Thirsty? Eco Child's Play reveals that SIGG has fessed up: their "water-based epoxy liner, long rumored (but never confirmed) to contain BPA, indeed had BPA all along." They've since switched to a BPA-free liner, but it's oh so frustrating to find out that even the "good" companies lie.
Fight the heat with 32 Unique Homemade Popsicle Recipes from Tree Hugging Family (from the traditional like "fudge pops" to the I'm-not-sure-my-kids-would-eat-that like "sweet potato pops"). Or work with the heat to make fruit leather on the dashboard of your car with this recipe from Bring on the Lloyds.
My favorite way to combat the heat is to grab a good book and get comfy in the rocking chair under the ceiling fan on my screened-in porch. Note that if you try this, make sure that your children are napping or properly supervised by someone else as the humidity is likely to induce a mid-afternoon siesta. But if you can keep yourself awake, you might want to give one of the new books on my to-read list a try:
- Grist interviews the author of the new book Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture.
- Mindful Momma recommends The Big Green Cookbook.
- Everyone's talking about Vanessa Farquharson's new book Sleeping Naked Is Green.
Photo by lepiaf.geo
3 comments:
Some great links here. I'm fuming over the Sigg thing. I didn't know they've finally fessed up. The fruit leather thing looks great. I'll have to look for a car free day to try it. And, last but not least, love the book ideas. I'm going to check out the Cheap book from the library.
I'm in NC, too. It is hot and dry. I didn't know about Sigg. We have 3. My daughter and I use them exclusively.
@Green Bean - If you try the fruit leather recipe, let me know if it works!
@Joan - Yeah for NC! The newer SIGG bottles have BPA free liners. You might want to look into it.
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