Bisphenol-A – It’s even worse than we thought!
Update: Some additional resources for more information added below! With controversy still raging over Sigg’s recent admission that their original water bottles — often touted, even by this blog, as a...
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The skinny on lead in crockpots – It may surprise you!
I don’t like ambiguity, especially when it comes to the health of my children. So I was alarmed when I couldn’t find a satisfactory answer to the question: “Do modern-day crock pot glazes contain lead...
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About those adorable Christmas Cards…
The Artz Family, November 2009 Last year, I would have liked to use protecting the environment as an excuse for not sending out the annual Christmas card, but the truth is I just ran out of both time...
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The Eat From the Pantry Challenge
This month, Life as Mom is hosting the Eat from the Pantry Challenge. The idea is that each family spend the month of January trying to eat their way through the bounty in the pantry/freezer/cupboards...
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Why Climate Change is Irrelevant
My five-year-old explaining why snow does not mean that climate change doesn't exist The recent spate of snow has brought out the crazies. And I’m not talking about Shaun White. I’m talking about those...
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Birthday Cake – Localized
Today is my darling husband’s birthday, so this morning the kids & I baked him a cake. I chose my Grandma’s Fresh Apple Cake recipe in part because I had ingredients on hand and in part because it...
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Planning the Perfect Pot Garden – Primer Part 3
This is a great example of container gardening, taken from Permaculture 4 Renters. I’ve already talked about growing herbs indoors to beat the winter blues, but I know a lot of gardens in urban...
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Choosing a Seed Company
In December last year, the first gorgeous, glossy seed magazine arrived in my mailbox. After fleeing to a private spot to drool review it in detail, I started thinking about how we choose where to buy...
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Country Mouse, City Mouse
Country Mouse headed to the big city...You remember that children’s book about the country mouse who trades places with his big-city cousin and ventures to the city to see what it’s all about? It...
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Going Paperless
A picture (or in this case, a scan) is worth a thousand file folders... This winter I finished a project I started in June of 2010 and posted what I thought was this innocuous little picture of what is...
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