From the monthly archives:

October 2007

Swap ’til You Drop on Swaptree!

October 30, 2007

Photo courtesy of Swaptree.com

How many times have you heard, “Mom, I am bored of this game? Buy me a new one!” Perhaps, you’ve just bought another book (again), finished it, put it on the shelf to never open it again. You are tired of spending money on games, books, or CDs that you [...]

Interesting, huh? Read on.

NJ’s Community Green’s Upcoming Green Kitchen Design Seminar

October 28, 2007

Photo courtesy of Community Green
After reading the title to this Article, your first impression is who is Community Green and is New Jersey remotely green? Believe it or not, New Jersey is known as the garden state for a reason and it is not due to its long turnpike bearing the same name. It is home [...]

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Get Paid to do Something good for the Earth?

October 26, 2007

Photo courtesy of Second Rotation, Inc

Every time you open a drawer or closet, there is unused electronic equipment staring you in the face. Should you try and sell it? Then you think, that could be too much of a hassle. Perhaps you should throw it away? Who is going [...]

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Meet “The Low Impact” Lunch

October 24, 2007

Many of us pack lunches every day whether it is yours or your children’s. Probably you pack a sandwich in a plastic bag, chips, and juicy box or plastic water bottle in a lead laden lunch box. Maybe, you will need some silverware to go with that salad or fruit cup you packed in your [...]

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TerraCycle, Teaching Our Young through Worm Poop

October 22, 2007

Courtesy of TerraCycle, Inc.

What does fundraising, soda bottles, yogurt cups, drinking pouches, and worm poop have in common? Give up? I know that is a tough set of words to figure out the correlation. Just ask the innovative folks over at TerraCycle, maker of worm poop fertilizer and other assorted eco-friendly gardening products. They will [...]

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Eco-fundraising Made Easy and Profitable

October 19, 2007

Photo by Tannazie by permission under the Creative Commons Share-Alike License 2.0
Although it is still October, the holiday season will be upon us sooner than you think. In anticipation of this season, PTAs, charities, and religious organizations all over the country will be unveiling holiday fundraisers in the form of holiday wrapping paper, cookie dough [...]

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Is Your Veggie Garden Spooky?

October 17, 2007

Am I getting ready for Halloween? People ask me this since my “ghostly” garden is the first thing you see when you drive up to my house. It sure looks that way. Last week, the weather changed in New Jersey from an Indian summer to a “cold windy I wish I did not live here” [...]

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Blog Action Day–How Can You Help the Earth?

October 15, 2007

For many of you, October 15 is known as the last day you can file your tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service. Today could be filled with sorting papers resulting in paper cuts, checking feverishly to make sure everything is right on your tax return, and racing down to the post office before it closes to [...]

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A LED That Shines Above the Rest

October 12, 2007

Photo by permission of the LR6 by LED Lighting Fixture, Inc,
At Lightfair 2007 in New York City, there were so many promising CFL and LED fixtures. One that caught my eye was LED Lighting Fixture, Inc.’s LR6. This LED looked like it was wearing a metal hat and simply screwed into a typical 6” recessed [...]

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Coffee Grounds, Garden Friend or Foe?

October 10, 2007

I was having problems with my roses. They were getting rust from getting their leaves wet from my sprinkler system. Last summer, they looked terrible so I cut them back and thought they would never grow back. I am new to growing roses…well growing anything so most of my planting experience is through trial and [...]