Patyka's Organic Lime Scrub and Shower Gels in Orange & Mint. Credit: Patyka
Patyka's Organic Shower gel is a good fit for recessionistas in need of organic-luxury skincare love. While encouraging consumption is risky, these shower gels and scrubs can go a long way. The entire Patyka family line is available for under $19, a far cry from their $98 perfume, and includes a full set of fragrance-free face washes, shea but...Read the full story on TreeHuggerPosts Tagged ‘Amp’
Patyka’s Organic Zesty Summer Shower Gel & Scrub
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
Patyka's Organic Lime Scrub and Shower Gels in Orange & Mint. Credit: Patyka
Patyka's Organic Shower gel is a good fit for recessionistas in need of organic-luxury skincare love. While encouraging consumption is risky, these shower gels and scrubs can go a long way. The entire Patyka family line is available for under $19, a far cry from their $98 perfume, and includes a full set of fragrance-free face washes, shea but...Read the full story on TreeHuggerBackyard Gardening & Kale Chips
Friday, July 31st, 2009
Gardening with your children provides valuable lessons, family togetherness time and plenty of fresh veggies to dress your table.
I’m a big slacker this year. My big, fat, Eco-Confession? I didn’t plant a garden this year. This means we have been relying on farmers markets and u-pick to survive! Ugh.
But, wait… I have a pretty good excuse. We moved this Spring. Our Spring was consumed with painting, cleaning, packing and unpacking. It was pretty crazy around here. Then my beloved Mama passed away and I didn’t want to do much of anything for a good two months. Now, I’m up and running… but my yard is far from it! Since this is a new to us home, there was already a bunch of yard work to do. Needless to say, we haven’t gotten around to much of it, which includes clearing the garden beds and replanting.
So, that’s the plan this weekend. Get those beds cleared and start our transplants inside the house. Good thing I have plenty of kids.
India to Spend $200 Million on Forest Conservation & Preservation – All For Carbon Storage
Friday, July 31st, 2009
photo: netlancer2006 via flickr
India may still maintain it will not accept binding emissions targets, but it's sure stepping up on solar power, and now on carbon storage through forest preservation. Reuters...Read the full story on TreeHuggerNew Mercury Limits Put Cement Industry ‘Between Concrete & A Hard Place’
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Freddie Mercury Statue.
Image credit:Trip Advisor
Cement kilns emit lots of mercury. US kiln owners are facing a deadline to cut emissions way back. What will they do with the mercury waste they capture?
Native limestone, the basic raw material of concrete making, contains varying levels of mercury. Mercury emissions may also originate from natural gas used to heat the kiln, or, for example, from the addition of mercury-tainted fly ash obtained from coal-fired electrical plants. (More stringent mercury emission controls also are coming for co...Read the full story on TreeHugger
Vegan Ice Cream Challenge: Luna & Larry’s Coconut Bliss
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
It’s been hovering in the upper 90s here in Atlanta, and weather like this makes me crave ice cream like no other. This year, I’m on the hunt for my favorite vegan ice cream! The plan is to try new pints each week and share my findings right here. I know, it’s a tough life I’ve got.
This week I tried Luna & Larry’s Coconut Bliss, another coconut-based ice cream, on a suggestion from commenter Hungry Hungry Veganos. Coconut Bliss is soy- and gluten-free, and they use some fair trade ingredients. We used to get coconut ice cream from time to time when I was growing up, so feeling a bit nostalgic, I picked up a pint of their Naked Coconut variety to try it out.
So, let’s see how it stacks up!
Book Review: Toolbox for Sustainable City Living By Scott Kellogg & Stacy Pettigrew
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
For those who are bored stiff of green lifestyle books that only seem to offer fluffy solutions indicating which product to buy, then Toolbox for Sustainable City Living book may be your new best friend.
Written with urban-dwellers in mind, Toolbox is a guide that covers a broad spectrum of do-it-yourself topics, from vermicomposting to rainwater collection, to planting edible food forests to chicken-raising and making your own biogas digester.
Plus, authors Scott Kellogg and Stacy Pettigrew have definitely walked the talk: as members of the Austin-based Rhizome Collective, they helped transform a vacant warehouse i...Read the full story on TreeHuggerNew Jersey Approves 80 MW PSE&G Solar4All Program – Doubles State’s Solar Power Capacity
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
photo: Mark Lovretin/PSEG
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has just approved utility PSE&G's Solar4All program, which aims to install some 80 MW of solar power throughout the state by 2013. Some of the details have changed somewhat since TreeHugger first heard of the project back in February, so here's what's been approved:...Read the full story on TreeHuggerAmazon Tribe Already Feels the Pinch From Climate Change & Deforestation
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Like the Kalapalo people pictured here, the Kamayurá people, also living in the Xingu national park, get most of their protein from fish . Photo: e-giacomazzi via flickr
For a really great image of how environmental changes are already affecting people, in fact destroying an entire culture -- and no, not in some low-slung Pacific Island -- The New York Times has a poignant piece about how the Kamayurá people in Brazil are struggling today with deforestation and climate change...Read the full story on TreeHugger