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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Taking “guilty” out of pleasure – making yogurt
Posted in Eco-Friendly, Environment, Local Food, Organic Food, Plastic, Product Safety, tagged homemade yogurt, plastic containers, plastic free on February 1, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Action for safe cosmetics
Posted in Animal Conservation & Welfare, breast Cancer, Cancer, carbon footprint, Diseases, Eco-Friendly, Environment, Product Safety, women's health, tagged Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, cosmetic safety, Safe Cosmetic Act, safe cosmetics, Story of Cosmetics, Story of Stuff, Triclosan 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, [...]
Search for safe beauty solutions
Posted in Cancer, carbon footprint, Diseases, Eco-Friendly, Environment, Product Safety, reproductive health, women's health, tagged cosmetic safety, homemade beauty recipes, lead in lipsticks, natural skin care, parabens, safe cosmetics, thimerosal 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, [...]
Lovin’ Slacktivism, Slacktivists and Slacktivity
Posted in Animal Conservation & Welfare, carbon footprint, Children, Eco-Friendly, Education, Environment, Product Safety, volunteering, women's rights, tagged Ellen Degeneres, Frankenfish, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, in2Books, plastic bottles, stoning, The Extraordinaries, Tuberculosis and Malaria 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 [...]
Week 31: Can we be clean and green?
Posted in carbon footprint, Eco-Friendly, Environment, Product Safety, tagged cleaning with baking soda, cleaning with lemon juice, cleaning with vinegar, Environmentally friendly products, natural cleaning products, natural glass cleaner, natural tile and tub cleaner 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 [...]
Week 27: If the sun don’t get ya, the sunscreen might
Posted in Product Safety, tagged Environmental Working Group, EWG, Oxybenzone, Retinyl Palmitate, Skin Cancer, Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database, Sunscreen 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 [...]


