Simple Green Simply Greenwashing Consumers for Decades
How safe are household cleaners? One of the first “green” cleaning products I ever used was Simple Green. I would clean carpets, cars, bathtubs, floors, etc. with this green liquid. I even converted my mother to a Simple Green user. As I became “greener”, I switched to homemade cleaning products [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 04:20:58
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Global Warming Pollution And Thinking Of Your Children
Do you believe in aliens? That life from another planet far away came to Earth to begin life anew ... to purchase a new car or even a cleaning product. The real issues come when trying to learn ... is the political and industrial facets. These groups argue that there is not sufficient information [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 15:14:57
Trillium Car Salon
Do you own an Exotic car like a Ferrari, Porsche, and Lamborghini? Do you know where to go to clean your precious car? ... at Trillium Car Salon provide the best detailing that your ride requires. With top notch equipments ... , Zymöl. Zymöl is a Germany Product. About Zymöl Since 1980, Zymöl’s washing, cleaning and feeding [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 22:32:00
Green Goals
The Crunchy Domestic Goddess asked us what our green goals are for this year. In 2009, I hope to: Get a new bike and a bike for McKay ... chemicals from beauty products to cleaning products. When I buy new ones, I'm trying to make sure they're ... at the thrift store and then taking it out and reusing the yarn? Much cheaper.Keep up on our car [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 15:44:34
Maker Faire Preview: Seeing Green
A "green" car at last year’s Maker Faire from that_other_paper/flickr Maker Faire Saturday, October 18 - Sunday, ... will take place daily and visitors will be taught how to make their own natural cleaning products ... their products, and extolling the virtues of local, sustainable food. Prospective green thumbs can talk [more...]
Date: 2008-10-14 21:13:26
Keeping Your New Car Looking New
There are multitudes of products on the market today, designed and marketed to bring back the original color, ... that we get ridiculous with the cleaning and polishing products and procedures, some preventative care ... causing damage to the surface of your vehicle on a chemical level. Again, a weekly car wash [more...]
Date: 2008-11-23 19:55:48
Who’s Who in Green: Josh Dorfman
This week’s Who’s Who in Green focuses on the accomplishments of Josh Dorfman, a green entrepreneur and media personality with his own radio show, ... water waste, and for Green Works, the new line of green cleaning products by Clorox. Josh ... into a nation of a billion car drivers. Since then, he’s made it his goal to help people maintain [more...]
Date: 2008-07-25 18:17:41
Who’s Who in Green: Josh Dorfman
This week’s Who’s Who in Green focuses on the accomplishments of Josh Dorfman, a green entrepreneur and media personality with his own radio show, ... water waste, and for Green Works, the new line of green cleaning products by Clorox. Josh ... into a nation of a billion car drivers. Since then, he’s made it his goal to help people maintain [more...]
Date: 2008-07-25 18:17:41
Luca Technologies Raises $76M for Coal Biotech
Colorado-based biotech firm Luca Technologies has raised a $75.9 million round of Series C financing, the company confirms with us today ( ... Perkin’s new “Green Growth Fund” and $40 million from One Equity Partners. Coal and natural gas ... have to do with cleaning up energy production? It’s a Band-Aid fix at best, but as Green Car Congress [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 08:00:32
Carnivals, Festivals and Linklove
Paid Twice accepts that certain things have a sunk cost and just lets go of them. Wisebread asks if you’re an expert ... According to Mommy includes homemade cleaning products. We Take it Easy are a frugal Spanish ... for getting out of debt for those who spend more than they earn. Green Panda Treehouse is facing a car [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 10:00:32
Coming soon to Iran: Gender-segregated cars!
