A (Better) Disposable Lunch: Say No to the Baggie

Our family uses waste free lunch systems (LunchSense and Laptop Lunches). We LOVE our lunch containers as much as we love the food inside! Today, my 6 year old is off on a field trip to watch a play. The children have been instructed (through numerous notes and voice … [Read more...]

Share the Love on Valentine's Day: Adopt an Animal

Embarrassingly, our family is still working our way through the piles of chocolate we received for Christmas, and cut flowers? I'm not a fan. Instead, our family will opt to support wildlife this year for Valentine's Day by symbolically adopting a wolf couple. If wolves aren't … [Read more...]

Going Green? Rush Limbaugh Hopes You Fail

Why is Rush Limbaugh -- who is neither a plumber nor an economist -- front and center in the opposition to Obama's stimulus package? I'm not knocking Limbaugh. He's a great entertainer and all that. But if my toilet was clogged, Rush Limbaugh is not the first person I'd think … [Read more...]

The Circus without Elephants

A circus without elephants could be in the near future for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus if the plaintiffs, including ASPCA and the Animal Welfare Institute, succeed in their lawsuit that heads to trial this Wednesday. The lawsuit, which will be in the U.S. … [Read more...]

Is There a FEMA Trailer in Your Man Cave?

Pool tables, arcade games and big-screen teevee: man caves got a lot of stuff that FEMA trailers don't. But when it comes to toxic formaldehyde fumes, your brand new man cave might have a lot more in common with a FEMA trailer than you planned. Formaldehyde is found in many … [Read more...]