Personal Quest: Inspiring Blog

Although I am biased as she is a personal friend, Karyn writes an incredible blog about her quest to become more green. Inspired by reading the book, Sleeping Naked is Green by Vanessa Fanguharson, Karyn started her own mission to be more eco-responsible. She has fantastic pictures, personal stories, and personal experience to make this a fun and accessible read to any one looking for easy methods and recipes to make their lives more sustainable. She finds many of her recipes and methods through research, and saves much of what she finds to a pinterest account (and inspired me to start one too!) Karyn, with a background in science, is just the girl to write about this topic. She knows the methods and science behind sustainability, and makes it a manageable task for all who want to bring this type of change to their lives. Check out her blog and give her feedback!

Likewise, Karyn has inspired me to make some of these changes myself. I’ll share as I test out the recipes and results!

Scary News about Meat

Not that I eat a lot of meat to begin with… and less so now that I am dating a vegetarian, but this is scary news. I don’t think I will be ordering red meat at a restaurant again (even though steak may be one of my most favorite food items!).

I’m now on a mission to find local organic grass fed meat.
I know of Hemlock Hills. Anyone know of others?

If you are going to still purchase processed meat, I did a quick search online and found a few brands that sell sodium nitrate free products. Even Boars Head and Applegate are not entirely sodium-nitrate free, so pay attention to labels!

This however is not a credible source, printed in sensational style, and is definitely missing sources. Not to mention the publication date as being April fools! The New York Times recently published an article with similar danger, an conveys the danger in many red meats, without the sensations. This is the link.