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Saving Energy is Easy & Fun With the Help of Team ENERGY STAR by Diane Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living   What does it take to get kids to save energy? Even if it’s just a simple reminder to turn off the lights, that message can get old after awhile – which is why the U.S. ... Read on »
Mother's Day: Shopping Spree or Shopping Shift? by Diane Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Mother's Day has become a gigantic shopping event. Next to Christmas and Valentine's Day, consumers spend more money for Mother's Day than they do for any other holiday in ... Read on »
Is Glade Air Freshener Bad for Babies? by Diane Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living "Cleaning product companies aren’t required to disclose the ingredients they use in their products, and what they’re keeping secret from you could be hazardous to your healt ... Read on »
Join Team ENERGY STAR & Get Ready for This Summer's Eco Block-Buster by Diane Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living  Team ENERGY STAR is on a simple but extremely important mission: encourage kids and families to save energy at home. How? By empowering them to protect the climate and re ... Read on »
Ecocentric Mom Box: Put on Your Best Face (Mask) by Diane Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living An EcoCentric Mom Box is both dependable and surprising. Dependable because you can count on the sample products it contains to be non-toxic, low impact, and a great bargain ... Read on »
Why Are You Grateful for Earth Day? Please Share. by Diane Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living It's Earth Day today, a day when as many as a billion people around the world will be taking notice.   Some will be celebrating what they love about the world we live in w ... Read on »
Compost: Crack for the Garden by Diane Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Compost is crack for the garden.  When you add it to your soil, it makes the earthworms shimmy, the bugs boogie, and plants positively pop. (From what I've rea ... Read on »
Easy #EarthDay Action: Go Paperless by Diane Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living I usually don't like info graphics but this one makes it very clear why it's important to use less paper. Thought many of us have already cut back on the amount of ju ... Read on »
#EarthDay Insights: 13 Ways to Make Your Food More Eco by Diane Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Maybe you already eat organic produce . You've cut down on meat . You grow your own lettuce. That's  great! But Earth Day is nothing if not a time to consider...what else ... Read on »
Hate Throwaway Plastic or Paper Cups? KLEAN KANTEEN's Pint Cup Is the Perfect Reusable Alternative by Diane Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living  Throwaway drinking cups made from plastic, paper and polystyrene be gone! KLEAN KANTEEN's new reusable, stainless steel pint cup is now available to replace the trashy ... Read on »
Fragrance, Fitness and Fig Bars? Only in this Month's EcoCentric Mom Box by Diane Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living   If you like surprises, an EcoCentric Mom Box is just the thing for you. Every month, this box full of eco-goodies shows up at my door and I have no idea what's going ... Read on »
US-China Greener Consumption Forum Lays Groundwork for Future Projects Together by Diane Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living How can the world's two consumer "superpowers"- the U.S. and China - work together to reduce the impact that consumption has on us and our world?   That was the topic ... Read on »
"Green" Easter by Diane Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living How do you celebrate Easter? At our house, it's a time to enjoy the rebirth of Nature, the renewal of our spirits, and the  arrival of a long-anticipated Spring. We try ... Read on »
Natural Teething Toys, Fragrance-Free Baby Lotion Offer Moms & Babies, Safer, Healthier Options by Diane Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Finding non-toxic baby products can be a real challenge for new moms. It's hard to know what to look for or where to find it, and with all the greenwashing that goes on, n ... Read on »
Climate Rally Shows Climate Change Concerns Parents, Kids, Students - and Polar Bears! by Diane Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Yesterday's rally to stop climate change brought together a wonderfully diverse crowd of American citizens. Take a look:               ... Read on »
We Can Stop Climate Change. Yes, We Can! by Diane Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Climate change may be happening, but we can stop it!  That was the message loud and clear at the climate rally held yesterday in Washington, D.C. , delivered by the 40 ... Read on »
U.S. - China Greener Consumption Forum to Focus on Consumer "Super Powers" and Strategies to Use... by Diane Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living  The U.S. – China Greener Consumption Forum  will mark the first-ever gathering of women leaders from the world's two "consumer super powers" to meet and address t ... Read on »
Looking for New, Non-toxic Lotions, Cremes & Cleansers? Try the January EcoCentric Mom Box. by Diane Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living  This month's EcoCentric Mom box is chock full of exactly what I need in dry winter months: soothing organic skin lotions and cremes to moisturize my hands and face, ge ... Read on »
Green Consumer Clout Motivates Tide to Clean Up Its Act by Diane Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Think you can't tell a Fortune 500 company what to do? Think again. When Women's Voices for the Earth released a report noting that Tide detergent contained ch ... Read on »
At 2013 Green Ball, Send Pres. Obama Your #GreenWish for the Next 4 Years by Diane Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living What do you hope President Obama will do to protect you, your family and the environment during his second term?  At tonight's Green Inaugural Ball , environmental ... Read on »