Reusable bags are where it’s at. Are you in? Have you committed to using reusable bags whenever you can? Making an effort to use reusable bags is a simple change we can all make which will have a big impact on our environment. These days it’s pretty easy to accumulate a substantial stash of reusable…
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Softcup: Green and Reusable
This past week was school vacation week for many families on the east coast. We are big alpine skiers and try to spend our vacations out on the slopes. Although there hasn’t been much snow this season, we still managed to get some skiing in. Most of the days were spent gearing up three children…
20 Quick Ways to Reduce What’s in Your Trash
Every year people get rid of billions of tons of trash. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the average American produces about 4.4 pounds (2 kg) of garbage a day, or a total of 29 pounds (13 kg) per week and 1,600 pounds (726 kg) a year. All of this garbage has to go somewhere…
Lead Lurking in Reusable Bags
Reusable bags fill many car trunks, swing from the arms of environmentally savvy shoppers and can be seen in countless shopping carts exiting local supermarkets. They come in all shapes, sizes and colors; displaying advertisements and statements supporting eco-conscious choices. But the bags and their makers have recently been confronted with an ironic problem-many have…
Greening Your Apple Picking
After a picture perfect summer in the Northeast, fall is most definitely in the air. Although it is not “officially” here, the days are getting shorter, the nights are cooling off, the air is crisp and apple picking season has officially begun. For many of us, heading out to the apple orchard is an annual…
One Click Away From Removing Unwanted Junk Mail from Your Mailbox
Do you come home everyday to find stacks of junk mail and unwanted catalogs in your mailbox? In our house the junk mail ends up in the recycle bin before coming through the door. What a waste of marketing dollars! Catalog Choice is a free service which allows you to control the catalogs you receive…
9 Simple Steps to Recycling
This post was written a week or so ago, when it was still hot and sunny in the early morning and I could pull myself out of bed for a workout. Now that fall has hit it’s not so easy and the early morning workouts are few and far between. My alarm went off at…
