June 18, 2008
| Posted in Environment and Society
Honda Cars I bought a new Honda Accord in 1980 ($6,000) and loved it - drove it til the family outgrew it - then I bought the same car for my kids to learn to drive in 1999 and then I drove it and after it got too beat up looking for my business car, I bought a 1995 Honda Civic for $2500, which gives me about...
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April 23, 2008
| Posted in Home and Garden
Something You Just Can't Buy I feel it is important to REUSE bags you get at conventions, trade shows, car shows, etc. In a sustainable world, we buy less product and therefore manufacture less product, creating less pollution and using less of our non-renewable resources.
The reusable bags for purchases are great, but we...
August 31, 2007
| Posted in San Francisco, Food & Grocery
I Scream 4 Ice Cream My daughter took us to Maggie Mudd last month and while I'm not an ice cream "freak", I did especially love the vegan coconut milk "ice cream". I tasted the chocolate peanut butter too and it was awesome. My husband thought it a tad too sweet but everyone else gave it two sticky thumbs up and I've...
August 28, 2007
| Posted in Corte Madera, Home and Garden
The Best Lip Treatment The grapefruit and honey "flavor" is wonderful. I've used it for over a year and it feels good, stays on, smells good and keeps my lips from being chapped. It's clear so no worries about applying it without a mirror :) It's inexpensive and I found it at Long's in the natural beauty products aisle...
August 21, 2007
| Posted in Cleaning & Laundry
Ecos Laundry Detergent Is Wonderful! We use Ecos to wash our kitchen towels, linens, chef coats - all which are very very grungy at times! It cleans everything beautifully and smells so fresh. And, we found it at Costco - it was priced right!
April 17, 2007
| Posted in Restaurants
Blue Heron is a Certified Green Caterer! Blue Heron Catering uses organic, locally produced foods for all of our menus. We are officially certified as a green business! We catered Barack Obama's book signing at the Marin Civic Center last year - 100% organic, 100% compostable box lunches for 1200 guests! It was a zero waste event! We...
April 6, 2007
| Posted in Berkeley, Tasty Drinks
Vignette Wine Country Soda We use these non-alcoholic sodas at our corporate events and weddings and people absolutely love them. The taste is so refreshing and it is a non-cola option for those who don't drink alcohol.
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November 6, 2006
| Posted in In the Kitchen
Biocompostable Disposables World Centric is an awesome organization that not only provides Sugar Cane Fiber and Corn/Potato Starch plates, bowls, trash bags, containers, but also provides education regarding their efforts to reduce environmental degradation. My orders came in very promptly (2 days) and complete and when I...
A greenbusiness owner
Oakland, CA
Blue Heron Catering, Inc.
Waitress
ground cover(like grass) that plants and waters itself
working closer to home, walking, bicycles, mass transit
walking my dogs, swimming, cooking
my daughters
lipton iced tea - strong and unsweetened
