Category Archive for: ‘Household’
Because We Can!
I met with an incredible group of people that shared a similar vision about helping out in our local community. We contacted the 1Up Single Parent Resource Center and the Blanshard Community Association and they met with us to provide us with on-the-ground information about …
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Holiday Celebrations Ideas
This is just a couple of ideas from the Seventh Generation Blog on how to reduce the impact we have on the environment. Wrap creatively. Some 4 million tons of wrapping paper and shopping bags are used each season. Wrap gifts in colorful newspaper or …
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Moving? Convenient, Affordable and Green
Why buy cardboard when you can rent FROGBOXes? Convenient – they drop them off and pick them up. Affordable – save time on packing and mover fees. Green – help reduce the millions of cardboard boxes used for moving!
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Tip of the day…
You know when you go to the store to buy flowers, they take off the plastic that they came with and then they put that pretty little piece of rice paper around them and then they wrap them in a brand new, really big piece …
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Give a donation instead of a present. How many objects of desire do we really need? It is great to buy a gift for someone that has meaning and when you see it, it really makes you think of them, but don’t just buy a …
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Tip of the day…
Get rid of your paper bills and bank statements and pay your bills online or better yet, arrange to have them charged directly to your credit card. All of my utility bills; cell, phone, cable, (hydro has just stopped doing this) are all charged directly to my …
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Use cloth napkins! You can either buy them or make them. What about really cute pokadot fabric for birthdays. Make a dozen and use them for years. Christmas fabric is really cheap at this time of year. Make a dozen and keep them for years. …
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Tip of the Day
I have seen the fanciest compost buckets with charcoal filters and crazy locking lids and most people don’t like them. They are expensive to purchase, difficult to clean and have awkward lids. All you need is a stainless steel soup pot. The lid is easy …
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Do you use tin foil to line your pan when baking meat in the oven? Do you know that aluminum foil never biodegrades? It will be in that landfill 100 years from now. Try parchment paper – it can be used in an oven up to …
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