The seed for this business, which sells unique items made from recycled materials, was planted when two longtime friends, Dayan Moore and Alison Grieveson, were traveling together on Interstate 95. While passing billboards, they wondered what happened to the billboards after they were taken down. Within moments, the friends knew that they would create a [...]
Tag Archives: environment
GG2G (Good Goods 2 Give & 2 Get)
02-Aug-09Erbaviva
24-Jul-09Are you looking for organic baby products as well as organic bath and body products for yourself and members of your family? Are you a mommy to be? If so, you may wish to log onto Erbaviva.com, which was founded by Robin Brown and his wife Anna Cirronis in 1996 as a source for “upscale [...]
KAYU
20-Jul-09A few months ago, during one of the last huge snow storms of the season, I somehow knocked my sunglasses to the ground while attempting to retrieve the mail from our by the curb mailbox. Within seconds, as I attempted to drive the car into the driveway, I crushed the sunglasses that had served me [...]
EarthLust
12-Jun-09In my recently published book, Food and Nutrition Controversies Today: A Reference Guide, there is an entire chapter devoted to bottled water. On the second page of the chapter, I include a quotation from Richard Wilk, a professor of anthropology at Indiana University. “This is an industry that takes free liquid that falls from the [...]
True Body Products
05-Jun-09I am a soap person. I love to try out new soaps, especially those sold at Whole Foods. The Whole Food stores near our home have truly amazing selections of soap. One of my more recent finds is True Body Soap.
The origins of True Body Products go back to a series of water-cooler sessions with [...]
A Scent of Scandal
26-Apr-09If you are looking for a truly innovative gift at a very reasonable price, check out this site.
Based in Los Angeles, A Scent of Scandal, which is owned by the brother and sister team of Ari Solomon and Heather Brancaccio, sells eco-friendly hand-poured 100 percent soy-wax candles in eight-ounce tins.
Our ‘scandals’ contrast a very classy, [...]
Arbor Teas
22-Feb-09Years ago, I was a coffee person. Everyday, I drank many cups of coffee. Still, when I became pregnant with our first child, I stopped. Somehow, I knew all that caffeine was probably not good for a growing baby. Although I still have a very occasional cup of coffee, I now drink tea. If you [...]