by jenmueller | Jan 22, 2012 | Green, Green Moms Carnival, World
For this month's Green Moms Carnival, “Resolutions to Fight Climate Change” hosted by Strocel.com, I'm getting personal, really personal. But let's start with the big picture: E-Magazine reports that, in 1998, 6.5 billion tampons were...
by jenmueller | Dec 4, 2010 | Green, Green Moms Carnival, Life
photo © 2009 Simon 'Kelp' Keeping | more info (via: Wylio) My husband and I don't give each other presents: not birthday presents, not anniversary presents, not Christmas presents. The appropriate cultural response: How do you show the other how much...
by jenmueller | Oct 28, 2010 | Green Moms Carnival, Interwebs
Is it ghoulish to talk about death at Halloween? Well, Crunchy Chicken of Green Moms Carnival is asking carnival bloggers to consider the environmental impact of the after-life. If your end-of-life plans don't involve becoming one of the undead, one option to...
by jenmueller | May 9, 2010 | Green Moms Carnival, Interwebs, Life, World
Photo: Oil continues to gush into the gulf at a rate of 5,000 barrels a day. See more from the Washington Post. With the nation watching in horror as an offshore oil disaster the U.S. Department of the Interior thought was so unlikely that it didn't even require...
by jenmueller | Nov 5, 2009 | DC Mindful Mom, Green, Green Moms Carnival
According to the U.S. Census Bureau 2.3 percent of commuter trips in Washington DC are by bicycle. This whoops a truly pathetic national average of 0.55 percent, and I'm proud to be a part of it. According to Bay Area Bikes bike to work calculator, I saved $8.28...
by jenmueller | Sep 14, 2009 | DC Mindful Mom, Green, Green Moms Carnival, Melty aka. Global Warming, World
“Wow, and I thought my life was complicated,” lamented Mac as we followed Maya off to see the rabbit hutches at Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm one afternoon this past August. We had just sat through a little presentation by one of the farm staff on...
