Blog: ecoLIFESTYLE

Bright GREEN GIFT IDEAS

We happily came together on Thursday, December 14th for our 6th Annual Holiday ecoSCHMOOZE event. Always my favourite gathering of the year - this event is so interactive it turns the audience into...

The London Bicycle Summit 2011

I was invited to attend the London Bicycle Summit on behalf of ecoLIVING London on December 1st. Here is a quick summary of my experience. Hosted by Share the Road Cycling Coalition, the summit...

A Keeper

This was taken and adapted from a random email forward I thought was so relevant to ecoLIVING. 

Public transportation as a civil rights issue?

Should access to public transportation be a civil right, since the lack of it in car-focused societies restricts access to jobs, education and other opportunities?

It's Creating Time!

The last days of summer are absolutely made for my favourite things: gardening, canning & crocheting (because you'll need some new scarves, mitts & hats soon!) I could probably include coffee...

Food and Herbs: Keeping Cool as a Cucumber the Naturopathic Way

If you avoid the use of climate control, and are looking for ways to keep cool this summer by using food and herbs, then please read further….

Are Cell Phones the New Cigarette?

Saying that cell phone use carries health risks is "controversial", so by all reason and logic, they must be safe, right? That's what we used to say about cigarettes... Don't wait for the science to...

Hitting DELETE on eWaste

Think back to you or your family’s first television, and then think back to your first desktop computer, printer, cell phone or Walkman. Now think of how many different versions of each you've had...

Green Wardrobe Planning

It’s been a busy couple of years with the start-up of ecoLIVING London, so much so, that I haven’t really had the time or the inclination to do a lot of shopping for myself. That said, as our...

Zen simple

I'm a blog junkie - not only do I write several of my own, I also enjoy reading other people's blogs. One of my favorites is called zen habits by Leo Babauta. Babauta writes a lot about living a...