Welcome to the fifteenth edition of Tips for Green Living! We have so many good submissions, so let’s get started!. dining & entertaining Sam over at Best Cheap Weddings shares some ways to save cash and the planet with the post Best Cheap Green Weddings. Romance and Memories on a Green Budget. I am all for the “recycled” estate diamond ring! (Remember [...]
Welcome to the fourteenth edition of Tips for Green Living! We have so many good submissions, so let’s get started! dining & entertaining Surbhi Bhatia talks about how to Dispose Mind Waste, Not Food posted at The Viewspaper. for the greenhorns You more East Coasters – winter has been pretty harsh for you this year. So Guffly shares How to [...]
Late? Yes. Unfortunately, allergies have been running amok with all this rain at the Green Apartment so last week was awful and this week was catch-up. Oh the joy! But, I do have a fabulous carnival for you! dining & entertaining Mrs. Green presents Price vs principles – 6 tips for eating organic on a budget posted at Little Green [...]
We wrote about the chemicals in your beauty products and why reusable shopping bags are the way to go. See the post for the goods!
When I found out I was pregnant with my daughter two years ago, I made my green stance clear that I wanted to do cloth diapering. Little did I know the commotion this would cause. My mother, normally a calm and composed woman, looked at me with panic in her eyes. “You want to WHAT?” Immediately she set to discouraging [...]
Does it matter if the scientists and liberal media et alii are wrong and the climate is just doing its thing? What would be wrong with conserving your (I’m assuming) hard earned money and the resources we have? Abundant or otherwise, shouldn’t we wisely use as little as comfortably possible so we do not tax our resources unnecessarily and spend more of our personal resources (time, money, energy) than necessary to live a comfortable life?
Many apologies to my fair readers: after an unexpected illness (aren’t they all?!) and the craziness of the holidays, things got out of hand. But I’m back, we’re here and the carnival is back on schedule! for the greenhorns Autumn Beck presents New to Cloth Diapers? Part 1 posted at All About Cloth Diapers. Such a great post, especially since [...]
No one really knows how to talk about toilet paper. Those of us in the modern world think of this as a simple necessity while many of those around the world do not have such a luxury (ever wonder why you’re not supposed to shake with a certain hand in some countries?). But why spend lots of money that you [...]
Welcome to the November 9, 2009 edition of tips for green living. We have some great submissions that I hope you’ll enjoy! for the newbies Condo Blues gives us 8 Steps to Reducing Household Trash posted at Condo Blues. Chris presents Green homes explained posted at Home I Own. While a little out of our usual prospect, I did find [...]
Once upon an early-90s jingle, kids were taught to “Reduce, reuse, recycle and don’t pollute!” by a singing cartoon. It was cute and kind of clever, but it may not have quite hit the message home. What that catchy tune didn’t explain was the importance of doing things in that order – reduce, reuse and then recycle.
But why that order?
