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18 Ways to Cure the Unwanted Gift Blues

January 7, 2009

Photo by permission of Kasia
It’s bright and shiny and often carries an equally bright ribbon.  You open the box and you start to sweat when you look into the box.  It can only be described as (shuddering…) the UNWANTED Gift.   Maybe it is two sizes too big. Perhaps it looks like it has been sitting [...]

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Trend Hunter Magazine’s Top EcoTastic Gifts

December 21, 2008

Watch this short Trend Hunter Magazine’s video of an outstanding group of ecoterrific gifts ranging from lamps made out of garbage or tampons (I know, eww), underwear made out of aluminum cans to cardboard taxidermy even PETA would approve.  Now you can enjoy an animal head in your family room without feeling guilty.
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Organic Chocolates Never Tasted So Good

December 5, 2008

 
Photo of Green and Black’s Dark Chocolate and Wine Collection
 While I was at the New York Chocolate Show, I was feeling a lot like Charlie, the main character of the book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as he toured the Wonka Chocolate Factory. Although the Show did not have Oompa-Loompas or Everlasting Gobstoppers, it featured [...]

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Organic Chocolate, a Little Taste of Heaven

December 4, 2008

What is the 8th wonder of the world?  Chocolate, no doubt.  At the 11th annual New York Chocolate Show, I was a pig in mud being around hundreds of some of best chocolate makers, all in the same room, giving out free samples of the best chocolate I ever tasted.
My husband has always wanted to [...]

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Tis the Season For the Wrapping Paper Fundraiser

October 14, 2008

It is that time of year when the fundraisers roll out for the schools since Christmas is right around the corner. How many of your schools offer the old wrapping paper fundraiser?
This year I received my timely Innisbrook holiday fundraiser with a new twist.  A Recycle, Reuse, and Conserve money collection Envelope (see picture above) [...]

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Is it Eco-Proper to Send an Email Thank-You?

August 8, 2008

Life is full of dilemmas where you struggle to do the right thing. I am sure all of you have been in this situation where if you do one thing or the other, there is a consequence to your choice. Kind of like a no-win situation.
Here is mine at the moment. My son is being [...]

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Green, the New Color of the Holiday Season

November 23, 2007

Photo by Stephen Helms by permission.
The Holiday season seems to start right after you put that last plate away for Thanksgiving dinner. If you are going to spend your green this season, then consider giving environmentally friendly gifts that will lessen your impact on the Earth. Who knows? These gifts may [...]

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