Sustainable Living

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Holiday Waste…Holiday Win

December 11th, 2011 · 6 Comments · DIY, Eco-Friendly, Environment, Food, Green Home, Holidays, Inspiration, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Shopping, Sustainable Living, Travel

Holiday Win: 10 Ways To Reduce Holiday Waste Facinating or Bah Humbug? Infographic via Green Upgrader

Keeping The Peace With A DIY Peace Wreath

December 4th, 2011 · 5 Comments · crafts, decor, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Family, Garden, Green Home, Holidays, Inspiration, Nature, Sustainable Living

As someone who blends holiday traditions, believe me, peace binds it all together. The universal message of peace is always in season. Throughout the holidays we speak of Peace on Earth and Good Will Towards…Men!?! OK, here’s a good place to start. Isn’t it about time we ditched the men-only lingo? Now that we have [...]

Food Rule Backlash

November 13th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Art, Books, Family, Food, Health, Sustainable Living

“Do all your eating at a table. No, a desk is not a table.” Guilty. Ted says the illustration above is of me. It’s not, but it could be. How many food rules do you break? Michael Pollan has added 19 new rules in his latest book, Food Rules: an eater’s manual, and they’ve been [...]

Bike Right: 3 Reasons (video)

November 11th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Eco-Friendly, Environment, Inspiration, Pollution, Sustainable Living

Ride a bike… 1. Because our children know what’s best for their future. Greenhouse gases emitted by cars causes climate change, which will affect our children’s and their children’s future. 2. Because car commuting costs an arm and a leg. The typical American family spends almost $8000 a year to own and operate a car. [...]

Decking The Nest Early?

November 11th, 2011 · 6 Comments · decor, Eco-Friendly, Shopping, Sustainable Living

Don’t get me wrong, I love the winter holidays…just not yet. I ducked into the Apple store at the Danbury Mall last weekend to get my iPhone fixed. Lining the mall, the trees were trimmed, the holiday tunes were humming and credit cards were working overtime…five days after Halloween. I was having a hard time [...]

Are We Even On Your List Of Priorities?

November 7th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Education, Environment, Family, Kids, Politics, Pollution, Sustainable Living

I once had a lovely student named Annick who wrote a manual for grown-ups. It was mostly a colorful how-to book that stacked all the cards in kids’ favor. Her book advocated for abolishing bedtimes, and not learning about dead presidents. I recall it was published around Election Day, and we were discussing the importance [...]

Illuminating A Waste-Free Halloween

October 31st, 2011 · No Comments · decor, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Environment, Family, Green Home, Holidays, Kids, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Sustainable Living

Are pumpkins invading your nest like these grinning jack-o’-lanterns that have overtaken this Massachusetts home? Even when the pumpkin glow is at a minimum, if you celebrate Halloween with your little ones, it may be time to pick up those heavy holiday footprints. Why? According to the EPA, household waste increases more than 25 percent [...]

Please Don’t Pollute Our Nests

October 20th, 2011 · No Comments · Design, Environment, Family, Garden, Nature, Pollution, Sustainable Living

I love nests. The original logo for Econesting was a nest. My daughter (a graphic designer) and I went back and forth between a nest or a tree logo. At the time, my life was in flux. I had just left my teaching job, and as my youngest left for college, my nest was empty. [...]

Fixing Food On A Starving Planet

October 16th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Environment, Food, Sustainable Living

Since I decided to participate in Blog Action Day, a day when bloggers around the world write about one important global topic, I’ve been trying to wrap my head around the heart of the matter of this year’s topic – FOOD. How we farm and how we eat may prove to be one of the [...]

Upcycled Tires: Hot or Not?

October 13th, 2011 · 5 Comments · crafts, decor, Design, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Fashion, Green Home, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Sustainable Living

I’ve been noticing a recycled tire trend. Combining creativity with eco-friendly intentions to make usable goods, bike tire tires and tubes are being upcycled and popping up in unusual places. Not surprising, since according to Recycle To Cycle: “In the last five years an estimated 18 million bicycles per year were sold in the United [...]