Showing posts with label eco-shopping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eco-shopping. Show all posts
Saturday, December 6, 2025

Redefining Holiday Gifting: Making It Merry & Light

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This is a piggyback post to my last one. While thinking about ways to be more smart and sustainable in our shopping approach, maybe it's...
Saturday, November 29, 2025

Online Holiday Helpers for Sustainable Shopping

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The shopping season is upon us. Anyone who has been around awhile knows I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with Christmas. I was shopp...
Saturday, March 30, 2024

Happy Easter 2024

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This weekend is Easter Weekend....if you are still looking for some last minute ways green your Easter scene, here are a few options for you...
Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Sustainable Gift Giving Meets Santa's Workshop

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This past weekend I was in a vortex of Christmas crazy and creation this weekend. My eyes were a bit bleary, crossed, tired and hurting. My ...
Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Saving the Planet, One Video Game at a Time

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As I was writing about the draw of board games to activate environmental stewardship a bit ago, it got me thinking. We live in a digital wo...
Saturday, March 11, 2023

Environmental Stewardship: Board-Game Style

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Years ago when my kids were younger, I ran across the game Earthopoly . Of course I just HAD to get it! As the name suggests, it's the e...
Saturday, December 3, 2022

52 Clutter Free Gifts

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'Tis the season to be shopping... or at least that's what one would have you to think from anywhere from mid-November through the De...
Saturday, October 15, 2022

The Power of Purpose at Patagonia

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Almost exactly a month ago on September 14th, outdoor-apparel company  Patagonia  released new of their new, one and only shareholder: Mothe...
Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Seasonal Shopping: Gifts That Give Back

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Finding that “just right” gift can be tough.  Now, during this early- moving to mid-December time, the pressure is on. Email inboxes are fil...
Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Birthdays & "Be Kind"

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Birthdays always put a smile on your face. Especially if you are a kid--what a jubilant day! Your day! But even as an adult, and even as tho...
Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Green Your Day o'Green: Happy St. Patty's Day

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As we have all learned during this last year, levity, fun, and humor have been the things that have severely missing. Given the weight of th...
Wednesday, August 12, 2020

When Less Is More

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I've just finished reading "The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life is Worth More Th...
Saturday, May 2, 2020

Revisiting the Concept of Scrubbing With A Smarter Soap

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These days, it's all about washing our hands. It's our best line of defense against germs and disease to wash your hands with soap f...
Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Happy Valentine's Day!

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Valentine's Day conjures images in tones of pink and red... not typically green. Green is typically more reserved for next month when ...
Saturday, February 8, 2020

Cereal for a Cause

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Inventions and innovations of any sort come out of need. What if a need could be solved by a breakfast cereal? That certainly is an innova...
Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Barbie As Environmental Leaders

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I was a big fan of Barbies when I was a kid. It makes sense--it was the 1970s and Barbies were an "it toy" for girls. I had a 2-st...