Friday February 18, 2011

upcoming workshops (updated!)

Check out my latest workshop offerings and new collaborations that I’m pretty excited about!

UPDATE: I’ve included some related events that I thought you’d like to know about, too. (Workshops in green are led by me and/or

Categories: beauty/hygiene blog health home news Tags: beauty brooklyn/nyc cleaning education

Friday February 11, 2011

an essay on scent

A nasal ranger in action (Who knew there was such a thing?)

I’d like to linger on this idea of fragrance or scent a bit longer (see previous 2 posts). I came across an evocative essay on

Categories: blog health Tags: scent smell

Friday February 11, 2011

synthetic fragrance-free solutions (part 2 of why i think mrs. meyer’s stinks)

You guys smell better to me than artificial fragrances.

In the last post I touched upon why I don’t like certain “eco-friendly” cleaners (like Mrs. Meyer’s, Method, and Simple Green) because they contain synthetic fragrances. (Find out

Categories: blog health home Tags: cleaning greenwashing

Thursday February 10, 2011

why i think mrs. meyer’s stinks

Mrs. Meyer’s does not smell like this.

I generally don’t like to slam products. I’d rather focus on solutions than problems. But when there’s a general perception that something is eco-friendly or healthy, I want people to

Categories: blog health home Tags: air quality scent smell

Wednesday January 19, 2011

announcing my new body care & cleaning CSA

I’m very excited to tell you about something I’ve got cooking. It’s a CSA – community supported agriculture – but it’s not for food. It’s for my natural body care and cleaning solutions. I’d like to

Categories: beauty/hygiene blog cleaning health home news Tags: CSA

Thursday January 6, 2011

an exercise in mindful living

If you’ve started down the path of “greening” your home or making your lifestyle more eco-friendly you may have noticed how easy it is to get caught up in minutiae. Maybe you’ve faced dilemmas like, I

Categories: blog environment food/drink health news Tags: farming food justice

Tuesday January 4, 2011

every thing you own was made by human hands

Or at least parts of it were and then they were assembled, packaged, transported, and sold by humans. And every thing you (and I) have in your possession required energy – extracted and refined fossil fuels

Categories: blog environment health Tags: e-waste mining recycling

Friday December 17, 2010

make it yourself!

I want to let you in on a little secret. Making your own cleaning products is ridiculously simple. And fun. So simple and fun that, I guarantee that once you start, you won’t go back to

Categories: beauty/hygiene blog health home Tags: handmade workshops

Sunday December 5, 2010

expounding on hot grease

In a shipping container in the backyard of Roberta’s restaurant in Bushwick, Brooklyn is the home of Heritage Radio Network – an internet radio station dedicated to spreading the good food gospel. My friend Nicole Taylor

Categories: blog environment health news Tags: air quality books compost permaculture plants

Sunday November 28, 2010

digital detox deluxe

(image: unplug)

No email. No internet. No computer.

For 5 days (starting midnight tonight) I will be away from my trusty laptop. I’ve done this before and I’ll do it again. It serves me well on many levels.

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