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

  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 [...]

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

  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 [...]

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

  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 [...]

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

  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 [...]