Americans use 4 million plastic bottles every hour - but only 1 in 4 is recycled. Use straight tap water or home water filters instead, because believe it or not, bottled water isn't always cleaner, and the production, shipment, and disposal of plastic water bottles are taking an enormous toll on the environment. The whole Ideal Bite team uses non-leaching, lined aluminum SIGG bottles like the one shown.
Heather is not only founder of Ideal Bite, she is also IB's resident yogi. Her #1 tip for all those yoga lovin' biters out there is --Get a natural yoga mat - one free of the harmful plastic PVC. They're better for you (90% of yoga mats contain PVC plastic, which releases carcinogenic dioxins during production). PLUS, they help you avoid the number-one telltale sign that you're a bluffer - slipping during your asanas.
Only as fine as it is sustainability. When shopping for seafood, take along an easy-to-use pocket guide or tap into a phone-text service that'll help you determine whether that Chilean sea bass is eco-friendly-fine enough for your kettle.
You are if you're serving organic champers with OJ to your fellow early morning revelers. Cheers to a bubbly buzz by 11 a.m.!
With organic champagne you'll not only be serving up mouthwatering mimosas, but the Zero added sulfites (used as a preservative in regular wine) means gentler hangovers.
An eco-power suit, of course. Unfortunately for some of us, Casual Friday comes only once a week. So when wheelin' and dealin' in hemp sweatpants isn't gonna get you any closer to nabbing that corner office, show up to your next meeting in eco-style.
Then you won't need those catalogs anymore. Get off catalog mailing lists to save energy, paper, and embarrassment when your neighbor sees you pull an unwanted mail-order-marriage catalog out of your box.
Step away from the plastic surgeon's knife, and hear us out. We love your face the way it is so, we beg of you - try natural beauty tricks before you nip, tuck, or supersize anything. Get an extreme makeover without the plastic-surgery drawbacks.
We all know how great vegetarianism is for the planet. But if you're not ready to take the veggie plunge, at least try getting your meat from a less-alarming source (not always easy - but there are some things to watch for).
We interrupt our regular easy-breezy style to bring you this important nugget o' knowledge: Parabens are synthetic preservatives found in shampoos, makeup foundations, shaving gels and even food. They have a chemical structure similar to estrogen that interferes with production of the body's natural hormones - potentially leading to weight gain (and more importantly, containing potential links to cancer).
Tyrashow.com is celebrating Earth Day by featuring easy, inexpensive and fun ways you can make a difference and help save the planet. Helping us think in a sassier shade of green are our guest
Green Queens
Heather Stephenson and
Jen Boulden the fabulous co-founders of Ideal Bite. The philosophy behind Ideal Bite is simple: If we all knew what we could do in the day to day to impact the planet and our communities in a positive way, we'd do it.
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