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Keeping the Dream: IFRA Preposes RIFM and FMA
Buy the dream and you will live forever. Betray its legacy and you will wither. Ignore your detractors and you will perish. Protect your golden icons, drive cost from your business, promote, generate repeat sales against competitors, innovate, be transparent about what matters, and always look forward expressed in new...
Synthetic Fragrances and Essential Oils Improved Health and Environmental Criteria
Great news. The two year effort to develop environmental criteria coupled with human health data is now before the USA EPA management for internal review. Official comment is expected next month since the submission was accepted early December 2009. Be assured adherence to the criteria will provide a clear quick...
Received word that the EPA management now has the Environmental and Human Health Fragrance /ETF criteria to review. While this is pending, every effort should be made to decide WHO will build the data base, and when will the information be distributed, updated and open source to all fragrance creators,...
This Fall I attended a series of lectures by Brent Nixon. Perhaps the most compelling talk was on Orcas. This particular species is studied extensively from population statistics to pod structure and behaviors. Amazingly, nearly every Orca is observed whether it is transient or thrives in a resident pod. And...
Yesterday the long expected announcement on Green Indexing came out from Wal-Mart. This announcement by Matt Kistler, W-M Senior VP of Sustainability, will be mistakenly considered initially a change of direction. But the intent has always been to find a responsible way to effect development of green sustainable products. The Green...
CleanGredients, a long standing sponsor and supporter of green chemistry, announced on July 1 that the EPA's DfE Screen for Fragrances Human Health Criteria is launched. This beneficial program will guide fragrance creators into safe standards. The criteria for Environmental Fate & Toxicity will be included as soon as the final...
Garden Chick - in My Garden
Our dog Corky is 98 years old (in dog years of course). He has always been a scratcher and biter and frequently has reddened irritated areas on his legs. I think he has an obsessive compulsive disorder. . .I have been working on several recipes to develop a salve for...
February is Sweet Potato Month
I love sweet potatoes and in honor of sweet potato month, I thought I would consider them in this years garden. I have never grown them before. There are many varieties so visit your local nursery to see which one is good for your area. The picture here is from...
What an absolutely gorgeous day today. 60 degrees and sunny weather. We worked out in the yard, raking, cleaning and burning. I peeped underneath the mulch in my herb bed and saw catnip beginning to grow. My St. John's Wort, yarrow, and lavender all survived. My oldest lavender was beginning...
Arctic Blast Headed for the East Coast
Thankfully, we won't get anything like the storm headed for New York and Washington D.C., just drizzling rain, grey skies, and 44 degrees. Toasty warm inside, I was looking through some information in my ever growing pile of "need to keep" and found a great source for those who love...
Say it Ain't So.....6 More Weeks of Winter
The last 2 weeks have brought two snows to our area, and unfortunately I was at work for both of them. As an ICU nurse, I can't just walk out on my patients when the snow starts, so on the first snow, I left the hospital and made a 1...
Whats a girl to do when you can't work out in the yard yet? Clean your office. Laying under a pile of "stuff" I found some moonflower seeds that someone had mailed me. The postmark on the envelope was 2007 and I have decided to see if they will germinate....
Young in the Mountains
A Simple Spring :: Reflections
Time is moving quickly these days. The warmer weather is pulling all of us outside. If I leave the front door open, Willow begs to go outside and work on getting her balance on the grass. And looking for that elusive neighborhood cat. I'm also working on another mei tai, so...
A Simple Spring :: More with Less
I wish I would have been back here sooner, but it's been warm. Really, what kind of purposeful person would I be if I hadn't been out there soaking it in? Never mind that soaking it in meant sucking up gravel from the interiors of our cars and blasting off the salt...
A Simple Spring :: What it is Not
Part of making the journey towards simplicity is, of course, understanding a little bit about where you're headed. We know that voluntary simplicity is both an inner and outer way of being. Most often, it involves removing clutter from your home and also your spirit. There are many deliberate choices...
