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Piles of presents making eyes twinkle, Christmas cards flying through the postal service to warm loved ones’ hearts and millions of trees lighting up living rooms all equal a festive holiday season and also a lot more trash on the curb. Nationwide there is an estimated 1 million extra tons of trash after the holidays [...]
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If you’re looking for a last-minute decoration or a fun activity for the family on Christmas Day, take time to build this simple yet beautiful Bamboo Christmas Star. Here’s what you’ll need to make your own bamboo Christmas star: 6 bamboo stakes, 6-feet long 12 plastic zip ties 2 strings of miniature white lights, 100-feet [...]
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Another week, another blog post about Christmas shopping! What can I say? I’m doing my part to boost the economy as well as advocate for the environment. If you’ve already stocked the Christmas tree with gifts of bamboo clothing and bamboo sheets but are still in need of something shiny for that someone special, perhaps [...]
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Now that we’ve discussed natural remedies for heartburn, let’s move on to that other aftershock of holiday indulgence, the hangover. It’s easy in the spirit of merriment and festivity to over-imbibe on spirits but remember the day after that your system is already overloaded. Take it easy on over the counter cures and opt for [...]
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Tis’ the season for those sweet treats and fatty eats that may normally never reach your lips. While those hor d’oeuvres and yummy morsels may taste great at the office Christmas party or neighborhood potluck, one can end up in a world of hurt later when heartburn kicks in. (Of course, there’s another world of [...]
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23 shopping days left until Christmas! If you’re still looking for the perfect eco-friendly gift for friends, loved ones or those you’re just socially obligated to buy for, here’s a list of green gift suggestions: Bamboo Sheets: Of course we’re going to start by singing the praises of bamboo bedding and bamboo clothes! Made from [...]
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Bamboo art is certainly not a new medium. As far back as ancient China, the bamboo brush was an essential tool to create the flowing beauty of calligraphy and today, the resilient and sturdy bamboo lends itself easily to big ideas and larger-than-life sculptures. In Seattle, a current piece at the Henry Art Gallery by [...]
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Now that Thanksgiving has passed, followed by the annual fourth Friday consumer brawl, I am willing to admit that the holiday season has genuinely begun. Now is the appropriate time to buy bamboo gifts for your environmentalist friends and family, especially if you didn’t throw all of your money at big box stores on Black [...]
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Just in time for the holiday season and an endless schedule of office luncheons and house parties, here is an easy-to-make spinach dip with an interesting twist. Add texture to a party favorite by including bamboo shoots! Here’s a hint to keep the calories under control: Substitute the mayonnaise in this recipe with plain organic [...]
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Halloween is 4 days away and procrastinating trick-or-treaters can either pick through the plastic piles of the Wal-Mart costume aisle or can use some creativity and make their own last minute and eco-friendly Halloween costume. Sheets are a procrastinator’s best friend. Just make sure not to use your favorite bamboo sheets! Unused sheets are easily transformed [...]
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For all the wannabe witches this Halloween, here’s an interesting alternative to plastic store-brought brooms. Traditionally, bamboo brooms are used by Japanese gardeners as gentle, quiet tools to keep a yard clean of debris and leaves. For many, it’s much more preferable to using a leaf blower. This broom, however, will resemble the hearth brooms [...]
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Did you take your children to a Fourth of July parade yesterday? According to one recent study, if you did, you’ve increased their odds of turning out to be Republicans later in life. According to the study’s authors, political scientist David Yanagizawa-Drott and economist Andreas Madestam, attending an Independence Day parade before the age of [...]
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In honor of Father’s Day, craft ideas abound for handmade gifts that kids can make – those misshapen coffee mugs and macaroni artwork masterpieces that parents will carefully preserve for years. But what greater gift can be given than the gift of time? Here’s a fun idea for “paper bamboo” that father and child can [...]
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Let’s just skip right past the obvious observation of Tax Day and move on to a more enjoyable day approaching – Easter! Rather than talk tax forms and tax credits, let’s talk about the incredible amount of waste that comes hop hop hoppin’ down the trail with the Easter Bunny. This is a holiday of [...]
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You don’t have to be Edison or have a nanny named Poppins to enjoy flying a kite! Have yourself a blast this spring with your homemade bamboo kite – the joy of making your own kite is that you get to choose how to decorate it. You can even make a St. Patrick’s Day kite [...]
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I live in Chicago where St. Patrick’s Day is a huge holiday. Even though St. Patrick’s Day is a so-called “green” holiday, there is a lot of waste associated with it. Below is a list of ideas on how to make it more a more eco-friendly day of celebration: Evites. You do not have to [...]
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Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, here is a suitably-colored dish made with bamboo rice. The lucky green is courtesy of fresh bamboo juice! The juice is infused into the short grain white rice giving it a jade color that turns a pale green hue when cooked. Because of the juice, the rice is [...]
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From pedals to petals, Green Earth News has more eco-friendly news for you. Roughly 182 million stems of flowers are sold each Valentine’s Day so odds are good that there is a bouquet in your house right now. As beautiful as they are, flowers only last so long. The question then becomes what to do [...]
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