Coming soon to Iran: Gender-segregated cars!: superhamburgeramerica: ... of a slender 30-something in sweats cleaning up carpet stains her adorable toddler makes and being ecstatic that she’s finally found a cleaning product that has enabled her to live the antiseptic suburban [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 17:43:00
New garage shelves
One day I noticed a car pull up outside our house and stop ... annoying things as well as the people who want to sell me cleaning products, meat, security systems ... his general contractor license and was looking for work. It was a tiny job, but we felt like we needed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 01:40:00
Just Not My Night
Last night was clearly not my night. I guess I can chalk it up to lack of sleep ... to understand that you don’t mix cleaning products with food items. Period.Ever. This gal understood none ... to her during the rummaging incident. I put them on while I was loading the car. I had to take them [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 13:19:00
Financial Goals For 2009
Money Saving Mom is hosting a link up where you list your goals. If you would like to join in post your financial goals and join in ... fund.Stock up six months worth of food, toiletries, cleaning supplies, and beauty products ... so I can catch cold sales when shopping. Keep snacks like water, granola bars, nuts, crackers in car [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 01:59:00
Boycotting Sainsburys..ok I know I'm not meant to be blogging
I took this picture whilst queuing at the adjacent check out. I have had enough of Sainsbury's ... . As is their spongy bread. I can buy cleaning products and dog food from Mole Valley Farmers in bulk ... so it is the norm to have some uninsured idiot with car park rage slam into your motor and drive off [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 11:13:00
Auto Top Shop Announces Telephone Assistance for Car Repairs
Car owners are devastated and even consider buying new cars when their convertible tops are ripped and torn and most don't know that there are alternatives to garbage bags and duct tape. Convertible Top enthusiast, Shane Halpern, recommends ... and models, as well as cleaning and protection products. To see if they have the right convertible [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 11:45:00
favorite products of 2008
I've been meaning to post this for two weeks now. I discovered some products in 2008 that really are fantastic and really do make your life easier, ... . It takes vomit and pee out of mattresses and carpets, and blood stains out of pillows, and it's relatively cheap. We buy it at WalMart--bottom shelf half-way down the cleaning stuff aisle. It beats car [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 07:15:00
Mazda Kiyora Concept Makes Waves
Kiyora Concept Rumor has it that as spacey as this concept looks, its design points to a future city car from Mazda, due out in 10 years or so. The Kiyora (Japanese translation: clean and pure) may not look production feasible, but beneath its wave-like exterior are several innovations that are or will soon be employed [more...]
Date: 2008-10-12 13:01:01
NY Boat Show: Showing off Green Boating
I guess we've just spent too much time talking about green cars. Boats are getting jealous! ... on green(er) boating, including everything from plug-in hybrid boats to EPA approved cleaning products [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 22:04:47
Call Center Customers
Customer: "I've been ringing 0700 2300 for two days and can't get through to enquiries, can you help? ... before cleaning. Can you give me his number?" Operator: "I think you mean the telephone point ... ?" Operator: " Doesn't the name of the product give you a clue?" Caller: "If I register my car in France [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 17:02:00
5 Steps To Beautiful Hands
As any mother will tell you, raising children and keeping a home is an incredibly “hands-on” job ... , cleaning the house, or working in the garden. Water combined with harsh products will dry ... as in a bedside drawer. When out and about, especially driving in the car, put sunscreen on the back [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 13:00:57
How To Brain Dump Tasks To Increase Your Productivity
I’m going through Eben Pagan’s Wake Up Productive (currently closed) video training program (Eben is fast becoming my favorite mentor) ... , and needed cutting. My house needed a good clean. I had to buy food, pay bills, sort out my car [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 22:27:23
More Information About Business Process Improvement
5 Tips to Help Small Business Owners in a Struggling Economy Recession. It’s an ugly little word on the mouths of everyone in our country ... moving forward. We all have days where it feels like we are cleaning up one mess after another ... and therefore, it is easier for customers to feel good investing their money in your products [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 04:30:20
This Week’s Weird Jobs
Have you noticed that there are an awful lot of get-rich-quick schemes and odd jobs populating most work classifieds lately? ... scum in your shower, always survive. Check out this week’s gems: 1. Maine: Ex-Car Guy……… After ... repairs, do minor cleaning of common areas and generally attend to tenant needs on site. Usually [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 16:38:28
Upright Vacuum Cleaner Rating
by Lilah Knowles Although some of us may think that upright vacuums are among the oldest kinds of vacuums, they are still very much in use ... about it is that you can perform serious cleaning with a model that truly looks ultra sleek and modern. So even though ... your wallet, check out products fro the company Sanitaire. The S782 sells at just under [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 10:35:45
The Future of Chemistry
This article was written by Jeremy Faludi in July 2007. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. [ ... to come from chemists. Chemists also produce many products in their own right: paints, adhesives, cleaning products, whole industries. So what are chemists doing to save the world? There's currently [more...]
