Green Living

Is Valentine's Day a beautiful celebration of love, commitment and denial?

Dating back hundreds of years, the origins of Valentine's Day--and its patron saint--have long been shrouded in mystery. Though little is known about St. Valentine or Valentinus, one thing is certain: Valentine's Day is not so sweet.

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The best cure's right outside your door: drinking locally produced beer is an eco-friendlier way to get your malted hops fix. Next time you don your beer goggles, make sure you don't, um, hop into bed with...

Something called the Little Green Book showed up in my e-mail box the other day. It's a very creative viral marketing piece from Morgan Stanley that allows friends to pass on 50 things that any household can do to "make life greener and help tackle climate change."

Unfortunately, this well-done...

Hey, you, on your Crackberry! You know those fun gadgets that we all love sooooo much? Not only that PDA in your sweaty palm, but also mobile phones, iPods, laptops, GPS's, and their buzzy, addictive ilk? Well, they're not so good for the planet. They create tons of ewaste...

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With the trash bin right there, you'll be less tempted to flush the condom. Throwing condoms in the trash when sexy-time's over is the better Biting option, since when flushed, last night's remains could end up ruining a perfectly good beach party.

I think to say I'm fastidious would be an understatement. I have a ritual that my close friends find a bit odd, but I find it keeps my life and home in order. I do a weekly purge where I go through my house and evaluate what I really need...

Several of my friends have had babies in the last few years, and some are on their second round already. Though it seems to me that there are far too many people on the planet already, it's difficult to begrudge anyone the basic human drive to reproduce, and my friends'...

Have you ever noticed your eyes a little bloodshot when in a newly decorated hotel room? Have you recently purchased a sofa or installed new drapes in your home, office or baby's nursery? If so, then you may have created a health hazard for your family or co-workers and you...

There's so much talk right now about having a green Christmas. There's one camp that says don't buy anything, skip the malls, forget presents. Bah-Humbug, I say! And then there's the totally opposite group that says the holiday season is a time to relax and enjoy life, so buy, buy,...

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This morning, just like yesterday morning, and the morning before that, an increasing number of people in the United States woke up, washed and styled themselves with Aveda and Body Shop products, prepared their organic breakfasts from Whole Food, Wild Oats, and Trader Joe's with Sub Zero...