How to go Green with Silv: Room by Room Challenge - Part I

As the New Year is well underway now, some New Year’s resolutions are slowly dissipating from people’s plans, as others are taking permanent residence.If hitting the gym six days a week didn’t work out for you – no pun intended – why not vow to be greener instead, and re-vamp your house into a more efficient, green machine? It’s possible, even if you just change some little things, from room to room.

Dede's Green Scene - Celebrities Say "I'm Hatin' It" to McDonalds!

What do Ryan Gosling, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Deschanel, Alicia Silverstone and Ed Begley Jr. all have in common? No, they aren’t starring in a new movie together. They all sent a letter to the CEO of McDonald's, Jim Skinner, asking the company to establish a 100 percent cage-free purchasing policy for their egg suppliers.

The Organic Girly Fashion Files: Unbroken Beauty -The Story of Castaways Turned to Life

It’s the little things we so often toss away that have true, meaningful and lasting value. Things like glass; shards of waste that, when turned anew, bring new splendor to the world.

Victory on the Keystone XL - For Now

Big news and a decision materialized on Wednesday in Washington D.C.! After months of protests, petitions and people exercising their rights to free speech, the State Department recommended that President Obama decline the Presidential Permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. Finally, in the face of favoritism, the subtle-as-a-sledgehammer rhetoric from Stephen Harper and Big Oil, President Obama has made one strong leap into a future for clean energy, and for now ensured that the tar sands stay where the are – buried deep in the earth in Alberta, Canada. Bill McKibben, the driver behind 350.org and the White House Tar Sands Protests from late summer, likens Obama’s actions as David vs. Goliath. But when you look a little closer, this decision looks less like winning a fight with punches, and more like a technicality.

The Accidental Locavore: Sustainability Starts at Home

If you’re passionate about sustainability, how about taking the first step…in your kitchen? Around Thanksgiving, the Accidental Locavore read an interesting Op-Ed piece in the New York Times, Thanksgiving Thrift: the Holiday as a Model for Sustainable Cooking. The focus of the piece was to emphasize that the one thing we look forward to the most during the holiday season, are the leftovers.

Field to Fork - Part II: Teaching Students about Nutrition Through the Power of Pizza

Last month, in the first of this two-part series we learned about the evolution of ”Field To Fork,” a model Public-Private Partnership in Charlotte, North Carolina among Fuel Pizza ,the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District, the Mecklenburg County Health Department, and Charlotte Green. Field to Fork started in the 2009/10 school year with five pilot schools and has since expanded. Lucky classes are selected to plant “pizza gardens” including tomatoes, bell peppers, spinach, basil, and oregano, and receive nutrition, gardening and cooking lessons from the project team members. Plants are started in a greenhouse in January and transplanted to the school gardens in March. The culmination of the program is a field trip to the local Fuel Pizza restaurant where pre-conceived notions of what vegetables taste like are shattered.

Erika D's Green Living Machine: New York City Building Codes - The BOTTOM LINE - at the top

Generally within cities in the United States, the built environment is responsible for 1/3 of greenhouse gas emissions. In New York City specifically, buildings create 75 percent of the total greenhouse gas emissions and are responsible for 85 percent of water consumption.

Green Wishes for a Happy 2012!

Good ol’ Kris Kringle did his magic again 'last' year and brought me all that could fit under the tree. But not everything I wished for was so fitting. Instead, during this time of reflection and hope for a happier new year, I’m going for the big stuff – intangibles. Let’s see how well 2012 will top 2011 if these come true..

Designing Green with Robin Baron: New Year's Resolution

Make a New Years Resolution for your home and update your wall décor to reflect the life you want to lead in 2012! Wall art is to a room what lipstick is to an outfit: It's the finishing touch that adds that ever-so-important dash of personality and pizzazz. There's no better place than the walls to infuse a bit of your personality and a little drama into a room -- the opportunity for creativity and experimentation is endless. The best part about wall art is that it can evolve and change over time! You can switch it up, and play around with size, scale, color and placement until you find a look that works for you and your home. And most importantly, you often don’t need to go out and buy new products…you can “shop at home” for items to repurpose as aspirational wall art. A few things to keep in mind when creating a new plan of action for your walls:

Chryso's Beauty Buys: Mineral Eye Shadow

This month we review mineral eye shadow…

If you haven’t at least tried a mineral cosmetic, you have got to get to a makeup counter pronto! They are hot. And there is good reason.

“Mineral makeup absorbs oil and allows the skin to breathe,” explains Marnie Godfrey, Manager of Aesthetic Services for Cleveland Clinic’s Department of Plastic Surgery.