Can you believe that Valentine’s Day is less than a month off? We spend upwards of $15 billion on Valentine’s Day gifts and getaways. Imagine the impact we could make if we channeled some of that money to independent artisans who use eco-friendly materials instead of blowing it at the big box store

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Etsy Finds for Valentine’s Day

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We all have our 2012, “I wills” right?  I’m not one much for New Year’s resolutions , but even without realizing it, I somehow always have things in the back of my mind that I want to strive for in a new year. It just helps to have a starting point to launch from somehow. So, regardless of whether or not you want to call them “resolutions,” per say, in 2012, I do plan to do more of something, and that something is composting .

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In 2012, I will: COMPOST More

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Place cards add such a nice touch to the holiday table. I think they show guests that you really thought about each one of them, and clever placement can even help you sneakily avoid family drama at the dinner table

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Craft Recycled: 5 Eco-Friendly Place Cards for Your Holiday Table

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We talked last week about some of the benefits of a single car family, and Jade shared her experiences as part of a one car household . She touched on some really great tips and benefits of sharing a car, and it got me thinking about my own car-sharing experience. My husband and I have been a single car family since 2006

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More Single Car Family Tips

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For many of us, travel is a fact of life during the holidays, and with a bit of planning, you can make sure your holiday travel plans are a little bit better for the planet. Over at Earth and Industry, Tim wrote about a couple of airlines that are starting to use algae-based biofuels in their planes .

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How to Green Your Holiday Travel

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As the days of November tick by and Thanksgiving draws ever closer, it’s impossible not to enter a grocery store and now be instantly greeted/accosted with amped up sales and the mass overhauls to utiilize every last inch of floor space with even more food than a grocery store already deems “normal.” While I realize that the majority of us do actually eat more than usual on Thanksgiving (statistically, the average American consumes as much as 3,500 calories at Thanksgiving dinner), I also find it exceptionally hard to imagine that we’re really actually using up all this extra food that’s being carted in for our purchase.

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Can We Cut Food Waste on The Biggest “Food Day” of the Year?

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My pal Christy launched Created Treats this year, a blog where she scopes out her very favorite handmade designs. Christy is a crafter , co-organizer of the Indie Craft Experience here in Atlanta, and Membership Representative on the Board of Directors at Hello Craft . While not all of her Created Treats are from green crafters, she shared one not too long ago that caught my eye

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Spotted: Recycled Wood Signs

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Radiation levels in Japan are rising and most stores in the Bay Area have already sold out of Potassium Iodide (KI) supplements, but there’s still a way you can protect yourself from radiation and limit your body’s absorption of radioactive iodine–eat more seaweed! Sea vegetables are very high in naturally occurring iodine (100-200mcg per gram).  Adding kelp, wakame, dulse, sea lettuce, kombu, bladderwack, hijiki, nori and other sea veggies to your diet will help protect your thyroid and reduce your risk of cancer if you are exposed to radiation.  Eating these plants may benefit you more than supplementing with KI because the organic form of iodine found in kelp matches the way the element is stored in thyroid hormones and sea veggies are packed with complimentary nutrients.  Follow the recipes below and make yourself a tasty side dish, dressing or low-calorie dessert! Sweet’n'Savory Wakame Salad 1/4 c wakame (or another favored sea veggie) 3 tbs organic brown rice vinegar (light red wine vinegar or an unfiltered apple cider vinegar is nice, as well) 1 1/2 tbs raw honey 1 tbs Braggs Liquid Aminos (or Nama Shoyu) dash dark toasted sesame oil sprinkling of sesame seeds sprigs of basil (or favorite herb for garnish, use kinome for a truly Japanese experience) Directions: Soak wakame in warm water for a few minutes.  While the wakame is soaking, dissolve the honey in vinegar, Braggs and sesame oil.  Rinse the wakame a few times and then submerge in cool water.

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Radiation is Rising: High-Iodine Recipes to Relieve Your Thyroid

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Ever wondered what happens to that gigantic Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center? It turns out that tree gets recycled into Habitat for Humanity homes! Christmas trees represent quite the eco-dilemma . You want to participate in a holiday tradition, but you don’t want the associated waste

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Ultimate Christmas Tree Recycling

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Don’t you just love a crafty challenge?

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The Green Grocery Bag Challenge

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