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Have a Lovely Weekend + A Few Green Things

April 26, 2013 1

Hello, Friends! How was your week? Mine was crazy busy! It started with me hosting an Earth Day Twitter Party with Balance Bar and just kept rolling from there. We like busy weeks – busy weeks are good!

This weekend, we are going to spend the majority of it packing for our move. We are so excited for yet another chapter of our lives, we can barely stand it! However, tomorrow we are sneaking away for the day to meet family for lunch, followed by a night celebrating Eben. He has been on fire lately – he brought home a report card with all A’s, 2 B+’s and 1 B. Then, today while swimming in the intracoastal with friends, he saved two little girls from being swept away in a rip current. We are very proud of him, he is truly amazing!

I will be sharing more about our move in the next couple of weeks. In the meantime, here are a few green things I thought you might enjoy:

– Getting married this summer? How about a bridal gown that dissolves when you are done with it?
– I find it so sad that many children no longer play outside!
– This dad is the coolest ever – he designs his child’s lunch bags every day!
– OMGoodness, I am having a housewarming party like this when we move. Except zero waste!
– 50 gorgeous tree houses from around the globe.
– Looking to cut back on the junk in your diet – start here.
– I am totally craving healthy seven layer dip. Bring it on!

I hope you have an amazing weekend full of sunshine and fun. I will see you back here on Monday!

xo,
Sweet Greens

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30 Day Juice Detox Completed! We lost 50 lbs!

April 24, 2013 5

Hello, Friends! The 30 day juice detox is officially over – while, we initially thought that we would do a 60 day cleanse, it didn’t work out that way. We have been contemplating moving our family and over the weekend – everything started to come together. We found a home in a neighborhood (it’s closer to friends, family and school) that we have always loved and signed the paperwork! We will be moving mid-May. To celebrate, we decided to break the fast and went out to dinner – the mister and I shared. 

I thought that it was going to be a big deal for me – it really wasn’t. I have to admit, I wish that I would have stayed on the fast longer. We have still been drinking our juices for breakfast and lunch, then having a small healthy dinner. It is going well, I started to workout again (for the first time in 1 month!) and I don’t feel stiff or sore. However, I have already gained back 5 lbs! I knew this would happen though – and that is alright too. I plan to continue eating super clean and working out – so hopefully everything will stabilize.

Overall, this has been an amazing experience, I really learned a lot about myself and I feel stronger and healthier. I want to do the juice detox every 3 months – so I will be doing it again at the end of July.

Have you ever tried a juice detox, what did you think?

Happy Earth Day 2013 from Sweet Greens!

April 22, 2013 3

Here at Sweet Greens, we celebrate every day as if it is Earth Day! Living a green lifestyle is something that we do everyday of the year – protecting the planet for generations to come. Sweet Greens has always been about the simple, fun steps that you can take everyday with your family to live a more sustainable lifestyle. I urge you to consider your family’s impact on the environment today and put small steps into place to live as green of a lifestyle as you can!

Today after school, the mister, Eben and I are going to spend the afternoon cleaning up our favorite beach! This has become an Earth Day tradition for us – and an activity that we do all year long as well. We feel that every step that we can take to living the most sustainable lifestyle possible is key to the preservation of our planet!

How are you spending Earth Day 2013?

P.S. Thank you to everyone who joined me at the Balance Bar Twitter Party today! It was super fun. 

BLOG CARNIVAL: What Does Earth Day Mean to You? How Will You Be Celebrating?

April 22, 2013 1

I am very excited to have been selected to write the main post Cascadian Farm’s first blog carnival and it’s right in time to celebrate Earth Day and I look forward to reading everyone’s contributions. To get you started, here is what Earth Day means to me and how I will be celebrating this year.
Earth Day to me is just another day that I can teach others to be aware of the decisions that they make in their every day lives. I like to use the day as a platform to educate others that when we consume more resources than our Earth can provide, we risk depleting her of all of them. I feel that it is our responsibility as Earth’s inhabitants to make choices that are sustainable for our environment and by doing so; we can live in harmony with nature for generations to come.

My family spends every Earth Day working on a community service project. We are avid lovers of the outdoors and spend almost all of our free time either sailing, snorkeling or paddleboarding in the ocean or walking on our favorite local beaches. In previous years, we have participated in many different types of environmental cleanups. This year, we are partnering with a local conservation group to help clean-up the beach at our Nature Conservancy Center.

Want to hear from other green living bloggers? Check out these Earth Day posts below.

Marianna: What Earth Day Means to Me
The Pistachio Project: Why My Family Does Not Celebrate Earth Day
Green 4 U: Earth Day is a Holiday in Our House
Mom Always Finds Out: 10 Easy Ways to go Green at the Grocery Store
Don’t Mess With Mama: Don’t Judge Me If You See Me Dumpster Diving
Simply City Life: Come On and Celebrate the World
Natural Intuition

What does Earth Day mean to you? How will you be celebrating?

Sweet Greens Hosting an Earth Day Twitter Party with Balance Bar

April 22, 2013 1

Hello, Friends. Happy Earth Day! I am excited to partner with Balance Bar to share their commitment to Rainforest Alliance. Today I will be co-hosting a Twitter party with Balance Bar sharing tips on green living, eco-friendly products and gluten-free living too.

Balance Bar’s new dark chocolate line is made using 100% certified Rainforest Alliance cocoa – they are gluten-free and so yummy! We received a package of assorted Balance Bar’s that included; Dark Chocolate Peanut, Dark Chocolate Coconut and Dark Chocolate Crunch and they didn’t last long! Interested in trying Balance Bar for yourself? Join us for a live Earth Day Twitter Party today, Monday 22nd 2-3 p.m. EST.

We will be sharing eco-friendly, green and gluten-free living tips and tricks from a team of specialists including Rainforest Alliance members and eco-friendly bloggers!

Follow @BalanceBar @RnfrstAlliance @RandomRecycling @EcoBabyMamaDrama and @SweetGreens on Twitter and use the hashtag #GreenBalance to tweet your eco-friendly questions to our team of experts! Every time you ask a question or use #GreenBalance it is a chance to win great prizes.

Official rules: To be eligible to win, participants must follow @BalanceBar and the co-hosts and participate during the Twitter chat hour using the hashtag #GreenBalance. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents age 18 or older. Winners will be selected at random from eligible participants.

Good Luck! I hope to see you there!

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