A little David Bowie….
So the Green Rocks Inn blog is no more. I have moved with the dog to Arizona and have started a new blog about starting over, the green space in Arizona, life in the Southwest and anything else that may be of interest. I will move the items from this blog that I feel are relevant and then close it down once and for all.
Thanks for reading and commenting and making suggestions.
The new blog will be: aliceismydog.blogspot.com
Kim
A great tip from Ideal Bite today. If you are not already using white vinegar for just about everything in your house you are missing the boat! It is the only thing I have used on my hard wood floors – ever. It’s cheap and it works. And now…. it even cleans off 98% of the bacteria off your produce. Magic in a bottle…. you can get a gallon of white vinegar for a couple of bucks at Costco.
Ideal Bite Tip of the Day: The Dirty Truth
What’s the honest-to-goodness best way to wash your produce?
The Bite
Use water and white vinegar – no lie. A few squirts on your fruits and veggies gets rid of the nasty stuff (like pesticide residue) that you don’t want – no store-bought washes necessary. Sincerely yours, Ideal Bite.
The Benefits
Personally Speaking
Some of us who happen to have white vinegar in our pantries actually have no idea how it got there. Now we’ve got a use for it…
Wanna Try?
I have mentioned how much I appreciate Idealbite.com in the past. They are one of my favorite and certainly one of the hippest ways to get eco-tops on the web. Well, I am LOVING them now….
http://www.idealbite.com/new-york-city/archives/playing-ridgefield-–-city-break
There is a terrific new website out there. Absolutely worth checking out…
Mother Nature Network
I have had the pleasure of knowing Roger Drummer for the past few years through my association with Nikken. Roger is a Certified Herbalist and Nutritionist. There is so much great information packed into his head and happily he has created a blog so he can share his knowledge.
Roger’s goal and passion is “Providing you with a different way to look at your health, this blog will raise your level of awareness and help you make a conscious decision of what is right for you and your family.”
I hope you will check it out. It is valuable information.
http://www.askrogerdrummer.com/healingherbs/
From today’s Ideal Bite email (please… if you currently are not getting these fabulous tidbits of information, sign up for their email blasts at www.idealbite.com):
How fine’s your kettle of fish?
The Bite
Only as fine as it is sustainable. When shopping for seafood, take along an easy-to-use pocket guide or tap into a phone-text service that’ll help you determine whether that Chilean sea bass is eco-friendly-fine enough for your kettle.
The Benefits
Keeping sea critters around. Scientists predict that there will be no more seafood by 2048 unless we change current (unsustainable) fishing methods.
Simplicity. These methods make buying sustainable seafood so easy, even a Plunket’s dogfish could do it.
Personally Speaking
The FishPhone service took the Ideal Bite team by storm when we learned about it; even those of us who don’t like seafood stored the number so that we can show off to our friends.
Wanna Try?
Blue Ocean Institute FishPhone – send a text to 30644 with the message FISH in all caps, followed by the name of the fish you want to know about, and it’ll fire back sustainability info on that species.
Oceans Alive – download a pocket seafood selector and check its up-to-date list for the skinny on the most and least sustainable fish.
NRDC – mercury info and another pocket-sized seafood selector that focuses on mercury levels.
First… Happy New Year! Here is to a peaceful, conscious 2009!
I have ”Page-A-Day” Calendar on Living Green and yesterday’s tip is something we can all keep in mind….
Concentrate!
To eliminate packaging waste, resolve to switch to concentrated forms of everyday necessities, such as laundry detergent, juice, and bouillon cubes. Also resolve to buy dry goods like flour, sugar, pasta, legumes, and spices in bulk, and avoid all products with excess packaging, recyclable or not.
Let it snow.....
and snow
Who has to dream of a White Christmas???
I get a daily email from “Ideal Bite”, a terrific nation-wide organization that tailors its eco-tips to that part of the country where you live. They are not specific to every part of the country yet. But keep your eye out. Its great information. You can check them out at www.idealbite.com
The Bite
All of the winners of our first annual Big in Green (B.I.G.) Awards, which recognize the companies, products, and services that took a smart gamble and are leading the way in the green space. And now for those we’re most Keno on…
The Winners
Everyday/Living: Smart Car. Compact, futuristic looking cars from the folks at Mercedes – they get more than 40 mpg and make city parking easy (two of ‘em will fit in one average parking spot). Why it matters: If 10,000 Biters drive a Smart instead of a conventional car for a year, we’ll save about $13 million on gas.
Food: Blue Ocean Institute FishPhone sustainable fish info service. Send a phone text to 30644 with the message FISH in all caps, followed by the type of fish you want to know about, and it’ll fire back sustainability and health info on that species for free. Why it matters: Makes choosing the eco-friendliest fish options at the store or restaurant easier than ever, and if enough of us do it, we’ll go a long way toward making sure seafood’s around for future generations.
Fun: Amazon Kindle. Electronic book reader that saves the trees and energy needed to make paper books. Wirelessly download more than 190,000 titles, plus blogs and newspapers. Why it matters: If 10,000 Biters download a novel onto their e-readers rather than buying the hardback, we’ll save about 85 trees.
Health & Beauty: Paris Presents EcoTools makeup brushes. Cosmetics tools with bamboo and recycled aluminum handles and non-animal bristles that don’t shed like some of their more expensive, noneco counterparts. Why it matters: If 10,000 Biters buy a makeup brush set with a bamboo handles instead of pine, we’ll save enough wood to produce 8 dining room tables.
Home: Energy Detective home energy measurer. Lower your utility bills: Use this gadget to monitor your entire home’s energy, so you know how much you’re conserving…or wasting. Why it matters: More than our cars or diets, the energy we use at home has a major impact on the planet. Knowledge is power – knowing how much power we use helps us manage our use better.
Style: END Footwear. Runners and cross-trainers that don’t leave behind much of a, well, footprint, incorporating recycled materials and nontoxic glues. Plus, they make you look great at the gym and they just plain perform well. Why it matters: If 10,000 Biters choose a pair of trainers made from nonpetroleum materials, we’ll conserve enough gas to fuel a Prius for the length of 130,196 Olympic marathons.
I hope Santa brings me a kindle……
This is not good news. It never occurred to me that something as basic as recycling could be affected by our economy.
Please read the article. We will collectively need to figure out how to deal with this situation so that recycling does not become a thing of the past….
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081207/ap_on_bi_ge/recycling_bust
