From the category archives:

Consumer Choice

My favorite green living commercial is the scrubbing bubbles commercial, but this is a close second I think…

However, while I like the commercial, some people disagree. Keep on reading this post!

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Choose Your Green Shade of Grocery Shopping

by Jennifer on December 9, 2009

Green living happens in different shades for different people. Grocery shopping is a great example. Some grocery shopping steps are super mega green while others are mildly green. The best plan, if you’re new to green living, is to start small, taking green steps that are easy to manage. Eventually work in more and more green steps until your grocery shopping experience is as green as possible.

green grocery shopping

Mild green grocery shopping:

  • Buy some reusable grocery bags and actually remember to take them to the store when you shop.
  • Shop close to home so that you drive less, and combine trips on the same day if you have to hit two grocery stores.
  • Plan some of the weeks meals at a time so that you limit take out.
  • Choose three must have organic item and always buy it. For example, always buy organic milk, organic apples, and organic chicken.
  • Never buy plastic water bottles.

Smarter green grocery shopping: Keep on reading this post!

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Ban Black Friday This Year

November 19, 2009

For years now I’ve been participating in Buy Nothing Day. Buy Nothing Day is the alternative to Black Friday, launched by the good folks at Adbusters.

The basics:
Buy Nothing Day is fairly self-explanatory. On the official Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, Buy Nothing Day encourages consumers to not shop til they drop but to buy [...]

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My plan to cut out excess packaging

October 19, 2009

When taking on a new eco-challenge, it’s smart to have a plan in place. I did it when I made major changes before like stopping all paper towel use and instigating reusable grocery bags. Since my next big challenge is to cut out more packaging, I’m in the process of planning which hopefully will increase [...]

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Ten reasons to live green

October 14, 2009

As noted before, I recently merged households with Dave, my boyfriend and his daughters, which is nice, but they’re not quite as green as my son Cedar and me. Not that Cedar and me are perfect – just wait because I’ll post about our downfalls soon. Still all of this has made me start thinking [...]

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My Green Product Rating System

October 12, 2009

I’ve reviewed a ton of green products over the years and have pretty comprehensive review criteria in place. Since I plan on posting green product reviews here I figured you’d like to have some idea about how I rate products so I’ve compiled the following info…

All the green product I review are rated on a [...]

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My Green Product Review Criteria

October 9, 2009

If you’re trying to go green it helps to have some criteria in place that you can use to make consumer decisions. There’s plenty of greenwashing out there, and if you’re not careful it’s easy to choose green products that aren’t actually a true shade of green.
Over the years I’ve developed my own green criteria [...]

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