We’ve been doing this for a few years now, so here’s a holiday “best of” — a little link collection from our own site, featuring articles that have SOMETHING to do with going green, and the holiday season.
Thanks for being our readers, and have a great Christmas & ETC.!
How to Recycle Christmas and Holiday Cards
How to Recycle Cardboard Wrapping Paper Tubes
BOBO Wrap & Lyziwraps: Eco-Friendly Alternatives for Holiday Wrapping Paper Needs
Defining Green Design: What Exactly Is Meant by Sustainable Design?
Green Design. Sustainable Design. They are more than related; in fact, they’re same thing. In defining the “term,” consider the two words — you have your definition. It is the design process with not only a physical foundation built towards sustainability, but a complete ideology towards sustainability.
In other words, Green Design can encompass the complete and total effort to imagine, design and construct entire communities and cities that are Eco-Friendly, socially and environmentally responsible. Pretty cool, huh?
What Green Design Entails
Many think of solar panels when they hear the term Green Design, but the concept stems far beyond what we can simply see or use to produce sustainable and/or renewable sources of power. That is, of course, part of the equation, but just a part.
E.F. Schumacher perhaps best suggested the movement in the 1973 collection of published essays, “Small Is Beautiful.” In his early writings, he called to light the fact that the United States economy was not sustainable — that so many things treated as expendable income, such as fossil fuels, should be treated as capital. Some 30 years later, people are finally beginning to take notice. Continue reading
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How to Raise a Green Baby: Child Rearing, Eco-Style
Mamas, Dont Let Your Babies...
Bust out the Dutch Boy, it’s time to paint your child green. The Blue Man Group has made millions covering themselves with grease paint, so maybe there’s something profitable to a group of green infants. No, I don’t know where this nonsense comes from, perhaps it’s the Def Leppard rocking in the background or perhaps it’s a darn enjoyment to take things as literally as possible a few times a day.
Either way, what better way to teach a child to respect and enjoy a life dedicated to sustainability than by raising them in such a manner? And because we love lists, here’s a 10 spot for raising a green baby.
Breast Feed
We’ll start with an easy one. Let’s face it folks, this is the way we’re made. If you can breast feed, it’s highly recommended. And talk about organic! If the mother of the child is eating well, then the baby is eating well, there’s no more difficulty to that “formula.” Continue reading
Drinker’s Guide to All Things Purified Water
Now that we know bottled water leads the way in the world of plastic pollution, it’s easier to ask — is it really that much better than drinking from the tap? And what is up with the alkaline and acid water that have become the center of much conversation and controversy?
Add to this ever-growing dilemma, the power of the people — stating in a nationwide poll that Los Angeles has the best tasting tap water, and one could see all of this as a sign of the Apocalypse. Or, it could be the fact that the L.A. water comes from the Sierra Nevada mountains. After drinking water from the tap in both Long Island, NY and Portland, OR, I just can’t imagine Los Angeles has the best drinking water! (note to readers: I’ve lived in LA nearly my entire 35 years). The following is a guide to try and sort all this water information out. Continue reading
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Tagged alkaline water, bottled water, effects of water, guide to drinking water, purified water, water pH
Defining Eco-Friendly in Practical Terms
It’s not as if we don’t know what Eco-friendly is… but then again, what exactly is it? Being environmentally aware? Eating organic? Living a green lifestyle and driving a hybrid vehicle?
It’s a back-to-basics day at Easy Ways to Go Green!
Well, sure, it’s all of those things, but these green branches reach far beyond what you can do, into the world of what you do for others and others do for you.
To define the Eco in Eco Friendly, it simply serves as a variation of the word ecology. To more importantly define Ecology: It is the scientific study of living organisms, their distribution, abundance and interaction with other organisms within their environment. Continue reading
Making Christmas as Green as Possible
You’re most likely gonna’ hear a lot this holiday season about turning your holiday into a more green experience. When you think about offsetting your travel across country with carbon purchases, or recycling your wrapping paper, or re-using holiday decorations, you start to come up with some relatively painless ways to be a bit kinder to the planet without really sacrificing too much of what you’re used to for Christmas. What about solar lights for the house or tree? Or any other ideas for those inclined to be more assertive in their plan to go green anywhere possible?
This is the best post I’ve found so far that includes a ton of practical and meaningful ideas to make the holiday more green: How to Plan a Solar-Powered Christmas over at the CalFinder Solar blog, where users can find nationwide information on home solar power contractors and more. Check out the post and the blog.
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Tagged earth friendly holidays, eco-friendly christmas, green holiday, solar power
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