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Last Minute DIY

December 22nd, 2011 · 4 Comments · crafts, decor, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Food, Holidays

Did you think I was going to go all Scrooge on you and not extend my deep well of holiday DIY projects this year? Maybe you thought the holiday’s predictability with its earlier and earlier seasonal creep, and obsessive waste had taken over my good will and peace towards the blogosphere? Or, could it be [...]

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Tags:Christmas·DIY·gifts·Hanukkah·holiday·whoopie pies

Living Inside A Snow Globe

December 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Art, crafts, Design, DIY, Family, Holidays, Kids

There is a simplicity to winter when a snowstorm casts a shadowy blanket of calmness onto the woods around our nests. Its quiet stillness is like the insulated caress of living inside a dome of snow. The storm at my home arrived right after the barreling in of far-flung children, presents and all the holiday [...]

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Tags:calm·DIY·gift·holiday·simple·snow·snow globes·unplugged·winter

DIY Eco-Gifts For The Yoga Enthusiast On Your Holiday List

December 24th, 2010 · 4 Comments · crafts, DIY, Family, Food, Holidays, Inspiration, Knitting

A regular yoga practice can be a welcome stress reliever. Yoga provides an opportunity for relaxation and quiet reflection that calms anxious holiday bodies and minds. Whether the yoga enthusiast on your list practices slow-paced Hatha Yoga, or hot, hot Bikram Yoga, I bet they would love these 3 handmade yoga items: 1. The complementary [...]

DIY Eco-Gift For The X-traordinary Techie On Your Holiday List

December 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · crafts, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Green Home, Holidays, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Sustainable Living

Do you have a techie on your list that goes to extraordinary measures to repurpose electronic items that would otherwise be relegated to the landfill? I bet that person has a bunch of dead computers lying around (doesn’t everyone). When a dead computer gets thrown away, it does not biodegrade. It just lives in its [...]

DIY Eco-Gift For The Worker On Your Holiday List

December 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · crafts, decor, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Holidays, Sustainable Living

What’s a worker with an eco-conscious to do when each day you look over your computer, and notice the wastebasket of your officemate fill up with crumpled paper, junk mail, faxes, post-its, newspapers and plastic water bottles? The new year is the perfect occasion (excuse) to deploy an eco-agenda on a work space. Want to [...]

DIY Eco-Gifts For the Vegetarian and Vegan On Your Holiday List

December 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · DIY, Food, Health, Sustainable Living

“Passionate” is too lightweight a word to describe how some folks feel about the dietary decision to become a vegetarian or vegan. It is a distinction that I think a lot of people don’t understand. So, let’s curb the confusion and set the record straight: People tend to have a clearer idea of what a [...]

DIY Eco-Gifts For The Skier/Snowboarder On your Holiday List

December 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · crafts, decor, Design, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Family, Green Home, Holidays, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse

Around here, “‘Tis the season” also means, it’s time to hit the slopes. We just love winter sports and we all ski and snowboard. What we don’t love is the pricey equipment, and an industry that generally gets a thumbs down for eco-friendliness. Ski, snowboard and skateboarding paraphernalia tends to be highly technical, but damaged [...]

DIY Eco-Gifts For Recyclers On Your Holiday List

December 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment · crafts, decor, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Family, Green Home, Holidays, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse

Maybe one of the biggest differences between growing up in my childhood home and my children’s home (mine too), is that now we all recycle. This one small act is something each and everyone of us can do at home to help save the planet. I was totally floored during a recent conversation with an [...]

DIY Eco-Gifts For The Quilter on Your Holiday List

December 20th, 2010 · No Comments · crafts, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Green Home, Holidays, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Shopping

A handmade quilt is a true luxury. Quilts made from pieced together scraps of fabric that otherwise may have been wasted, make quilters the ultimate green DIYers. It is estimated that between 500 billion and 1 trillion plastic bags are discarded annually worldwide. That’s more than a million per minute. Why not give all the [...]

DIY Eco-Gifts For The Organic Gardener On Your Holiday List

December 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments · crafts, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Food, Garden, Green Home, Holidays, Kids, Sustainable Living

“I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.” ~ The Lorax We all know what happened in Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax…the Once-ler devised ways of cutting down Truffula Trees for the “Biggering and Biggering” of his manufacturing operation. The Once-ler “Biggered” to the point where he polluted the Lorax’s water and air, [...]