My kids love clementines (okay devour clementines.) So what is the harm with this? Their packaging. They come in a wood crate with a plastic net. I HATE the packaging. I can’t recycle the crate but have been giving them away to be reused. People sure love them. My cousin uses them to store her […]
Give Your Loved Sport Equipment and Uniforms a New Home
Since I have closed my garden for the winter, I started to look inward at my house which has been neglected during the summer months. As many of my loyal readers know, I am obsessed with gardening, and everything goes on hold until the last vegetable is picked. As I piled my garden equipment back […]
Rewiring a Lamp Bound for the Trash
I found an relatively new lamp in a trash pile one day. As you can see, it is quite attractive except for its glaring silver duct taped cord. Heck, one man’s trash is another’s treasure. In my case, a lamp for a needed reading area. Normally, I would have scooped it up and ran to […]
Builder Dan Phillips’ Philosophy: One Man’s Trash Is Another’s Home
Dan Phillips of The Phoenix Commotion is my hero. He builds low income housing made out of salvaged, recycled materials. Recently featured on MSNBC, he talked about how his homes are not a hodgepodge of different materials. Instead his houses are whimsical, thought provoking, and warm. “It doesn’t matter if you don’t have a complete set of […]
Shouldn’t America Recycles Day Be Called America Reduce or Reuse Day?
Photo courtesy of National Recycling Coalition. Today is America Recycles Day, which is the only day nationally recognized to encourage people to recycle. For the past eleven years, this date has been celebrated across the country increase awareness of recycling at our home and business. (See here as to events in your area.) As the […]
NJ Residents: Recycle your Unwanted or Expired Medication Nov 14, 2009
On November 14, New Jersey residents have the opportunity to clean out their medicine cabinets of unwanted and/or expired medication through the OperationMedicineCabinetNJ.com program from 10 am to 2 pm. According to the program, “Every day 2,500 youth age 12 to 17 abuse a pain reliever for the very first time. More teens abuse prescription drugs than […]
InStyleBelly: Pregnancy Consignment with an Eco Chic Attitude
Photo courtesy of Fit Pregnancy-June-July 2009 and Maternity Designer, Liz Lange. I love consignment shops. Some of my best consignment purchases have been for special occasions. Think about it. How many times do you wear the same dress to an event? When I saw an article in a local magazine about InStyleBelly, an online consignment […]
Give your Unused Swing Set a New Purpose
For some dumb reason I own two swing sets. Long story, but to sum up the reason… an impulse buy. Here is the short condensed version. I bought two adorable recycled horse tire swings about fifteen years. Way before I was a certified treehugger. So, don’t go thinking I bought them simply because […]
