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Sy, Can I Steal Your Tag Line?

In case you haven’t noticed, we are an e-commerce site. We sell stuff. Our tag line is “Where it Pays to Buy Green.” EcoPlum started out as a place to buy eco-friendly products and earn rewards in the...

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A Shift in Thinking

Last weekend was my son Noah’s Bar Mitzvah (that would explain my infrequent posts over the last year). It was AWESOME!!!! But I’m not here to boast or bore you with my personal feelings of pride and...

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We’re all in the same boat!

photo by Gerry Thomasen Flickr Creative Commons Did you ever hear the one about the group who goes out in a small boat together? One of the passengers pulls out a drill and starts drilling a hole...

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The Itsy Bitsy Spider

As a blogger and publisher of a green media site I get a lot of emails from people sharing their thoughts and asking for my advice (for whatever it’s worth).  One email I got recently from somebody...

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Gia’s Tips on Safe Cosmetics

I like this vlogging thing. It’s much easier than writing. I’ll continue to use the excuse that I have a broken finger as long as I can to make these videos instead of writing a post. This month I...

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A Trip to the Farmer’s Market with Smelly Scraps in Tow

Three years ago (oh my how time flies!!) as I approached my 46th birthday I wrote all about how I was going to get a composter and start composting at home.  Well as it turned out, I never got that...

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Using Technology to Empower the Consumer in Beauty and Fashion Purchases

Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunshinecity/ I was so excited to see that the Environmental Working Group has come out with an iPhone (and Android) app for its Skin Deep database. For...

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Mindycara: An EcoFashionista’s Dream

When my high schooler was a tiny two-year-old tot, he went wandering over to the next table at Starbucks to play with the cute girl sipping warm milk with her mom.  As I ran over to get him, I started...

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Fifty is the New Thirty: Finding my True Calling

As I approach my 50th birthday, I’ve been doing quite a bit of self-reflection.  In my personal life, I couldn’t be more satisfied: my husband and I will celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary in...

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Being a Part of Something Big

I was born in the 60s and often think about how crazy that decade was.  President Kennedy was killed when my mom was pregnant with me, our good family friend Andrew Goodman was killed in Mississippi...

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As the days get longer…Personal Sustainability resolve gets stronger

1/12/2011 – This post was originally written in January 2010, but it still applies for 2011: Wow, I had really worked myself into a tizzy by the end of 2009.  I was feeling disappointed about the...

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What’s it gonna take to completely bag the plastic bag?

It still amazes me – our obsession with plastic bags. Yesterday I was at Duane Reade (the New York version of CVS, Walgreens, whatever pharmacy/convenience store you have in your neck of the woods) and...

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What is your Eco-Attitude?

I love discovering cool internet tools. The geek in me speaks again. So when I took a moment to check out URTAK.com I was happy I did. One of the many Columbia Business School email lists I subscribe...

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Green Design, Not So Green Implementation

I have to share something that has driven me absolutely crazy for a while. At the risk of exposing too much information, I’m letting you know that am still taking the birth control pill at age 46....

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All I Want for my Birthday is a Composter…

Not sure if you’ve noticed, but the subtitle to this blog is “Confessions of a Reformed Consumer.” Well it doesn’t get much more reformed than this: just a few years ago I was longing for shoes,...

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Black, White and Green

Kids tend to see things in black and white: You don’t like me? You must hate me. He’s not smart, he must be stupid. For many of us, the tendency to present a False Dilemma carries forward into...

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Time to Invite Others to the Party

As I’ve mentioned frequently, a few years ago I was clueless about environmental issues. I didn’t even know about the effect of cow farts on climate change. But then I had my “AHA!” moment and became...

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