Now that Halloween is over, the Christmas season is being shoved into our faces almost as aggressively as political ads. The difference, unless you’re running for elected office, is that the stress of the holiday...

Kinder, Gentler Christmas (And Hopefully...

Christmas is right around the corner and with growing concerns about lead in so many different products, it’s time to start thinking of some environmentally gentler ways to decorate. Try some of these tips as you get ready for the holidays: ...

Clean Green for the Holidays

With Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up fast, the holiday house guest season is about to start. Multiple visitors mean extra cleaning, and there’s no better time to make the switch to natural homemade cleaners than right now. If...

The Burning Question: Do Candles Harm the...

Using candles for soft, ambient light and to decorate the house is popular at Christmastime, but burning them could harm your indoor air quality unless you buy the right kind. Even in the wake of new research and awareness, many people don’t...

Tis the Season to be Wasteful

The holidays are a joyous times for gift giving, good food, time with family and friends and waste. That’s right, the holiday season seems to send all good environmental intentions out the backdoor like a 3 week old Christmas tree. Here’s a...

Sheep Poo Paper Christmas Cards Now Available

The Snowdonia National park in north Wales boasts some of the most spectacular scenery in the UK, so it’s no surprise that it’s also home to some of Britain’s most eco-friendly companies, one of which, Creative Paper Wales , specializes in...

Christmas Eggnog to go Cage Free

It’s good news for hens this Christmas as the world’s largest food service provider, the Compass Group, announced that it is introducing a cage free policy when supplying eggs to all of its US clients. According to the Humane Society...

Switching on the Green Christmas Lights

Cities around the world have started switching on their Christmas lights, but the spike in energy use may be a little less this year thanks to the use of LED lights. LED lights use around 90% less energy than incandescent lights, are...

Go Live This Christmas

Instead of the old artificial tree or even a cut “live” tree, this year do something a little different – buy a smaller live tree and plant it after the holidays. It’s growing in popularity and watching your new tree grow a great way to...

Christmas Tree Mold

Need another reason to buy a live Christmas tree? What about mold? There’s nothing like the piney smell of a live or freshly cut Christmas tree. But is that festive holiday decoration causing the allergy-prone health issues too? Most...

New Methuselah Tree

The oldest known tree has been found in a mountainous region of Sweden, near the country’s border with Norway. According to scientists at Umeå University , the newest claimant to the “oldest tree” throne is 9,500 years old. The Norway...

Green Decorations for Your Christmas Tree

Christmas decorations give your tree personality, and often the decorations represent you or your family. You can add lights, ornaments, tinsel, garland, etc. and still have room for more. However, when you’re decorating your Christmas tree...

LED Holiday Lights

When it gets dark at four o’clock at night in December, the strings of coloured lights that people put up all around their houses are pleasant and comforting. However, these lights also add to an already-higher electricity bill, wasting energy...

Make It Yourself This Christmas

The market for green gifts expands each Christmas, and once again this Christmas there is wide choice of eco-gifts that include carbon offsets and buying a cow for an African village – but if you want a eco-friendly present that your friends...

New Shoes for Christmas

I try and get new running shoes at Christmas time (and yes, I know I should change them more regularly) so this year I thought I would look into finding some environmentally friendly running shoes. It is always surprising to me where I find...

Eco-friendly Gifts for Christmas

Stores become crowded and busy during the holiday season, so it’s a good idea to get a head start on your Christmas shopping. Whether buying gifts is your favorite or least favorite thing to do, you can still go about it in an eco-friendly way....

Green Geek Gift Ideas

The holidays can be stressful enough without having to worry about that one person who examines everything about your gift to them, from the packaging to the wrapping paper material to the gift itself. If your problem goes even deeper, and this...

"Green" gifts for your family this holiday season

It's holiday time again, like it or not, and this year I decided to go to a well-known national discount store chain the morning after Thanksgiving. It was an eye-opening experience, with special, one-time-only pricing on many products. These...

Last Minute Green Gift Ideas

Christmas is coming up! Here are some ideas of gifts to get for the green-friendly folk in your midst. Low Flow Shower Head Conventional shower heads use up 100 L of water per shower. A low flow shower head can reduce water consumption by...

Eco Friendly Toys

In the past two months, Mattel has issued recalls of 21 million toys manufactured in China. The recall reasons included high levels of lead in the paint and powerful magnets that posed risk of intestinal blockage and infection if swallowed. If...

The $100 Holiday

Several years ago I picked up a lovely little book at the bookstore entitled " The $100 Christmas. " This little book by Bill McKibben and his website about the New American Dream helped me to re-think what it means to give at Christmastime....

Holiday Pet Gifts

With the holidays right around the corner, it’s time to think of gifts for the eco-conscious pet lover in your life or just for your own pet! There are a lot of handmade items on the internet that will surely make any pet lover happy! At...

Swap, Don't Bin it For Holiday Clearout

With Christmas and New Years out the way, now is the perfect time to clear out the clutter; but there's no need to through out stuff that new gifts have replaced or head down the mall for stall credit, as there are several, greener options for...

Eco-Conscious Gifts

Time is creeping toward the annual season of gift-giving. Whether for Hanukkah, Christmas, Winter Solstice, or other festive holidays, appropriate and thoughtful presents are always appreciated. So what are the options? One possibility is a gift...

Green Giving

Thanksgiving and Christmas are times to show your compassionate side. While they are great holidays involving food and presents, often the important message of them becomes forgotten or lost. These days are meant to spend with your family and...

Christmas Shopping for a Cause

Having a tree planted or adopting a whale make good eco-conscious holiday presents for friends, but even if you buy tangible items for presents you can make your gifts do double duty by purchasing them from your favorite nonprofit. Plenty of...

Eco-friendly Kids Activities for Christmas

Children seem to have all of the energy in the world, and it can be challenging to keep them occupied during the holidays. Although there are plenty of dinners and parties to attend, these activities are usually more fun for the adults. During...

Handmade Paper

Again, it’s that time of year when you remember those you don’t get to see often and send out Christmas cards or letters. In a world where more people are communicating through email than snail mail, take some time and hand write a letter or...

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