Monthly Archive: May 2008

May
28

Cheap & Easy Ways to Green Your Pet Poo

You know I’m all for doing things to reduce our collective environmental impact, but I never thought I’d install (or more accurately, purchase, then watch my husband install) a septic system for our pet waste. But that’s exactly what we did last week. Inspired by a tip from Green Mom Finds and the “How to …

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May
19

Obama Answers Policy Questions on BlogHer

This candid and fairly in-depth (at least compared to the typical sound bite) interview gives a good picture of what President Obama might look like. What do you think? Is he electable? Can he follow through if he is elected? I think he can…

May
13

Vote for Change

As the primary process comes to a close, it’s time to turn our eyes to the November presidential election. It’s not too late to let your voice be heard; it’s not too late to register to vote, and to vote for change. Obama ’08

May
06

Chicken Liver = Crack for Dogs

I received an email from EWG today about their new efforts in the realm of pet health. Their new web site, Pets for the Environment, is a resource for people looking to extend their environmentally-conscious purchases into the realm of supplies for the four-legged members of the family. Along this line, I have recently gone …

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May
05

Dying Wool with Natural Dyes

My son, Gabriel, started preschool this past year at a local home-based Waldorf preschool. Although I knew little about Waldorf at the time, I was drawn to the gentle teacher at the preschool and had a gut-feeling that she was the right person to be my son’s first official teacher. One of the great things …

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May
01

Make it From Scratch – Yogurt

Although I’m not as yogurt-obsessed as Suzanne over at Live Active Cultures is, I am picky about my probiotic goodies and have been perfecting my low-maintenance (i.e. no fancy yogurt maker or complicated steps) yogurt recipe over the past six months or so. I think I’m ready to go prime-time with it, so here goes: …

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May
01

Environmentalist, Locavore…Vegetarian?

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the choices we make in our day-to-day lives and what is really important. I’ve been drawn to trying to protect the Earth one way or another since I was little. My sister, brother, & myself created “The JA Club” (all of our initials are JA) when I was …

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