Sara Snow
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Green Eyes On: Stone Soup - Making Something Out of Nothing
It's happened to me a thousand times or more so I'm sure it's happened to you as well. Dinnertime is looming, you look in the refrigerator, the pantry, the cupboards...and nothing. Not a can of beans or bundle of beets jumps out
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Green Eyes On: Green Halloween Tips You May Not Have Thought Of
Each year Americans spend billions of dollars on Halloween candy, costumes and other Halloween related décor-type items (over $3 billion was spent in 2006 alone). They're shelling out $20-50 a piece on costumes and $10 and
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Green Eyes On: Cold Weather Reads for Families & Foodies Alike
The weather outside is lovely, but before long we'll be ready to curl up inside with a good book and catch up on our reading. I am always looking for good book recommendations and thought that I would pass along a few that I've
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Green Eyes On: 3 Ways To Throw A Greener Tailgate
A friend of mine threw a tailgate party recently (check out her blog entry) and did everything she could to make it a greener tailgate. She and her husband both are huge football fans and live for weekend home games.
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Green Eyes On: 5 Ways to Stay Green With the Kids Back in School
Reading, writing, arithmetic, social studies...oh, that class used to make me sick, too. But, what are you going to do? School is back in session and that means homework, bagged lunches, after-school activities, and plenty of Friday
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Green Eyes On: Eco-Spas Take Miami
It's good enough for Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian, that is. Is it good enough for you?
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Green Eyes On: 3 Ways to Get Down A Healthy Breakfast
It’s back to school time, which means that leisurely breakfasts…[cue music] early morning sunshine bathing you through the windows, birds singing their happy tune while you slowly munch through a bowl of cereal, your happy children all
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Green Eyes On: Recent Study Finds No Benefit to Organic Foods
A recent study out of the UK, commissioned by the British government's Food Standards Agency (FSA), is claiming there are no benefits to organic foods, local organizations are lashing out saying it's not true.
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Green Eyes On: A New Superfood Emerges
Last week, in case you didn't notice from my constant stream (for me, anyway) of Twitter and Facebook updates, I made it back to my home state of Michigan. On my way up to Leland, Michigan I stopped in Traverse City for a visit to
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Green Eyes On: Local Schools Go Beyond Green
We call this column "Green Eyes On" because it's supposed to be about the stuff that I lay my green eyes on. My last piece was about exciting recommendations coming out of the American Medical Association's annual meeting to eat more local and
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Green Eyes On: Your Doctor Says, "Eat Local, Eat Organic"
A remarkable policy resolution came out last week during the American Medical Association's (AMA) annual meting. They voted to support "practices and policies that promote and model a healthy and ecologically sustainable
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Green Eyes On: Feast Local...Really Local
A week ago I had the delightful task of throwing a dinner as part of a sweepstakes put on by heating and cooling company, Lennox Industries. It was called the Get a Green Life Sweepstakes, and a winner was
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Green Eyes On: Cleaning Cushions Naturally
As the last of the winter’s snow melted, it revealed our inviting back patio, where the sage and oregano was just beginning to poke through in the herb garden on the perimeter, bird feeders begging to be refilled so that the birds could flock in
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Green Eyes On: Herbal Remedies for Stress
Last week I did my usual segment, Living Green with Sara Snow, on CNN.com/LIVE. I answered viewer questions about herbal remedies for common ailments like stress and asthma. Reducing stress naturally is a
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Green Eyes On: Pregnancy Awareness Month
Though I am not yet a mom myself I understand how life changing it can be to hold your first precious baby in your arms, and to go from zero little ones underfoot to one, then two and maybe more. I have also
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Green Eyes On: Buying for Earth Day
Though I've never been a proponent of rushing out to buy all the latest green gadgets just in the name of "going green" it is comforting to read that sales of organic foods and other green goods are not declining despite the economy, and that
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Green Eyes On: Start a Compost Pile With Your Gutter Cleanings
It’s spring and, like it or not, that means spring cleaning for you and millions of other like-minded home dwellers out there. It’s time to cleanse the windowsills, banish the dust bunnies, purge the closet and…well, whatever else it
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Green Eyes On: New Trends at Natural Products Expo West
Photo courtesy of Sara SnowLast year the Natural Products Expo West tradeshow in Anaheim, California was named one of "top 50 fastest growing shows" by Tradeshow Week. This year this position was solidified by the record breaking 53,000 people who