Date: 2008-09-19 19:24:34
You Can't Buy Your Way to a Better Future
This article was written by Alex Steffen in March 2007. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. [ ... , and we met a bunch of great people and saw some clever green products, but the whole time that phrase kept ... and do no harm. You can buy only organic food, recycled products, and natural fibers and you won't [more...]
Date: 2008-09-16 19:27:02
Companies that Carbon Offset
I have been doing carbon offsets of various sorts for 2 years now, trying to make sure my family is carbon neutral or better ... Homegrown Foods Stoneyfield Farms Seventh Generation (we buy lots of their paper and cleaning products) An Inconvenient Truth Here is the list from Carbonfund.org. There are, quite wonderfully [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 17:09:39
Refresh'n Dryer Towel Review & Giveaway
Laundry is my most dreaded, least favorite chore EVER. I came across an awesome mom invention that will now make my laundry life a little easier! ... or send clothing out for dry cleaning needlessly. They wash clothing that is not dirty, but may appear wrinkled, stretched out, and a little odored. There are two products on retail shelves [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 11:38:00
The 5 Lamest Forwarded Emails (And Why Your Mom Loves Them)
Since the dawn of time, man has sought ever-easier means of communicating. Smoke signals gave way to the Pony Express. Then came telegrams, then singing telegrams, and eventually the naked ones we all know and love today. But we now find ourselves in a digital era, one where it’s possible to send messages around the globe in seconds [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 13:00:31
10 Ways To Green Your Life
Inspired by feedback and discussion, I've built upon my previous pondering list. If you are in the mood, it is a list worth reading! ... -changes, air-filter changes, and spark plug replacements lengthen the life of your car and improve fuel ... products from companies that use recycled paper and non-chlorine whiteners. If buying plastic items [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 19:50:40
Can you live without plastic with preschoolers?
I'm always impressed with people who make a conscious effort to abandon the plastic habit ... - particularly a drastic one - there's going to be a significant cash outlay. New toiletries or cleaning products. Paper (which I didn't even know existed) or cloth diapers. Stainless steel sipppy cups or water [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 13:35:00
Watkins Natural Plant-Based Cleaners by Linda Carter
**Due to higher than usual orders, Watkins liquid laundry detergent and toilet bowl cleaner are temporarily unavailable ... years ago, Watkins made a huge mistake. Well, at least that's what I thought. The entire cleaning ... few are still available but not listed in the catalog).Instead, all the "new" cleaners were chemical [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 14:00:00
Read Grill Ratings Online To Help Your Purchasing Decision
Perusing through a variety of barbecue grill reviews is a great way to determine which specific models rate the best in a variety of categories as ... of information on such products as Ducane grills as well as Napoleon grills which are two ... to look at when reading through any detailed list of ratings. These include ease of lighting and cleaning [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 16:10:21
Taking Care of the Kids - CPSIA Style!
If the government can overreact, so can I! It’s time to clean house and make sure there are no toys, books, ... has been tested; how do I know my children are safe? The only solution is to start cleaning it all out. After ... all for each of my kids. Then there’s the stroller and car seat. Not to mention my other kids’ beds [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 16:30:44
3 Major Ways to Scrimp and Save in an Economic Recession
When the economy is growing and consumer confidence is high, it is common not to think twice about saving money and reducing expenses. If you are saving money every paycheck, investing in a 401(k) or other accounts for retirement, and spending less than you are earning there isn’t much motivation to reduce your expenses further [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 16:30:47
Into The New Year - Dapple
Bottles and babies. Generally speaking, as long as you have a baby, you have bottles (or a baba, as it is lovingly referred to at our house) to deal with. Even if you're breastfeeding, bottles are a must if you plan on escaping for any length of time, or just want daddy to get that great bonding experience [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 11:00:00
My 42 Best Profitable Website Ideas For 2009
One of the most popular blog posts of last year has got to be my list of profitable websites for 2008 I decided it was time to give you another 42 ... on: Facts about being paid to complete online surveys A website on: Writing about computer cleaning A website on: Selling products about having more fun with video games A website on: Articles [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 10:09:03
Real Readers: One Mom’s Ecominders
Real Readers is an Earth911.com series featuring the stories of real people making a difference in the world ... shopping bag back in the car? Does your son know to turn the water off when he’s brushing his teeth ... (like a Tupperware party for eco-friendly cleaning). When she learned about the toxins that can be found [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 07:01:49
Stepmothers of Invention: Branding Firms Enter the Industrial Design Fray, by Carl Alviani
In a perfect world, we wouldn't need to sell what we design--people would just know. When Industrial Designers imagine utopia, it's not only full of beautiful, functional products ... Your Car Twist had a problem. By all appearances, the young Colorado-based company had everything [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 23:43:53
We’re Stuck on It (Aug, 1955)
view additional pages We’re Stuck on It Each year Americans who choose to chew spend $265,000,000 on the sticky stuff. By Frank L. Remington AFTER a tough day at the office, a Los Angeles stenographer threaded her coupe through rush hour Wilshire Boulevard traffic. Suddenly her car smashed into a lamp post. Glimpsing [more...]
