Articles tagged “Drinks”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Green Your Barbeque: Serve Green Drinks By Collin Dunn IN Food & Health Jul 1 2008 No barbeque would be complete without some cool drinks to wash down the carefully-considered eats enjoyed by you and your guests. And, while the temptation to fill your cooler with exotic drinks from far-reaching locales might be strong, we have a few ideas to help make your drinks as green as the rest of your party. + READ MORE

A Meatless Meal By Team Planet Green IN Emeril Green Jun 25 2008 By Mary Helen Day Where?s the beef? Limiting the amount of beef you eat can really help the environment, so Chef Emeril Lagasse enjoys making meatless meals from time to time on Emeril Green. Emeril shares infinite bits of wisdom... + READ MORE

The New Drug of Choice: Energy Drinks? By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jun 20 2008 Okay, so it takes a lot for me to become deeply disturbed by something I read in the news?but I had to get this out to you guys and see what you think. I recently read an article about a California middle school principal banning energy drinks from campus. See, by first period, a 13-year-old student had already consumed a can of Rockstar and a can of Redbull, which totals to about 3 cups of coffee. + READ MORE

What Really Goes On In A Recycling Plant? By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jun 11 2008 After watching Wa$ted and finding more information out about how to go green, are you curious about what happens to the things you recycle? Have you ever wondered what a day in the life of your recyclables is like? If so, you?ll enjoy some insight into the recycling process by taking the journey that plastic bottles, paper, aluminum and steel cans experience daily. + READ MORE

Today on TreeHugger By Jessica Root IN Food & Health Jun 10 2008 Keep Fido hydrated with tap water?not bottled. Take the TreeHugger pop quiz; how many bottles of water do Americans buy annually? See the electric, mini-car that's zipping around the UK. All this and more, today on TreeHugger! + READ MORE

Sip on a Superfood: The Acai Berry By Lynda Fassa IN Food & Health May 30 2008 I love it when something new comes along and it hits the market in a bunch of try-able products that might improve my life, my kids' lives, or make the planet healthier. The acai is a berry that comes only from a particular tree, the Acai Palm, in the Brazillian Rainforest, and it is delicious. + READ MORE

Today on TreeHugger By Jessica Root IN Home & Garden May 16 2008 Endangered Species Day, fashion forward bike helmets, organic spirits, California's conservation efforts and much more today on TreeHugger. + READ MORE

Today on TreeHugger By Jessica Root IN Home & Garden May 14 2008 Paul McCartney's Lexus Hybrid, reusable coffee cups, and much more today on TreeHugger. + READ MORE

5 American Eco-Friendly Bars, Clubs & Restaurants By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health May 14 2008 Bars, clubs and restaurants are all going green these days. What differs is in what ways and to what extent they're going green. Here are 5 eating/drinking destinations around the country taking different, but often overlapping, approaches to eco-conscious customer demands and their own sense of environmental engagement. + READ MORE

Cut Out Preservatives, Curb Hyperactivity By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Apr 11 2008 The European Union is being strongly urged to ban several types of common food colors used primarily for candy and soft drinks.In it, scientists document how "normal" kids turn hyperactive, exhibiting Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms after ingesting relatively + READ MORE

Make Your Water More Flavorful By Lloyd Alter IN Food & Health Apr 4 2008 Sophia Loren by Alfred Eisenstat, Time Life Pictures/Getty Pictures Now that bottled water is no longer a fashion accessory, a lot of companies are adding flavors, vitamins and other enhancements to attract customers, to convince buyers that it is a real drink rather than just plain water. + READ MORE

Choose a Health-Friendly Water Bottle By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Apr 1 2008 You may be ready to give your disposable-water-bottle habit the old heave-ho, but picking a reusable beverage container to sip from can be a tricky proposition, especially with so much talk swirling around bisphenol A (BPA), an endocrine disruptor said to leach from polycarbonate plastics (typically marked with the... + READ MORE

Kickstart Your Morning with Cider instead of OJ By Lloyd Alter IN Food & Health Mar 26 2008 Meryl Streep checking out cider; Arnaldo Magnani/Contributor/Getty Images Whenever I am talking about making appropriate choices about sustainability, my favourite example is a comparison between the energy and effort involved in making and delivering organic apple cider, pressed less than a hundred miles from my house, + READ MORE

Knock Your Lights Out for Earth Hour By Lloyd Alter IN Food & Health Mar 24 2008 Toronto, Canada is going a bit crazy over Earth Hour, trying to outdo Sydney this year; The Fairmont Royal York (which grows its own vegetables on the roof) is going all out, turning off its iconic sign and as many lights as possible throughout the hotel (it has 34,000 of them).Global Warming Fresh ice 1/8 each of an... + READ MORE

Ditch the Processed Food By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 18 2008 We here at Planet Green are always talking about eating as little processed food as possible. When you do your grocery shopping this week, do yourself and your family a favour and buy vegetables instead of microwave pizza, milk instead of soft drinks, and make your own cookies. + READ MORE

Chart What Food You Buy for One Week By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 5 2008 Last week we looked at what families around the world chose to eat for a week and how much money they spent.Here is the breakdown of what I bought: Vegetables: Portobello mushrooms, carrots, parsnips, savoy cabbage, cauliflower, spinach, 5 pounds of onions, garlic Meat: Four chicken breasts Cheese: Feta cheese Bread:... + READ MORE

Send in the Corks By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Work & Connect Feb 26 2008 You've popped the organic bubbly, decanted the dregs for a fine champagne vinaigrette , and reused the glass bottle in five different ways. Collect your corks in your drawer or in a bag; once you have a sizable amount, mail in your corks, along with your contact information, to: Korks 4 Kids Programc/o Recycle Cork U.S. + READ MORE

Clean Our Air, Clean Your Lungs: Quit Smoking By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 15 2008 : We're already tackled that other big New Year's resolution, so now we are going to take a look at quitting smoking. Avoid alcohol while you are trying to quit: Not only do people find alcohol a trigger, because they often smoked in social settings with a drink, but alcohol will lower your ability to say no when that... + READ MORE

Lose that Holiday Weight (and Keep it Off) By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 11 2008 Okay, so we are now a week and a half into the new year. Exercise, exercise, exercise: When people say they don't have time to exercise I think, "You don't have time to be healthy?" + READ MORE

Raise a Glass to the Planet By Collin Dunn IN Work & Connect Dec 10 2007 Active in 306 cities around the world, Green Drinks International is based on one simple premise: a monthly get-together for people who work in the environmental field, to trade ideas, share networks, meet other greenies in your area, and enjoy a drink and some conversation after work.Offering a lively mixture of people + READ MORE