Archives
- 2009.10.31: Quick hits
- 2009.10.20: Walking on eggshells over chicken arguments?
- 2009.09.26: Missed it by that much: Green pitches fall flat
- 2009.09.22: One-stop recycling shop this Saturday
- 2009.09.11: Car-free Tuesday? Over my dead body
- 2009.08.31: Cash for Clunker appliances
- 2009.08.27: Kefir questions
- 2009.08.24: Watch butterflies flutter by and more
- 2009.08.23: Whole Foods backlash
- 2009.08.04: Chickenomics
- 2009.08.04: What not to recycle
- 2009.08.01: Mission: Iowa
- 2009.07.07: The veggies are coming to Naperville
- 2009.06.30: I love farmers markets
- 2009.06.24: From reel mower to real mower
- 2009.06.22: Paper will never die
- 2009.06.06: Allergy-ridden?
- 2009.06.01: Life: Too long for additives, too short for homecookin'
- 2009.05.13: Chicago: 1, American Chemistry Council: 0
- 2009.05.12: Earth Event at Joliet Public Library
- 2009.05.12: Do lush lawns at schools make you pause?
- 2009.05.08: Bring out your inner pioneer
- 2009.05.04: Spring has sprung
- 2009.04.28: Electronics recycling event Saturday
- 2009.04.27: Deadline looms for river cleanup
- 2009.04.24: Earth Day event: Kite Fly and recycling
- 2009.04.24: Earth Day week events: Will County Forest Preserve District
- 2009.04.22: Not just lip service
- 2009.04.22: Seriously, alderman? Right before Earth Day?
- 2009.04.21: Earth Day event: Go green, get ice cream
- 2009.04.21: Earth Day event: Benefit Dinner
- 2009.04.20: Earth Day event: 'The Future of Food'
- 2009.04.20: Where in the world was I?
- 2009.04.13: Earth Day is coming
- 2009.04.13: Anything MSG can do, The Spice House can do better
- 2009.03.30: Kudos to Will County
- 2009.03.28: Well done, world!
- 2009.03.23: A good reason to be in the dark
- 2009.03.20: Sew what?
- 2009.03.09: The last frost looms. Are you ready?
- 2009.03.02: Plastic-free lunchtime seduction
- 2009.02.23: The fix is in
- 2009.02.17: How efficient is fuel efficient?
- 2009.02.13: Go ahead, love your body
- 2009.02.13: Sweet valentine
- 2009.02.05: Are you just keeping up appearances?
- 2009.02.02: Who is polluting in my back yard?
- 2009.01.28: Vote now to send a local farmer to The White House
- 2009.01.26: Grocery shopping with class
- 2009.01.19: That's change I can believe in
- 2009.01.11: The telemarketing gulf
- 2009.01.07: Have a green Christmas this week
- 2009.01.05: The MSG message
- 2009.01.02: What did you learn in 2008?
- 2009.01.01: Free, black and green
- 2008.12.13: Giving to worthy charities brings joy ... and exemptions
- 2008.11.30: These tips Bite, but in a good, sassy way
- 2008.11.29: Saturday product reviews: beef jerky
- 2008.11.23: SOS: Save Our Shower curtains
- 2008.11.22: One day left to visit expo!
- 2008.11.20: The Better Body Bureau on baking soda
- 2008.11.18: Reward green high-schoolers
- 2008.11.18: Gobble, gobble, but do it locally and naturally
- 2008.11.08: Product review: Arm & Hammer baking soda
- 2008.11.07: That e-mail just went to the wrong person
- 2008.11.05: Sustainability: Inside the box
- 2008.10.31: No TLC for BPA or FDA
- 2008.10.29: Local foodies: Your dreams have come true
- 2008.10.26: Don't pooh-pooh going without shampoo
- 2008.10.25: Green product Saturday: Mac and Cheese
- 2008.10.21: Imagine me here
- 2008.10.18: Green product Saturdays: Kitchen Basics stocks
- 2008.10.15: Just say no to nano
- 2008.10.13: Don't let the earth be a victim of the economy
- 2008.10.02: Let the slugfest begin
- 2008.10.01: A more humane insecticide
- 2008.09.26: Send in the anteaters
- 2008.09.25: Just call me Method Man
- 2008.09.25: I'm back!
- 2008.09.14: If you pave it, it will flood
- 2008.09.13: Green product Saturdays: foam soap dispenser
- 2008.09.11: Good deeds, fresh air
- 2008.09.08: (Recycled) checks and balances
- 2008.09.06: Saturday product reviews: Cheese sticks
- 2008.09.04: How does free, greener energy sound?
- 2008.08.31: My $87 ComEd bills smells like shame
- 2008.08.30: Green product Saturdays: Waxed paper
- 2008.08.27: Not the devil's sippy cups
- 2008.08.25: Greenwashing: A slimy shade of green
- 2008.08.23: Who needs HD when you've got green radio?
