Category Archives: Environment

Guest Post: Madeleine Starkey

[October 22]

Happy Friday everyone!  Anyone traveling to DC this weekend?  Anyone live there?  Here are some little tid bits from my friend Maddy on a city that’s changing so rapidly since I left! Recently, I returned to Adams Morgan, a neighborhood in Washington D.C. rife with the kind of folks you can just tell are aware [...]

Gasland Doc Worth Watching

[September 15]

There has been much talk around the media these days around the subject of natural gas and hydraulic fracturing or “fracking”.  There is an EPA hearing in the works about tapping into the Marcellus Shale which lies under much of New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.  The issue is that by fracking, they are inadvertently polluting [...]

OPI Nail Polish Is Formaldehyde Free!

[September 8]

A couple weeks ago I was getting a manicure and pining over all the supercool colors that OPI has to offer.  For the past few years I’ve been using the same few nail colors that I’ve purchased from companies that I know to be absolutely safe and chemical-free.  Though I love my bright reds and [...]

Clementine Art Amazing

[August 31]

These days we do a lot of drawing, painting, sticker collage-ing and the such in my house.  Avital has found art and I love it!!! What I don’t love is all of the nasty ingredients so many companies we all grew up with and love include in their products.  ”Non-toxic” is not so cut and [...]

Steer Clear of: Factory Farmed Eggs

[August 25]

As I’m sure you have all heard, there is a ridiculous recall on some 550 million eggs in the United States.  Now while I could spend this entire post giving you all reasons to cut eggs out of your diet and your life completely, I won’t (I’ll save that for another day).  Today my aim [...]

A Day In Livingston Manor

[August 24]

So basically, my father-in-law has had a bit of a dream for a long time now to start a camp for underprivileged kids.  Long story short (check out the site here for the long version): Steve grew up in the Bronx with not too much opportunity when a Dartmouth grad got into his father’s cab one [...]

Six items or less.

[July 22]

I saw this article in the NY Times this morning and loved it. So much so, that I (remember Eve is on vacation, this is still Bret writing) signed up to participate in the next Six Items or Less experiment. I thought I would share. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/fashion/22SIXERS.html?_r=1&ref=style Related posts:Summer Lovin’Sick as a Dog?Eco Baby= Hot StuffResponsible [...]

Guest Post: Bret Freedman

[July 9]

Greenwashing. The post below is by no means new information, so I apologize if it is repetitive for some people, but I think it’s worth discussing, particularly from this point of view……. Being conscious is, super super trendy right now.  It’s great and seriously, about time. People everywhere are rethinking everything from the food that [...]

Haiti and Beyond

[July 7]

In the wake of the oil spill, many of us have been overlooking tragedies in other parts of our world.  I believe we live in a global society these days and it’s important to do our best to remain aware of the world outside of our borders.  We are very fortunate here in America to [...]

Reincarnate Your Leftovers and Save the World

[July 6]

One of the best ways to cut back on your waste output is to reuse and recycle, right?!?  Eating leftovers, or reincarnating them, is a perfect and supereasy way to do that.  Cutting back on our waste and using everything we have to the fullest shrinks our carbon footprint one bit at a time. It’s [...]