Natural Egg Dyeing

Red cabbage, onion skins, and coffee can be used to transform plain white eggs into colorful Easter gems. Kids can color experiment using hard-boiled eggs and bowls of cold dyes. You may get surprising results, but that’s part of the fun!
Tools and Materials
Natural dyeing agents (red cabbage, turmeric, onion skins, beets, and coffee)

3-quart pot (or [...]

What’s Biodynamic?

Biodynamic products are made without artificial pesticides, hormones, or fertilizers. US executive director of the Demeter Association, which certifies Biodynamic products like wine, coffee, flowers, meat, and cheeses, says that some farmers also enrich their soil with oak bark, dandelions, and horsetail hairs to promote healthier plants and animal feed.

Cell Phone Facts

Every year, upgrades or damage make 100 million cell phones obsolete.
In 2007, the recycling rate for cell phones was just 10 percent.
The average life span of a cell phone is 18 months.
Each year in April, the EPA’s Plug-In To eCycling program sponsors a “National Cell Phone Recycling Week” to encourage proper phone disposal.
The world’s largest [...]

Go Green with Lush this Spring

Godiva Shampoo Bar – at LUSH, over 60% of products are “naked” (or free from packaging), including our solid shampoo bars. One bar lasts for up to 70 washes and is equivalent to three 8oz bottles of liquid shampoo. Consider this…if the entire population of the UK used LUSH’s solid shampoo bars, then the [...]

Editor’s Note » March/April ‘10

Spring is in the air, birds are chirping, and it won’t be too long until the sun shines down and brings to life the tulips, daffodils, and the beginning of another great growing season.
My favorite season is the spring when there is green everywhere and the sun seems to make everyone a bit happier and [...]

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