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Way Out Wax Essential Oil Candles {#GreenMoms Sponsor Spotlight}

April 27, 2012

TweetI am so excited to be finding high-quality, natural candle brands! Another wonderful company I discovered at Expo West is Way Out Wax. I have been searching for candles that are scented only with essential oils (and not an essential oil “blend,” which can mean very little essential oil, and lots of synthetic fragrance oil). [...]

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Caffe Ibis Organic, Fair Trade, Bird Friendly Coffee {Mom ME Time Sponsor Spotlight}

April 20, 2012

TweetOne of my weaknesses is a good cup (or two) of coffee in the morning. I wrote an article a while back about how heavily coffee beans are sprayed with pesticides – and we’ve been drinking organic coffee ever since. However, since then I have become more concerned about supporting businesses that use fair trade [...]

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Be Green. Lookup Phone Numbers on WhitePages.com {Plus a $25 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway}

April 19, 2012

TweetDid you know that 5 million trees are used each year to produce phone books, and 80% of those books end up in landfills? To celebrate Earth Day, the WhitePages wants to encourage you to think about using online resources (like the WhitePages) as a green way to look up phone numbers and info you need, [...]

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GoodLight Natural Candles {Mom ME Time Sponsor Spotlight}

April 19, 2012

TweetWhen I was younger, I lit candles all the time. I have memories of black smoke emanating from them as they burned down. Little did I know at the time that I was actually inhaling toxic fumes from those candles. As I have become more health conscious and eco-aware, I have started looking at alternatives [...]

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Organic, Fair Trade Chocolate from Theo Chocolate {Mom ME Time Sponsor Spotlight}

April 18, 2012

TweetI love chocolate. Milk chocolate has always been a favorite comfort food for me, but after going dairy free, I had to start looking for vegan chocolate so that I could continue to indulge on occasion. At Expo West, I stumbled upon a chocolate company I hadn’t heard of before – Theo Chocolate. They have [...]

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Learn How Wines are Going Green

April 17, 2012

TweetAs I delve deeper and deeper into living a green lifestyle, I naturally evaluate new areas of my life. One of the things I’m looking at now is wine. It’s pretty much the only alcoholic beverage I indulge in, so I want to try and be sure I’m supporting green companies. This infographic about Green [...]

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Candle Choices and Indoor Air Quality

April 17, 2012

TweetWhen it comes to the topic of pollution, much of our collective attention often focuses on large-scale issues and events such as outdoor air quality (coal plants and other factory emissions) and water quality (oil spills; drinking water contamination). Sometimes these bigger issues seem overwhelming, and, despite our best efforts and informed activism, it feels [...]

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Feed, Nurture and Enhance Your Love of Gardening with Whitney Farms

April 16, 2012

TweetThis is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Whitney Farms for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. About Whitney Farms Introducing Whitney Farms®, a full line of 100% natural plant foods and soils with no additives, nothing artificial, just ingredients from the Earth, designed to give you big, beautiful flowers and veggies. Get [...]

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Grow Your Own Food with the Humble Seed Trio {#HonorEarth Sponsor Spotlight}

April 10, 2012

TweetOne thing I would love to see every family do is to grow more of their own food. We are so disconnected from the source of our food today, and many children have never even seen where real food comes from. Even if you live in an apartment, it is possible to grow at least [...]

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Living in a Tough Economy

April 10, 2012

TweetThis guest post is from Walter Horn.  —– In this tough economy, I have tried to cut back spending, shop more conservatively and even pay bills online to save postage. I decided to look into direct tv Packages to bundle my television services and internet to save also. I now make lists of errands and make them [...]

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