Here are more tips on how to “Green” your holiday season. Today, we focus on the original green: the Christmas Tree.
Trees are the original green! Choose real over plastic:
1. Plant a living tree: we did this last year! This was our 2nd living tree. The first one we never planted, but rather we decorated it [...]
Here’s the first in a series of tips for Green-ing your Holiday Season this year: think less is more when it comes to holiday gift-wrapping and cards!
Be Creative - Think Less Waste
1. Rewrap – reuse wrapping paper from earlier gifts. We keep a small collection of wrapping paper, bows and ribbons from previous years’ gifts. [...]
Runners are a special breed. Determined, deliberate… and often fun-loving and a little crazy. Running is my meditation, workout, and pursuit of happiness. It also allows me to connect with my neighborhood and nature.
I saw someone wearing this shirt yesterday and it gave me a smile:
Check out the Peace, Love and Running t-shirt from [...]
This is the greatest recycling program a runner can ask for. Old news to some, but worth a reminder.
For years, the accumulation of my old running shoes bothered me. I felt guilty when thinking of donating old shoes to Salvation Army (and who knows if they would have taken them!).
Throwing these shoes out? Even worse.
Then [...]
Our house has a single bathroom. The water heater that feeds all water for the house only 50 feet away, but getting hot water for a morning shower involves feeling through a good amount of cold water.
I felt guilty ‘wasting’ this water for years until I decided to take a page out the ‘grey water’ [...]