Articles tagged “Organic”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Pick Some Dandelions for Dinner By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Apr 23 2008 I picked up some organic dandelions last week. There is a pretty large Italian population in Toronto and it isn't unusual to see women out with huge bags and long knives collecting tender dandelions in the spring. + READ MORE

Ask Summer Rayne: Is Bamboo Fiber Sustainable? By Summer Rayne Oakes IN Fashion & Beauty Apr 22 2008 Is bamboo fiber is as sustainable as marketers claim? Which fibers and fabrics are more sustainable than others is always open for debate. Bamboo's eco-friendly positioning in the market has been centered on its properties as... + READ MORE

Green Your Pet By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 22 2008 Animal Planet's "Pet Trends with Maggie Gallant" has some great tips this Earth Day on how to make your four-legged companion's lives just a little more eco-friendly. She shares some of her favorite green pet gear. + READ MORE

Greening the Neighbourhood By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Apr 21 2008 I held a large family dinner last Saturday so I did a lot of shopping during the week and I had the opportunity to make a few observations about the greening of my neighborhood... + READ MORE

Make a Nontoxic Organic Pesticide From Veggies By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 11 2008 This is one all-natural pesticide that sure stirs up an appetite.Nix the dish soap, add some tomatoes and salt, suggests someone in the comments section, and you'll also have an awesome salsa. ::Instructables Difficulty level: Easy + READ MORE

Catch Up on Your Garden Reading By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 7 2008 While you're waiting for your garden to reawaken from its winter slumber, consider setting some time aside to ease into a comfy chair and catch up on some great gardening reads.Packed with practical advice-such as mulching to reduce runoff, and using beneficial insects to control pests-as well as facts and statistics on + READ MORE

What to Do Before You Start By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Apr 6 2008 Incredibly, many homes (especially older houses) are covered in paint chock full of chemicals which have been linked to short and long-term household health problems, ranging from ear, nose, and throat irritation and headaches to internal organ damage. + READ MORE

Know Your Organic Food Brands By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Apr 2 2008 Unless you've been in a coma or a self-imposed media blackout for the past couple of years, you know that Burt's Bees has been snapped up by bleach-loving Clorox, and that Dagoba Organic Chocolate now belongs to the multinational Hershey corporation.With innumerable acquisitions and mergers happening by the minute, it's + READ MORE

Make a Homemade Anti-Acne Mask By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Mar 28 2008 As if adolescence wasn't rough enough, acne can continue to rear its ugly head even when you're long past your teens, especially if you're a woman, no thanks to the voodoo those monthly hormones do. The lemon juice in the Lemon Egg White Mask serves as a bleaching agent for minor facial discolorations, while the egg... + READ MORE

Rub Your Belly, Banish Monthly Blues By Team Planet Green IN Fashion & Beauty Mar 27 2008 Ladies, we all know PMS is no treat. It's organic; essential oils like sage, rose, and ginger encourage hormonal balance to keep our-and our water's-pH balance in check. + READ MORE

Buy Organic Food When You Can By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 26 2008 We've all heard arguments for and against buying organic foods.I now buy meat that is certified to have no antibiotics and growth hormones, and I have switched to organic dairy products. + READ MORE

Get a Greener Television By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 25 2008 Plasma, LCD, or good old-fashioned CRT? If you think that an LCD television always trumps a CRT clunker in terms of energy efficiency, however, you're missing the big picture.Screen size is an important factor that can quickly overwhelm even an LCD's built-in energy savings. + READ MORE

Brush Kitty?s Teeth For Painless Prevention By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Mar 25 2008 I was completely shocked when my vet told me my kitty needed dental work. If your favorite feline more closely resembles a squirmy worm during these at-home brushings, consider holistic, brush-free dental methods instead. + READ MORE

Buy From Bulk Bins By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 18 2008 Maybe it's because my husband and I are just overgrown children, but we get a kick out of pulling levers at the bulk-bin section of our organic supermarket to fill our cotton sacks with brown rice, granola, oats, flour, and flaxseed. Nearly 80 million tons of waste is generated from packaging and containers annually,... + READ MORE

Look Before You Leap Into the Indoor Pool By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Mar 14 2008 Indoor swimming is a great form of exercise, especially in the dark winter months when we're not exactly champing at the bit to freeze our tuckuses outside.The flip side is that chlorine is highly reactive; it not only kills bacteria, but also combines with organic chemicals coming from people's bodies, [such as] sweat... + READ MORE

Solve the Diaper Dilemma: gDiapers, the Hybrid Diaper By Lynda Fassa IN Home & Garden Mar 13 2008 Lynda Fassa is Planet Green's babies and family expert.They know they are making a lot less trash, and they can work laundering the covers into a doable schedule in the building's shared laundry room-something they say they couldn't have done with 100 percent cloth. + READ MORE

Eat Locally and Ease Climate Change By Lloyd Alter IN Food & Health Mar 12 2008 Anthony Flaccavento talks with local farmer, Robin Robbins.However he points out that with Wal-Mart taking over the grocery market, people are driving further for their groceries, whereas farmers markets are opening up everywhere and getting closer to consumers all the time. ::Washington Post Difficulty Level: Easy + READ MORE

Clean Up With a Bar of Soap By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 10 2008 Get squeaky clean with bars of soap instead of liquid shower gel you have to pump out of a petroleum-based plastic bottle. Remember to check your potential purchase against the Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep site for hazard scores of popular brands before you buy, while examining the fine print to determine if + READ MORE

Treat Your Hands With a Home Spa Treatment By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Mar 10 2008 Tend to tired hands and lackluster nails, without having to leave the house, with the following all-natural, homemade concoctions, courtesy of Priti Organic Spa in New York City and published in the Spring 2008 issue of Organic Spa: To a large bowl of warm water, add 2 teaspoons of olive oil, a few drops of organic... + READ MORE

Raise a Glass to Green Ontario Wineries By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 10 2008 Wine production in Ontario has come a very long way in the past 30 years.They press the grape seeds to extract grapeseed oil and sell it in the winery's store.Of course, if our liquor laws in Ontario were not so arcane, they could make grappa, but that is apparently not allowed in our fair province. + READ MORE