This GREEN Life

 
A fellow member of Sustainalane introduced me to Merill’s All-Natural Compost Tea. Sustainalane is a community-powered directory of green products and businesses. Anyone can create a profile and contribute to the ever-growing directory.  
This is not the first time I’ve heard of “compost tea,” but Merill’s is all organic and can be delivered right to your door. 
 “Compost Tea […]

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 Good friends of mine are moving from sunny Florida to my old stomping grounds, Michigan. They will be driving with two very large cats and will stopping at least once along the way. Finding hotels that welcome pets can sometimes be quite a challenge. Thankfully, they have planned ahead and shared their little tip with […]

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 Yesterday I wrote about New York’s campaign against disposable single-serving water bottles that encourages New Yorkers to drink more tap water.  I thought it would be fun to cover some of the alternative reusable water bottles on the market today. Many of them are quite trendy, as well as GREEN. 
 I’m not a plastic girl. Lately […]

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I have a good friend that is consistently buying rolls of those blue plastic doggie waste bags to carry around with her when she takes her little dog for a walk. I don’t blame her. The bags fit right into the little plastic fire hydrant on her dog’s leash and they are really convenient. She […]

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Consumer Reports (CR) rated 65 vacuums.  They measured not only how much fur was removed from the floor and fabrics, but also how much hair was still left on the rotating brush and never made it into the canister or bag. The “emissions test” measured how much dust and small particles were put back into the […]

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