September 23, 2008
| Posted in Cosmetics & Perfume
Lush is OK I dunno about Lush's current products but I know personally people who've worked for the company. They treat their employees very well with bonuses. I've seen the organic saffron cases and other ingredients that go into their stuff with my own two eyes. Maybe they've changed since my friends left...
September 19, 2008
| Posted in Tasty Drinks
POM takes nutritionalist branding to the XXTREME!! While sometimes design and marketing help make otherwise boring products attractive to more people I think POM goes a bit too far. Their bottles are beautiful, that's for certain. But the "nutritionalist" claims (to borrow a word from Michael Pollan) of anti-oxidants is stretched a little far from...
May 29, 2008
| Posted in Cleaning & Laundry
Method's Snozberries Smell Like Snozberries The reason you should buy this over other dish detergents is that Method's lavender actually smells authentic. Other national brands claiming to be scented tend to smell the same way you'd expect chewing gum to smell. Mostly similar but clearly artificial. Method's scents always smell either spot on...
May 29, 2008
| Posted in Cleaning & Laundry
Like Christmas in Your Toilet While this product is not the greenest in the world it does clean your bowl without the aid of common toilet bowl cleaners like hydrochloric acid or other harsh basic compounds. Instead plant based coceth-4 and deceth-5 are used which I assume are surfactants. In addition is lactic acid which...
April 19, 2007
| Posted in Home and Garden
Trying Hard on the Big Scale The house brand of one of Canada's largest retailers, Loblaws Companies, PC tries to cover all the bases in an attempt to fend off Wal-Mart entering the Canadian grocery business. Unfortunately they are also fighting against Whole Foods, local organic groceries and a host of others with mega-stores...
April 19, 2007
| Posted in Tasty Drinks
Aztec Style My boyfriend brought me a can of this from North Carolina. It's absolutely amazing on it's own or as a booster for an awesome cuppa joe. Try it mixed in with some nice plain yogurt as well!
April 19, 2007
| Posted in Hair Care
Green Me From the Top Down I don't make a lot of money. But the environment and waters matter to me living here down by one of Canada's dirtiest harbours. So I decided to start from the top down and work on buying a shampoo and conditioner without Bad Things in it. Jason was the best price and smelt the best at the grocery...
Prickly Pragmatic Greenie
Hamilton, ON Canada
I'm a free agent baby!
A garden that requires no effort. And a car that runs on hugs.
Probably still driving cars, unfortunately. But more bikes, mass transit and fuel that doesn't kill us when we use it.
Downtown checking out bands and art galleries.
David Suzuki, Douglas Adams
Cigarettes :(
