Katherine Butler
Katherine is a Los Angeles-based writer with East Coast inclinations. She has written for the small screen, with credits including Disney Channel's The Replacements and USA's In Plain Sight. When not writing for River Wired, she likes to hike around the canyons of Los Angeles.
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Getting the Goods on Green Medicine Mar 17, 2008
Yes, it does exist!
Did you ever know a kid who counted seasons by super-awesome holidays? In other words, Easter baskets (Spring!); fireworks (Summer!); candy (Fall!); presents (Winter!). Yeah, well, that was so not me. I was incessant hay fever (Spring!); blistering sunburns (Summer!);... more
Adrian Grenier: Green God Mar 14, 2008
Why We Should Care
I know what you’re thinking – why should we care how a celebrity lives his life? Well, most of the time we shouldn’t. (And somewhere, Paris Hilton trips on her heels.) But sometimes, when a celebrity does good work, we... more
Green Design Gets Groovy Mar 11, 2008
The Latest and Greatest in Smart Green Design
As I was checking out the latest issue of Popular Mechanics in my dentists’ office (not at all because the latest issue of People was taken up by a surly-looking woman with a swollen jaw) I came across an interesting... more.jpg "2007-la (2).jpg")
Great Green Guides Mar 8, 2008
Be Your Own Local Green Hero
So you’re a committed green warrior. You buy organic, you read Thoreau, you turn your nose up at anything with a hint of plastic. But let’s face it; living green all hours of the day can be difficult. Sometimes you... more
Los Angeles: City of Hikers Mar 5, 2008
A Top Ten Salute to Runyon Canyon
Los Angeles is an incredible city for hiking. Sure, sometimes you have to deal with smoggy vistas, but we’ve also got days when it’s 75 degrees in February and you can see straight to Catalina Island. We’ve got Angeles National... more
Oscar Party Time -- The Day the Red Carpet Turns Green Feb 25, 2008
Global Green Goes Hollywood
It's that time of year again! No, I'm not talking about the day you get to stash your eco-friendly organic cotton sweater and dance like a wood nymph in Griffith Park. I'm talking about the day we get to rip... more
Is Pollution Creating a World Without Men? Feb 23, 2008
Testosterone Takes a Holiday
While perusing my neighborhood copy of the latest Whole Life Times, my eye immediately caught the headline A World Without Men. At first I figured supergirl writer Susan Faludi was at it again, but as I read closer I found... more
Top 10 Confessions of a Greenaholic Feb 23, 2008
Can a girl get too green?
Sure, everyone can give green issues lip service as they toss their plastic bottles into recycling bins and laugh at the gas-guzzlers paying $60 to fill up at the pump. But what happens when your green issues take over? Can... more
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Top 5 recommended products
- Soleo Organics Sunscreen Organic chemical free sunscreen
- Badger Sunscreen
- Keys Soap Solar Rx Cosmetic Moisturizing Sunblock
- Purple Prairie Botanicals Sun Stuff
- Marie Veronique Organics Creme de Jour Tinted
Dr. Dennis Gross | Duwop Lip Venom | Lip Fusion
people buying Hummers and the like don't even need them. Do you need a H-2 in suburbia?
I don't think so!
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Wine of Month Club
Every time I read this website I found very very interesting and useful things. I will read it every day from now on to check any updates and I will as well recommend it to my baby
I swear by Badger Sunscreen
- its a clean sunscreen (EWG gives it a really good rating), it really works, and I'm a fan of Badger as a company. If you can't find it in your local store, you can find it online at shopOrganic.com
Thanks for the sunscreen tip. As I become less toxic and more sensitive to chemicals, I need to seek out purer and purer foods and products. I truly can’t tolerate commercial-mainstream-chemical products anymore! And of course, I see that as a good thing!
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I would suggest that you really do your homework before you choose your sunscreen. Google "chemical sunscreen" and see what comes up! The best naturally occurring, most stable physical sunscreen on the planet is zinc oxide. I've found that Soleo Organics All Natural Sunscreen from Australia which performs well, both in and out of the water, represents a clear evolution of choice to people who are looking for clean alternatives. It contains no chemical uv absorbers nor synthetic preservatives, and is also biodegradable so it won't harm sensitive marine environments, yet has over 22% zinc oxide in it!
A truly Eco-friendly product could be a German innovation. HelioVital is a high-tech system for sunscreen and utilisation of solar energy.
HelioVital is a broadband suncreen filter made with high precision to assure optimal tanning levels, safe SPF and temperature. HelioVital sunscreen film filter out the dangerous and damaging invisible UVA and UVB rays from the sunlight before they reach and harm human skin, hair and eyes. The IR rays that cause us to sweat were reduced to bring the temperature and sweating down. The innovative HelioVital filters let the biopositive, vitalizing and tanning sun rays go through, so you can truly enjoy the healthy sun, without chemicals to be pouring on your skin. Therefore no side effects such as chemical or hormonal influences can be derivated from HelioVital. In Europe HelioVital has the quality feature of a medical device and the innovation was awarded several times. www.heliovital.com
A couple of other brand's have been touted as safe by the Environmental Working Group (researchers who analyze beauty products):
1. Keys Soap SPF 30
I personally have tried this one. It's effective, goes on smoothly, but it has a funny smell. Kind of like tree bark. I think it's the cumin and black pepper ingredients. Contains no parabens, PABA, or oxybenzone. Just zinc and some essential oils and such. But the container is not recyclable, which I didn't know purchasing it (from online).
2. Trukid Sunny Days Mineral Sunscreen
3. California Baby SPF 30
4. Badger SPF 30
I would love to try them all, but that gets a bit pricey, and may be a tad wasteful. As I run out of one, I'll try a new one until I find the one I like.
To truly be Eco-friendly a product should also have recyclable packaging, use non-aerosol pumps, on top of being 100% Vegan, not tested on animals and effective. To limit the burden on the environment, KINeSYS is the ONLY Carbon Neutral sunscreen manufacturer, purchasing the carbon offsets when manufacturing product. www.kinesys.com