Green Living

EARTH DAY COUNTDOWN – Make the Earth Friendly for Pets, Too

This Earth Day, it’s important to consider the environment not only for its impact on Mother Nature and our human health, but our favorite

EARTH DAY COUNTDOWN: The (Green) Maelstrom

I feel like I’m caught up in a maelstrom of green, green, green! After spending thirty years slogging through the environmental trenches, we seem to

EARTH DAY COUNTDOWN: How You Can Afford to Go Green

Want to go green but think it’s too expensive? Think again. You can actually SAVE $20-$50 every month by choosing products and services that

EARTH DAY COUNTDOWN – Bonnie and Cathie Shift More Than $1,000

The Big Green Purse “One in a Million” campaign urges shoppers to shift at least $1,000 of money they budget for household goods and services

EARTHDAY COUNTDOWN – Have a Big Green Book Party

Celebrate the many great green reads coming out this month with a Big Green Book Party. Here’s how: Invitations : Reduce paper and postage costs

Plant a Tree for Every Book You Read

Want to get a new book but worry about its environmental impact? Worry a little bit less. With the help of Eco-Libris, you can plant

New EPA Clean Air Standards Show Why Consumer Action is so Critical

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – the federal guardian of clean air – has issued new standards to control smog that scientists and environmental organizations

Drinking Water Contaminated by Pharmaceuticals; Bottled Water Not the Answer

“A vast array of pharmaceuticals -including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones – have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least

Big Green Purse Book Goes on Sale!

Our new book, Big Green Purse: Use Your Spending Power to Create a Cleaner, Greener World, rolled off the presses this week and women across

General Motors Shows Its True Colors – And They’re Not Green

General Motors’ Vice President Bob Lutz created a firestorm earlier this week when it was reported that he told reporters he thought climate change was

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