{Food and Gardening} Tulip Mania

by DustbinCards on May 17, 2012 · 0 comments

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Tu-Crazy If this were 1636, I would be a fabulously wealthy woman:  My garden is awash in the wild colors of the early blooming tulips.  Bright hues of red, yellow, pink and purple are clamoring for attention.   Splashes of magenta can be seen in between the green growth of the perennial beds.  The shyer soft [...]

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{Green Living} Recycled Shopping Bags

May 16, 2012 by ekofabrik

I went home to Canada for a visit 4 years ago and had a revelation. I was so impressed with Toronto’s recycling directives. There were recycle stations on the street corners, grocery stores had “green” bags and supplied recycle bins for canned goods, and they even recycled their food waste with a compost pick-up service! [...]

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{Tuesday Treasury} Glowing Eco Mothers Day

May 15, 2012 by Guest Writer
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This week’s Tuesday Treasury winner is Fia from FiaNaturals for her treasury “Glowing Eco Mothers Day”. This post and selection of the winner this week are courtesy of last week’s winner – Julie from Joliejye.  Here is why Julie chose the winning collection: While I loved all the treasuries this week, Fia’s is my favorite.  I’m sure my mom [...]

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{Eco-Inspirations} Center Yourself

May 14, 2012 by Pierogi Picnic
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There are days when all of us have run one too many errands, checked an excess of items off our to-do list and pushed ourselves with an overload of household chores. To help inspire you to pause and center yourself, I wanted to share the above quote, which reminds us to stop and indulge in [...]

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{Eco Inspiratons} Solar Canopies at Rutgers University

May 13, 2012 by LindaEve
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Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (USA), has embarked on an inspiring green initiative – the installation of  more than 40,000 high efficiency solar panels on canopy structures over two major surface parking areas on the Livingston Campus. This represents one of the largest solar canopy energy systems in the nation.  In conjunction with the existing 1.4 megawatt [...]

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{Green Living} The Benefits of Prenatal Yoga

May 12, 2012 by juani1
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Yoga is quite possibly the best preparation an expectant mom can do while pregnant. There are many benefits that come with practicing yoga including the connection one can achieve between mind and body. This connection enables the participant to notice how she holds herself while standing, lying, sitting, and laboring. In turn, one is then [...]

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{Business Tips} Promote Your Business With Tophatter

May 11, 2012 by Myra @ HerbanLuxe
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Have you checked out Tophatter?  Tophatter is a fairly new live auction site that you can attend right from the comfort of  your home.  All you need is a laptop, internet connection, and of course a Tophatter account.  As a buyer, If you decide to decide to bid and win an item, PayPal is the [...]

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{Food & Gardening} Rhubarb Compote

May 10, 2012 by The Wooden Bee
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While reading old Classic Winnie the Pooh stories to my children, Rabbit was always discussing rhubarb in his garden and in his pies. My little gardeners didn’t know what it was, so I put it on the grocery list, and over the last few years rhubarb has woven itself into our kitchen for special occasions [...]

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{Green Living} Stand up, Walk More and Look in the Distance!

May 9, 2012 by kanelstrand
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Photo via Sparre.Enger Have you noticed how often we bloggers give advice that we need to hear ourselves? Earlier this year I organized a Simple Living Challenge on my blog, which connected me to incredible new friends and in the course of three weeks we explored the ways to simplify our everyday and to make [...]

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{Tuesday Treasury} Resting all the Day

May 8, 2012 by Guest Writer
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This week’s Tuesday Treasury winner is Julie from Joliejye for her treasury “Resting all the Day”. This post and selection of the winner this week are courtesy of last week’s winner – Monica from Paper and Plarn.  Here is why Monica chose the winning collection: I chose Julie’s treasury because it has a spa feeling, it has something for [...]

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Earth911 and Eco Etsy: A Perfect Pair

May 6, 2012 by ecokaren
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We have been recycling long before it was fashionable or mandatory but when we are not sure if an item can be recycled, there is a trustworthy ‘go to’ place called Earth911 where we can always get the answer. Earth911 is also on selected Sprint’s Android app called “Green ID Pack” with Eco Etsy and [...]

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{Food and Gardening} Home sweet homegrown book review and giveaway

May 5, 2012 by Beth Revels
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First let me express that I am a sucker for a good looking book. I am often drawn in by the cover. When I first saw this little jem it was as a kickstarter project that Microcosm publishing had posted on their facebook wall. Right away the picture of the peppers in a mason jar [...]

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{Green Business} Handmade Chibi Business Card, and Eco-Crushing Joon and Scout

May 4, 2012 by Tiffany Norton
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I’ve been doing a lot of thinking, and writing, lately about green business practices.  I’ve been combing, lurking, scoping and scouting all over Team Eco Etsy, in a hunt for pretty examples of our team’s amazing green business practices to share with you.  I have found a veritable mountain of inspiration, which I hope to [...]

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{Food and Gardening} 10 Ways to Conserve Water in the Garden

May 3, 2012 by maryzoom
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I love growing my own food!  Not only does it taste better, but I know that it is safe to eat because I know I didn’t put any chemicals in the soil.  Water is a most precious natural resource, necessary to sustain life and necessary to a good yield in the garden.  There seems to [...]

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{Eco Tips} Green Your Camping Vacation

May 2, 2012 by fashiongreentbags

We just got our camper out of winter storage and I’m anxious to begin our summer camping vacations!  In the years we’ve been camping, I’ve observed that there are eco-conscious and not-so-eco-conscious practices of campers everywhere.  I would guess that the not-so eco-conscious campers don’t know how to camp with the environment in mind or [...]

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{Tuesday Treasury} Mom Deserves Handmade

May 1, 2012 by Guest Writer
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This week’s Tuesday Treasury winner is Monica from Paper and Plarn for her treasury “Mom Deserves Handmade”. This post and selection of the winner this week are courtesy of last week’s winner – Jennifer from Snackaby.  Here is why Jennifer chose the winning collection: I chose Monica’s treasury because the palette is beautiful: delicate pink; caramel; ivory and cocoa. [...]

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{Eco Inspirations} Eating Seasonably

April 30, 2012 by Pierogi Picnic
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We’re well into Spring and the season brings a promise of farmer’s markets and an accompanying bounty of fresh produce. A simple way to eat sustainably is to munch on locally grown goods as well as cook with ingredients that are at their peak. One website makes the latter easier by providing an online tool [...]

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{Eco Tutorials} Summer Accessories – Make a Necktie Cuff Bracelet

April 29, 2012 by LindaEve
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This tutorial assumes a basic knowledge of hand-sewing and comes with a serious caution – be super careful with the box cutter! Another caution – if you value your fabric-cutting scissor, do not use it to cut plastic – it will dull the blades. When working with neckties (one of my favorite materials to repurpose), [...]

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{Guest Post} The Write Way to Go Green When Self-Publishing

April 28, 2012 by Jenn Flynn-Shon
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Words are my life and my livelihood.  As an Author, who just released her first full-length fiction novel (yea!), I’m ready for the world to read my words.  But with an environmental conscience I was very concerned about the potential for waste in the publishing industry by creating my book.  Many standard Publishing Houses purchase [...]

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