Simplicity involves centering thinking and action upon what is most essential and central to our humanity. . . The goal is not just to minimize spending or maximize recycling. The goal is to build our lives around different values. ~ Mark BurchA dear online friend, a mother of five, has...
Hello, March! While we dodged a blizzard, it's still snowed every day for the past week. That's okay--there's something romantic about waking up to a dusting of snow each morning. Now that February is over, we're making the switch to Springtime thinking around here. Some of the insulated curtains have...
Mike and I braved the winds and glaring sun and went to Wytheville yesterday. I had to get some fabric for a couple mei tais and Mike had been wanting yarn for a new hat (or two). At the yarn shop, Willow charmed Phyllis by playing with the notions rack while she...
Eco-Office Gals: Green Virtual Assistant Services
Green Gem of the Week: Greenweaver, Inc.
You shouldn’t let a pig build your house. That’s the real moral of the Three Little Pigs story according to Laura Bartels Why? Because her company Greenweaver, Inc., has made building houses out of straw a reality. We think that many small businesses can relate to creating their own game changing fairy...
Earth Talk: Electronic “e-waste.”
EarthTalk® From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: I work for an office equipment company selling copiers, fax machines, computers and printers. Each year new models come out making old ones obsolete. As a result, we have loads of trade-ins with nowhere to go. What can...
Hey everyone! It’s Monday and I have been trying to get back into posting. A slipped disk in my neck has made it hard to use my right hand … whine.. whine.. whine! Anyway! Monday means review and giveaway not crying about not feeling my hand for nearly a month now right???...
Guest Post: Businesses Making the Solar Choice
[This is a guest post by Adrian Phillips, a renewable energy expert from Southampton, UK] Governments across the globe are now introducing incentives to encourage a bigger uptake in solar panel installation and other renewable energy forms. But it’s not just homes that are now making the solar choice. In fact,...
Green Gem of the Week: Project GLO
Today’s Green Gem is also one of our GMW sponsors and has a great little product that makes a big impact! Global Learning Outreach (GLO) began as a vision to mobilize people to increase access to global education. The founders and best friends, Sara Church and Lindsay Bloom, searched for an...
2nd Annual Green My World Earth Day Giveaway 2010!
Earth Day is approaching fast and Eco-Office Gals wants to get as many people as possible on board to grow a little greener. If you’ve been wanting to, trying to, thinking about growing a little greener there’s no better time to do it then now! We don’t want to make...
GreenandFrugalLiving.com
Celebrate a really, truly green St. Patrick's Day March can be a drab month--waiting for winter to end and the first signs of spring to emerge. That's why, whether you're Irish or not, celebrating St. Patrick's Day is a cool idea--especially if you make it eco! Here are some simple, fun,...
Save, save, save -- we've been in saving mode much more lately since we found out that we have to replace our heating and cooling system. UGH! Nothing like having to shell out $20,000 on something that you can't look at or enjoy. Okay, I know I do enjoy heat...
Green and Frugal: Know What You Want & Don't Settle for Less
We recently went car shopping. Our Honda CRV was just turning 110,000 miles and we felt that we wanted to get at least one car with low mileage (our Honda Odyssey has over 120,000 miles). From scouring the newspapers and car websites to visiting car dealerships, the search was on...
TGIF!! It was a tough week, but I made it! What better way to end the week than with some great blog posts. We've got it all -- recipes, money-saving tips, and more...Shop for Quality or Shop for Price? Why Not Shop for Both?Italian Slow Cooker Meatloaf 1 Chicken, 17 Healthy...
Green and Frugal -- Pay for Recycling?
There was an article in my local paper (The Record, 2/22/10) recently that touted an incentive program to increase recycling participation. I thought it was really interesting, so here is an excerpt:Put a 32-gallon recycling bin and a 10-inch stack of newspapers on the curb, and you could eventually ear...
