Articles tagged “Water”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Banish the Cold With This Stir Fried Noodle Dish By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 26 2008 Today's post is a little cri de coeur.Stir-Fried Noodles with Crispy ChickenServes 4 7 oz dried Chinese noodles2 tbsp peanut oil2 large red chilies, seeded and chopped2 tbsp shredded ginger1/2 head bok choy, or other Asian greens3 tbsp hoisin sauce1/4 cup soy sauce1 tbsp sugar4 chicken breast fillets, sliced2 egg... + 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

Follow These Wise Words from 1884 By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 21 2008 Regular Planet Green reader and commenter Elaine has her own blog, Greens and Berries.By using water in abundance to keep clean, taking exercise in moderation to keep the blood pure, and having a regular diet to sustain and strengthen, a man may maintain good health to the utmost limit of fourscore. + READ MORE

Save Our Oceans for World Water Day: 10 Ways By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Mar 20 2008 When surrounded by concrete and brick, it's easy for a city girl like me to forget that it's our world's oceans, not the corner bodega, that provides some of life's essentials, like oxygen, protein, and a regulated climate. Releasing untreated sewage from a 20-gallon holding tank has the same impact as discharging... + READ MORE

Evaluate the Cost of Going Solar By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 20 2008 If you're considering a solar-electric system, but you want to crunch some actual, rather than hypothetical numbers before you take the leap, visit FindSolar.com, a Web site sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, the American Solar Energy Society, and the Solar Electric Power Association. The online calculator... + READ MORE

Commemorate World Water Day By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Work & Connect Mar 20 2008 Celebrate World Water Day with the rest of the world on Saturday, March 22, by stopping to consider the natural resource we often take for granted. The preciousness of water hit closer to home in 2007, when much of the southeastern United States was faced with unprecedented drought conditions, resulting in local and... + READ MORE

Dye Easter Eggs the Natural Way By Collin Dunn IN Food & Health Mar 19 2008 Now that St. Patrick's Day, with its glorious Colcannon and green beer (but not that green beer), firmly in our rear view, it's time to get ready for the next holiday: Easter, and it's coming right up.If you aren't raising your chickens, you'll want to start with some (local, cage-free, vegetarian-fed) eggs and take it... + READ MORE

Reuse, Repurpose Easter Decorations By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 19 2008 When the Easter Bunny's come and gone, all the dyed eggs have been found, and every piece of candy liberated from their baskets, those holiday trimmings could still come in handy, as the editors at Real Simple demonstrate. You can clean hard-to-reach places in vases and bottles, for instance, by dropping in some... + READ MORE

Dip Those Easter Eggs into Natural Dyes By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 19 2008 One of the sad things about your children growing up is that they don't want to do crafts with you anymore.Red: Beets, cranberries Orange: Outer skins of onions Light Yellow: Carrot tops, orange or lemon peels Dark Yellow: Turmeric Blue: Blueberries, red cabbage leaves Beige or brown: Coffee or tea We always made up the + READ MORE

Snooze Like a Baby, Without Sleeping Pills By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Mar 18 2008 Because sleep is so essential to your health and well-being, it's important to make it a priority.30 percent valerian, a mild sedative, nonaddictive herb; best used in capsule form because of its unpleasant taste and smell20 percent linden20 percent kava, the national drink of Fiji; promotes deep sleep; causes mild... + READ MORE

Guest Post: Find a Greener Alternative to Sticky Notes By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 17 2008 In this guest post, Erin Doland, editor-in-chief of the home and office organization blog Unclutterer.com, shows us how we can use Post-it-style reminders, without creating unnecessary waste. If you use a back door to your house as your main entrance and it has a storm door on it, keep a dry erase marker nearby to put... + READ MORE

Put Cabbage on the Menu-Again By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 17 2008 We've had more snow in Toronto during this winter than we've had in 70 years.Red Lentil Coconut CurryServes 8 to 10 1 large onion, chopped1 tbsp olive oil1 tbsp garlic, minced1 tbsp ginger root, peeled and minced2 tsp curry powder1/2 tsp each, ground turmeric, ground cumin, pepper1/4 tsp each cayenne pepper, ground... + READ MORE

Clean Up Your Ride During National Car Care Month By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Tech & Transport Mar 14 2008 Mark your calendars, motorists: April is National Car Care Month, and The Vinegar Institute has joined the Car Care Council to offer advice on how to make your vehicle sparkle and shine using the humble condiment. Bumper stickers: If you're ready to part with your once-prized bumper stickers, saturate the tops and... + 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

Find 25 New Uses for Old Pantyhose By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 13 2008 Snags and runs can ruin an otherwise perfect pair of pantyhose or stockings. If you've lost something small and valuable, find it by wrapping a piece of pantyhose over the nozzle of your vacuum-cleaner hose, turning on the vacuum, and sweeping very carefully over your floor. + READ MORE

Deodorize Your Fridge, Freezer With Vanilla By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 12 2008 Move over baking soda, we've found a more fragrant solution to deodorizing the fridge and freezer, courtesy of Real Simple. To get your refrigerator shelves clean and disinfected, the magazine also recommends wiping them down with a 50-50 mix of white vinegar and water. ::Real Simple Difficulty level: Easy + READ MORE

Get Back to Healthy Eating By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 11 2008 I've eaten out so many times this past week in celebration of my birthday, I feel like I've forgotten how to cook. Even my husband was relieved to be eating beans.Image credit: Romulo Yanes Vegetarian Cassoulet For cassoulet 3 medium leeks (white and pale green parts only)4 medium carrots, halvedlengthwise and cut into + READ MORE

Save Water at the Car Wash By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Tech & Transport Mar 10 2008 Sudsing up your car in the driveway may get your hub caps to sparkle, but the untreated wastewater can also run off Ol' Betsy straight into storm drains and eventually into rivers, streams, lakes, and wetlands, where it can degrade water quality and poison aquatic life. (For a sense of scale, it takes 25 gallons of... + 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