It’s beginning to look a lot like climate change. We know that’s not how the song goes, but with all the environmental damage that accompanies the holiday season – think pollution, trash, waste, and an ever-expanding carbon footprint, not to mention the...
Eco-Friendly Holiday Hostess Gifts
Ready or not, here come the holidays! And along with all those Black Friday sales, must-make recipes, TV specials and ugly sweaters, there’s a long list of holiday parties you’ll want to attend. Don’t arrive empty handed! Instead, come bearing a gift for...
Organic Cocktails for Your Holiday Celebration
The turkey you’re preparing Christmas Eve is free-range, the potatoes you’re roasting came from a local farm and the fruit in your fruitcake was grown without pesticides and picked up at your local farmer’s market. But what about your holiday cocktails? The...
Eco-Friendly, Family-Friendly Memorial Day Activities
There are many happy holidays sprinkled throughout the calendar, however it’s Memorial Day that may be the happiest of all! For many of us, Memorial Day signals the end of cold, harsh winters and the start of swimming pool, sunbathing and vacation season....
Feed the Animals: Donate Your Holiday Leftovers to the Zoo
With so much to do to prepare for Thanksgiving, you may not have a plan for your leftover food. With the whole family in town, it’s easy to buy too much and end up with extra. This holiday season, instead of eating leftovers for a month or letting it go to...
I’ll Have a Green Christmas
Without you, Elvis’s Christmas would be so blue. This year, make the King proud and make Christmas a green, eco-friendly event. Deck the Halls with a Real Christmas Tree The battle over real vs. artificial Christmas trees has been waged for decades, yet upon...
Eight Ways to Celebrate an Eco-Friendly Thanksgiving
Anyone who has prepared a Thanksgiving meal knows there are dozens of decisions to make and dozens of ways to stress the details. Who will sit beside Great Aunt Petunia? Is it pecan, pumpkin or apple pie (or one of each!)? What color napkins and candles...