Celebrate Earth Day with Marie Veronique Organics Kids Safe Sunscreen Giveaway

When it comes to Earth Day, I am something of a cynic. As a blogger, the press releases and marketing emails flood my inbox as everyone under the sun tries to look green on this one day in April. I usually won't play, but an offer from Marie Veronique Organics caught my eye for … [Read more...]

5 Tips to Avoid Artificial Food Dyes this Easter

This weekend, children will be hunting for food colored eggs and candies full of artificial food dyes. Bright pink marshmallow bunnies, blue dyed eggs, multi-colored jelly beans...it's an overload of these petroleum-based colorants. We first reported about the concerns of food … [Read more...]

AAP Demands Removal of Vaccine Awareness Billboard in Times Square

A Times Square billboard funded by Dr. Mercola and the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) is causing a stir amongst medical professionals. The digital billboard displays the above 15 second message every hour for 18 hours of the day. Owned by CBS Outdoors, the American … [Read more...]

5 Green Products: Woodsy Words, Smens, Little Looster, Maty’s Quiet Relief Cough Syrup, Goodbyn Bynto Lunchbox

1. Woodsy Words Game Woodsy Words is an eco-friendly take on the classic children's game of [amazon_link id="B000INOXM0" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]pick up sticks[/amazon_link]. Just like the original, you drop all of the sticks, then try to pick one up … [Read more...]

Chicago Public School Bans Home Lunches

I pack my children an organic home lunch every day. Why? The quality of our school lunches is pitiful. There is high fructose corn syrup in everything (apple sauce, crackers, etc.). The vegetables are canned; the fruit in thick syrups. Ketchup is counted as a fruit. … [Read more...]