Archive for May, 2008
Yogi Tea
Thursday, May 8th, 2008The Yogi Tea company was founded by Yogi Bhajan. While he was teaching Kundlalini Yoga in America during the 60s, he would share a special tea blend with his class, made up of healing spices- cardamon, cinnamon, clove, ginger and black pepper. His students began calling this tea blend “Yogi Tea”. These 5 spices are [...]
Scorecard Measures Companies Impact on Climate
Thursday, May 8th, 2008Environmental reports have a tendency of being full of doom and gloom which I feel has a negative net affect on the real problems at hand. So instead of focusing on the negative aspects of climate impact, Climate Counts has taken a refreshingly positive glass-half-full approach to climate impact with their annual scorecard reports. Climate [...]
How to Store Your Olive Oil
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008Before writing this article I wasn’t too worried about storing olive oil at my house because it simply doesn’t last very long. I knock back about 1 bottle a month as I use it in pretty much everything I prepare. I don’t skimp when it comes to purchasing olive oil either. As a general rule [...]
TONIC – Clothes with a Cause
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008I wrote previously about my successes in ridding my mailbox of unwanted junk mail using GreenDimes. Well, it’s been over six months and my mailbox is still thankfully very clean. It turns out the good folks at GreenDimes who helped me clean up my mailbox have another venture called TONIC that sells clothing in order [...]
10 Eco Friendly Reusable Etsy Bags
Monday, May 5th, 2008Here are 10 reusable shopping bags that I found at my favorite website- Etsy.com- a great place to find quality handmade, earth friendly items. These bags prove that it can be hip and fun to be green! It’s one thing to bring your plain canvas tote bag with you to the grocery store and a [...]
