It’s finally over. Winter. It was, as it always is, so very long and so very dark. February rolled in and then stayed for months and months and then slowly March passed and April began and there we were- finally outside. Outside, desperately searching for the season’s very first sprout. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'A Little Greener'
Planting Hope
April 30th, 2009 · 6 Comments
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Going Green Could See You Turning Red
January 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments
As a consumer in an incredibly environmentally conscious society, I am always searching for new products that are more energy efficient. Like many others, I responded to government urging and price cuts and traded my old light bulbs for new, energy-efficient ones. They have resided in our home for a few years now, powering our [...]
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A Little Greener:How to Clean Toys Naturally
October 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment
Often times, parents ask me how I clean children’s toys naturally. I thought I would share a few of my tips with you for soft, wooden, or plastic (ugh) toys. My methods are gentle for the earth and your family, as I don’t use harsh chemicals like bleach water, however, they may not kill viruses [...]
Tags: A Little Greener · Beauty, Health & Fitness · Home · Parenting
A Little Greener:Change the Margins – Save Trees
September 24th, 2007 · No Comments
I caught this tip on NPR this week and really loved it. By simply changing the margins on each document you print you can save a significant amount t of paper and therefore tress each year. Consider this:
“Each person in an office on average uses 2.5 pounds of paper each week. In the U.S., a [...]
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A Little Greener:From Hybrid Vehicles to a National Goal
September 19th, 2007 · 5 Comments
Editor’s note: This is not a sponsored post… really.Last February, I totaled our 2000 Toyota RAV4. Initially, I wanted to replace it with another RAV4. While I felt a bit guilty driving an SUV (which is not what one typically considers a green machine), we needed a 4-wheel drive vehicle with sufficient interior room. [...]
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A Little Greener:Car Sharing
September 10th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Last January, I wrote a post about a family that had given up their car and stumbled upon the concept of “car sharing†– that is eschewing car ownership in favor of renting one when needed. This has a number of green advantages. Not owning a car reduces the urge to make 10 trips a [...]
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A Little Greener:Mom, the World is Getting Greener!
September 3rd, 2007 · 3 Comments
My six-year-old daughter has become quite observant to greening/green washing efforts around her. Her optimism is something to be cherished, when news of climate change, politics, etc. can be quite the opposite. She sees changes, and she tells me, “Mom, the world is getting greener.”
Out of the mouths of babes astute observations occur. [...]
Tags: A Little Greener · Education · Parenting
Don’t Throw That Away!
August 20th, 2007 · 2 Comments
The 3Rs of environmentalism are Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Recycle usually gets the most attention in the media but Reusing is my personal favorite. Why put all your energies into recycling your garbage when you can just create less garbage in the first place? Examples of reusing would be to reuse plastic bags from the [...]
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A Little Greener:Saving Packaging, Saving The Planet
August 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment
As I become more and more aware that my “eco footprint†is a bit large, I try to find more and more ways to act a little greener. As often happens, my latest idea came while taking out the garbage, a fine time to consider going green.
Since we ‘after-schoolâ€, that is, while my DS attends [...]
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A Little Greener: Greener Packaging Means More Earth-Friendly Toys
July 16th, 2007 · 2 Comments
In my green, liberal circle of friends, Wal-Mart bashing is a popular sport. As a marketer with many trips to Bentonville AK, Wal-Mart headquarters, under her belt, I often choose to listen in silence. I know they are accused of many things but, I also understand some of the realities of running the largest retailer [...]
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