When it comes to fashion and giving back to the environment, how do you know for sure that you are purchasing eco-friendly and sustainable products? If you ask me, it’s confusing to choose, let alone find, credible organic claims made by designers and brands. I love that there’s a label launching next year that the average consumer like myself will be able...

A beautiful dome by Tend Living. Meet my friend Britton Neubacher, founder of green-chic company Tend Living. Brit creates sustainable living sculptures that make you think twice about gardening, like the one above. What started as a small San Diego project has now transformed home and work spaces all over Southern California to reflect the native landscape in completely...

Today marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day here in North America. The observance, introduced by US senator Gaylord Nelson, Harvard student Denis Hayes and well-known eco-activist Paul Erlich originated in the early 1970s during what the senator described as a crisis and call to global environmental awareness. Today, nearly 175 countries from all around the world celebrate...

Follow the rose petal road for an eco-friendly DIY romantic getaway in your own house that starts om the dining room and ends in the bedroom. By BsaB. First off, cook your sweetie a delicious Vegetable Puttanesca, fast enough to whip up in under an hour. There’s nothing more romantic than a hearty, gluten, egg, soy, and cow dairy free pasta dish that’s...

My favorite seed catalog came in today’s mail: organic Floriani red flint corn, green meat radish, Bolivian rainbow pepper, purple pac choy, ruby streaks mustard. These are the reasons I started gardening–I was awed by the incredible diversity of life I could sustain on my little corner of earth. There were other reasons too. After my urban upbringing, I longed...

The media has propelled estrogen-mimicking chemical bisphenol A (BPA) to the forefront of health news. It’s ubiquitous, and it’s likely in your body. The chemical, developed as an estrogen replacement, is commonly used to harden plastics such, most commonly polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins. It’s been linked to various cancers, diabetes, heart disease...

WellWire went interactive to test your MooQuotient on Twitter and asked some controversial questions about how livestock is raised and farmed. In a nutshell we asked, do you know where that steak was before it landed on your plate? Still want a chance to see your MQ? Visit our Twitter feed and test your smarts now! Already took the quiz? See how your MooQuotient rates...

I make my own cleaning products here in sunny San Diego. Why? I live just a few blocks from the ocean and I often see my die-hard surfer friends in the water, rain or shine. After each rainfall they tend to get sick because everything we put down our drains really does end up downstream. The next time you’re about to pour, flush, or dump anything down the drain,...