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November 11, 2008

  • Recycled Note Of The Week: Ecojot

    This week's Recycled Note Of The Week comes from Ecojot, a Canadian based environmentally friendly stationary line designed by Carolyn Gavin. (…)

November 7, 2008

  • Sometimes, I'm a Big Green Hypocrite!

    I am, by no means, perfect when it comes to green living.
    There are many, many things I know I can easily replace in my home that consume energy. I can easily do more.

    So why don't I? (…)

November 6, 2008

November 4, 2008

  • The Undertow of Materialism

    Trust me, I know how it is. You feel like you can just dip your toe into that ocean of consumerism this holiday season and walk away unscathed. Keeping it simple this year, you say? (…)

November 3, 2008

October 31, 2008

October 29, 2008

October 28, 2008

  • A Very Merry Green Christmas

    Christmas is probably the number one most wasteful holiday. We go crazy on gifts, food, decorations, party supplies, etc.  So what can we do to GREEN up the holiday? (…)

October 27, 2008

October 25, 2008

October 23, 2008

  • Recycled Note Of The Week: Re-purposed Band Flyer Envelopes

    I stumbled upon these re-purposed envelopes on Etsy a week or so ago, and was immediately enamored with them, as they are comprised of paper collected from telephone poles in the seller's neighborhood, ten assorted band and event fliers that have found rocking new life as unique and 100% recycled envelopes. (…)

October 17, 2008

  • Green Doesn't Grow On Trees

    Recently, I walked through our backyard and checked every tree and there wasn’t one coin or bill dangling from the limbs. (…)

October 14, 2008

October 3, 2008

  • I Bet You Can't Do This!

    Remember when someone would dare you? Taunt you. Tell you, you can't do something. You wanted to prove them wrong. Well, that's sort of my theory behind this post. (…)

October 2, 2008

  • Finding Simplicity by Going Scratch

    When I first wrote this article, I was gung-ho all fired up about a campaign I started on my blog called Going Scratch. That was nearly a month ago. (…)

September 22, 2008

September 19, 2008

September 17, 2008

September 13, 2008

  • Around The Greenosphere: Weekly Link Roundup

    So much interesting content to choose from today, especially in this week of emotional days and angry weather.  Here are some posts that caught our eye:
    The Simply Green channel at Sparkplugging is talking about the possibility of doing laundry without water.  Be still my heart…
    Green Mom Finds told us about a green socializing site where we can all go find people as crazy as we are. (…)

September 10, 2008

  • Eco Options in Mattresses and Covers

    In recent years there have been studies and news stories about the danger inherent in our bed mattresses.  Conventional mattresses contain toxic chemicals which leach out into the air over time (off-gassing). (…)