Recycle Your Christmas Tree You may still be enjoying your Christmas tree this week, but when you’re ready to take it down, there’s a green way for residents in and around Charleston to dispose of their trees. Used live Christmas trees can be dropped off Saturday, Jan. 8, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the Capitol Market in [...]
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Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged Capital Market, Charleston, recycle Christmas Tree on January 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Green Tip – Get Involved!
Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged sustainable on October 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Campaign to Change the Course of History FOUR YEARS. GO. is a campaign to catalyze and empower a fundamental shift in the direction of humanity, inspiring collaborative action, connecting individuals and organizations, and amplifying best practices and successes. We are creating a global rallying cry to inspire an awareness of the urgency to shift [...]
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Posted in Green Tip of the Day on September 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Recycle Your Batteries! Having a child, you end up with a lot of toys that require batteries and as well all know, they don’t last forever. Buying rechargeable batteries is a great start but you still end up with old batteries. Recycling batteries saves them from ending up in a landfill and having acid seep [...]
Green Tips for the End of Summer
Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged bbq, get outside, post-recyclable goods, yard sale on August 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So, the summer’s heat is bending to the fall leaves and that means it’s time to take advantage while we still can. Here’s a quick list of great eco-friendly summer ideas to end out the season: 1. Host a yard sale. Get rid of that stuff in the attic you’ve forgotten about and take the [...]
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Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged biodegradable soap, camp stove, Campfire Cuisine, eco-friendly camping, leave no trace, Robin Donovan, Sierra Club, Sierra Stove, solar oven, sustainable on July 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Eco-Friendly Camping There’s more to camping food than hot dogs and s’mores. Here are some green camping tips for your next outdoor experience: Learn to leave no trace. Buy bulk organic foods and cook them on the greenest stove that meets your needs. Choose your camp stove wisely: for backpacking, Sustainable Travel International recommends the Sierrastove, a [...]
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Posted in Green Tip of the Day on May 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Give Kids a Green and Healthy Start Babies’ and children’s developing brains and bodies (especially their reproductive systems) are extraordinarily vulnerable to toxic chemicals. And children’s bodies may not metabolize and excrete toxic chemicals as readily as adults. So it’s important for our children’s long-term health that we focus on the toxic chemicals they’re exposed [...]
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Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged Compost, red wiggler worms, worm bin on March 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Easy Worm Bin – Original Post by littlegreenfamily.com ACTIVITY LEVEL: Anyone can participate but adults are required to use power tools. ITEMS NEEDED: Two dark-colored 8-10 gallon plastic storage containers A drill and 1/4” and 1/16” drill bits Newsprint Window screening, cut in 1” x 1” squares (or you can get a window screen patch [...]
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Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged 8:30pm, climate change, Earth Hour, global warming, March 27th on February 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Join the Earth Hour Movement to Stop Global Warming Earth Hour Movement On Earth Hour hundreds of millions of people around the world will come together to call for action on climate change by doing something quite simple—turning off their lights for one hour. The movement symbolizes that by working together, each of us can [...]
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Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged green electronics, greenpeace, nokia, sony ericsson, toshiba on February 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Guide to Greener Electronics I’ve been trying to research new computers and how environmentally friendly they are. Here’s what I found through Greenpeace about electronics in general. Greenpeace first released our ‘Guide to Greener Electronics’ in August 2006. The guide ranks the 18 top manufacturers of personal computers, mobile phones, TVs and games consoles according [...]
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Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged earth-friendly candles, eat locally, Fair Trade, February 14, green living tips, green valentine, local flowers, natural perfumes, organic chocolate, tree free paper, Valentine's Day, wooden rings on February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Go Green this Valentines Valentine’s Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14 and while it has a very long history dating back hundreds of years, the scale of the occasion we have today is largely thanks (or no thanks) to marketers. Some fast consumption related facts about Valentines day : – Around a billion [...]
