Monthly Archives: August 2008

The CSA has risen!

No, it’s not the Confederate States of America but Community Supported Agriculture.  We here a lot of talk about supporting local businesses to help lower our carbon footprint and we just discovered a fresh way to do that.  We joined a local CSA, Crooked Sky Farms, located in Glendale, AZ and meet them once a […]

Green Kids

I have been reading alot about how to raise “green” kids, “green” parenting and educating our children to grow up green.  There are some very innovative ideas covering a wide variety of subjects from recycling, to composting, to reusing “trash” for art projects and many, many more.  We know we need to educate them on the 3 R’s, CFL […]

Replace the Plastic but “RTB!”

It’s encouraging to see more and more people ditch the plastic shopping bags in favor of reusable bags.  It’s also encouraging to see more and more retail outlets offering some type of bag for customers to purchase.  Unfortunately there still remains a problem with this process.  Well more than one problem but until big grocers […]

Breath a little easier, naturally

In our effort to make our homes more eco-friendly and energy efficient we have sealed up our homes to prevent cool air from escaping in the summer and warm air seeping out in the winter, and in doing so have trapped indoor pollutants in our living and breathing space. 
I don’t mean to be an […]