michelle victoria 1 Comment Changing Habits, Sustainable Businesses
I had an email this week from a new friend who had just seen the SmartLifeways web site. One of the things that she pointed out was that by having a link to Amazon for buying the books that I had mentioned on the site I was missing an opportunity to support local, independent book
michelle victoria 1 Comment Industrial food practices, Sustainable Businesses
This is a great short quiz from Planet Green that will bring to your attention who really owns many of the largest organic food brands…You may be surprised. Not that it is necessarily a bad thing if we think a brand is independently owned and it turns out that a mega-corporation actually owns it, but it
michelle victoria 1 Comment City Information, Gardens and Farms, Sustainable Businesses, Sustainable Energy
I recently wrote about a plan, which is actually beginning to come to fruition, to create a major urban farm in Detroit called Hantz Farms; you can read it here. One of the inspiring aspects of this project is that Detroit is probably one of the most surprising places one could imagine to create a
michelle victoria No Comment San Francisco-Bay Area, Sustainable Building, Sustainable Businesses, Sustainable Energy
Who says that green-lodging needs to be a compromise? Certainly not Phil Sherburne, a Harvard graduate who found it more exciting and rewarding to create eco-conscious projects, from the Decatur island community in the Pacific Northwest to the just one year old Bardessono Hotel, Restaurant and Spa in Yountville, CA. The Bardessono was just awarded
michelle victoria No Comment Sustainable Businesses
Here is a wonderful place to buy books about green living and at great prices. Green Living Books sells slightly damaged books, called “hurts”, from Chelsea Green Publishing-one of the top publishers of books on sustainable living. What Chelsea Green considers a ‘hurt’ book is more than likely nothing more than a scratch on the
michelle victoria 9 Comments Sustainable Building, Sustainable Businesses, Sustainable Energy
Only a twenty minute drive from the tourist hub of Cabo San Lucas is a totally sustainable hotel-retreat center, and you will feel as if you have arrived in paradise…that is if you consider paradise blue, sunny skies, a long soft, sanded beach that you probably will have to yourself, views of mountains, elegant accommodations,
michelle victoria No Comment Changing Habits, Farmers Markets, Gardens and Farms, Industrial food practices, Recycling, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Building, Sustainable Businesses, Sustainable Energy
Green jobs, green cars, a green economy, do you ever wonder what exactly qualifies as green and how green is green? It has been said that green is the new black…a trend, a new wave, maybe even a cool way to live. But is that it? There are so many good reasons for this ‘greening’,
michelle victoria 1 Comment Farm to Table, Gardens and Farms, Restaurants, San Francisco-Bay Area, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Businesses
It was surprising to me to learn that there is not an organic breakfast, lunch and dinner restaurant in Berkeley… but Gather is on the way and it is opening December 15th. Gather will bring seasonal, farm food among friends, and its opening is a long fulfilled dream of the owners. Ari Derfel, one of
michelle victoria No Comment Changing Habits, Climate Change, Farmers Markets, Recycling, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Businesses, Sustainable Energy
It has been a busy couple of weeks since I attended the Bioneers conference and getting back to writing I was not really sure where to begin. I have so much great information to share from the conference and about my trip in Northern California, from green hotels to solar powered wineries…and this will all
michelle victoria No Comment Changing Habits, Climate Change, Farmers Markets, Industrial food practices, Investing, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Businesses
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