Eco-Friendly Handmade Sellers Team on Etsy
… and enter to win it! If you are in the habit of repurposing old denim jeans into bags or other useful things, then you may have wondered what to do with the leftover bits of seams (seam-cuts) that you’ve cut from the pant-legs. Seam-cuts can be so distinctive and beautiful and I have a [...]
If this is the year that you’ve resolved to go greener, why not start by eliminating those single-use bags that are typically derived from natural gas and petroleum? Millions of single-use bags end up in the landfill each year which is precisely why many counties and US cities that have banned or imposed taxes for [...]
With Thanksgiving upon us, most of our kitchen shelves are being filled with the bounty of the season. At this time of the year, we tend to have more cranberries than we could eat throughout the whole year, enough potatoes to feed a small country and who could forget the enormous bird (or tofurkey) gently [...]
Now that summer is in full swing, I am stocking my “going out bag”, which is a growing-up version of a diaper bag, with on-the-fly good times for my kids who are always on the go. Personally, as a science teacher, I always really dig a good crafty science experiment, which allows a naturally budding [...]
This week’s business tips is a tutorial. Â I’ve had several members contact me looking for advice about greening-up shipping practices using paper, reclaimed materials, paper tape, and other plastic-free alternatives to conventional shipping materials. Â Many of our customers come to our shops looking for green businesses, find us through the Team Eco Etsy Blog, and [...]
