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Gifts That Give Back: 20 We Love
Who’s on your gift list? This year, spread the holiday spirit of giving beyond your family, friends and coworkers to people, animals and places in need. With these green gift ideas, your money can go towards preserving the Arctic National Wildlife...
Steampunk Glam: 19 Moons Necklace Giveaway
Arcane Angel Necklace I love how the 19 Moons website writes of this necklace: “Fly through time with this original Steampunk necklace by 19 Moons!” Cute. I want to, 19 Moons, I do! This antique jewel watch is set in brass wings and hang...
Forget Borrowing a Cup of Sugar When Neighbors Are Giving Away Fruit!
Money doesn’t grow on trees, but the excess fruit from a neighbor’s yard can make your diet richer and it won’t cost a dime. Shouldn’t we share the wealth? That’s the thinking of Neighborhood Fruit, created by San Franci...
D.S. & Durga Perfume Giveaway for Scentuous Souls
If I could bathe myself in a scent it would be D.S. & Durga’s Grapefruit. The simplicity of citrus may not sound exotic but the marriage of floral fruit with Jamaican Pirate Seeds from the high seas yields an intoxicating blend. Created by...
Getting Inspired By Lucky Magazine’s Andrea Linett
Lucky magazine’s Creative Director Andrea Linett Ever flip through Lucky magazine to the end and see the Fashion Babble page with the caricature of Andrea Linett? Here’s an actual photo of her. Her vibe has always screamed sexy to me, as...
Necklush Giveaway
I’ve recently become obsessed with knitted, knotted and voluptuous necklaces like this organic cotton piece by Necklush. Sustainable designer, Lara Miller, recently turned me on to the line and I love what they’re doing joining scarf and...
Best Organic Deodorants (That Actually Work)
Life is good. We’re eating healthier, exercising more and we remember to bring our reusable bags to the grocery store. But do you feel as if something is missing? Do you ever wake in the middle of the night, wondering what final piece of the green...
Styling on a Yulestring? 10 Frugal and Festive Fall and Winter Displays
Sure, you’re forced to take down the ghosts and fuzzy spiders (news flash: your neighbors are pissed if you haven’t done so), but some of the seasonal elements we put up to get in the mood should endure until the end of the year, if no...
Autumn Cabbage: Pretty and Edible Outdoor Decor
Organic, textural and highly ornamental, cabbage is an ideal crop to plant in your garden during those fall and winter months when falling leaves can be the only color abundant in the garden. Planting rows of the cabbage was a great solution for my ...
Halloween Hangover? 5 Tips to Avoid the Scary Stuff and Stay Healthy
Mmmm. CANDY! Just smell the bowl full of those darling, little bars of CANDY. Just look at those chewy bites of CANDY! Now, walk away. That’s right. Walk away and no one will get hurt. Halloween is really one of the hardest nights to stay disc...
Totally Tubular Wine!
It’s not your grandmother’s wine box! This 3-liter tube contains a premium, rich and structured California Cab – the first release by winemaker Barry Gnekow, who went looking for a way to drink outside the box and to entertain with...
Snuggie: Wrap Yourself in the Toasty Toxic Warmth!
“When you watch the commercials you can tell they’re made of cheap stuff,” says my astute oldest daughter about the fleece blanket sensation known as the Snuggie™. “The people wearing them are just so cheesy, like the man i...
Pucker Up for the Best Organic Lip Balms
What’s not to love about lip balm? In fact, a girl’s love affair with lip balm often starts very young. You were probably given a clear Chap Stick to soothe your dry lips, and naturally you pretended it was bright red lipstick. Regardless...
Nu? Eco Ketubas, Kippots, Bagels and Wine for Repairing the World
Jewish is going greenish. It’s a phenomenon I like to call Oy-Soy, the marriage of ethical Jewish values with eco alternatives – everything from the artifacts that help color our heritage to a back-to-nature approach to living more sustai...
Mourning Time on My Porch: Does Anyone Play Out Front Anymore?
Perhaps it’s the fact the yard is covered with green grass, which is a water no-no in my world, yet a feature imposed by our homeowner association regulations. How we’d love to replace it with artichokes and succulents. Maybe it’s b...
Ad Drought Closes Gourmet and Modern Bride Magazines
Gourmet Magazine, an American classic, found a slump in add sales spelled the recipe for disaster. That’s why Conde Nast Publications is closing the oldest food magazine in the US along with Modern Bride, Elegant Bride, and the parent magazine ...
Simple Solutions to 8 Common Beauty Dilemmas
It would be grand to just roll out of bed every morning looking glamorous and fresh, but it requires serious maintenance to stay sexy. Here are eight easy and eco-friendly tricks for dealing with some of the most frustrating beauty predicaments. Tire...
Rub-a-Dub: Paint That Clawfoot Tub
Nothing goes together like a recession and a paint brush. If you can’t afford to remodel (and who can?) and are stuck with a peeling, fiberglass clawfoot tub, tap into some ingenuity and resource non-toxic paints and supplies, pure shower curt...
So Long 4-H, Howdy FarmVille! Fastest Growing Social Game Ever Has Users Thinking Green
FarmVille is the green place to be for city folk reaping the rewards of rural relationships and cooperation through good, clean social gaming. The hugely popular farming sim has my friends and family bragging on Facebook about a season of planting ca...
Fall Color? Still Seeing Purple!
The color purple ruled last fall and it’s still raining plums, eggplants and violets in the interior world. From chairs to carpets, pillows and bedding, the deep wine country shade is being harvested in cool pads everywhere. Here are some ripe ...
5 Natural Ways to Fight the Flu
The flu is already spreading like a Malibu wildfire in my Bay Area community with dozens of kids out the first few weeks of school and contaminated parents unable to play nurse. It’s going to happen, no way of avoiding it all together, but the...
Ag-Caustic! Battling Toxic Compost Giveaways in San Francisco
At first, it seems extremely eco-friendly, the biannual Compost Giveaway Events every fall and spring in San Francisco hosted by the city’s Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC). Residents are offered free compost to produce soil for community a...
A Bento a Day
Besides being impossibly adorable, this painted enamel adaptation of the Asian field worker’s tacked lunch box is the ideal container for a dieter on the go. I received one as a gift from my boss over a cup of Joe and a lesson on social network...
Butler Rolls Out Red Carpet and Other Hot Summer Rugs
She’s pushing petals again, that Amy Butler, introducing fabulously feminine and bold wool carpets that are blooming in late August. These are great handcrafted picks for perking up an existing space. You got the sofa, you got the pillows, you ...
