From the monthly archives:

March 2008

Earth Hour: Turn Off Your Lights Tonight

March 29, 2008

Tonight is Earth Hour where people all over the world will turn off their lights for one hour between 8 and 9 pm tonight to combat global warming. Watch this video.
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Thanks to Jason at Scream to Be Green for the post to remind me to post about Earth Hour and the video from Lynn at Organicmania . [...]

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Wow Imports: Fair trade and Recycled Fun Household Products

March 28, 2008

I recently ran across a site called WOW Imports, a Company who sells African fair trade bead and wire art as well as other imported items. As I was perusing the website, I thought, my readers would love these products.

The fair trade items help disadvantage African artisans, mainly from Zimbabwe and South African townships, [...]

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Tru-Stile: A Solution for Architectural Green Designed Doors

March 26, 2008

Photo by permission of Tru-Stile’s MDF door with 3form® Fossil resin.

In the last year, there have been numerous articles about greening your home using bamboo flooring, low flow toilets, and energy star appliances. You never hear a peep about using environmentally friendly materials for your exterior and interior doors. Besides your windows, doors are one [...]

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Learning Sustainability Through the National Building Museum’s Green Building Exhibit

March 24, 2008

Recently, I was alerted by the director of NJ’s Community Green, a terrific green organization, about this wonderful green building exhibit at my local museum. I just could not fathom a green building exhibit in my hometown. Sure enough The Morris Museum in Morristown, New Jersey was the host of the National Building Museum’s Green [...]

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Tree of Antiquity: Certified Organic Heirloom Apple Trees

March 22, 2008

Yesterday, I became the proud mama of nine small apple trees. I feel like sending out birth announcements since I am so excited. Here is how it would read:

With much happiness and anticipation, we are pleased to announce the adoption of our 9 bundles of semi-dwarf apple trees to our family. Smokehouse, Redgold, Pumpkin Russet, [...]

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Delta Airlines Compliments its Greener Attitude with its Eco Sky Magazine

March 20, 2008

Photo by permission of Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines has earned its wings this month by unveiling its green Sky Magazine issue sure to inspire its travelers to take those steps to make an environmental difference in our world. The magazine, which is chock full of helpful tips and thought provoking articles, is [...]

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To Re-upholster or Not, This is the Question

March 18, 2008

How many chairs and sofas are put to the curb in the name of worn, outdated, or stained fabric? Well, I am faced with this dilemma. What to do with my family room couches who have been through the civil war. Every day is a new game and different sides. After five [...]

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Coupster: Coupons that Save Green By Being Green

March 14, 2008

Photo by permission of Coupster

Coupon clipping is as American as apple pie. However, how many times have you gotten to the store or restaurant and realized you had a coupon at home or you left it on the counter? Kind of like, I could have had a V-8 moment.

Coupster was created so [...]

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18 Ideas To Reuse Expired Credit Cards

March 13, 2008

Photo by Mike Martin Wong
How many of you have expired credit cards that either sit in your drawers, or you have cut up and thrown in the trash? These plastic wonders that allows us to say “charge it” can sit in our landfills for a very long time. Is there another way to reuse them [...]

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Are You Spending Too Much Thyme on Your Lawn?

March 10, 2008

Some of My Curly Thyme Plants Soaking Before Planting
If you are feeling like the fertilizing, watering, and seeding routine is getting old, consider planting a ground cover for your lawn. According to the University of Illinois Extension, once ground covers are established, they need a minimum amount of maintenance.
Here is a [...]

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