Green Colored Glasses- Green Kids Clothes: Electropura ReviewElectropura is run by fashion designer Lynn van Gastel who creates fashions for kids in sizes o-5 from existing materials. In today’s world where nearly everything seems to be disposable, these fashions rescue fabrics that still have tons of wear in […]
- Skateboard Sculptures of HaroshiCheck out these fantastic skateboard deck sculptures by Japanese artist Haroshi. He’s got an extremely varied portfolio of artwork made from old beat up decks. These five pieces shown here are just some of his latest sculptures. His method of wooden […]
- Eco-Friendly Gift Ideas — For the CookLooking for a green gift idea for the eco-chef in your life?? Check out these kitchen spice racks available in bamboo. Bamboo is a great wood to use because it grows extremely quickly with little water and no use of pesticides […]
- Beads For ChangeAre you looking for an eco-friendly product for the fashionista on your shopping list this year? Check out Beads for Change. This program employs women of Uganda who live in hillside slums. They are refugees after decades of war in […]
- Oil Town LivingI’ve got to admit that I live in the middle of a city fueled by oil. Make no mistake about it, Calgary is definitely an oil town. We’ve got a terrible reputation as red necks with out Stampede and a […]
- Penguin SweatersTo be clear, this post is about tiny sweaters for penguins such as pictured on the left. I am not writing about sweaters for humans with penguins on them such as this one from Chanel pictured on the right. It’s […]
- Getting In Bernie Madoff’s PantsThey say you can’t judge a man until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes so can you judge him after using his pants?? Check out the Bernie Madoff collection on Fredrick James for a cool selection of Ipad covers […]
- The Ultimate Solar LightHere in the Western world, solar lights are a novelty not a necessity. It’s easy to forget about people living on other places of our small planet that aren’t going green to save the world. They’re simply living hand to […]
- Etsy Find: Talking Squid Recycles TeesTalking Squid is not just saving the planet by recycling t-shirts, they’re also helping you save money with their huge 50% off summer sale. Yup, half off! So, what could you spend half as much on?? Well, they’ve got an outstanding […]
- Quitting SmokingQuitting smoking is one of the best things that you can do for the health of the environment and yourself. Cigarette butts make up about 80% of litter commonly found on streets. The exhaled fumes from cigarette smoke are a […]
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Foodie Underground: Everything in Moderation
ColumnHow does a foodie decide what to eat and what not to eat? It was early in the morning, NPR was on, and my mother and I were sitting at my kitchen table drinking tea. An interview came on the … Continue reading
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Tagged butter, foodie, Foodie Underground, Gluten, gluten-free, moderation, sugar
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heARTbeat: The Twists & Turns of Sipho Mabona’s Origami
ColumnFolds that shoot right for our imaginations. It is not unusual for a five-year-old child to fold paper into an airplane. What sets Sipho Mabona apart is that fifteen years after that first fold, he had exhausted his airplane designs … Continue reading
Foodie Underground: The Secret Diary of a Foodie, Part Three
ColumnOur ongoing look inside the intriguing world of a foodie. While madly searching for food trucks, a good greens blog and love – we get another look into the secret life of a foodie. (Part 1 and 2 in case you … Continue reading
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Tagged eating, food writing, foodie, foodie humor, Foodie Underground, Greens, infusion, kale, sea salt
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heARTbeat: Huang Qingjun Photographs Chinese Families’ Worldly Goods
ColumnWealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. – Epictetus Have you ever had all your worldly possessions laid out in front of you? Not just in your mind, but literally, everything you own as inventory. … Continue reading
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Tagged dominique pacheco, dominique pacheco for ecosalon, HeARTbeat, Huang Qingjun, News & Culture
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Foodie Underground: For the Love of Roots and Cookbooks
ColumnThe joy of delving into a good cookbook. When I was home earlier this summer, I asked my mother for a recipe. She pulled out her worn 3-ring binder. This binder is blue, has yellowed pages falling out of it … Continue reading
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Tagged beet greens, beet tops, beets, cookbook, cookbooks, cupcake, cupcakes, eating, Foodie Underground, recipes, root vegetables, Roots
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heARTbeat: 21 Balançoires = 21 Musical Chairs
Column“We believe in participation – empowering people to have a place in the stories that are told around them. We research new ways to interact and tell stories.” – Daily tous les jours The senses are tricky. One whiff of … Continue reading
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Tagged 21 Balançoires, 21 musical swings, dominique pacheco, dominique pacheco for ecosalon, HeARTbeat
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Foodie Underground: Appreciating What You Have
ColumnFood is a privilege. Treat it that way. “Making food makes you happy?” I was on a walk with two friends and we had somehow arrived on the subject of food- a frequent occurrence in my everyday life. She was a bit … Continue reading
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Tagged Foodie Underground, hunger, local, tomatoes
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Ask Foodie Underground: Dinner Party Etiquette and Foodie Couture Wings
ColumnFrom recipes to love, Ask Foodie Underground has the answer. Dear Foodie Underground, Are dietary restrictions a right or a privilege? When you disconnect that IV (irrevocably vegan) drip and venture into someone else’s dinner party, should you ask or … Continue reading
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Tagged Ask Foodie Underground, bbq, dinner party, eating, entertaining, foodie, foodie couture, foodie humor, Foodie Underground, gluten-free, mason jars, wings
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heARTbeat: Nina Boesch’s MetroCard Collages
ColumnFilm, fashion, novels, poems and songs have all sung the praises of the Big Apple. These collages are ballads in the same vein. Being the singularly iconic city that New York is, she has received love letters in the form … Continue reading
Foodie Underground: Should We Care About Organic?
ColumnWhy we have to get past thinking about the Big O. “I now feel completely vindicated for NOT buying organic foods.” Well, great. The internet was abuzz with the recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine that found … Continue reading
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