We are throwing my son a birthday party this weekend. Parties are so much fun, but often so wasteful. It has been a fun challenge to try to throw this party with as little waste and effect on the environment as possible. Here are some of the things we’ve done.
Sent electronic invitations in lieu of [...]
Filed under: Children, Environment on February 27th, 2009 | No Comments »
My personal life is keeping me busy, so here is my pathetic attempt at a post. I’m going to recommend (again!) that you check out www.enviroblog.org. It’s a great source of good information on health and environmental issues. Here are couple great recent posts from there:
Consumer Product and Safety Act of 2008
the latest research on [...]
Filed under: Random on February 23rd, 2009 | No Comments »
When my family was in between homes this past summer, we lived with my parents. The city my parents live in allows you to pay a monthly fee for trash collection, or you can pay per orange trash bag that you fill. Since my parents produce so little trash, they pay per bag (which, by [...]
Filed under: Environment on February 19th, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Parents are exhausted. Parents are stressed. Parents are overwhelmed. I think sometimes when we encounter an obstacle, rather than face it, we just go around it. I find myself doing this all the time with my second child. And I think I’m cheating him out of a lot.
Filed under: Children on February 17th, 2009 | 3 Comments »
In honor of Valentine’s Day, I’m going to summarize a few studies that show how sex is good for your health. Ladies, be careful telling your husbands about the last one. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Sex reduces stress. A 2006 study, published in the journal Biological Psychology found that those who had sexual intercourse had [...]
Filed under: Random on February 14th, 2009 | No Comments »
I don’t eat red meat. I cut it out of my diet when I was 14 due to the high saturated fat content. It’s just not a very heart friendly protein. Now I avoid it for additional reasons (high up on the food chain, usually contaminated with things I don’t want to consume like growth [...]
Filed under: Food and Nutrition, Recipe on February 11th, 2009 | No Comments »
I really want to write a post about the benefits of nasal irrigation. A couple months ago, I read an article in a magazine at the gym (and I don’t even remember which magazine–maybe Yoga?) that touted the virtues of nasal irrigation via tools like the Neti Pot or Sinus Rinse. It said that rinsing [...]
Filed under: Immunity, Personal Care Products on February 7th, 2009 | No Comments »
I realize that many of us are reigning in the spending these days and that one of the first things to go may be higher priced organic food. If this is the case for your family, I want to remind you to wash your produce really well. And not just with water. Take a drop [...]
Filed under: Food and Nutrition, Organic on February 3rd, 2009 | No Comments »