Monmouth County Blog

Do you dry clean any of your clothes? If you do, do you take them to an environmentally friendly dry cleaner? Well the State of New Jersey would thinks that maybe you should..

Through a $5 million state funded program, managed by the NJ Department of Environmental Protection, nearly $2.4 milli...

Taking pleasure in the simple things in our lives is one of those rare skills with which we are not born and cannot easily acquire, but development of this skill will almost definitely improve the quality of our lives. I am fortunate enough to say that it is a tool that I can reach for when I ne...

Winter’s chill brings lots of grumbling, but with it comes so many great things….In particular, nothing can replace that cozy feeling of a warm house and those warm cozy dinners. One of my favorites is homemade stew and fresh bread.

Choosing seasonal ingredients this time of the year can be a ...

Have you resolved to make 2011 a ‘greener’ year by focusing on more environmentally friendly living? Well congratulations on making such a valuable resolution! It is also quite an overwhelming resolution, and as we all know following through on our resolutions is not nearly as easy as making them...

I am an advocate of hunting. I realize that many of you are not hunting advocates. I am also an advocate of free speech and acceptance and would not allow the issue to become a contentious argument between myself and another. However, being The Awarenest’s Monmouth County Chapter blogger, I have...

Maybe the names of the flavors alone made me believe that I was eating something that was as natural as could be….flavors such as Cherry Garcia, Karamel Sutra, and Imagine Whirled Peace strike a certain chord in this retired ‘tree hugger’ and made me think, hey now this stuff is just basic sweet ...