http://www.greenchicafe.com "Living an Eco-Revolution" Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:39:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My friend has a girlfriend that he desperately wants to impress. One day when she was over at his house she asked where the recycling was so she could toss out her soda can; he told her just to throw it in the garbage and that it all got sorted ... http://www.greenchicafe.com/recycling-lies-eco-fail Starting a few days ago there has been a smell in my second floor home office that was beginning to drive me seriously crazy. I moved my office into this room a week or so ago, and have been moving more things in as the week progressed. Suddenly, there ... http://www.greenchicafe.com/use-your-nose-green-cleaning-101 Eating lower on the food chain means moving down a few links and becoming more of an herbivore, less of a carnivore. Generally, the smallest species are at the bottom of the food chain, while larger animals are at the top. Members of each successive link eat the lower and more ... http://www.greenchicafe.com/eat-lower-on-the-food-chain-10-min-eco-tip Dear Annie, I am experimenting with aromatherapy and feel it is important to use pure essential oils. How do I tell if an oil is pure? --Sally M., IL Dear Sally, It is good that you are paying attention to this issue. Some oils have petroleum-based solvents added, which can be very neurotoxic. Some ... http://www.greenchicafe.com/purity-test-for-essential-oils-ask-annie I am currently in the process of furnishing a new apartment and get to buy my own kitchen utensils for the first time after years of trying (with little success) to get my parents to buy eco-friendly products. I just bought my own first glass Tupperware! It filled me with ... http://www.greenchicafe.com/good-kitchen-shopping-choices-eco-win Nutty, velvety, satisfying, fresh, lightly roasted, nourishing - it is hard to find words to describe the taste of cold-pressed extra virgin Styrian Pumpkin Seed Oil. When I first tried some I wanted more, and began using it for cooking when more flavor is of value, such as in ... http://www.greenchicafe.com/pumpkin-seed-oil-green-gold Dear Annie, I’d rather not wash all of our sweaters and comforters, but they have a stale smell. What do you suggest?–Sally, WI Dear Sally, There is nothing like a good shake, sun, and lots of fresh air for comforters and sweaters. I like to hang mine on the line on really sunny ... http://www.greenchicafe.com/freshe-sweaters-and-comforters-ask-annie Need2Know Time Out defines slam poetry as a form of spoken word performance poetry, held at a competitive poetry event or ‘slam’. Poets perform their own work and are judged by randomly picked members of the watching audience, who vote their favorites by giving them a score. Slam poetry isn't ... http://www.greenchicafe.com/climate-change-slam-poetry-video Spiritual teacher Adyashanti observes that learning to feel appreciation is a hallmark of a more enlightened mind. He urges us to follow the vibrant energy in our meditations, and bit by bit we will become more alive, and more appreciative of all that we are and that is around us. If ... http://www.greenchicafe.com/adyashantis-turnaround-of-the-heart-video I received an email from a man who said his favorite waxes were beeswax, palm wax, soy wax, and gel wax. I went back and forth with him a bit, challenging him about the safety of gel wax. He really likes it because he says it burns much more cleanly ... http://www.greenchicafe.com/are-gel-candles-safe-detox-diva