Just Say No to Overconsumption
by Megan Sheils

We’ve all read them—the ways to save money in these trying economic times. Ways to make us feel that we have some level of control over lives that may include job loss, foreclosure, growing debt and disappearing investments. Continue reading...

Recession Gardening
by Fab and Fru

Derived from the concept behind the popular World War II “victory gardens,” recession gardens can help supplement grocery bills while leaving fresh produce right at your fingertips. But not everyone is born with a green thumb and costs can add up, so we offer ... Continue reading...

Everything Is Better When It's Fair
by Megy Karydes

A movement is brewing. Imagine a world where every individual was treated with respect and dignity. That’s the vision behind World Fair Trade Day, a day celebrated in more than 70 countries, including here, on or around the second Saturday of May. Continue reading...

EARTH TALK: The Skeptic Question
by Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine

So-called “global warming skeptics” are indeed getting more vocal than ever, and banding together to show their solidarity against the scientific consensus that has concluded that global warming is caused by emissions from human activities. Continue reading...

Why I Went Organic
by Harmony Susalla

For years I designed prints that you could find in big name stores. In fact, I designed the best-selling bedding set in the history of WalMart. The pajamas I designed were given to all of the presidential candidates in the 2000 election. Continue reading...

High School Confidential
by Daisy Simmons

Okay, I’ll admit it. I liked high school. In fact, I sorta loved it. Of course there were low moments—I hated getting up so early in the morning, I could never get my bangs right, and My So-Called Life was canceled, tainting... Continue reading...

Bedtime Balderdash
by Sarah Schaffner

Who coined the phrase “sleep like a baby”? I’m thinking it must have been someone who never had any prolonged contact with an actual human baby. This person probably once saw a picture in a book of a baby sleeping and thought, “Aha! Now that looks peaceful. Just the simile I’m looking for!” Or maybe we’re misusing the idiom. Maybe it’s one of those nuances of language—like “irregardless”—that doesn’t really mean anything (yes, really. It’s just “regardless”), but so many people use it that it becomes acceptable. Maybe that phrase was originally meant to describe a “very light and fragile, half-conscious state usually lasting for no longer than 35 minutes that can be easily disturbed by a noise the frequency of a mouse sigh.” Then it would be correct to say: we all sleep like babies at my house. Continue reading...