Food Miles: Can Your Dinner Have a Carbon Footprint?
It seems not just that many years ago, imported food was considered a status symbol, no matter what condition it was in when it finally arrived at the table. This…
Be Aware of What Are You Breathing this Holiday Season
Bring on the home decorations and holiday get togethers – let’s do it green and healthy. The holiday season is here in earnest! A couple years ago I went to…
What’s a Green Home and Why Do We Care?
All the TV shows, all the magazines and all the advice from our environmentally conscious friends about green living can really make our heads spin. Is your floor off-gassing VOCs,…
City from Heaven with Pollution from Hell
If you ever think that San Jose is polluted or is not “green” enough then keep reading… Last February I had a fortune to visit one of the most polluted…
Labels May Not Lie, But Do they Speak the Full Truth?
The big companies like Whole Foods, Safeway and even out own Trader’s Joe’s would never skew the truth… or would they? When we are purchasing organic foods, green clothing, and…
Meat the Biggest Polluter in the World!
Want to know the world’s top destroyer of the environment? It is not the car, or the plane, or some coal plant: it is the cow. A United Nations report…
The Truth about San Jose Water Delivery Services
Did you know that millions and millions of dollars are spent each week on advertising campaigns to give us the perception that bottled water comes from some pristine mountain spring…