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Archive for the ‘Recycled Goods’ Category

May 16th, 2008

Why Buy Recycled Paper

One of the options in our green sins poll in the sidebar is “Don’t buy recycled office paper.” Only a few of you have chosen this option, but it can’t hurt to discuss how essential it is to consider your paper choices.
Some important facts:
•The United States has the world’s highest paper consumption rate.
•Half of the […]

By Peggy -- 0 comments

May 3rd, 2008

Mummy Style Trash

Mummies and our current trash situation are a lot alike. If you’re working on teaching your younger kids about biodegradability, then the mummy slant works nicely.
Biodegrade: at the most basic means to rot (decompose), and vanish, leaving no trace. Trash, like mummies is tough stuff, hard to rot, hard to make vanish completely.
We know that […]

By Jennifer -- 2 comments

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 […]

By Peggy -- 7 comments

April 18th, 2008

Which Costs Less? Recycline Razors vs. Gillette Venus

Jennifer did a spotlight post on Recycline last year, but since we’ve been talking about how much green products cost, I wanted to do a little razor spotlighting.
It’s more earth-friendly to use a straight razor, but not if you’ll end up using a lot of bandages. If you choose to use a disposable razor, a […]

By Peggy -- 2 comments

April 7th, 2008

Green Around the Web With Peggy & Jennifer

Remember our new semi updated series? Well, this week we have some new cool non-Tree Hugging Family green posts for you from some of the other places we blog.
And a quick note from Peggy: You’ll notice that a few of the links below will lead you to b5media’s Junk Creation. I just started blogging at […]

By Jennifer -- 0 comments

March 20th, 2008

60 Eco-Friendly Ways to Celebrate Spring

Many of us are welcoming spring today, so I thought it would be nice to go over some nature loving, tree hugging, eco-friendly ideas that will carry the entire family through the better part of spring and into summer.
1. Quit looking at nature through your frosty windows. It’s warming up, so get out there and […]

By Jennifer -- 14 comments

February 21st, 2008

Green Etsy Finds

Etsy is cool. It’s easy to get addicted to their handmade goods. Some of their green goods are questionable; such as recycled sweater coffee cup sleeves (um, why use paper cups anyway), but many of the items you’ll find are very cool.  Like…
Green Handkerchief:  Nice for a reusable handkerchief. 100% cotton and vintage to boot. […]

By Jennifer -- 4 comments

February 19th, 2008

Weekly Green Audit: School Waste Reduction

Sorry about the absent green audit yesterday - I tried to log on and WordPress said nope, not gonna work for you. I’ll post an extra audit post later today or one on Saturday to make up for it.
In any case, this week we’re discussing greening your school. One of the bigger issues schools have […]

By Jennifer -- 5 comments

February 19th, 2008

Fetch a RecycleBone

Next time you need a dog chew toy for the family dog, help reduce Rover’s impact by choosing a RecycleBone from Planet Dog. Also available at Branch.

These toys are made of first-quality material remaining after making other doggie playthings. The material would otherwise be thrown away. RecycleBones and RecycleBalls are non-toxic, and they are […]

By Peggy -- 2 comments

February 18th, 2008

Five Terribly Prejudiced Green Links

Why terribly prejudiced? Well, I was looking around for some nice links to share and noticed that all the ones I like come from place that do make it appear that I’m prejudiced. Seriously, I’m not, I just happened to like these links this week.
On with it…
Burt’s Bees and Clorox from co-blogger Peggy’s other green […]

By Jennifer -- 6 comments

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