Is adopting a vegan life style a daunting task? Ask Lindsay Nixon, author of "The Happy Herbivore" cookbook and a seasoned New Yorker and I am sure she is bound to disagree! In fact, her cookbook emphasizes on how delicious fat-free/low-fat vegan recipes can be and how easily you can whip up tasty meals at home using the minimal number of ingredients!

The thing is that we are so used to buying bottled, "organic" shampoos, conditioners, moisturizers, lotions, and oils, that we tend to forget that we can put these delicious home ingredients in our hair as well.

Basic insulation and sealing techniques can reduce your home's heating costs up to 20% according to the EPA. With winter just weeks or days away, here are a few inexpensive, simple and fun ways to ensure your home will retain the most energy and heat possible to get your family through the season toasty and affordably.

Recycling goes far beyond the typical paper, plastic, glass and aluminum that occupy those colored bins.It is lack of information and resources that often keep wanting persons from recycling all that can be recycled.