little as possible and have an Impact [...]

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Week 38: Fellow Slacktivists, Unite!

Posted in click-to-donate, Clothing, Corporate social responsibility, Ovarian Cancer, Product Safety, Search-to-donate, volunteering, What is 52 Weeks, tagged , on September 21, 2010 |

My Facebook friends already know that this past week ended grumpily for me. I was referred to as a “Slacktivist”, and while it was said tongue-in-cheek, it still ticked me off. Before I continued on in my dark mood, I figured I’d best check the definition of the term. Perhaps I was misjudging. Neither Merriam [...]

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Week 31: Can we be clean and green?

Posted in carbon footprint, Eco-Friendly, Environment, Product Safety, tagged , , , , , , on August 6, 2010 |

Some months ago, my sister and two other 52 Week followers asked if we could do some testing of natural cleaning products on the market. With much of our audience being in the U.S., it didn’t make sense to do studies from Europe with European products. Now that I’m in the States on vacation, it [...]

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Week 27: If the sun don’t get ya, the sunscreen might

Posted in Product Safety, tagged , , , , , , on July 7, 2010 |

As a kid, I’d go to the pool at 8:00 a.m. for swim team practice and spend the entire day either in the pool or nearby, soaking up the sun, sometimes remembering to “moisturize” with Johnson’s baby oil. I did that nearly every day during summers for several years. Thank goodness we know better now [...]

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