If you haven’t heard yet, Hawaii County is working  to ban plastic bags from grocery stores, as Seattle and so many other cities and countries also have. Banning single use grocery plastic bags means saving marine lives and not being as petroleum dependent for producing these wasteful plastic garbage. It also means that we will be [...]

Tutorial submitted by Uncorked Now I know we shouldn’t be eating this stuff, but some of us do have a collection of cereal boxes from overnight guests and for days when the kids really need to fend for themselves. And I have to admit I especially love the little mini assortment packs! To make this [...]

Tutorial submitted by infusion Visit the Infusion Fibers blog Natural, Non-toxic Cleaning Tip… There are certain things that can be very difficult to clean when you keep a solvent-free, chemical free home. A few of the kinds of things I’m referring to are permanent marker, tar,pitch and gooey sticker residue.   As a cleaner, safer alternative [...]

Tutorial submitted by FunkeyMonkeyCompany I have three girls – one in college, one in high school and one in elementary, I have to admit I’ve never been active in PTA (just not my bag), instead I volunteer to work with the teachers helping them with special projects. Over the past 10 years, I have been [...]

Tutorial submitted by fmcetsyshopVisit the Chicky Lounge blog. Over the past few months I’ve been using a tool called Print Green. It allows me to control the pages I print by giving me the ability to eliminate text, images and pages before printing. It also keeps track of your dollar savings and the eco-impact.  You [...]

Tutorial submitted by GoodToGoEcoVisit the GoodToGoEco blog Have you started a collection of those large plastic containers that held fruit & snack mix? We get ours from the membership clubs that sell in large quantity. We end up collecting those jars, but we were never sure what to do with them. So I took on [...]

Submitted by ecokaren Visit the ecokaren blog How to get FREE fabric and be eco friendly! That’s right. FREE! Read what I did recently. I stopped by a local upholstery fabric store last week. I can never afford anything in there but I like to peruse the aisles hoping something will be on, like, 90% [...]

Recipe submitted by Iris1980 My 3 year old son loves to eat this for a healthy morning snack or lunch. Coconut Brown Rice with Raisins and Cinnamon Ingredients: 1 cup brown rice 1 can coconut milk little less than 1 cup water 3/4 cup organic raisins cinnamon 1 pinch of salt – combine ingredients (besides [...]

Recipe submitted by SewnNatural CLEANSING (and delicious) BEET SOUP Awhile back, I shared a chocolate cake recipe from my new favorite cookbook “Feeding the Whole Family – Recipes for Babies, Young Children and Their Parents” by Cynthia Lair. When I contacted her to ask about reprinting the recipe, Cynthia told me about a new cooking [...]

Recipe submitted by ecogeneration Visit the ecogeneration blog Third Ring of Hell Seven Layer Bean Dip Summer is a great time for cookouts and family reunions. Bring this healthy appetizer with bags of organic tortilla chips for a great-marriage-made-in-heaven kind of snacking pleasure. This recipe is from a talented friend’s blog, Copywriter’s Kitchen, where she [...]

Tutorial Submitted by Good to Go EcoVisit the Good to Go Eco blog With the economy in a slump and the commercial use of recycling on the decline, reusing is becoming more and more critical to reducing waste. One great reuse of cardboard boxes is to upcycle them into gift packaging. In just a few [...]

Tutorial submitted by ecogeneration Visit the ecogeneration blog If you are the one who does the laundry in your house, you know the age old mystery – what happened to the other sock? You are sure you put both socks in the washer and dryer but when you start to fold the laundry, you have [...]

Tutorial submitted by Swirlyarts Visit the Swirlyarts blog Materials you will need: Paper – something strong like book pages/wallpaper. I wouldn’t recommend magazines. Bubblewrap – I get mine free from the fruit and veg aisle at the supermarket. Just make sure you ask first! Scissors Double sided sticky tape along with normal sticky tape Paper [...]

Tutorial submitted by Sea Find Designs Make your own Beach Stone Bud Vase – Rikkibana! 1. Select your glass or stones….. the flatter the better! I like my Ikebana to stand about 3 inches tall! 2. Depending on the OD (outer diameter size) of your tubing….. you’ll need to drill an appropriate size hole in [...]

Eco tutorial submitted by OffTheHooks Visit the OffTheHooks blog I’ve been known to be sadly browsing the aisles of thrift shops, adoringly shuffling through all the “homeless” handmade sweaters, blankets, toques, gloves, mitts, etc, etc. It breaks my heart to see some of this stuff just thrown in the garbage bag that goes to the [...]

Submitted by LindaEve This tutorial assumes a basic knowledge of sewing. During my weekly thrift shop visits (yes I said weekly) I come across lots of colorful t-shirts in beautiful condition, usually adorned with advertising or a corporate logo. I’m always up for giving these giveaway tops a new life. The t-shirt I found last [...]

Tutorial submitted by joonbeam. Visit the joonbeam blog. Anyone who knows me even a smidgen knows I love thrift shops. Here’s a perfect example of a find that keeps me going back for more. It seems impossible that I, a 30+ year cookbook collector, have never run across a perfect~for~me copy of this classic. Well, on [...]

Eco tutorial submitted by Green Springs Bodyworks. Dying Easter Eggs with Old Silk Ties We have been dying our Easter Eggs with old silk ties and the kids love it. I learned how to do this from a Martha Stewart Magazine years ago. It is super easy and lots of fun. I use old silk [...]