A little late in the game, I guess, but I just learned that there is a documentary film coming out in June about the life and Dr. Bronner.
You have all seen his soaps and other products and have spent some time in the soap isles trying to
decipher the multiple messages, quotes and musings printed on every spare space of the label which covers every flat space of the soap bottle. Personally, I love the Organic Peppermint liquid soap which I pick up at Trader Joe’s (my second home). Nothing better to wake up with in the shower in the morning, [...]

I bought my first Smencils  (for the kids,  I thought) when I visited one of Las Vegas’ loveliest shops, the Las Vegas Paper Doll Stationery Shop owned by Anne Kellogg. Boy, does she ever have an eye for cute stuff.
And, one of the totally cute and perfectly priced impulse items in the store are the Smencils ($2 ea.), scented pencils made out of recycled newspaper. As the company itself advertises, they are saving trees, one pencil at a time. Indeed, it would appear that  Smencils are healthy for the environment. To be precise, Smencils are manufactured from recycled newspapers, environmentally [...]

I have stumbled upon this fantastic daily newsletter from www.IdealBite.com. They offer daily tips about easy simple ways to live a more ecologically aware way. As they say, small changes add up: “Small changes… Done by Many… Create Big Results.”
I love the “educational” aspect the best. In just a couple weeks of subscription, I’ve learned – among other things- about Parabens, cold water washing and the immense amount of CO2 emitted every time you flush the toilet in an airplane. Who knew?
Readers are invited to contribute their tips and there is a blog where readers are invited to comment.
This is [...]