Green Diva Radio Show: Favorite Green Living Products – Spring 13

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This week instead of having our usual show we decided to devote the whole hour to reviewing all the green living products that have been patiently waiting for our witty commentary. Important note: we are never compensated for the reviews, and we only review products that we like and want to recommend. So, while we don’t get [...]

Where does that Earl Grey tea come from?

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I was sitting at my desk last week staring at my tea cup, which is ALWAYS full of some form of earl grey tea during the daylight hours. My love of this tea goes back far enough that I’m not really sure when I became hopelessly hooked, but it was probably my summer in England [...]

Women from China & US Meet, Discuss Conscious Consumerism

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As a Green Diva I get all kinds of green gadgets and gizmos sent to me to review and a thousand press releases about more that I don’t even see. With all these glittery green products sparkling in my airspace all the time, it is hard sometimes to remember that one of the most important [...]

Green Divas Garden: Grow Your Own – Sustainable Seedlings

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This is our first spring in the new home. It is thrilling to see the hundreds of tulips poking through the snow dust. The previous owner has some nice flower beds and a herb bed, but no vegetable garden. My husband and I uncharacteristically decided to try and keep it somewhat simple, and plant our [...]

Green Divas Radio Show: Mariel Hemingway

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Happy Birthday Green Diva Meg! Last week the very sick GD Meg turned 50 with Grace (her new rescue dog Gracie Mae), dignity and phlegm! We tried not to be too funny, because this would send her into gales of coughing. We finally got to talk to the inspiring Mariel Hemingway! But first, a big [...]

Green Divas Radio Show: The Urban Conversion

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This week we had a particularly awesome show with an all Green Diva studio. Our only hit of testosterone came in the form of our wonderful friend and green dude, Rodman Schley, host of the TV series, The Urban Conversion.

Green Diva Radio Show: Love of Carrots & Waylon Lewis

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We had a full studio and a full schedule this week, featuring an awesome interview with GD Meg’s digital publishing hero, Waylon Lewis, founder and publisher of elephantjournal.com.

When Green Worlds Collide: Drew University Gets Local

Since hiring a full-time sustainability coordinator in 2008, Drew University has made the Presidents Climate Commitment to go carbon neutral by 2035, turned the Environmental Studies minor into a major, and won the Governor's Environmental Excellence Award for its campus reforestation initiative, among other efforts.

Last week I attended the Madison Green forum — touted as the most comprehensive “brainstorming session” to date in the borough — held in the LEED-designated student center, where more than 150 residents, municipal leaders and volunteers gathered.

Green Diva Mizar’s Easy DIY Firestarter Recipe

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The holidays are behind us and in many parts of the country and the world, IT’S FREEZING OUT THERE! Of course, in other places, the sun is out and days are warmer. Wherever you are, starting a fire either indoors or out, can sometimes be a right pain in the neck! Here’s the easiest solution ever! [...]

Green Divas Radio Show: Being More PracticallyGreen

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The flu has reared its ugly head, and the Green Divas were not immune. Luckily, Green Diva Meg was able to get her voice back and restrain herself (mostly) from coughing and sneezing on the air! If you haven’t seen it yet, Green Diva Meg was on Ebru Today last week talking all about creative, [...]