Organizing Your Electronics/ Chargers
I know you have one too… that “junk drawer” that barely closes, the place you put everything in your house that does not have a permanent home.
We are electronic junkies and lately I realized that half of our junk drawer was full of chargers. All of our devices seem to come with [...]
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Top Five Reasons to Give Up Bottled Water
Top Five Reasons to Give Up Bottled Water from www.newdream.org
My material is usually original, but I think this is important enough to duplicate! New American Dream is the non-profit that we (www.fabricwrapper.com) support as members of 1% For The Planet.
1. Disposable plastic water bottles are not meant for [...]
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Back to School Tips
It is time for the kids to say goodbye to lazy days at the pool, and prepare for back to school!
Just a couple of tips for preparations:
(1) School Shopping: Re-use anything you have in your house to save time, money and resources. We all have pencils in every “junk” drawer… don’t buy [...]
Overwhelmed with Green Choices?
Last week I hosted a bookclub on Michael Pollan’s In Defense Of Food. Many of us had seen the movie Food, Inc and we had a great discussion debating the merits of various points from both the movie and book. I thought the best one was Pollan’s advice to stick to foods [...]
Veggies straight from the farmer
“Where do I find a recipe for Tatsoi?”, “Will my kids eat white radishes?” These are some questions I’ve had while opening my weekly CSA box.
CSA, or “Community Supported Agriculture” is a rapidly spreading phenomenon where people are skipping the middle man and getting their produce right from the farmer. Pretty [...]
Ideas for Household SustainabilitySimple Tips… Please add more in the comments section!
(1) Use cloth napkins. Not just for holiday dinners anymore! These are so easy to pick up at estate sales, but if you have to buy new there are cheap options at every big box store. Once you get in the habit, you will [...]
The hypocrite In Us All
I thought about calling this the “don’t be afraid” article, for I am finding more and more people who seem intimidated to make minor changes in their lives to help the environment (and therefore themselves). There is a certain “all or nothing” mentality. We all need to go easier on one [...]
A Must Read
Ok, I know I am a little behind the times, but for anyone else who has not yet picked up a copy of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Micheal Pollan, this one is a must read. I checked it out from the library but just ordered a copy of my own just so that [...]
My New Year’s Resolutions For Creating a More Sustainable Lifestyle
Best of Intentions: New Year’s Resolutions
Bike More, Car Less.
My oldest child’s school is only 1.5 miles from our house. When school began, we rode our bikes every day. Full disclosure leads me to tell you that at this point I am trying to ride the [...]
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Putting Reduce/ Reuse Before RecycleI have always recycled. Sounds fabricated, but my hippie parents were before their time in this regard. But my shift in thinking about “reduce and reuse” is very recent. I am probably not alone… after all, our psyches have been inundated with a consumer society for so long that we should [...]
