Don’t let those freshly cut herbs wilt – keep them fresh and hydrated in simple Swedish style with this modern ceramic pot from Sagaform.
Three separate openings will keep fresh herbs both hydrated and aerated while providing you with a nice presentation piece. Display them on a kitchen counter or window sill like a bouquet of edible flowers. Water via the corner hole. Easy to clean.
$36 @ huset-shop.com
Related: (3.8.08) – sagaform’s fresh herb pot
I just finished my first glass of Steaz Black Tea with Lemon and I have to say, wow, that was delicious! Company founders, Steve and Eric have been brewing tea for the past six years; it’s all goin’ on — the perfect triple bottom line mix of product, planet and profits.
Steaz tea leaves are grown on an organic and certified fair trade farm in Sri Lanka, and their aim is to be the best tasting, most popular iced tea on the planet. Straight from the can, here are the ingredients: the finest organic black tea leaves, filtered water, organic evaporated cane juice, organic lemon juice and natural flavors.
find out where to buy, and experience their hip tea lounge @ steaz.com
We’ve tested the Eco Canteen and it works great as a cold beverage container. This dishwasher friendly re-usable water bottle is constructed of non-porous, food-grade stainless steel.
The bottle’s cap features a handy carabiner clip so you can attach it to anything from a baby stroller to mountain climbing equipment. Included is a sleek neoprene pouch, (with detachable straps), for insulation and ease in carrying. Note – be sure to simply rinse cap in mild soapy water, it’s not dishwasher safe.
26 oz. adult canteens go for a very reasonable, $9.99/each @ ecocanteen.com; the 16 oz. kiddie version goes for $8.95
While pharmaceuticals have become unintended regulars within our drinking water supplies, there’s a chemical that’s been deliberately added to the water solely for the purpose of medication. The drug is fluoride, and by this action, governments have denied us the right to choose whether or not a medication is something that we’d like to utilize.
While most Americans have come to believe in fluoride’s topical ability to prevent tooth decay, a recent flood of scientific studies and observations by dentists and anthropologists (without industry ties), have found there to be no difference between the amount of tooth decay in fluoridated and unfluoridated countries; as well as no increase in tooth cavities when fluoridation has been stopped. Once ingested, damages to: the brain (such as dementia and lowered IQ’s), thyroid gland, bones, and kidneys are possible.
Then why is this chemical in our water? Fluoride’s story begins with its tendency to rise up as a vapor through smoke stacks of the phosphate fertilizer industry when raw phosphate ore comes into contact with sulfuric acid. In the 1940’s, it would spread throughout the air for miles – burning plants, dwarfing their survivor’s size and yields, and causing a condition called fluorosis that inflicted cows with swollen joints, falling teeth, and pain until death. Technology solved this problem with the introduction of “wet scrubbers” that could be placed within the stacks to capture the chemical before escaping into the air. Classified “hazardous waste” it could then be transported completely unrefined to communities paying them for its use within their water supplies; “wasting” it while washing cars, flushing toilets, and doing the dishes.
Seems a bit outrageous, huh. Dr. J. William Hirzy, a Senior Vice-President of the EPA Headquarters Union agrees with you, stating back in 2000 that, “If this stuff gets out into the air, it’s a pollutant; if it gets into the river, it’s a pollutant; if it gets into the lake it’s a pollutant; but if it goes right into your drinking water system, it’s not a pollutant. That’s amazing… There’s got to be a better way to manage this stuff.”
Take action and learn more @ www.fluoridealert.org
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