Free Pass to The Best Green Gym

Once a month, my refined sugar intake requirements elevate quite uncontrollably. I find myself noshing on anything processed with a high sugar and chocolate content. Also, my emotional sensitivity borders on the psychotic. It's very possible to find me sobbing after a touching TV commercial or in last night's case, the presentation of the gold medal to adorable Shaun Johnson. Either I need to be committed or it's simply that time of the month. I need to hit the gym offset this bizarre imbalance pronto!

The Olympic coverage is not helping either. I find my eyes glued to the TV screen in sheer exhaustion night after night, even to watch rowing! Kudos to NBC's mesmerizing coverage.

I love sports. Not only watching them, but participating in them as well. When I can't run and cycle on the street, I hit the gym. In a high stress and high calorie world, it's a requirement as a part of my green lifestyle - for both mind and body. So I don't go totally cuckoo.

Luckily, I stumbled upon a fantastic gym in my area: Equinox Fitness. It's a beautiful facility with great trainers, awesome yoga, a fabulous spa, and spic-n-span locker rooms. As a green junkie, this is all very nice but what really hooked me in was their green initiatives. Some of them include: low voc products used in the design and building of the gym, plastic and paper recycling, the use of low-tox/natural cleansers in the gyms, the use of recycled paper at corporate, a shop offering organic clothing and reusable bottles, and soon-to-be-implemented technologies that improve energy efficiency, indoor air quality and reduce water consumption.

If you need to tame those hormones, and look and feel great to boot, email me @klivesgreen@gmail.com for your 3 day free trial pass and I guarantee that you will love it! Read more!

Pump Some Green Iron!

Yes, it's shockingly true! Even while working out, you could be over consuming and contributing to global warming. Below are the keys to greening your workout.

1. Wear organic breathable cotton. During workouts, your pores are opening up and coming as close to your skin as they ever could. Cotton contains high levels of pesticides, more so than some fruits and veggies. Nike makes plenty of soy and organic cotton workout clothes. http://www.nike.com/.

2. Give Yoga a try. Finding the right balance in life can sometimes be challenging. Yoga helps you to find inner peace and tranquility in your life. Plus it will kick your ass into shape fast.

3. Consider riding your bike or walking to the gym. If time allows. You can workout less at the gym, or just go anarobic. And you reduce your carbon footprint without your auto.

4. Take a class vs. using the treadmill or other energy consuming device. Studies show that treadmills and other motorized gym equipment, plus their accompanying entertainment stations, are major energy hogs. Classes are more fun anyway and they help keep things interesting in your workout routine.

5. Use a reusable water bottle. 80% of all plastic water bottles end up at the landfill and sadly, many gyms don't even recycle. How lame is that?! Invest in a good water bottle, preferably made from stainless steel (no plastic to leach into your water.) Try a Sigg Bottle from http://www.epicoutfit.com/.

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Hot New Green Ski Destination

For those of you who are considering a ski holiday and who care about the environment, have I got a place for you! The brand spankin' new Hotel Terra in Jackson Hole, Wyoming is where sustainable building and luxury appointments come together quite amicably. Located slope side in Teton Village, this eco luxe boutique hotel offers fine appointments such as custom made "Terra beds", organic linens and bath products, in room HiDef plasmas and IPOD docking stations, and an organic dining room and spa, just to name a few. Yet the entire project was constructed (and is maintained for that matter) sustainably, with superior interior air circulation and heating systems, water conservation systems, recycled roofing shingles, Energy Star windows, the use of wind power, chemical free cleaning and laundry products, and more. In fact, Hotel Terra is awaiting their LEED certification from the US Green Building Council as we speak, which makes it very rare indeed.

And as if this were not enough, they are offering a sweet deal starting at $303 a night for 2, with lift tickets! Hello?! Run, don't walk to the website and experience the future in sustainable vacation travel. Cut and paste this link now -www.hotelterrajacksonhole.com

I'm so there. Read more!