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Mars and Seeds of Change
Seeds of Change is quite a mouth full when you realize that they have in fact CHANGED! (company was bought out by Mars) If you read the about us on their website, It’ll tell you about their long history of being organic sustainable…what it won’t tell you is that Mars bought Seeds of Change in 19xx. Since then, It’s been lanched in the UK and in this article on The Ecologist it details the money made and this little tidbit: ” In 2004 Mars failed to respond to an international petition urging it to include Fairtrade chocolate in its product range. “ I’ve written about chocolate before in regard to organic companies…interesting…
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High Fructose Corn Syrup contains mercury, scare tactic or fact?
To cut to the chase, it’s both. It’s fact and an alarmist view point of the sky is falling. From my contacts on twitter, I was made aware of this article posted on the Washington Post’s Website. (here’s the article) In it detailed how traces of mercury were found in High Fructose Corn Syrup. I just shook my head as I read what I thought was another reason to avoid the stuff. I already do try to steer clear of it. There are many good reasons to avoid HFCS with mercury question aside. Diabetes, early childhood obesity, etc, etc. I’m not advocating there aren’t good issues for avoiding High…
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Need help eliminating catalog mail in your mailbox?
When my parents came for an extended visit several months ago, I was in the position to get their mail for them. I was AMAZED at the amount of catalogs in the stack of only 3 days of mail! If your parents are in their upper years and have a bit of trouble getting around, they may have this same problem. Who could even if they had all day, have enough time to go through ALL of those catalogs? When the mountain is that big, it’s a bit daunting on how to reduce the number of catalogs. Yes, you could tackle calling to cancel each and every catalog company but…
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Energy Lighting – Part 2 – LED Lighting
LED Lighting is going through a metamorphosis. Take a look at the following link to see what I mean. (here) “German scientists have discovered a method of hydrogen doping that allows the production of higher-performing LEDs and other semiconductors.” This process evidently requires zinc oxide. If you are interested, there’s a deeper explanation at this link from Science Daily here. What is really means is that our concerns for the fluorescent bulbs that have mercury may not be our new standard of light bulb. It’s possible that as these breakthroughs continue, we will be on our way with a green energy love affair with LED technology as it becomes stronger,…
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Energy Smart Lighting, what about the fancy fixtures?
Using the energy smart flouresent light bulbs in your average lamp or fixture is an eco-friendly, energy saving idea. What if your light fixture isn’t exactly set up for one of those spiral bulbs without looking like an eye sore? Maybe you are concerned about the small amount of mercury in the bulb anyway. And maybe you’d rather something that would save you on your energy bill that much more! Well here is my suggestion. LED technology is getting snazzier by the minute. We aren’t the first ones with these type questions. It does not contain mercury and it’s energy consumption is even less than that of the flourescent bulb much…
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Peanut butter – Salmonella detection
Hey there! This is a quick post. I’ve posted my recipe for handmade peanut butter when the outbreak first began here. It seems that the contamination is a lot more far reaching that anyone anticipated. I happened on an easy article to help you determine if you’ve been exposed. It’s very much worth the read! 4 Ways to Detect Salmonella Posioning Happy Washing! ~Regina
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Crayons in the dryer, RUN!
Yep, kidlet is 6 years old and it’s happened to me! I’ve read about mom’s concerned about how to clean up a crayon mess from the washer and dryer as well as how to get the crayon stains out of ALL of the cloths in the dryer. It’s one of those things you read and say ewww.. Glad that hasn’t happened to me! Then…IT HAPPENS!! <- The “clue” as my kid called it…burnt orange. It’s murphy’s law working with us moms that it happens and/or is discovered at the most inopportune moments like when there are new clothes in the load. But let’s face it, is there really a good…
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CPSIA Blogging Day was yesterday! What does that mean?
I started this post yesterday, on CPSIA Blogging Day but things happened that prevented it being posted. The information is so important that I felt it worth posting even if a day late. CPSIA also known as Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act was passed in August 2008 with the intention of protecting customers from Companies selling harmful products. Everyone remembers the recent scares of lead based paint used on toys made in China and sent to the US. This is an example of what this CPSIA Act was intended to stop. As the Act currently stands, the wording was not completely thought through with a small or “micro” business in…
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Did you know you can blog from your iphone?
I have found the wordpress iphone app that allows one to blog from the iPhone. Talk about making blogging more acessible! Now all we need is a good copy and paste function so that links can be shared and the laptop has serious competition. Thanks wordpress!
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Plastic Recycle numbers, do you read plastic labels too?
If you are new to recycling, perhaps you’ve wondered just what those numbers mean in the middle of the recycle symbol. Most folks are aware that it helps folks in recycle facilities figure out how to sort the plastic for processing but how much more about them do you know? Here’s a short list that may help. All plastic is not alike. If you turn on the news, you already know this and have heard of those that warn against using plastic for certain things. There are many warning for which plastics to use in the microwave or which kinds are greener, etc. I figure let’s start with the basics…
