Nourish The Spirit

Crazy the stuff I’m reading on these Iowa egg factories. So far they’re responsible for 500 million recalled eggs and 1500 illnesses. Not only are the conditions there totally slimy with rodents and maggots, but so is the company for employing illegal immigrant children, polluting, and causing up to 11 sexual harrasment lawsuits. Once upon [...]

Garden for the Environment, SF is offering a comprehensive class in organic gardening and composting in the Inner Sunset (brrr) starting September (Indian Summer, ok!) “The Gardening and Composting Educator Training Program (‘GCETP’) is a 3 month organic gardening certification program offered by Garden for the Environment. In three months you will learn organic gardening [...]

I’m loving “The Story of Cosmetics,” which came out today from Story of Stuff creator Annie Leonard with Clean Water Action, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, and Free Range Studios.  Annie explains that the average American uses an average of 6-12 beauty products daily, with most of them unchecked for potentially harmful ingredients. Free Range [...]

Here’s a round-up of some of my favorite man-made leather, cruelty-free shoes for the season. I’m a shoe fanatic and over the years, I try to avoid leather as much as possible for reasons listed on the PETA site when it’s not necessary. I wore my comfy, man-made leather Blowfish booties all winter (left) and [...]

Bike to Work Today! (Yup, it totally snuck up on us! But better late than never…) Today, Thursday May 13th, is the SF Bay Area’s 16th annual Bike to Work Day, so get up and get out there! If you don’t have a bike, take public transport (or better yet, take a walk and check [...]

SF volunteer’s commitment brings trees to the city’s urban landscape For all our eco-awareness here in the Bay Area, our standard-bearing city of San Francisco is remarkably short on trees.  Shady, life-giving greenery covers a mere 12% of the city – and chances are, if you pass by one of these precious trees, Charlie Starbuck [...]