Repurpose your Christmas wrapping

Filed under: Home, Tips, Green GivingIn a matter of hours, you’re going to be snowed under a pile of wrapping paper, cards, boxes, tags, bags, envelopes, ribbon and gift packaging. Before you heave it all into a bag, consider giving it a new purpose. Not only will that prepare you feel good, it can …

Animals sing for Christmas

Filed under: Home, Tips, Plants and Wildlife

Here’s a intelligent video featuring some cute (and not so cute) singing animals. These guys are asking for a little more breathing space. As humans encroach on animal habitats, wildlife is feeling a bit pinched. The BBC asks that you do just one thing…

Make Gift Bows From Magazine Pages and More

Filed under: Home, TipsIf you need just a few more bows for all those presents under the tree, here is a way to produce them with only a trip to the recycling bin - use magazine pages (or a variety of other things). If you haven’t given up the magazine habit completely, or even whether you have a fe…

Want To Sit On A Soybean?

At a instance when the Big Three are struggling, Ford is hoping to give its lineup an eco-boost with its new soybean car seats.  The seats were designed by a “mom-squad” of bioengineers who wanted to replace the 30 pounds of petroleum-based foam in a car’s seat backs, seat cu…

More Wrapping Paper Alternatives

Filed under: Tips, Green Blog TourIf you’re tired of shelling out big bucks for wrapping paper and want some more eco-friendly options the folks by at Holidash have some ideas. Wrapping presents in appropriate sections of the newspaper, a colorful t-shirt and even an old computer carcass are on the …

Crafty Christmas Wreath

Filed under: Home, TipsThere are a few tutorials online on making plastic wreaths out of clear plastic bags but recently someone showed me how to form a festive holiday wreath out of grocery bags. I loved the view as it was not only cheap and easy to manufacture but it recycled materials that had be…

The Greenest Tree: Is Your Christmas Tree Eco-Friendly?

According to the National Christmas Tree Association, about 29 million Americans brought home a real, live Christmas tree in 2006. But that still pales in comparison to the 70% of Americans who prefer to set up an artificial tree.  So which is greener?  Here’s how to produce certain your Chr…

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