An alphabet of gift ideas that include not only things to make and selections of home grown produce but also offers of your love, labor and energy to perform chores for special Mother's and Grandmother's. A gift of precious time that will always be welcome.
With just a little help, even the smallest child will be enthralled making some of these special gifts all year round or for unique gifts.
It isn’t easy being Green, according to Kermit. Ecobiters are proving the ubiquitous frog wrong with a palette of green activities amassed into Earth Week, a week-long (or longer) celebration of the Earth and the environment, in order to get environmental sustainability into the hearts and minds of the community, and to have a ton of fun at the same time.The current iteration is Earth Week 2010, which will happen April 17th through 25th.
Spring cleaning, forget the dangerous commercial chemical cleaners. When it comes down to it, do-it-yourself non-toxic cleaning using Grandma's tried-and-true kitchen cupboard ingredients is still the best green practice. Simple, successful, non-toxic and natural. Anecdotal evidence indicates that our Granny was a lot wiser with our environment than we think.
Not only was Granny's Spring cleaning low on pollution, they were low on cost and extremely effective too compared to the mass produced chemicals we see on the supermarket shelves today.
On April 22nd, Earth Day will be here again - each year marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. With the fight for the environment continuing did Granny know a thing or too? Maybe we should look closer at her low on pollution and low on cost ideas.
Anecdotal evidence indicates that our Granny was a lot wiser with our environment than we think. Not only were Granny's remedies low on pollution, they were low on cost and extremely effective too compared to the mass produced chemicals we see on the supermarket shelves today.
Was it Kermit the Frog who said being green wasn't easy? Maybe Kermit was right! As we enter the new millenium, we suddenly have a new list of words and jargon, creating confusion among our younger brigade. Brush up on ecobites extensive list and...
...never be stumped by 'what does this eco word mean' question again...