How to Green Your Diet

Today is Earth Day, so here's a shout out to the big blue ball we call home! Woo-hoo! To show our thanks for all that it's done for us over the years, here are some 'green' diet tips. Why green our diets? Because what we eat may very well be a leading cause of global warming.

1. Skip the meat and go faux*. It takes 16 pounds of grain to produce 1 pound of meat. And, yes, cows do produce emissions as well.
   
   
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April 22, 2009

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5 Green Resolutions for '09

Ecofabulous offers up 5 easy and do-able ways to make '09 your greenest year yet.

1. "I will stop using plastic bottles and vow to carry my reusable bottle of choice at all times."
2. "I resolve to answer the 'paper or plastic?' question with a BYOB solution."
3. "Waste: the light green resolution - I will recycle."
4. "I resolve to change my transportation habits."
5. "I resolve to consider where my food comes from and how it is farmed."

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January 12, 2009

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Planting A Garden? Buy Bonnies Plants!

Why look for Bonnies plants at your gardening center this planting season? Because the Alabama based plant wholesaler uses biodegradable pots for its plants, which eliminates all those plastic pots from going into the landfill. Besides being incredibly green, using such biodegradable alternatives also prevents ‘planting shock’.



The company uses two kinds of biodegradable pots in which they sell their plants. One is made of peat other is made » READ MORE

April 22, 2008

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