Archive for the 'paper products' Category

18 Dec

Each of us add tremendously to our carbon footprint during the holiday season. Waste is a major consequence of all our generosity, so here are a few tips for reducing your waste load in the next few weeks.  As much fun as opening presents with your family and friends is, I always feel the [...]

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • StumbleUpon
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Reddit
  • MisterWong
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Facebook
  • Squidoo
  • Technorati
  • NewsVine
  • Bloglines
11 Dec

Another quick update of some great holiday-themed posts I pulled from my Google Reader to share with you Green-minded friends…
 
Ethical and Green have your ethical, green holiday presents ideas, including the delicious Black and Green’s fair-trade organic chocolate.
 
Are you dirty?  Tiny Choices has a GIVEAWAY!!! (to be read in Oprah-esque excitement) 
 
The Good Human did a [...]

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • StumbleUpon
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Reddit
  • MisterWong
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Facebook
  • Squidoo
  • Technorati
  • NewsVine
  • Bloglines
10 Dec

Shocked that 2008 has hurried along as it has, the jack-o-lanterns are rotting away in the compost heap and everyone is preparing menus for their families’ holiday meals. Retail stores decked the halls weeks ago with garland, twinkle lights, and red and green, mingled with sales tags promising big savings in an economy riddled [...]

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • StumbleUpon
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Reddit
  • MisterWong
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Facebook
  • Squidoo
  • Technorati
  • NewsVine
  • Bloglines
14 Nov

In the sticky transition I am in, lodged back and forth amidst my new home (Asheville) and the home we’re leaving (Raleigh), I was lucky enough last week to have two goodbye outings with work colleagues.  The first was fun and official.  The second one was impromptu.  On a whim, four of us went to my favorite [...]

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • StumbleUpon
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Reddit
  • MisterWong
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Facebook
  • Squidoo
  • Technorati
  • NewsVine
  • Bloglines
14 Nov

In the controversies of the world, the sustainability impact of paper towels will be historically noted. 
 
While that may not be entirely true, the ecological impact of deforestation certainly has already made its way into our children’s textbooks and society’s pop-culture.
 
Yet, people frankly don’t think about the ramifications of disposable items such as paper towels and [...]

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • StumbleUpon
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Reddit
  • MisterWong
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Facebook
  • Squidoo
  • Technorati
  • NewsVine
  • Bloglines
22 Oct

The Green Grounded Team could not believe how many envelopes, letters, postcards, brochures, and copies of our police report ended up in our mailbox after the accident.  Apparently, advertising your law services and chiropractic practice keeps the USPS in business… and unfortunately, continues deforestation for paper products. I think a whole tree died just to [...]

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • StumbleUpon
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Reddit
  • MisterWong
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Facebook
  • Squidoo
  • Technorati
  • NewsVine
  • Bloglines