Date: 2008-07-29 05:55:59
50 Ways to Save $1,000 a Year
Looking for ways to save money this year? Want to boost your savings in a tough economy with little effort or pain? Good. I’ve got 50 (fifty) ... of loot. Raise Deductibles. Get out your policy and raise the deductibles on your car and home ... your insurance costs by about 40 percent. Buy a Cheaper Car. Pimping in a flashy vehicle? A smaller [more...]
Date: 2008-09-03 03:37:35
Gates of Vienna News Feed 10/7/2008
The news feed is being published early tonight because both Dymphna and I are leaving and will be out until very late. Tomorrow night we’ll return to the normal schedule.USACongress Opens Hearings on Financial MeltdownJihad Still Threatens United StatesOlice Detonate Suspicious Backpack at MosqueProphet Bride Novel Published in US Europe and the [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 00:05:00
Peeve week, day 3: Grocery Store.UPDATED very importantly
I used to hate going to the grocery store under any circumstances because it was a physical impossibility for me to get through it without wanting to murder at least one person and likely more. Depends on how many assholes with no concept of GETTING OUT OF THE WAY are shopping that day [more...]
Date: 2008-07-30 16:44:53
Building Your First Website: Day 8
(This series of articles is geared for the mom and pop business owner who is building his online storefront for the first time and other newcomers ... banners or linking codes within the affiliate program in order to promote the vendor and its products ... Product or Others’ Digital Products. Digital products include ebooks, online videos, audios [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 16:15:05
Saturday Spotlight: Merry SITSmas
Bissell Vacuum, right? We all need a little SITStaly love today. Go comment on the two people above you in roll call. Just give them a quick cyber hug. We have some preliminary details about our Merry SITSmas celebration!!! Oh, this is some exciting stuff packed full of prizes just like Santa's sleigh [more...]
Date: 2008-11-15 06:34:41
Island Life: Stocking Up For Winter
In my last post I talked about people stocking up for winter and it got me thinking - did I stock up enough? ... referred to as "the Hell Hole," but we've been working cleaning and neatening to make it a bit less Hellish ... brand products, but it's just easier to refer to things by the name brand here.10 boxes of cereal2 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 01:26:00
Pet Advice - Pet News - Pet Photos
Stop Your Pet From Peeving You OffDr. Debbye Turner Bell - CBS Morning ShowEach new year, we make resolutions to break bad habits, but what about our furry family members?Sometimes their behavior can be destructive and annoying. So what can you do?We all love our dogs and cats and think they are the smartest creatures on earth [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 13:08:00
Brow-Furrowing Ads of Successful Farming Magazine
How did farmers in the 20s, 30s and 40s learn the tricks of their trade? Why, by subscribing to Successful Farming magazine!Yet, today, I'm not going to tell you how to go whole-hog in tending those pigs...Or how to be popular with the chicks (petite pullets, that is)...Or even ask you to lend an ear on growing corn.Nope! [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 17:00:00
Who’s Who in Green: Ed Begley, Jr.
Actor Ed Begley, Jr. is well known for roles like that of Dr. Victor Erlich in St ... unusual at the time. He’s a longtime vegan, has been driving an electric car for decades and uses low ... or in his electric car. He’s unapologetic about his decidedly un-Hollywood 2-bedroom 1 ½-bath home, which i [more...]
Date: 2008-11-15 11:45:39
