Environment

January 31, 2010

Sound Earth – All Natural, Cruetly Free, Products

SElogoSound Earth is a company that offers all natural, cruelty free household cleaning products along with baby products and scented sprays. Sound Earth believes in the "ripple effect", What we do as individuals effects those around us and those around them and so on.

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January 14, 2010

Can Birth Control Fight Climate Change?

In a recent article from the Washington Post, by David Fahrenthold, When it Comes to Pollution, Less (kids) May be More, he shares how every new life born is a guarantee of new greenhouse gases spewed out over many decades of driving and electricity use.

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January 5, 2010

Being Charged for Plastic Bags – Good or Bad??

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Some stores have already begun to charge for their plastic shopping bags, and others are wanting to but there has been much controversy over whether these charges are acceptable or not. What are your thoughts?

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January 4, 2010

Avoid Wasteful Packaging

Today the Fed-Ex guy came and brought a very large package, but when I picked up the package it was super light, so I was interested to see what was inside. I just kept thinking that certainly they wouldn't put something small in a large box, would they? After opening the package, we found out that yes they would package something small into a very large box.

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December 28, 2009

Divide and Conquer – Cleaning after Christmas

522620_35507155An easy way to start your holiday clean up is to divide your holiday debris into three piles; reusables, recyclables and trash.

Reusables – Bows, ribbon, wrapping paper, boxes, gift bags, tissue paper, Christmas cards, all can be reused in its former state or repurposed into an ornament or new Christmas card. There are so many possibilities.

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December 21, 2009

Last Minute Quick Christmas Gifts to Make

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I don't know how you are doing with getting your Christmas shopping done, but I still have a fair amount to get done. I would love to make some more gifts but time is running out. Below is a list of great do-it-yourself, quick, Green Christmas gifts.

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December 18, 2009

Eco-Friendly Gifts for Her

Looking for some green, earth friendly gifts for the women in your life, check out these great ideas.

Sterling Silver Stackable Rings: The artisans who hand make these sterling silver rings are paid fairly in the local context and are pre-paid 50% up front so they don't need to use their own resources to purchase raw materials.

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December 17, 2009

Eco-Friendly Gifts for Guys

Its not always easy to find gifts for guys, especially those guys that have it all and don't need a thing.

Below is a list of great green gifts for that hard-to-buy-for guy in your life.

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December 10, 2009

Green Christmas Gifts for the Chef on your List

1118565_94066269If you have a chef in your family, someone who loves food and loves to cook, check out the list below of 6 wonderful, green, Eco-friendly Christmas gifts for the food lover in your life.

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December 8, 2009

Reusing & Recycling at Christmas Time

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  • Reuse wrapping paper when at all possible from previous holidays and birthdays.
  • Recycle the wrapping paper that can be recycled, by folding and putting into your recycle bin. Some wrapping paper cannot be recycled, be aware of what to look for.

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