Eco-Friendly Packaging of CDs

While I was away on business last week my husband purchased a new CD.  We don't really purchase many actual CDs anymore with iTunes and other music sites out there now.  However, when it comes to our favorite bands we do buy the old fashioned CD.  … [Read more...]

Subscriber Sunday

Just in case you haven't already done so...if you look over there...to the right...and down just a bit...you will see a box to subscribe to TheEcoChic by email.  That's right, if you enter your email address my posts will be delivered directly to … [Read more...]

Earth Hour Comments

Wow, my comments on my last post were...HARSH!  I decided to leave the comments because they do have some validation to them; they are honest comments!  HOWEVER...if you looked at the time of the post you will see that I was at home when the clock … [Read more...]

Earth Hour – Part 2 – TONIGHT!!!!

BEFORE YOU SLAM ME FOR BEING ON A PLANE - READ THE NEXT POST!  I APPRECIATE YOUR VIEWS AND WILL KEEP ALL COMMENTS (UNLESS VULGAR) BUT I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER YOUR LIFE BEFORE YOU JUDGE MINE!  Thanks!  I wanted to thank my friend Purple Pepper … [Read more...]

Greener Hotels

I frequent many different hotel brands during the year on business and I always look for their green initiatives.  So how can you help the hotels go green?  1.  If you are staying for more than a day you can reuse the towels and ask them not to … [Read more...]

Eco-Holidays

Why is it that the holiday's are the hardest time to stay green?  Easter is tomorrow and I have such fond memories of Easter when I was a kid.  Maybe that's one reason why it's so hard for me to change my ways.  For this year I did make a few … [Read more...]

Product Reviews

Earth Day 24/7

I made a trip to Wal-Mart the other day and found a few green products worth blogging about.  First was the dish detergent.  I was out of our traditional Electrosol powdered detergent and had planned on picking up the same product.  However, when … [Read more...]

Grocery Store Observation

I just returned from a trip to the local grocery store.  I just had to pick up a few things and I made an observation while selecting my cherry tomatoes.  Normally, I look at the organic veggies first to compare the price.  If they are close I … [Read more...]

Happy St. Patty’s Day!!

So the EcoChic has once again been missing for about a week.  This time work was not responsible for my escape.  My dad had open heart surgery (triple bypass) one week ago today so I've spent much of my time in a hospital waiting room.  … [Read more...]

Earth Day at Pre-School

A few weeks ago I had talked to my sons school about recycling which didn't go as planned so I was very excited when his teacher started talking to me about Earth Day.  Well it seems that through our conversations she has decided to have a whole … [Read more...]