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Don’t Stress When You Fly, Do Yoga! San Francisco Goes Even Greener as Airport Opens First Ever Yoga Room

Shane at Environmental Health-Wellness-Beauty,LLC — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:20:00 +0000

The folks in San Fransisco just keep getting greener every day. Now their airport has a yoga room to help passengers de-stress I have done some pretty off the wall things at the airport... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website fo...

If You Take Birth Control Pills, You Better Check This! Pfizer Recalls Lo/Ovral®-28 and Norgestrel/Ethinyl Estradiol Birth Control Pills

Shane at Environmental Health-Wellness-Beauty,LLC — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:47:00 +0000

Women who have used birth control pills from affected packaging should begin using a non-hormonal form of contraception immediately to avoid unplanned pregnancy. Pfizer voluntarily recalls 14 lots... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs...

Is It Morally Just to Take a Life? End of Life Article from Duke and NIH Bioethicists Has Me Freaked

Shane at Environmental Health-Wellness-Beauty,LLC — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:54:00 +0000

A new article from Duke University and the National Institute of Health (NIH) in the latest issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics, is quite frankly making me freaked out and feeling extremely... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for...

Another Option for Recycling Old Eyeglasses: Donation (Infographic)

Jeff McIntire-Strasburg — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:43:51 +0000

Got a usable pair of eyeglasses that don't work for you any more? See why donating them to an organization that provides glasses to the world's poor can make a huge difference for someone. Related posts:

Top 10 Healthiest States for 2011…Did Your State Make The List?

Shane at Environmental Health-Wellness-Beauty,LLC — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:36:00 +0000

Click the map above to visit America's Health Rankings for an interactive look at just how healthy your state is! The Top 10 Healthiest States for 2011 as ranked by America’s Health Rankings®... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website f...

Diva Cup Review

Green Lifestyle Consulting — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:26:00 +0000

My sister and I are two totally different types of people and we live crazy-different lifestyles. However, we both like to be green and we do talk about all kinds of personal things, like feminine products. So when I told her th...

How the Mind Controls the Way Your Body Responds to Allergies

Yohani — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:59:31 +0000

In a recent experiment, allergic reactions were shown to be stronger in body parts which volunteers had "disowned" through an illusion. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of ...

LunaPads Review & Giveaway

Green Lifestyle Consulting — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:06:00 +0000

Welcome to the Green Resolutions Giveaway Hop, hosted by Happy Mothering, Mama Chocolate and Purposeful Homemaking! In addition to my green giveaway, there are 40 additional blogs featuring eco-friendly prize packages. After you're done entering my giveaway, please visit the other blogs, which you'll find listed below the Rafflecopter form. Good luck!

Bikini Lunapanties

Here's a Green New Year's Resolution that may be something you've never considered before - try reusable feminine products. Recently, I talked to Lunapads.com about having my sister and I do matching reviews of two of their feminine products, Diva Cups and Lunapanties. My sister had been wanting to try a Diva Cup, and I love my "mama pads" and was intrigued by Lunapanties. Each of us was appalled by the idea of the other option, which started us right off with the idea that different products are designed for different women and situations.

Read Rebekah's review of the Diva Cup now!

First of all, let me be clear that these are reusable feminine products. Unless you're the kind of guy that discusses tampons and pantyliners, you're unlikely to be interested in this topic - just skip right to the entry form and enter to win some for your favorite female!

"Mama pads" is a generic term for reusable feminine pads and pantyliners. Instead of purchasing and disposing of pads and/or tampons, you wash and reuse mama pads therefore avoiding adding to landfills. Also, many disposable feminine products are made from petroleum. Several cloth diaper manufactures make mama pads and if you are already washing cloth diapers you should definitely give them a try.

Mama pads of any brand are MUCH more comfortable than their disposable counterparts. Don't do it for the environmental benefits, do it because they are more comfortable for YOU!

If you have a child in cloth, just toss your mamapads, Lunapads or Lunapanties right in with the cloth diapers. Washing them is really that simple. If you're lucky enough to not currently have a child in diapers, Lunapads.com has a video showing how they recommend you wash them.

Lunapads.com sent me a pair of Lunapanties to review. I had not heard of this style of mama pads before. Lunapanties is a panty with extra layers where you need them most to absorb your flow or leakage. If you have medium or heavy flow you can add liner inserts to increase the absorbency. You can also swap out liner inserts for a fresh feeling all day.

Lunapanties

What I really love about the Lunapanties is that they have soft straps built in to hold the inserts in place. The one complaint I have had about reusable pads in general, is that they tend to slide around. The straps in the Lunapanties hold the inserts perfectly in place all day long. I also really like that the cut and style of the panties means that the pads don't bunch up and get all personal, like some pads (disposable or reusable). Instead the inserts/pads lay flat in place all day.

Lunapanties come in several cuts: bikini, hipster and briefs and in three colors: black, magenta and natural. The cotton is 100% organic which is yet another plus on the environmentally friendly meter. The one thing I would like to see added to the line is more colors!

You can go to Lunapads.com and order some yourself, or you can enter to win a $50 Gift Card to Lunapads.com!

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Corporations Can Legally Dump Toxic Waste in Fertilizers

Greg Traver — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:00:20 +0000

Why would anyone choose organic gardening? Besides being a lot healthier, it is a whole lot cheaper than the alternative. Unfortunately there are a handful of very powerful multi national corporations that don’t want you to know that and they have politicians on both sides in their pocket. Now why is that so important to them? Their goal is to keep you ignorant and enslaved to having to repurchase their seeds, fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides. In spite of the fact that it is destroying our environment, altering our DNA and propagating and even creating new disease.

1 in 15 Homes Have Elevated Levels of This Cancer Causer. Is Your Family at Risk?

Shane at Environmental Health-Wellness-Beauty,LLC — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:33:00 +0000

Check the map to see if your state in a high risk area for the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States During the month of January, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit...