I couldn’t believe it, I walked outside to take the dogs out and there was something different about my banana trees, well one of them. It had a bloom on it. A really big bloom! This is the second year for this plant in our side-yard. I did not know that they produced fruit so [...]

Since we live and breath in our homes, I believe having eco-friendly “green” paints on the interior walls can really contribute to our health and that of our planet. What makes a paint “green”, other than color? Most interior paints contain harsh chemicals that make paint smell like “paint” and contribute to poor indoor air [...]

I walk into the grocery store, over to the produce section; In one hand I pick up a perfect conventionally grown red delicious apple, in the other, I have one labeled organically grown. Both apples are firm, shiny and red. Both are loaded with vitamins and fiber, free of fat, sodium and cholesterol. What more [...]

Some might think this a little well…out there but how about going on a “Green Diet” as your contribution to building a greener earth print! A New York Times bestselling author, Sophie Uliano who previously wrote Gorgeously Green, has now written a book called The Gorgeously Green Diet: How to Live Lean and Green: a [...]

Henry David Thoreau is quoted as saying “As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.”  I have been moving in the direction of simplifying my life over the past months. As I read these words over and [...]

If you subscribe to the Native American Proverb that “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children”, then we have no excuse not to do something to help our earth and the environment we live in. Our group here in Texas is  made up of 6 different families [...]

Around our house, we have been on a mission to simplify our lives, from how we spend our time, to how we spend our money. We have found ourselves moving way too fast and spending way too much. There are several very good books out there to help in a mission such as this and [...]

One of the things I enjoy doing is art. Working in acrylics and mixed media, I decided to take my artwork to the next eco friendly level and use products that take a greener approach.  As a product or tool used in my work is used up, it is being replaced with products from more [...]

Did you know it is possible to have a clean kitchen and a green kitchen? One of the things I dislike about cleaning the kitchen and the bathroom, for that matter, is all of the strong chemical, sometimes even toxic, commercial cleansers it takes to get the job done. So wipe your kitchen clean with [...]

Potential is a funny thing. We all have it, the potential to go green. It’s just an idea, not real yet,  just a maybe. It can inspire you, make you rethink things, different ways to do something. What is true is that potential can never be taken away from you. There is always a possibility, [...]

If you ever thought, I can’t go green, I don’t know where to start. How about with your wine. Rosemount wines, www.rosemountestates.com and Penfolds wines,  www.penfolds.com , have turned something very red, very green. Around the neck of their wine bottles I found a tag “20 Ways to Go Green”, inside are 20 tips on [...]

Living aboard a boat with only 110 gallons of fresh water, instilled a strong desire to conserve water in both Jim and I. Before we left the US, We filled up both tanks and two five-gallon plastic Jerry cans, (those were lashed to the shrouds), 110 gallons in all. By conserving the fresh water, we [...]

Having been in high school in the late 70’s, I along with my sister, was an official card carrying tree hugger, charter member of the Environmental club and die hard John Denver fan! Over the years since then, being an environmentally friendly person has come and gone in my life. It is something I am [...]