Welcome to 2008 tree hugging families!

Tree Hugging Family just sprouted back in July so we’ve now got six months under our belt so to speak. Looking back there were many popular posts that people seemed to like but being that this blog is so new there’s not much difference in post popularity.
However, there were four clear run-away post winners for 2007. Posts that people really liked in other words.
So without further ado; in reverse order, here are the top 4 most popular Tree Hugging posts of the year.
4. Seven Trees A Year: I really liked this post and …read more

Seven trees — that how many trees the average American uses up in one year. Think about that for a second. 7 trees… that is a lot.
Maybe try seven steps to cut back your personal tree consumption. Trees do little for your diet anyhow.

Use reusable grocery bags. 700 paper grocery bags use up one tree. Use your reusable bag 700 times and there’s one tree.
Recycle your newspapers. After you recycle about 750-800 newspapers you’ve saved one tree.
The average wooden home is built with around five trees. If you build use an alternative method like adobe or straw bale. That’s five …read more