Fair Trade certified goods — particularly coffee, chocolate, bananas and flowers — help some of the world’s poorest women and children have a better life and a better environment. And in some cases it creates a healthier situation for the consumer as well (ex: fertilizers used on flowers). And it’s totally sexy …
I’ve been sick as a dog, but my oh my there’s news, news everywhere you look: I missed the Obama fun yesterday but you can read all about it on the local campaign blog. But there’s still lots of canvassing and fun stuff to do. Including a house party on Sunday sponsored by MoveOn.org. UNLV’s…
Times are tough all over and being a former journo (as well as a recent lay-off-ee), I know that you have to support what you want to stick around. Third-wave feminist magazine Bitch may have to close it’s doors (and cease production) if it can’t scrounge up $40K by Oct. 15. If you believe in…
Your morning coffee, my choco-holism, the pretty flowers on the secretary’s desk … fair trade can touch it all and do a lot.
Marching for the Dream Act: march @ 3 p.m. Friday, May 23 on Eastern in front of Valley HS. Reason-based musings on using public transportation and, you know, changing your lifestyle because of rising gas prices. I really like NYT writer Andrew Martin’s food-related articles. And when I say food, I mean the food chain,…
You know how much I love it when you can do double-duty with your shopping dollars. If you are going to buy something anyway and can give a portion of that money to charity why wouldn’t you? So I’m always happy to spread the news of new ways to do just that. At nonprofitshoppingmall. com,…
How far are you willing to take your effort to stem climate change and help the planet? The Bon Appetit Management Company has created the first Low Carbon Diet Calculator, which evaluates everything you put in your mouth based on its carbon footprint. The idea is to quantify how your food fuel is impacting the…
Here we are again at Earth Day (officially April 22). And I can’t help thinking — What a difference Al Gore has made. That little Oscar-winning movie, An Inconvenient Truth, and a little thing called a Nobel prize add a surprising amount of clout. I seem to recall that sometime in the middle of the…
Like a lot of people, I was pretty freaked out when the news broke last week about a potential link between the prescription drug Singulair and suicides. Singulair, made by Merck, is used to treat asthma (that’s me) and allergies and is available in doses ranging from children to adults. According to news reports, while…
So I wanted to share the responses I’ve gotten so far to the e-mails I sent back as part of The Sin City Siren’s campaign to get Republic Services and retailers to recycle used CFLs (compact fluorescent lightbulbs). Below are the responses so far … — E
The Sin City Siren 