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Really Natural June 2009 Monthly Round-Up

June 30, 2009 by Eco Gardening · Leave a Comment 

Baby Sweet Organic Baby Clothes by Hessnatur Beauty Green Perfume and Organic Aromatherapy for Men and Women by Nantucket Natural Oils Green Beauty Giveaway: Winner of Sustainable Youth Total Immune Performance Regimen All Natural Recipes for Beautiful Skin Green Grooming Products for Men by Every Man Jack Green Beauty Giveaway: Win Sustainable Youth Total Immune Performance Regimen Energy Savers Solar and Hand Cranked Radio Perfect for Camping and Emerge

Summer cooking camps for kids

June 30, 2009 by Eco Gardening · Leave a Comment 

PREP caters to kids in Seal Beach Lately, my daughter Hannah, who just turned 9, has been inspired to learn how to cook. She made her first batch of “gourmet” Mac ‘N Cheese the other day — and it was pretty darn good. She used four different cheeses and bacon! Like a good chef-in-training, she even added a “secret” ingredient — and refused to tell anyone what it was. While I can help her a bit around the kitchen, I am not a cook. I am much better suited ordering food than making it.

2009 Nude Eco-Cheap Cooking Initiative Recipe 1: Béchamel Broccoli Loaded Potatoes

June 29, 2009 by Eco Gardening · Leave a Comment 

First a bit of history… Chef Chris Perrin of www.blogwelldone.com and Shawna Coronado of http://thecasualgardener.blogspot.com have teamed up to create the ultimate cooking and gardening lineup for the “2009 Nude Eco-Cheap Cooking Initiative.” In an effort to encourage people to grow gardens for better health, Shawna Coronado has created the “Get It Garden Challenge” on her blog. As a garden and green living expert, Shawna has written “Gardening Nude”, a book focused on green l

Jennifer Grayson: Environmentalist Etiquette: 4 Tips for How Not to be a Buzzkill at Your Next Cocktail Party

June 29, 2009 by Eco Gardening · Leave a Comment 

Recently, I walked into my friends' house for a drinks-and-barbecue get-together, and before I could even hug the hostess hello, she greeted me with an apology. I'm so sorry I didn't have time to go to Whole Foods to buy organic meat. I hope regular hamburgers and hot dogs are OK. It's become a familiar refrain since I've become known among my friends and family as the go-to resource for all things environmental--my mom confessing to throwing out old condiment jars instead of rinsing an

Recycling the Depressed Development Town Arad

June 29, 2009 by Eco Gardening · Leave a Comment 

As a means to revive a development town, and a model for an entire country to follow, a super team of organizations have banded together to “green” Arad — an Israeli development town with a population of about 23,000 south of Tel Aviv in the Negev Desert. While Israelis are generally following the “green trend” now taking the world by storm, basic infrastructure in the country is still missing, like blue bins for recycling tins and cans. But a new recycling program in Arad, with the commun

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