Green and Frugal -- Book Review: Get Financially Naked
Here's another great post and book review from our friends at The Greenest Dollar...Most of you have probably heard that money is the #1 reason why people get divorced. But, you might not know that over 70% of couples get divorced because of money issues. Either they don’t have enough of...
Green & Zen Bubbles
Le centre de tri ouvre ses portes
Le Sydevom et Véolia Propreté organisent une journée porte ouverte au Centre de Tri de Manosque le Mardi 16 Mars de 10 h00 à 16 h00. Le but de cette journée ? Contrer l'idée comme quoi les déchets finissent systématiquement en enfouissement. Force est de constater que dans ce sens,...
La maison d'édition Arthur et Cie se mobilise pour la cause des abeilles en sortant un album sur leur disparition destiné aux enfants. Le livre raconte l'histoire de Clara, une jeune abeille rebelle, qui tout en partant à la recherche de pollen découvre des ruches désertes. L'auteur, Séverine Dalla, a...
Mieux trier dans sa salle de bain
Nous sommes 84% à déclarer trier nos déchets. Cependant, une pièce semble être plutôt négligée : la salle de bain. En fait, même si certains Français continuent leur efforts de tri à cet endroit, nombre d'entre eux semblent plutôt perdus face à leur poubelle, d'où pas mal d'erreurs d'aiguillage. Certains...
La neige a fait son come-back en Provence. Finalement, la douceur presque Printanière aura laissé la place à l'Hiver qui n'avait pas encore dit son dernier mot. Les fleurs naissantes ont disparu sous un épais manteau blanc, les insectes aussi. Les oiseaux ont de nouveau apprécié les boules de graisse...
Les migrateurs sont de retour ! Il y a peu, une bande d'oies sauvages a survolé la maison. Le groupe, d'une centaine d'individus, s'est annoncé dans un puissant cancanement puis a constitué une formation parfaite en V digne du plus méticuleux architecte et a disparu à l'horizon. Instant fugace......
Des ours polaires au Marineland !
Le Marineland d'Antibes accueillera dès le Printemps deux ours polaires ! Le parc souhaite ainsi marquer son engagement pour la sauvegarde d'espèces menacées, ces ours faisant partie d'un programme Européen dont le but est de choisir des animaux compatibles pour la procréation. Un espace de 2 200 M2 est prévu...
Lucy in the Sky
Fazendo uso do novo gadget aqui do Blogger, para edição de páginas, decidi unificar este blog ao Germinando.Assim de hoje em diante minhas "instantâneas" sobre casa, lar, coisas de Bruxa ou não, em fim do cotidiano, irão para lá.E novos post acontecem por lá também.Assim que querendo "ficar por dentro",...
(Imagem: Luciana Onofre)Ontem lembrei destes endereços, sentada frente à minha linda Singer.Os encontrei nas revistas que coleciono Labores del Hogar y Labores de Ana... Impagáveis!Amo essas revistas, além do que eu sei fazer, eles mostram mil coisas e dicas que poderiam ter passado para mim sem jamais serem descobertas.Ainda que...
"Existem verdades que a gente só pode dizer depois de ter conquistado o direito de dizê-las."Jean Cocteau...
E em atraso os publico agora!Do "Chá das 5 a meia-noite" (Lívia)Do "Mulheres Sarl"Muito obrigada a ambas ;)...
Proteção...Uma coruja, olho grego, um lindo elefante, pimenta (claro), uma figa, folha de arruda, e pra fechar com chave de ouro um trevo da sorte, de 4 folhas.Elos, e uma tira de couro com fecho.Simples e rápido......
Descobri que gosto de vestidos, isso graças a uma amiga-irmã que passando férias a jato, mudou em mim muita coisa...Fui em busca de uma coisa e voltei também com outras...Aqui o registro de todas elas, quase ;)Os vestidos todos made in india, ajustei no busto (pouco seio para muito pano),...
