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Archive for the ‘Holiday’ Category

May 11th, 2008

Happy Mother’s Day

Tree Hugging Family would like to wish a very cheery Mother’s Day to all our mommy readers! We appreciate you.
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May 4th, 2008

Don’t Forget About Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is exactly one week away today. If you missed it, please check out our post on 50 Green & Affordable Mother’s Day Gifts.
One gift I forgot to include on that list is loose tea from Teavana. If Mom is a tea lover, you can’t go wrong with this company. I really love their […]

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April 28th, 2008

50 Green & Affordable Mother’s Day Gifts

Want to give a recycled or otherwise sustainable gift to Mom this year? Here are 50 ideas.
Most of the gifts below cost under $50. A very few of them are in the $100 range. Several are small somethings that can be added to a homemade gift basket. And some won’t cost you anything but your […]

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April 24th, 2008

Grand Central Terminal Holiday Fair Design Competition

Are you into green design or know someone who is?
The very popular Holiday and Spring Fair events at the Grand Central Terminal in New York are going green. The competition judges — world-renowned designers and architects — are looking for a green design that incorporates and highlights the historic integrity of Vanderbilt Hall.
If […]

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April 11th, 2008

Plant That Paper!

I love, love, love, this paper.
Plantable Seeded Wrapping Paper from Bloom is too cool. Their paper products are beautiful and embedded with wildflower seeds, so you can use it and then plant it. What I really want to do is figure out how to make this myself; I can’t see how they do it without […]

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April 3rd, 2008

Quick Tip: Learn When Your Community Celebrates Arbor Day

I’ve been thinking about this since Arbor Day in Washington is coming up next week. I used to think there was a set Arbor Day across the U.S. but really we all celebrate on different days.

The Arbor Day Foundation has an easy chart that shows when your state celebrates Arbor Day. Some communities celebrate with […]

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March 23rd, 2008

Happy Easter Tree Hugging Families

I hope everyone has a nice (and green) Easter day with their friends and family.

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March 20th, 2008

Ten Ways to a Greener Easter Basket

One- Make your own Easter grass for the basket. That yucky plastic stuff is dangerous if small kids and pets try to eat it. Believe me, it’s just the kind of thing my cat would try to eat. If you don’t already have some green, pick or yellow construction paper, buy some recycled construction paper. […]

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March 10th, 2008

Green Your St. Patrick’s Day Party

I have to admit. I don’t really get the St. Patrick’s Day partying thing. But, even still I know there are lots of St. Patty’s Day parties being planned. And it is supposed to be a green holiday, right?
Here are a few tips to help green your St. Patrick’s Day party:
•Choose organic beer. It not […]

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March 5th, 2008

Organic Chocolate Easter Bunnies for Kids & Organic Cotton Veggies and Fruit for Infants

Taraluna is such a cool little online shop. I’ve been pretty much enamored with them since purchasing some fair trade wind chimes as a gift for someone last year.
They send me customer e-mails about new products. And of course I had to go over and check out their great new chocolate Easter bunnies.
They have milk […]

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