Posted on 30 March 2009
Living on the island of Bermuda hundreds of miles away from the continental US sounds like it would be a very non-green place to live- especially if you had to ship everything to your front door. That can be true but, fortunately, the government has taken some steps to preserve the beauty and pristine nature [...]
Tags: bermuda, travel
Posted on 27 March 2009
I’ve been dealing with underarms issue: they smell (well, whose don’t?). And they’re really dependent—with that said, I always had to spread something on them, be it fragranced powder or deodorant. When I was much younger, I constantly provided myself packs and packs of this not-commonly-sold fragranced powder made specially to get rid of underarm [...]
Tags: cosmetics, deodorant
Posted on 26 March 2009
Green Girls Global friend Katie Keegan, founder of the fantastic One Green Earth, presented Pete Postlethwaite with an award from the people. Here’s what Katie says and asks for your support for Pete. Over to you Katie…. On Sunday 15th March at the premiere of the Age of Stupid Pete Postlethwaite pledged to return his [...]
Tags: Katie Keegan, OBE, One Green Earth, Pete Postlethwaite
Posted on 20 March 2009
This video says that dirty water kills around 4000 children a day and we can halve the number of people living without clean water by 2015.
Tags: water
Posted on 16 March 2009
Shopping for the right car can be really difficult and time consuming. But shopping for a car that also treads just a little lighter on the earth and addresses environmental impact concerns, can be down right frustrating! So what’s a green girl to do? Luckily Greenopia.com (http://www.greenopia.com/USA/) has heard your cry and has done some [...]
Tags: cars, Greenopia
Posted on 13 March 2009
A Product Review By, Aaron Bradshaw How many of you out there reading this review has used a loofah before? Better question, how many of you know what a loofah is? I’m sure plenty of you use them daily, but that’s not what I’m talking about. I know you know what a loofah is, it’s [...]
Tags: bathroom, LoofahArt, product review, skincare
Posted on 12 March 2009
How much do you know about the food on your plate? How does it impact on you and the world around you? After quitting meat at 12 years of age I thought I knew my fair share about farming. Well I knew a lot about animal welfare issues but as it turns out not so [...]
Tags: agriculture, farming, Food for Change, Vegan, vegetarian
Posted on 07 March 2009
My great uncle Bill used to spend hours in his greenhouse. Although he had a beautiful garden he wasn’t necessarily working, he just used to sit in there, enjoying the tranquility. As a child I didn’t understand it. Nowadays of course I do understand. In the mayhem of everyday life, work and chasing around I [...]
Tags: Gardening, greenhouse, vegetables
Posted on 05 March 2009
In the depths of this hideous New England winter, I find myself longing for warmer days – the sweet smells of summer, the taste of a fresh picked tomato, and the flapping of shirts on the clothesline. Strike that. I know I should love my clothesline, it is eco-cool, saves money, and reduces energy consumption, [...]
Tags: clothesline, energy saving, washing clothes
Posted on 05 March 2009
Here’s the chance for green fashionistas to pick a brand new outfit for free this weekend. Yep you read it right, the Swishing East event takes place on Saturday at the Old Spitalfield’s Market in London. The clothes won’t cost you a penny but you do need to bring one good item of clothing to [...]
Tags: clothes swap, East London, fashion, swishing