by Andrea Dalve-Endres | May 13, 2013 | Environment, Health/Wellness
The recent Bangladesh garment factory tragedy reminded me once again how much our lives impact the lives of others thousands of miles away. In our daily lives, we simply walk in a store and purchase items at low cost without any thought to the cost imposed on...
by Andrea Dalve-Endres | Dec 29, 2012 | Environment
…for joining others in banning plastic bags! Happy New Year! On January 1, 2013, the county that I live in, Alameda County, will ban plastic bags and will require a minimum 10-cent charge on paper and reusable bags. The cost could go up to a minimum of 25-cents...
by Andrea Dalve-Endres | Oct 7, 2012 | Environment, Food, Health/Wellness
COMPLETED! Food & Water – For your protection! I’m continuing the saga of learning about all the new environmentally oriented laws that were enacted for 2012, just about in time for those that will be enacted in 2013! Because I am obsessive I had to complete the...
by Andrea Dalve-Endres | Aug 24, 2012 | Environment
FINALLY! Trying to make the commitment to greening our life, meant thinking of ways we could reduce our carbon footprint. One of those ways we thought to reduce our use and may be a worthwhile investment was to add solar panels to our house and our back rental unit. ...
by Andrea Dalve-Endres | Jul 7, 2012 | Environment
Protecting the Environment ~ and you Of the 745 new California laws that begun at the start of the year, 16 are directed at environmental protection laws. If you are looking for a list of all California laws with all the legal-ese you can stand, there is a pdf...
by Andrea Dalve-Endres | Apr 19, 2012 | Environment, Food, Health/Wellness, Personal Thoughts
Can you have it all? Sometimes it seems like the answer to that question is “no”. Rather every choice seems more to be, pardon the cliché, but a ‘choice between the lesser of two evils’. Paying careful attention to every choice I’ve been making has definitely been...
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