Review of Ritz Carlton Maui – Kapalua Bay – The Grounds

The joy of a beautiful week on Maui at the Ritz Carlton Kapalua Bay still lingers in my head, the beautiful resort offering a nice balance between native lands, preserved beaches and developed areas.

Gift that make you look good

When giving a gift in the clothing and accessories category, you now have a number of great options that are earth-friendly. Who knew sustainable, recycled, organic and planet-friendly could be so beautiful.

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.

Unique Kids Gifts

Part two of five. With all the great kids on my list, I know how hard it is to find gifts kids will love that also are planet-friendly. Below are a few ideas that would appeal both to kids or the kid-at-heart.

You are doing what with my wine? Trying to Understand Biodynamic Wine

At first glance, biodynamic seems a bit odd. Kind of in the way alternative medicines like acupuncture and massage therapy seemed 20 years ago. When you look at the practice, techniques such as fermenting Yarrow flowers in a deer’s bladder are quite unusual.

Buying Rural Education with your T-shirt

As important as it is to recognize mainstream companies that make a step in the right direction, it’s even more important to support companies that are doing extraordinary things to save the world in a fun and cost effective manner.

hessnature, a clothing company that focus on encouraging social and environmental programs throughout the world, introduced [...]

Disney gets green clothing right

I love to celebrate when main stream companies take a step in the right direction, that highlights a green practice or product. If they get it right, we need to acknowledge their efforts and if we are looking to purchase, buy the product as well.
On Earth Day, Disney along with a number of other main [...]

Smithsonian Green Initiatives

I was very impressed by some of the initiatives being implemented by both the Smithsonian Museums and the National Park Service (NPS) in DC. Not only were they thinking about ways to improved their practices, they also communicated the what and why they were doing to the visitors in a straight forward manner.
At the Lincoln Memorial, a large portion of [...]