Written by Tracy Hepler, Image via gogreeninstyle.com The Skinny >> Your skin is the largest organ of your body and what you put on it is directly absorbed into it. That’s pretty scary when many conventional cosmetic products from major…
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The Skinny >> As of January 2008, according to the Self Storage Association, there were over 50,000 storage facilities in the U.S.—with a lot of units in every one. And three years before that “One in 11 American households…own[ed] self-storage…
The Skinny: “More than 7 million [American] families planted recession gardens for the first time” last summer. And our rockin’ First Lady put in a kitchen garden of her own at the White House. Call it a recession garden, a…
Green Your Office and be the Eco-Employee of the Year. The Skinny >> You feel great about greening yourself and your home, but what about your home away from home (aka the office)? Offices can guzzle up a ton of…
Written by Sara Roderick, Image via Orphanjones The Skinny >> Listen up Cadet. It’s time for some basic training: reduce your level of consumption; reuse what you have; and recycle what you can’t put to good use. Think about this:…
The Skinny >> Let’s face facts: We live in a society where price is usually the bottom line, often at the expense of people (and the planet). Across many developing countries, farmers and craftsman are exploited for cheap labor and…
The Skinny >> There is no better way to show your support for a cause than giving your time. And there is no surer bet to connect to the environment than experiencing it. In fact, despite the recession, volunteerism increased…
Written by Tracy Hepler, Image via Socially Responsible Agriculture The Skinny >> Think there’s nothing wrong with eating a hamburger, or two, three or four? Think again. Besides giving you too many extra inches around the middle and increasing risk…
The Skinny: For many of us, the kitchen is the center of our home. It is where we gather, sip, gab and nibble. It is where we nourish ourselves with healthy, homecooked foods. So to look out for us and…
The Skinny >> They purr, they slobber and sometimes they even smell. Scratch their bellies and they’ll love you all the more. No, we’re not talking about your significant other; we’re talking about your wonderful, adoring pet(s). Owning a pet…
The Skinny >> Money may not buy happiness, but community just might conjure it. In her book, Slow is Beautiful, Cecile Andrews examines the research about what makes us happy and answers the question with this: “It’s warm, caring relationships…
The Skinny >> Here’s one we’ve heard before: “The average American meal travels about 1500 miles to get from farm to plate” (CUESA). For a typical carrot it’s more like 1800 (Sustainable Table). I don’t feel good traveling that kind…
The Skinny >> Living life in the fast lane? Perhaps it’s time you put on the brakes to pause and consider this from BBC News: in the United States, carbon emissions from transportation (e.g. automobiles) account for about 26% of…
The Skinny Blue gold, H2O, The Source of Life…yup we’re talking about water. Without water, we don’t have anything—no marine life, no plant life and certainly no human life. Water is one of the most precious resources on the planet,…
The Skinny>> You’ll find them lurking in your bedroom, in the kitchen, even in your bathroom. Energy Suckers. According to the Los Angeles Times, “about 15% of the average household’s electricity use is from electronic devices” (e.g. televisions, laptops and…
The Skinny >> As we rush from one place to the next, we tend to leave a trail of waste in our wake. To hold our daily pick-me-ups, Americans use an estimated 14.4 billion disposable paper coffee cups annually. Many…
The Skinny >> Some food for thought when you hear the question: Paper or plastic? It takes an estimated 12 million barrels of oil to produce the 100 billion plastic bags Americans consume annually. Plastic bags either linger in our…
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