Enjoy Not Fighting The Sun

As BikerMentalists we live to be outdoors. All of our activities involve wind in our hair, mud on our boots and the sun on our skin. Unfortunately the sun has some pretty damaging affects on our health. Sunblock and sunscreen has been touted as a protectant from the sun for the last few decades, new [...]

Food gifts for all types

I think of all the gift ideas that we have, food gifts are the one category that will satisfy even the most difficult people to choose for on your list. The ideas below offer a real diverse selection of options and they all are earth-friendly in either their ingredients, packaging, business practices or all three.

Baby Products That Are Baby Safe

For generations babies across the nation have been slathered with lotion that comes from a pink bottle, bottoms have been powdered from a white bottle and shampoo has been dispensed from a yellow labeled bottle. Many mothers never thought twice about what ingredients filled these containers, they just followed what the mothers before them practiced.

Today’s [...]

Anti-Beauty Products?

Skin is the body’s largest organ, protecting us all from pathogens and other environmental damages. So why don’t we take better care of the things that come into contact with our skin. We pay no attention to what makes up products we use everyday, not realizing that many of the ingredients are thought to be [...]

Want a bun in your oven? Eat your veggies!

A study from Harvard University found that vegetarians may be more fertile than non-vegetarians. The study involved over 18,000 women who ate vegetarian protein instead of animal protein which cut their risk of ovulatory infertility in half. This news caught the interest of PETA who is planning to market this study using creatively placed fruits [...]

Sneaking in Green

I spent the beginning of the week in Houston Texas and discovered some green along the way in unexpected ways.
Outside of my hotel and throughout the streets I came across these great solar parking meters. Now, I don’t like to pay for parking, and didn’t because I didn’t rent a car. But if you have to pay, [...]

EPA takes stand on greenhouse gas

Bloomberg is reporting this morning that the EPA is taking position against greenhouse gasses, quote “greenhouse gasses pose a health danger”. See the story  at: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aeIMm4IAEsMI&refer=us.
It is amazing how greenhouse gasses tend to focus on the political feelings of global warming. We need to stopped arguing with each other about global warming and take a hard [...]