I’m very excited about the brand new juice product from Amazon Herb Company, ZAMU. It’s unlike anything else on the market right now.

It is certified organic, with no added preservatives, and includes only the 7 ingredients listed on the company’s site and promotion materials, all of which are included for  their specific value. The Amazon Herb Company works in the Amazon sustainably harvesting herbs in partnership with the indigenous communities, and has been committed for its 18-year history to empowering those communities.

Lots of people have tried to get me interested in superfruit juice drinks like Xango, Monavie, and Zrii both as a customer and as a business builder. But before Zamu I wasn’t even interested in drinking them, much less telling other people about them. (more…)

I’ve been hearing for a while about the fact that compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) contain small amounts of mercury. So, though these bulbs use less energy to operate, they pose another environmental concern,in the form of about 5 mg of mercury per bulb.
This doesn’t seem to be common knowledge, despite the heavy promotion of the advantages of CFLs by the media and even Wal-Mart. A recent article discusses the lack of recycling options for CFLs.

So if even the energy-efficient CFL bulbs are not a good option from an environmental perspective, what is an eco-conscious consumer to do? (more…)

God left us a great clue as to what foods help what part of our body! Nature is amazing!

A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye… and YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.

A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All of the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food. (more…)

Many of the decisions we make that relate to caring for our pets also have an impact on the environment. One of these decisions is made easier by the plethora of eco-conscious options that are available.

If you are still using traditional clay cat litter, consider these things:

• Clay litter is not bio-degradable. Each year, over 2 million tons of cat litter ends up in U.S. landfills, most of it non-biodegradable.
• Clay is non-renewable and is obtained by open-pit mining (sometimes referred to as strip-mining)
• Non-clumping cat litter is often made of zeolite or diatomite
• There are some concerns about the safety of sodium bentonite, used in clumping cat litter, especially for kittens. You can read a summary of the concerns and the various perspectives here.

So if you want to switch to a more environmentally friendly cat litter, how do you know which one to use? (more…)

Did you know that washing machine hoses can burst? And did you know that they make washing machine hoses that have an automatic shutoff in case of such problems?

Well I was ignorant on both counts. Until, that is, I was awakened at 5:30 am (after going to bed around 4 am!) a few days ago by my neighbor ringing my doorbell, because water was flowing out of my garage and the side of my house. He turned off the water at the main control and I started wading through water (in sock.s, since my brain was not functioning) and checking out the whole scene

It took a while before I finally realized something was amiss in the laundry room. Not only was the floor wet, but the walls were too. And the washing machine was full of water! I put the washer on spin and waited for it to empty. I then turned off the faucets going to the washer and turned the water to the house back on. A quick turn of the cold water faucet very quickly told me that the water was coming from a burst cold water washing machine hose. (more…)