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GREEN ECO FRIENDLY BOAT BOATING YACHT SALES DOMAIN

GREEN ECO FRIENDLY BOAT BOATING YACHT SALES DOMAIN

US $7,500.00

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Hyundai Elantra GT 2006 Hyundai Elantra the Eco Friendly Speed Demon

Hyundai Elantra GT 2006 Hyundai Elantra the Eco Friendly Speed Demon

US $5,000.00

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Backyard Chickens – Bug Eaters, Fertilizer Makers and Egg Layers, oh my!

My daughter started 4H this year and I couldn’t be happier. As an animal person myself, I am thrilled that she is passionate about animals and wants to learn more about them. She has been a fan of chickens for several years, coveting the ones that belong to our friends. I never [...]

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How to make your kitchen more eco-friendly

I came across a new blog today and loved one of their articles - it gives 100 ways to make your kitchen more earth-friendly.  Some are super simple and others take a bit of time, money or effort.  Either way, it is a great series of suggestions!
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Crockpot Ribs - Eat Local Challenge

Now that Fall is officially here, the days are getting cooler and nights are coming earlier. Getting dinner on
the table is becoming more of a challenge now that my children are involved in more after school activities. Our piano lesson on Tuesdays finishes up right before dinner time, so by the time we [...]

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Eat Local Challenge

October is the Eat Local Challenge month - and I know that if I make my goals public, I will be more inclined to follow through…
Before I tell you why I am going to make the effort, maybe I should give y’all a few reasons why this is a good idea.

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Slow Food Nation - Let’s Be Frank…about meat

When I think of Slow Food, I usually think of vegetables instead of meat. Meat production is a typically inefficient use of our farming land, contributes to greenhouse emissions and produces a tremendous amount of pollution. It is overwhelming to think that the average hamburger has traveled 1500 miles to reach your plate [...]

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Meatless Monday - Using the Kitchen to Help our Health..and Our Planet

Meatless Monday is a national public health campaign in association with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to help prevent heart disease, diabetes, stroke and cancer – four of the leading causes of death in America. The goal of the campaign is to reduce consumption of saturated fat by at least 15% by 2010. [...]

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  • The Pritikin Weight Loss Breakthrough by Nathan Pritikin When Nathan Pritikin found out that he had heart disease, back in the 1950’s, most dietary concepts were pretty basic. He was one of the first to try out a low fat, high fiber diet to improve heart health and his results were pretty amazing. Fast forward to today and......
  • Sunday Roundup - Lose that Weight! In this edition of the Sunday roundup I've pulled several posts from blogs on a myriad of subjects but mostly I found posts on the subject of losing weight. Hopefully they will help you on your way to a healthier and better life. Have a happy and healthy weekend!......

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The Golden Rule: Introducing Slow Food to Our Children

As good parents, we try to teach our children about the golden rule:  do unto others as you would have them do unto you.  Or, more simply: treat others how you want to be treated.
The same should be true for our food system.  I am hard pressed to believe that the parents who encourage their [...]

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  • July 4th Weekend Roundup Sunday Money Madness is your guide to the rest of the blogosphere on personal finance. The Other America - Commentary on Food Stamps and the Economy by Patrick at Cash Money Life talks about the food stamp predicament. With food being more expensive it looks like the money allotting through......
  • 2.2 Pounds Gained This Week... WTF Pardon my french, but I am at a bit of a loss... I stuck to my diet more rigorously this last week than I had been since near the beginning of my journey. If anything my portions may have been a little large with the evening meal. I have started......

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Slow Food Nation - I went. I ate.

The perks of living in the SF Bay Area are endless. Yesterday, we rode our bikes to an art festival, and today I rode the bus to Slow Food Nation in San Francisco. Just to get in the mood, on the way there, I listened to a podcast of the How We Eat [...]

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Keeping My Family’s Lunch Out of the Landfill

You won’t catch me filling the landfill with by-products from my kids’ school lunches this year…at least most of the time. While it is hard to resist the convenience of the individually wrapped cheese stick or fruit leather, most of the foods that we pack for our lunches this year will be stored in [...]