- 2008.08.23: Green product Saturday: Toilet cleaner
- 2008.08.19: The stink over antiperspirants and deodorants
- 2008.08.14: The Great Canning Experiment No. 3
- 2008.08.13: The Great Canning Experiment No. 2
- 2008.08.12: The Great Canning Experiment No. 1
- 2008.08.09: Green product Saturdays: 100-calorie cookie packs
- 2008.08.06: Water conservation at work in Plainfield
- 2008.08.03: Canning preserves more than food
- 2008.08.02: Green product Saturdays: Organic bar soap
- 2008.07.31: Japanese beetle (and I don't mean Yoko Ono)
- 2008.07.30: 'Project Runway' design makes Bluefly green, fly
- 2008.07.29: A greener god
- 2008.07.29: Tuesday links
- 2008.07.28: The Big Evil Corporation was my uncle?
- 2008.07.25: Garden's timing has me in a pickle
- 2008.07.24: Want to comment?
- 2008.07.24: Rain barrel chic
- 2008.07.23: Will cancer warning lead to cell decay?
- 2008.07.22: The quicker thicker landfill filler-upper?
- 2008.07.22: Tuesday links
- 2008.07.21: Simply Organic line wasn't simple
- 2008.07.20: (Tomato) cage match: Begley vs. Nye
- 2008.07.19: Product review: Kill A Watt (the vampire slayer)
- 2008.07.18: No man is an island, but every trash-making continent is
- 2008.07.17: Green U.
- 2008.07.17: Everything old is wasteful again?
- 2008.07.15: Insecticidal: What's next?
- 2008.07.15: Tuesday links
- 2008.07.15: Water conservation event Wednesday in Plainfield
- 2008.07.14: Organic gardening going mainstream
- 2008.07.09: Planet Green show filming Saturday in Naperville ...
- 2008.07.09: Good news and bad news from today's editorial page
- 2008.07.08: Tuesday links
- 2008.07.07: It's a shoe-in for recycling
- 2008.07.06: I am not at one with nature
- 2008.07.05: Green alert: Sunday's USA Weekend
- 2008.07.02: "Wall-E" tickets should come with Prozac and Xanax
- 2008.07.01: Tuesday links
- 2008.06.29: Barrel o' conservation
- 2008.06.28: Green product Saturdays: Washer
- 2008.06.24: What's your electric bill like?
- 2008.06.21: Green product Saturdays: Lawn mowers
- 2008.06.19: R.I.P. chipmunk
- 2008.06.19: Craig's List alternative is highly classified
- 2008.06.19: Invasive species update
- 2008.06.19: New white bathroom sink is actually old and green
- 2008.06.18: C'mon Prairie People, wave your volunteer hands in the air
- 2008.06.17: Tuesday links
- 2008.06.15: Would you pay more for a car that uses less gas?
- 2008.06.14: The phantom weed wacker
- 2008.06.14: Green product Saturdays: Mosquito repellent
- 2008.06.13: Boldly stepping into the 20th century
- 2008.06.13: CFL bulbs are the poster child of the green movement
- 2008.06.12: Greening Main Street
- 2008.06.12: I'm not just talking to myself over here
- 2008.06.12: Choke the carbon belch
- 2008.06.12: Out of the green closet
- 2008.06.11: The older they are, the greener they are?
- 2008.06.09: Of all the stupid .... Carbon Belch Day is Thursday
- 2008.06.08: A lesson in green cleaning
- 2008.06.07: Save the veggies!
- 2008.06.07: Green product Saturdays: Lighter fluid
- 2008.06.07: In for $1, in for a pound of junk mail
- 2008.06.06: Too warm for comfort
- 2008.06.05: One hundred legs pointin' skyward
- 2008.06.05: Today is World Environment Day
- 2008.06.04: The bigger they are, the harder they wash
- 2008.06.04: Plant Green debuts today at 5 p.m.
- 2008.06.03: Naperville gets in on the clothes line debate
- 2008.06.03: Tuesday links
- 2008.06.03: Even Japanese game shows can be green
- 2008.06.02: Lady(bug) sings the blues
- 2008.06.02: Pack it in, pack it out
- 2008.06.01: It's for the tadpoles
- 2008.05.31: Green product Saturdays: Toilet paper
- 2008.05.31: The air apparent
- 2008.05.30: Unaccompanied tomatoes
- 2008.05.29: Free hazardous waste disposal Saturday at JJC!
- 2008.05.29: The buckthorn stops here
- 2008.05.29: Going through the change
- 2008.05.28: Recycling - get 'em hooked when they're young
- 2008.05.28: Thank you, Tracy!
- 2008.05.28: Seduced by National Geographic
- 2008.05.27: Green readers represent!
- 2008.05.27: Tuesday links
- 2008.05.27: Put down the air freshener and back away slowly
- 2008.05.24: Dandelion whine
- 2008.05.24: Drink miles (just don't drive them)
- 2008.05.23: And miles to go before I eat
- 2008.05.23: Fade to black?
- 2008.05.22: No more games
- 2008.05.22: Pollutant-free room equals autism-free kids?
- 2008.05.22: Move over blue cheese; green cheese is here
- 2008.05.20: Tuesday links
- 2008.05.20: Bug-traumatized misery loves company
- 2008.05.19: Too many legs to love
- 2008.05.17: Hung out to dry
- 2008.05.16: Better late than never
- 2008.05.15: How does your garden grow?
- 2008.05.14: Green is the new black
Julie Todd is the night editor at The Herald News in Joliet. She and her
husband are looking to cut the chemicals and get back to basics -- minus the
granola and hemp clothing. They live in a home they bought last year in
Plainfield, where they're making changes to create their own little patch of
utopia.