UrbanBranches
I was sent this great book, Shift Your Habit by Elizabeth Rogers to review. At first I thought, oh here's yet another book on going green with all... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...
Have a baby? Know a baby? Know someone expecting a baby? You must go to Pure and Little and stock up on a few goodies at 40% off. The entire site is... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...
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Valentine's day on the cheap? Send e-cards to the ones you love. I found this cute one at the WWF website. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...
Last year I collected a bunch of acorns from my parents property with the hopes of displaying them in my new set of Ikea huge jars. Needless to say... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...
North Texas Natural Family
Fort Worth Zoo 2010 Spring Homeschool Day
Image by: serge8228; http://www.sxc.hu/profile/serge8228 HOME SCHOOL DAY at the Fort Worth Zoo Thursday, March 4, 2010 Register NOW! All home-schooled children, and their families are invited to a fun-filled educational day in the wilds of the Zoo on Thursday, March 4, 2010. Keeper chats and activity stations tailor-made for home-schoolers will be available throughout the...
North Texas Library Used Books Sales
Image by: nkzs; http://www.sxc.hu/profile/nkzs Library Used Book Sales in North Texas Lancaster – February 4-6 Lewisville – February 6-7 Wichita Falls – February 6 Cedar Park – February 20-22 Carrollton – February 25-28...
Wednesday Nature School for Homeschool Students
Image by: AJMac; http://www.sxc.hu/profile/ajmac Dates of Classes: Wednesdays, March 3rd – April 21st (8 weeks) Time of Classes: 10:00 – 11:30 am Location: Meet at the Bear Creek Pavillion Cost: $3/child per program These hands-on classes will focus on the life sciences and will be interactive and engaging for all students, supplementing what is taught...
Teen Technology Workshop: Space, Architecture, and Memory
Image by: Yoshiaka; http://www.sxc.hu/profile/yoshiaka Saturdays, February 13th and 20th 1:00 – 3:30 p.m., Tech Lab Center for Creative Connections, Dallas Museum of Art Consider experiences and memories associated with private spaces like your home and public spaces like a museum. This two-part workshop is designed for youth ages 14-18 and will be taught by...
Dallas Baby-Led Feeding Classes for February
Baby-led feeding is an approach to solid food introduction that allows baby to explore and discover whole food on their own with parental supervision....
Plano Area Real Diaper Circle Meetings & Raffle!!
The Plano Area Real Diaper Circle Meeting on February 2nd and March 16th 10:15am at the Davis Library (7501 Independence Parkway) Kids are always welcome at the meetings. Please come by and share your cloth diapering experience or learn more about cloth diapering. And feel free to spread the word to anyone you think would...
cityzen cats - Félins pour l'autre ::: All you need is Green ::: Et la fête à la biodiversité
® Réfléchir à la différence ::: une pub Epuron
Article recyclé du 22 septembre 2007Pub Epuronenvoyé par sudotoneCette publicité pour la société allemande Epuron a remporté le Golden Lion au festival internationnal de la publicité de Cannes. C'était en juillet 2007, mais je ne m'en lasse pas....
Pesticides ::: A qui profite le crime ?
En avant-première du très beau folm de Coline Serreau, dont nous parlerons plus tard (il sort le 7 avril), voici le témoignage d"un agriculteur victime de la chimie.Paul François, victime des pesticidesenvoyé par MDRGF. - L'info internationale vidéo....
Alexandre Moronnoz ::: CCC, premier mobilier urbain dépolluant
Grand Prix 2009 de la Création de la Ville de Paris catégorie Créateurs Confirmés Après une Etoile à l'Observeur Design10 avec son banc "Muscle" édité par TF, il remporte aujourd'hui le Grand Prix de la Création Design dans la catégorie Créateurs Confirmés. Il présentait pour l'occasion une quatrième recherche sur...
