Not literally of course. But solar lighting. I'd bought some from the Animal Rescue Site but they didn't last very long. So I was thrilled to find one in Ikea for $19. It has three LEDs and serves as a booklight too! I wish I saw it before buying that crummy one from Borders last year.Since I am up . . . (More)

Here's a "Know Your Plastics" sticky note. To check which plastics are which, look under the bottle or container you are holding: #1 PET: Safe for one use but unsafe for reuse. It releases BBP, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalates, DEHA (carcinogens), and antimony with repeated use and under heat. And bac . . . (More)

In recent news, the mainstream papers are reporting what all ecomoms already know: Mattress Eco-Matters: Don't Take It Lying Down from the Washington Post and what to do about it in Rest Easy on a Safe Bed.The Washington Post reports:Most mattresses, as well as memory foam and egg-crate covers, are . . . (More)

My first package from Reusablebags.com arrived! I gave one 12oz to Kaitlyn, one of the 22oz to Dad (and instructed him never to drink from PET bottles again), and took the remaining 2 home for us. Tonight Jack and I drank from our sweet small Klean Kanteen! :D The water was heavenly! No petal taste . . . (More)

I've updated my About the Author section to reflect my new preoccupations. The act of transforming one's household from a rather unenvironmental one to an organic green one is quite a lofty task but I have been up for the challenge.Unlike other blogs that tend to stick to one subject, I prefer to mo . . . (More)

Update: The next day, Kaku sped outside after hearing my mom in the kitchen and stayed out since. Ah well...In my anti-plastic green drive, we've thrown out a lot, recycled some, and the kitchen actually looks brand new (okay, I exaggerate). So here's what we've accomplished so far.1. NO PLASTIC KET . . . (More)

The past ten days has been a sick season for the whole family. The kids are down with diarrhoea. Kaku hissed at me today when I went to feed her although later she watched me serenely from her perch. I've been down with some strange upper respiratory throat infection with a thick cough, laryngitis, . . . (More)

Just today, MSNBC reported that in some parts of the US, the water supply is found to be tainted with pharmaceuticals. How safe is your city's drinking water? Do you know? Now, it is not just the government and the utilities companies that might keep such information all hush hush. Researchers too k . . . (More)

In the UK, consumers boycott factory farmed chickens, forcing supermarkets to consider bringing in free range chickens instead. A lofty and much lauded move from the consumers. Will other countries follow suit?Technorati: free range, going free range, boycott factory farmed chickens, living humanely . . . (More)

This made me cry. For the babies and the mothers (both links open as PDFs). It is every mother and child's most horrific, agonising nightmare and it is lived out every day by these mothers and children.Every year, 9 million babies are snatched from their mothers after birthAll females used for milk . . . (More)