michelle victoria 1 Comment Changing Habits, Industrial food practices, Recycling, Sustainable Agriculture
California may become the first state to ban giving away plastic bags at the check out register. Many cities have already banned free plastic bags, in 2007 San Francisco became the first U.S. city to require supermarkets and large drug stores to offer customers bags made only of recyclable paper, plastic that can be turned
michelle 1 Comment Changing Habits, Recipes
With all of my talk about toxic chemicals lately I decided that I should also provide some solutions…not just warnings. This also came, I must admit, out of my own search for a natural solution to a clogged drain. In my quest I came upon a number of web sites that show ways to clean
michelle victoria No Comment Restaurants, Santa Fe, Sustainable Businesses
I will confess that when I saw that a burger place called Flying Star Cafe was opening in Santa Fe’s Railyard District I was less than enthusiastic and then once they opened and posted a sign out front listing “items purchased at the farmers market” I had a hunch that this was nothing more than
michelle No Comment Body Care Products, Changing Habits
Wondering where to start to green your home, your work, your diet? Here is a Healthy Home Checklist published by the Environmental Working Group. It asks questions from the bathroom to the kitchen to what products you are using, and offers suggestions on making relatively easy changes-and tells you why they are important. The EWG’s
michelle victoria No Comment Climate Change, Sustainable Businesses, Sustainable Energy
Imagine one million trees planted in one day resulting in the annual fixation of at least 6,800 tons of atmospheric CO2 annually. Earth University, a private non-profit international University in Costa Rica (that is carbon neutral) is organizing such an amazing feat. June 5 is World Environment Day and on this day Earth University hopes
michelle victoria No Comment Changing Habits, Farmers Markets, Gardens and Farms, GMO-GE Information, Industrial food practices, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Businesses
A recent article on AOL discussed whether buying organic was really worthwhile. It also spoke of a back lash against organic as stories come out about companies being labeled organic that really are not, and also doubts if organic means healthier. I see shopping organic as an important aspect of living sustainably for what it
michelle 3 Comments Climate Change
Do you know that this week there was another conference on climate change? I only heard about it Monday as I tuned in to Democracy Now and they were broadcasting all week from Bolivia at the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth. Bolivian President Evo Morales came up with
michelle No Comment Changing Habits, Climate Change, Farmers Markets
Tomorrow is Earth Day’s 40th Anniversary. Do you have something planned to celebrate and honor our beautiful planet? This is the official Earth Day web site that is filled with information as well as a search that you can use to see what events are happening close by to you. I am in Los Angeles
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 Changing Habits, Transportation
I am really excited I just bought a bike! I had not ridden one in more than a decade (actually almost two), except for once when I was house sitting and jumped on a friends bike thinking that I could just hop on and ride through town…it was pretty scary and didn’t last too long.