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Intuitive Tuesday–Recycling, Recycling, and More Recycling?
Intuitive Tuesday–Recycling, Recycling, and More Recycling? avatar

As we continue to look at our recycling efforts, I want to interject one idea worthy of consideration. Environmental advocates are calling on manufacturers to consider the entire life cycle of products from manufacture through disposal and to create products that don’t need to be dumped at the end of their lives into a landfill, but can actually be composted… (more…)

Let’s Make October Breast Health Month–Ways You Can Promote Breast Health!
Let’s Make October Breast Health Month–Ways You Can Promote Breast Health! avatar

Every October, we are reminded about breast cancer–we are invited to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month. What has always bothered me about this is the focus on disease–we are focused on celebrating our awareness of a disease. In my opinion, our focus is in the wrong place, because I believe what we focus on, we manifest. I wish we could… (more…)

Bellisima Green Challenge–Week 2 (Our Oceans of Plastic?)
Bellisima Green Challenge–Week 2 (Our Oceans of Plastic?) avatar

The first week of September, my family and I had the chance to spend a week on a beach near Santa Cruz, California. After spending time there and being close to some of California’s agricultural lands, there’s a lot on my mind. One of the areas to look at further is plastic–I can’t seem to let this subject go. When… (more…)

Bellisima Green Challenge–Day 3 (Say Goodbye to Plastic Storage) September 10, 2009
Bellisima Green Challenge–Day 3 (Say Goodbye to Plastic Storage) September 10, 2009 avatar

Well, I did a little research and found a great website for food storage alternatives–even alternatives to wax paper! Whether this website is the place I will ultimately purchase from, it sure provided me with “food for thought” as to what would create less waste and provide non-toxic alternatives to plastic. The company is Life Without Plastic and their website… (more…)

Bellisima Green Challenge–Day 2 (Retro is More than Chic!) September 9, 2009
Bellisima Green Challenge–Day 2 (Retro is More than Chic!) September 9, 2009 avatar

I promised to address plastic. This is a huge subject area, so for today, I will look at it from the aspect of Zero Waste and food storage. Beginning to store our leftovers in glass or ceramic requires changing a pattern of behavior. Instead of reaching for that plastic storage container with the perfectly fitting plastic lid or rather than… (more…)

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