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Feed 100 Bags

If you are a regular visitor to my blog, you have probably noticed that I have been spending a considerable portion of my energy lately thinking about kids, food and community service. Sustainability is also very dear to my heart, and when I learn about an organization or project that combines all of these [...]

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Cooking Up Ideas for a Sustainable Future

It has been just over a year since I went to Honduras on the Educator’s Study Tour with Heifer International, and I am feeling quite nostalgic.  As an ode to our adventure and my life-changing experience, I thought I’d post an article that I wrote at the request of a local magazine.  Soon after I [...]

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Luring Kids into Eating Healthy School Lunches

After being contacted by two journalists and a television show for interviews about Back to School Lunches, I though I would re-publish this article from last year.
Our fishing expedition on Flathead Lake this summer was comical. Despite our best efforts, we were unable to catch anything, even though the boat next to us was [...]

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Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants

I love living in the SF Bay Area.  In addition to the wonderful natural resources we have here, there are also a plethora of wonderful speaking engagements to attend.  In the past year, I have seen Mollie Katzen, Ellie Krieger, Marion Nestle and Jacques Pepin speak.  This week, I was able to see Michael Pollan, [...]

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Love Sushi?

Seeking sushi sources
Help the Monterey Bay Aquarium with the details for their upcoming Seafood Watch sushi guide! This fall Seafood Watch will launch our first-ever sushi pocket guide in collaboration with the Blue Ocean Institute and we could use your help. Have you wondered how our Seafood [...]

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Three Twins - Amazing Organic Ice Cream

Initially, the thought of green ice cream is not appetizing—unless of course by “green,” you mean fully sustainable and organic. Such is the case with the recently opened Three Twins Organic Ice Cream store in Oxbow Public Marketplace in Napa, CA—the only fully organic and sustainable ice cream facility in the region.
Three Twins has 70 [...]

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Avoid the Lunch Rut this Summer!

It’s the end of the school year, and the last thing you want to do is pack another lunch for your kids. And if your kids are sticking around the house this summer, you won’t have to. But for the families whose kids go to summer camp or go on fun day trips, [...]

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OrganicGreenMommy is born…

The Ultimate All-In-One Website for Parents Seeking a Healthy & Eco-Friendly Lifestyle
Andover, MA (April 14, 2008) – Despite widespread public concern about toy recalls, toxic sippy cups, vaccines and autism, and countless questions about the “best” ways to raise, nurture, feed, and discipline our children, parents have had few resources available to help them navigate [...]

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Sustainability and Service…in the Kitchen

Last August, I was on ABC’s View From the Bay talking about sustainability and community service in the kitchen. We finally have the video clip - and thought you might like to take a peek.

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Just in Time for Earth Day - Michael Recycle

My review copy of Michael Recycle landed on my front porch just in time for an afternoon playdate…and ended up being the topic of conversation for the rest of the afternoon.  The kids, ages 5 through 8, loved the bold coloring of the fantastic illustrations and found the writing to be hilarious!
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Did Your Shopping List Kill a Songbird?

March 30, 2008 Op-Ed Contributor, New York Times
By BRIDGET STUTCHBURY Woodbridge , Ontario
THOUGH a consumer may not be able to tell the difference, a striking red and blue Thomas the Tank Engine made in Wisconsin is not the same as one manufactured in China — the paint on the Chinese twin may contain dangerous [...]

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Knut - How One Little Polar Bear Captivated The World

At our local elementary school, we recently began a program called Cancel-A-Car that encourages families to take action at home to offset carbon emissions from cars. After the school-wide launch assembly, where a mama polar bear and her cub discover that their home is melting, the kids were excited to learn what they could to [...]

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Turn Off Your Lights and Make A Difference

My friend at Crunchy Domestic Goddess turned me on to the Earth Hour 2008.  If everyone turned off their lights, even for one hour, that we could reduce greenhouse gases and raise awareness about global warming.  So simple.  So obvious.  Time to mark your calendar:  Sunday, March 29, 2008 is Earth Hour 2008.
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“My Bag and Me” helps kids go green

“My Bag and Me” is a new book, released from Penton Kids Press just in time for Earth Day, 2008. Shaped like a grocery bag, this board book is just the thing to get toddlers excited about going green at the market.
This story follows a little boy on a shopping trip with his mother and [...]

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