Fabricwrapper on December 9th, 2010

A Second Life for those Holiday Cards
By the cash register in most big box stores, there are lots of cute labels for all of your Christmas gifts.  Their colorful variations on “To” and “From” scream “Buy me!  You need me to make your gift look special!”  But before you buy, think to yourself… what do I already [...]

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Fabricwrapper on November 11th, 2010

Great stats to remember on America Recycles Day, November 15thI walked into a small store in Costa Rica to buy a coke.  It came in a banged up glass bottle, and when I paid for it I had to drink it on the spot or leave a deposit on the bottle.  This is a nation [...]

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Fabricwrapper on March 16th, 2009

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 [...]

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Fabricwrapper on October 1st, 2008

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 [...]

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