Changer le monde avec les femmes ::: Coline Serreau à l’ONU le 8 mars
A l’occasion de la journée internationale de la femme, le 8 mars 2010« Comment changer le monde avec les femmes ? »Coline Serreau invitée à l’ONU le 8 marsL’association With Women, en collaboration avec l’Office des Nations Unies de Genève et le PNUD, invite Coline Serreau à présenter son nouveau...
Au camping des lucioles by Orange
Un objet fortement utile pour tout campeur geek qui se respecte (je ne sais pas s'il y en a beaucoup ceci dit!) Enfin, ce nouveau concept devrait les inciter à aller prendre l'air de nos belles montagnes tout en restant connectés ! Orange s’intéresse décidément aux énergies renouvelables car,...
Blogspot de la semaine : The Catorialist
Ami des chats et de la mode, ce site est fait pour vouéééoooow !A mourir de rire. une copie conforme du plus célèbre des blogs de streetstyle: The sartorialist !L'original: The sartorialistL'original Catorialist* Merci à Céline Vautard...
Kates Garden Journal
This week on America’s Home Grown Veggie Show I am interviewing author Jean Ann Van Krevelen about her new book Grocery Gardening. The book goes through most of the common fruit, vegetable and herbs that you would pick up at the supermarket and tells you how to grow, cook and...
The consensus is that the Atlanta area is botanically 2 weeks behind the normal for blooms this year. In many ways that is a positive because the early blooms do get zapped by frost so this gentle, cool spring is keeping things in check. On the other hand most folks...
This is my next ‘must have’ shrub and I do know where to find it. The edgeworthia is an open shrub that seems to be quite small and not unlike a callicarpa in form. The flowers though are quite something. We are all familiar with witch hazels that bloom in...
This has been an interesting week. A garden club requested my knot garden talk. This is one of my favorite talks that sadly, rarely gets requested. We do a quick romp through medieval English history and gardens. I have always had problem with the term ‘open’ and ‘closed’ knots. There are...
Last weekend I went to the Southeastern Flower Show in Atlanta – I even joined the Southeastern Horticultural Society after meaning to for several months! The show was a great place to meet great landscape designers and innovative products. I hope that some will come onto the radio with me over...
Casualties of a Very wet Winter
I took a little tour around the garden today. We had another round of all day rain and cool temperatures. Everything is looking soggy but the lavender has definately suffered. The rosemary is not looking much better though. It will take a month or more before I really know whether...
City Garden
Gardening again! Last year I was sowing my tomato seeds from January. This year although we had very good weather I didn’t sowing anything until now. So let’s see my first Heirloom Tomato List for 2010 Yellow Taxi Tomatoes: Determinate, Orange medium size tomatoes Yellow Pear Tomatoes: Indeterminate, Yellow pear-shaped cherry tomatoes Orange...
A strange 2010 just start and I wish you health, happy and good harvest. Last night we live a beautiful full moon eclipse and I wish bring us good luck. New Year start in Greece with spring weather and sunshine. Well we had spring weather in Christmas also. Today in North...
Chrysanthemums are the king of flowers this season. Their beautiful flowers filled the balconies and gardens. You can find pots flooded with beautiful flowers in many colors in any flower shop and nursery or at farmers markets. In Greece some people use the name “agiodimitriatika” for chrysanthemums because they bloom in late...
Strawberries belongs to my favorite fruits. I like them so much, I can eat Strawberries all day but here we can find Strawberries only in spring. I am thinking to grow Strawberries in pots in my city garden. In plot I have more space but I can’t grow them there because...
Sweet Pea Tomatoes – so tiny tomatoes
The Sweet Pea Tomatoes were the most tiny tomatoes I have seen in my life and I grow them this year in my plot because I wanted to save the seeds of this heirloom tomato variety. These tomatoes are not cherry tomatoes, they are smaller than cherry tomatoes, they are like...
In my family we like Figs so we had plant many of them in our plot. We have 4 big trees and 3 smaller figs this moment. So as you can understand we have many fruits every year and we eat them all. We like fig fruits so much that we...