I am a fan of snacks at the office. It gives you a momentary distraction, as well as something to fatten yourself. Lately I’ve been enjoying the microwavable popcorn. Granted I fear for those stories of carcinogens passing into the popcorn from the bag lining and then into your body, but they

..way one's dressed, may distinguished the locals from the foreign. The mall's managed by the American, they just renovated and tidy. Superb tastes to roll up on my face..

If no time to read entire story, and you want a short cut version of the short cut, just go to the red parts for the quick tip. Warning before you read on! I am certainly not promoting uncleanliness or a lack of hygiene. The short cut described below is simply a short cut, and

You know things are going nuts when a country whose majority is NOT overweight is run amok with “fat watchers” and they make NO attempt to disguise it as anything other than what it is: GOVERNMENT BULLYING!!! I found this little gem over at the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF): Federal Limits On Pants Sizes? Over the

The 9th National Sanitation Week was celebrated in Nepal from 1-7 June 2008 in support of the International Year of Sanitation 2008. The Department of Water Supply and Sewerage said the objective of the Sanitation Week was to promote the construction of latrines and to declare open defecation free zones. The government plans to provide 60%

AMREF has put into action the Personal Hygiene and Sanitation Education (PHASE) programme in rural Kenyan communities where hygiene and sanitation conditions are often poor, resulting in the spread of dysentery, diarrhoea and cholera. PHASE is also being implemented in the urban ‘slum’ settlement of Kibera, in Nairobi. Living conditions are particularly poor because the government

“The Nepal WASH Coalition is able to leverage media coverage and establish the ties needed to bring lasting change in the sanitation and water supply situation in Nepal. It has successfully increased coverage of sanitation issues in the media, educated communities and villages on the benefits of good hygiene practices, and has been able to

De zelfreinigende, rondwentelende pleebril. Die mijn aanwezigheid uitwist. The self cleaning, revolving toilet seat. I sat never there.

So, it’s not quite as serious as alcoholism, but using shampoo and conditioner creates waste and may introduce you to icky toxins, like the paraben family (good info from Allie’s (Green) Answers here and here). So in an effort to reduce my plastic waste and toxin-absorption, I’ve cut them out of my morning routine (along