I have a passion for this planet. I make Art and live a Gluten free life. I don't care if my lawn is perfect, I let weeds flourish, to support bees and other insects. I feed the birds and squirrels. I love my family and friends with vigor and I believe in dancing every day...
Ah, Spring! So you've been looking around your neighborhood while on your daily Green Hour walks, and you're getting ideas for improving the landscaping in your own yard. Totally… | Read the full article ›
By Karen Murphy (497 days ago) 3 comments
You're committed to living greener, and you've already made changes. You're taking one green step at a time, and it feels great! You know all about organic food, local produce, and… | Read the full article ›
By Karen Murphy (504 days ago) 4 comments
People want to be happy. It's a basic premise for many of us. Life, health, happiness. But ... how do we get there? How do we go from being stressed out, worried,… | Read the full article ›
By Karen Murphy (511 days ago) 3 comments
How do happiness and joy relate to living a more environmentally friendly life? If we are busy trying to ward off pain, or worry, or unhappiness, we are less likely to be aware of… | Read the full article ›
By Rachael Brownell (522 days ago) 5 comments
Chopsticks from Chinese takeout seem to expand in population in utensil drawers overnight. Sure, they're made from cheap yet renewable bamboo (which is why your favorite Chinese… | Read the full article ›
By Karen Murphy (553 days ago) 3 comments
Junk mail is a growing problem, accounting for a third of all U.S. mail. If you live in the U.S. you will spend 8 months of your life opening your share of the 100 billion pieces… | Read the full article ›
By Karen Murphy (555 days ago) 0 comments
Using 100% recyclable paper is an excellent beginning in the effort to conserve natural resources; especially since every ton of paper recycled saves 3.3 cubic yards of… | Read the full article ›
By Rachael Brownell (556 days ago) 6 comments
Kurt Hoelting's The Circumference of Home is less remarkable as a memoir of the author's radically car-free year than it is as perspective on his return to "civilization." A… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (130 days ago) 2 comments
Seems like everyone we know, young and old, pines for the day when neighbors were more neighborly. These days, though, it seems that people don't have any idea what being… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (135 days ago) 3 comments
It used to be that a fabulous folder of green favorites was the only way to green your web-surfing and 'net-shopping experience. That was before it was hip to be green, though, and… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (137 days ago) 3 comments
Is the very food we eat making us sick? Mother of four and food allergy crusader Robyn O'Brien thinks so. In The Unhealthy Truth: How Our Food is Making Us Sick—and What We… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (400 days ago) 27 comments
Don't flick off the switch just yet on incandescant light bulbs. Manufacturers have stepped up to the plate to meet tight new efficiency standards going into effect in 2012, and… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (423 days ago) 1 comment
Everyone has some sort of stake in the environment. Exactly what that stake is may differ: to protect the environment, to regulate it, to exploit it, to swallow themselves up in it… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (428 days ago) 2 comments
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From the Department of Things Other People Have Done That are Still Messing With Us Today: So you're rustling up a healthy meal in the kitchen, maybe using some fresh veggies from… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (429 days ago) 1 comment, thedailygreen.com 
What's in a name? At cosmetics megastore Sephora, suspiciously little. Despite a high-profile Natural & Organic initiative featuring more than 1,400 products and 30-plus… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (431 days ago) 4 comments
Even while we recognize that America has its share of toxic hotspots, we're used to thinking of the problem as something that happens to other people. We're the good guys, the… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (445 days ago) 1 comment
I'm a big fan of cheat sheets. People seem to think of writers as people who become experts in their fields of specialty, soaked in all those interviews and explanations and facts… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (459 days ago) 6 comments
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