The crisper. Does it actually keep your produce all that crisp? That apple at the back of this photo has been in there so long it really will taste more like the fridge than an apple. A crisper can only do so much.  You do have to actually eat your food at some point. Trouble is… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

I don’t know about you, but I was always a chewer. Whether I was 5 years old or 15, I always ended up gnawing on my erasers/pencils/necklace charms, you name it, while daydreaming or stressing out in class. Not like some kids who nearly ate the things like apples but, no doubt, enough to take… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

I haven’t had to take a test or show up late for class for eons now, but I still get a little nervous every August. Yes, it’s back to school time and Ecoholic is here to help you get your supplies sorted out. This latest Ecoholic column gets into the nitty gritty of getting yourself… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

No doubt you’ve heard your parents stories about oils and sun tans: “Back in my day, Joanny, people would slather themselves in baby oil to brown up our body’s like  a Sunday roast.” Hey, I ain’t judgin.’ I remember buying a bottle of drugstore ‘coconut oil’ (SPF 4 it promised) to crisp up my 20-something… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

I’ve got a bit of a kink. No, I’m not talking about the kind of local-lovin’ happening at the Lusty Locavore workshop at Come as You Are next week (I’ll be blogging about that later). I’m talkin’ about a kink I know a lot of you openly share with me: our heart-on for all thing’s local! I get… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

To store or not to store, that is the question. Actually the question is how to store…your food that is. Food packaging is littered with problems. Problem #1: it’s disposable and ends up in landfill after one use (tsk, tsk, cling wrap). Problem #2: it’s made of plastic, plastic, and more plastic. Now, I heart glass… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

Two of my girlfriends were heading up north for a week of camping adventure. Neither had any real camping experience. When I asked one if she was bringing up essentials like camping cookware, a water filter, a basin for washing dishes away from the lake and heard, “um, no, nope, no,” I thought, 1) these… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

I’ve never been a big sunscreen lover. Correction: I was a sunscreen preacher forcing it on friend and foe until I went backpacking in Brazil at 18 and started, in vein, trying to blend in with the Ipanemans. Of course, now that my face is starting to show the wear and tear that comes with… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

  Brand-makers are pretty clever. They’re catching on to the fact that when they say natural we want to know just how natural they are. Enter Neutrogena Naturals. This skincare line popping up on drugstore shelves actually has a guide on the back telling you where their, say, glycol distearate comes from. Well, sort of.… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

Let me say it loud and proud: my family is full of health nuts. This wasn’t always the case. It all started after my folks sold their McDonald’s in the late 80s, the doctor ordered us to clean up our diets and my big brother Nick started bringing home alfalfa sprouts. (Before this point I… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

I’ve never liked cigarettes. Never could stand the smell. The on-call obstetrician that delivered me into the world even tried to walk into the delivery room with a smoke dangling from his lips  and my father promptly made him put the damn thing out. (Go dad! This was 1970s Quebec, after all.) Still, I don’t… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

Have you seen this line of UK skincare (pretty new to Canada) that proudly advertises it’s free of artificial perfumes, dyes or “harsh irritants” – Simple?  Free of fake scents is always a good thing (synthetic perfumes always lead to a long list of toxic ingredients) but that claim about “purest possible” ingredients is awful vague.… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

This year’s World Environment Day/Week is all about green economies. How are you supposed to get involved? Let me count the ways! But first, just a reminder that the feds are currently stomping on the planet more than ever, trying to shove an omnibus budget bill C-38 through that pummels environmental assessments, slashes oceans and… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

  Criss-crossing the country promoting Ecoholic Body, I’ve gathered up a few postcards from the road. First up: beautiful Nelson, B.C. After stopping by Breakfast Television Edmonton and doing a book signing at the one-and-only Carbon Enviromental Boutique (also in eternally-sunny Edmonton) I headed for a little R’ n’ R in the Kootenay’s (which happens to be… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

Actually, I was talkin’ head to toe bodycare detox. Okay so we ran out of time before we got to the toe part (namely nail polish), we did cram a heck of a lot of good info into one segment, if I do say so myself!  If you’re wondering why I’m doing the monster dance,… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

With less than a week to get your butt in gear for Mother’s Day, a lot of people will be popping into their local Body Shop looking for prezzies. Actually, the Body Shop was the first store I ever turned to for stuff that wasn’t tested on animals and I loved their banana shampoo because… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

It seems like everyone and his multinational corporate uncle has come out with a green line these days – and Garnier is the newest kid on the eco block with a natural line free of parabens and silicones — Garnier PureClean. Since a lot of you have started asking about it, I decided to do… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

After my article on the hidden toxins in everyday things for NOW’s green issue, I got a lot of reader mail asking me what drugs I was talking about when I mentioned that some pharmaceuticals contained hormone disrupting phthalates and parabens. Figured it was time to expand on the topic with a whole column of it’s own.… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

This week was our big Green Issue here at NOW Mag and I’m proud to say I’m on the cover! What a Bizarro World-experience to walk around Toronto and spot your face under people’s coffee mugs on tables — especially when there’s been a moustache graffitied onto it (okay fine, I was the one pencilling… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

I was sent to a Shopper’s Drugmart on a mission for my guy with one prescribed task…buy some flash tape, whatever that is. Now keep in mind, going to the pharmacy is never a 5 minute pop-in for me…I’m always compelled to scour a few random product labels and suddenly an hour’s gone by. Call… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