Just wanted to make one last appeal on behalf of the St. Baldrick's Foundation, which raises money to support pediatric cancer research. I've lowered my target from $1,000 to $200. I've even started the ball rolling by pitching in the first $20. Here's hoping a few of you can spare a few dollars for...

It all started with an article written by Ross Gittins about the response by Australians to the bushfires. I don't want to get stuck into the argument about motivations - that's a whole other can of worms. The point that resonates with me is that we have a collective attention span that would shame ...

Pardon me for the self indulgence. Citizen Brand is three years old today. I'm glad I have made it this far and appreciate all of you who have checked in from time to time to peruse my observations on the......

I recently wrote about non-stick cookware, and how it's an environmental and health issue that I had to add to my list of things to fret about. So, consider that one strike against all the Calphalon cookware we got for our wedding. One strike for: A cool recycling program they run called: ...

If you will remember--encouraged by the CDG--I had great ambitions to make this a "no plastic holiday".  Yeah, that didn't necessarily go so well. I tried.  And overall I think I did buy/use less plastic than I might have otherwise, but still my transgressions were numerous...

Just read about this last night and am troubled.  Apparently in response to last years Chinese toy recalls, congress has passed a law (the Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act) requiring all toys to be tested for things like lead.  The problem?  While the testing is do-able for...

I know that many of us are looking long and hard at our holiday gift giving lists this year. (I'm maintaining mine on a product I discovered via a BlogHer sponsor,  Springpad ...check it out if you're my kind of anal retentive!) You're probably economizing on the gifts you do give,...

Today is the 60th birthday of one of my favorite documents: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The UN has a special anniversary page up where you can get the DHR in 360 languages to share with your friends. As a food-writer, I want to point to article 25, which starts: (1) Everyone has the r...

One of my roles at BlogHer is overseeing our marketing efforts. So, of course I perked up when I saw the headline of this Daily Green article: 5 Ways Marketers Can Help the Environment Now, really, they should have prioritized this list. Items #1, 2 and 4 on the list assume that one is still in the ...

March is Women's History Month. My podcast launched in March 2007, and I did two shows of music by female artists which are to date among the most frequently downloaded episodes in the show's history. I didn't get around to doing that this March because I was on the road a lot, so I'm thinking ahead...