Green

Naturally clean, healthy, glowing skin's every eco beauty seeker's desire -- but the exploding eco-friendly beauty product market's got quite a few green-but-not-effective duds in it. And since each facial product really takes at least a month to show what it can do, finding a green and effective beauty product that works can be an excruciatingly long-term endeavor.

1. Get out and drink. Take advantage of St. Patty's deals at your local green watering hole. Opt for local breweries -- or local bars and restaurants that serve organic beer! 2. Or drink at home. Stephanie Rogers at Earth First has a list of organic brews to pick from. Or throw a party and get some local keg beer, which Slate's Green Lantern is the greenest beer container -- as long as you drink from reusable glasses.

Made a resolution to drop a few pounds in 2010? If you followed a popular, highly-marketed diet -- say, one that basically encourages you to buy sugary milk that could be contaminated with diarrhea-causing bacteria -- you've probably given up by now.

Ask many a driver why she doesn't take public transit, and a good number will cite safety reasons. While I think this safety issue's often overblown by the Prius-driving neighbors in my Santa Monica neighborhood who drive around midday with the excuse that bus stops can be dangerous in the middle of the night, both real and perceived dangers can certainly keep people -- especially women -- from taking to our public transit systems.

I am interested in living in a circular or dome shaped home. I like the idea of not living in a box. I researched the concept and found that there were companies that constructed geodesic and dome homes. The problem came when trying to figure out if a city or county would permit the building of a non-traditional home.