Goal For The Green

Did you know that Yellow Pages advertising is over 100 years old? Unfortunately, since the first Yellow Pages directory was printed back in 1883, there has been very little variation to the formula: businesses pay a premium to advertise in the Yellow Pages directory, and a large directory is printed by the Yellow Pages operator, to be distributed free to the public every year.

Since, the Yellow Pages was started however, the world has changed DRAMATICALLY. Most people now use the Internet, to conduct even their local searches and with their Internet. Today,with enabled mobile handsets permanently by their side, it is becoming almost impossible to justify the continued production and distribution of Yellow Pages paper directories, at such a massive cost to the environment. Read the rest of this entry »

Let’s give Tania Reuben, and Pure Natural Diva our votes and support, for her own live show!  Tania is doing many wonderful things, to get the word out, to help bloggers, and anyone wanting to live a whole, and “greener” lifestyle!

Let’s do all we can to help her get this live show!  VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!

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View Tania’s audition here and don’t forget to vote – VOTE! VOTE!

Oprah’s new network OWN has created a contest and the winner will get their own talk show. Tania Reuben, was inspired by her blog – Pure Natural Diva – to enter the contest. Pure Natural Diva is an informational site, dedicated to Whole Living with Style and Ease.

The show – Pure Natural Diva Live – will cover the same topic. Simple Solutions to help people live greener, healthier lives.

This is a hardcore competition with high stakes. The current leader of the contest is Rener Gracie – he has the entire Ultimate Fighting Community voting for him – in two weeks he’s gotten over a million votes. As a blogger, I am thrilled to support Tania, and leverage the power of social media, to make her a contender!  She has a great mission, a wonderful site, and a her show has the potential to create meaningful change in our country.

One voter had this to say on the Oprah site:

“We need Pure Natural Diva Live! America needs this show! I love that Tania is a mom who wants to make a difference in all our lives. She has passion, and really dives into the issues, makes you feel passionate too, about wanting to make changes in your own home and life. In addition, to being a hilarious and genuine person, she is incredibly smart. Tania has invested her heart & soul, in Pure Natural Diva….out of not just her own family & personal needs, but seeing a genuine need in all of our lives & in society today.  Please, pick Pure Natural Diva Live, to be an Oprah show!”

View Tania’s audition here and don’t forget to vote – VOTE! VOTE!

Her website can be found here – PureNaturalDiva

Tania gives us a fresh combination of information and solutions, for the best ways we can take care of our planet, our homes, our families – and ourselves – so we can all live our best life.  Let’s do all we can to help her make “green” go LIVE!

OK, so it does take some time and effort to be a conscientious recycler. However, in most areas there are now recycle depots, that make the job much easier. Yes, most Waste Management, facilities offer single stream pick-up , which for those of us who pay for that convenience, it means no more separating our trash.

We have always had our own system, and chosen not to pay the near $40 a month, for garbage pick-up. The one peeve, that has always bothered me though, is the menace of, “What About Styrofoam?”

Thankfully, Marilyn Lauderdale of Kent WA, asked herself the same question.

“Somebody needs to do this. Why not me?”

The “this” that is the question, is figuring out how to keep the untold thousands of pounds of expanded polystyrene foam (eps) – better known by the trademark name, Styrofoam – out of landfills. Read the rest of this entry »