Art for Good: Needs For Sale
Sometimes all we need to help someone less fortunate is a bit of magical thinking. Like: “if I paint a picture of a warm bed a homeless person will get one!” Sound crazy?…
AmaraGold Jewelry – Made from Upcycled, Un-mined Precious Metals
When it comes to buying something like gold jewelry, we often think of it as an investment piece — a high-quality item designed to last forever. AmaraGold is a Massachusetts-based company that decided…
Thankfulness
Even though I am relatively new to this country and celebrated my first Thanksgiving less than ten years ago, it has become one of my favorite holidays. Partly because it’s close to my…
New York Farm City – Voices of the Urban Farming Movement in NYC
“I think urban farming is only in it’s very infant stages, this is only the beginning,” says James Beard-award winning chef Patrick Connolly, of NYC eatery Bobo at the beginning of New York…
Eco-Alternatives: 7 Pieces of (Sustainable) Wood Statement Jewelry
I often see something great from a conventional brand and find myself wishing there was a good eco-alternative. Well, chances are there is. At Stockholm Fashion Week, I fell seriously in love with…
Set The Table, It’s Food Day
Today, October 24, is the first National Food Day, a day of celebration that will occur every year on this same date. The Food Day initiative “seeks to bring together Americans from all…
A Dog Running Down a Dark Street
I’m sitting at my kitchen table right now, typing away as a tiny dog is dozing off in my lap. It’s a chihuahua and it’s not even mine. Last night, as my boyfriend…
Good Stuff: Pink Means Prevention
October is, as we all know, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Stores everywhere are overflowing with pink merchandise that somehow is supposed to “benefit the cause.” Most of this, sadly, is nothing but pinkwashing….
Wild Edibles: A Walk in the Swedish Woods with Dan Uhrbom
Some of us buy expensive organic greens in the supermarket while some, like Dan Uhrbom (who is sort of a Swedish version of “Wildman” Steve Brill), simply go out in the forest to…
Healthy Reads: The China Study
Once in a while a book comes along that upon reading makes you dumbfounded as to why this stuff is not discussed in every home, school and medical facility in the world. The…
Oi Mei – Artisan-made Pillows for Peace
Sometimes inspiration strikes at the most unexpected moments. For Aimi Duong it happened while in Business School and spending a year abroad. She had visited rural villages in Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia…
Meet People, Have Fun & Help Out in Your Community on The Do Good Bus
Are you itching to do some good but aren’t quite sure where to go? Do you like to meet new people, get wined and dined and have fun? Do you enjoy mysteries and…
November 18, 2015
Mrs. Kimberly Leonard — Dear Harmless Harvest,
Where do I begin? It's hard to choose the correct words to say THANK YOU! You...
September 1, 2015
Kelly Sims — Gwen,
I live in Durham and I see it all the time, sometimes on sale at Kroger and Harris Teeter.
Kelly...
