Archive for March, 2010

Teaching Children the Veggie Way

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

While it’s important to hold compassionate values, it’s even more important to pass those values onto your children. Sitting down with your children and discussing what they can do for the environment provides them with a positive outlet and purpose. Animal cruelty and disrespect for the environment are sometimes characteristics of ...

How to Make Handmade Easter Bonnets

Monday, March 29th, 2010

Easter bonnets are stunning accessories that make your holiday attire look more like spring, especially if you’re having Easter brunch or attending church. Children look adorable in these hats too, and you can create one from the recyclables in your home. With a few items, you can turn an existing ...

How to Reuse Silk Flowers

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Craft stores can be addicting, because there are so many cute decorations to buy so sometimes you come out of the store with too much. Whether you end up not having the time or you just become frustrated, you may end up not using many of the items you purchased. ...

How to Grow Hardy Lentil Beans

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Legumes are excellent sources of protein, so if you’re eating a reduced or meat free diet, it’s definitely beneficial to start enjoying beans and incorporating them into your diet. A ½ cup of cooked lentils has 115 calories, 0.4 grams of fat, 19.9 grams of carbohydrates and a whopping 8.9 ...

Eco-friendly Easter Basket Tips

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

It’s almost time for the Easter bunny to make its appearance again. In other words, there is less than a week for parents to scramble and get those Easter baskets together. Regardless of whether this is your first or fifth year decorating a basket, have you ever given much thought ...

Sustainable Summer Reading Suggestions

Friday, March 19th, 2010

Summer is a few months where you can reclaim some more "you" time, so it's the perfect time to catch up on reading. There are so many fiction and nonfiction books to choose from that you will have no problem finding the books that are right for you. Plus, you ...

Sustainable Experiment: Human Breast Milk Cheese

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

How far would you go in the name of sustainability? Currently, a New York City chef Daniel Angerer has been in the news for making cheese from his wife’s excess breast milk. When you consider the fact that human’s drink cow’s milk, is it really strange for human breast milk ...

Household Uses for Dental Floss

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Do you floss your teeth every day? Well, if you don’t you should probably start, but dental floss can do more than just remove food and plaque build up from your mouth. Below are some easy ways to use floss for common household situations and those last minute fixes. Lift baked ...

Ways to Reuse Return Address Labels

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Do you receive several different designs of return address labels from charities and other non-profit organizations? Although these can be convenient when you have mail to send out, you will probably find yourself with extra sheets that you don’t know what to do with. If you pay your bills online ...

Trail Running Does the Body Good

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Now that we have finally made it to March, you can start thinking and planning all of those fun adventures that you and your friends want to take on this spring and summer. When you’re hard at work preserving the planet, it’s important for you to take some time out ...