Articles tagged “Bring Your Own”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Alternatives for Coping in the Cold/Flu Season By NaturallySavvy.com IN Food & Health Feb 10 2011 Toss the paper tissues this cold/flu season and give reusable handkerchiefs a try. + READ MORE

Hungry for Lunch? Meet LunchSkins Founders Kirsten Quigley & Cris Bourelly By Jessica Root IN Work & Connect May 20 2010 The plastic lunch baggie. Seems insignificant in the grand green picture, yes? Shockingly, 20 million of the sandwich/snack bags land in U.S. landfills every day—polluting our planet and its waterways. When outdoor enthusiast, Virginia-based moms Kirsten Quigley and Cris Bourelly heard this staggering statistic and feared a dirty, unsafe future for their children, they started thinking about a solution. + READ MORE

6 Ways to Make Reusable Bags Work for You By Blythe Copeland IN Home & Garden Jan 19 2010 From keeping your bags free of bacteria to choosing versions made from sustainable materials, see how you can make your reusable shopping bags even greener than they already are. + READ MORE

How to Pack a Zero Waste Lunch By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Aug 12 2009 As we head into back to school season consider taking the planet and your wallet into account by packing your own lunch. Brownbag it without using a brownbag and read these ways to bag a zero waste lunch. + READ MORE

Meet Belinda David-Tooze, Owner of Envirosax Reusable Bags By Jessica Root IN Work & Connect May 21 2009 Envirosax reusable shopping bags are popular for their tiny, compact design—but we had no idea that he mastermind behind them all is incredibly larger than life. Belinda David Tooze, the founder, always had an avid interest in design, fashion, and textiles. When she mixed that with her early exposure to travel, culture and nature—Envirosax evolved—a business that reflected her commitment to environmental philosophies. + READ MORE

60,000 Plastic Bags are Being Used This Second: Help Slow it Down By Jessica Root IN Home & Garden Apr 16 2009 We've all been bombarded with green tips to bring our own canvas bags. On an intellectual level, we get it: plastic bags suck. But do we really truly, deeply understand the serious implications of them?enough to put our intellectual understanding into action? + READ MORE

6 Habits To Green The Way You Work By Mat McDermott IN Work & Connect Feb 9 2009 Are you as tired as I am of being told to make sure you turn off your computer, use recycled paper and bring your own coffee cup? Not that these aren't worthwhile things to do to make your office or home workspace more eco-friendly; they are, and do them. But what I want to talk about is something that isn't about changing your workspace, it's about changing you: Picking up habits that can save you time and energy and ultimately make you a greener worker. + READ MORE

10 Disposable Things You Never Have to Buy Again By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Feb 2 2009 One of our favorite green philosophies goes something like, "Less stuff = more good." While that seems simple enough, cutting back on the amount of stuff you use every day can be trickier than it sounds. One of the easiest ways to do this is to cut back on the disposable stuff you buy. Here are then things that you never have to buy disposable again. + READ MORE

Don't Forget Your Towel By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Jan 29 2009 According to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the towel is the most "massively useful" thing you can bring along when you are traveling across the galaxy. The Guide goes to say that "You can wrap [the towel] around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta.wet it for use in hand-to-hand combat...wrap it around your head to ward off noxious fumes.any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the Galaxy, rough it...win through, and still know where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with." + READ MORE

Paper or Plastic?—If You Have to! By Sophie Uliano IN Home & Garden Jan 23 2009 Okay, so there are many occasions when you reach the checkout and have either forgotten all your reusable totes or you don't have enough for the enormous shop you've just done. What's a green girl to do? We get right back to the ubiquitous "paper or plastic" question. So which is the better choice? + READ MORE

Human Hair Fertilizer, Understanding CSR Reporting, Bring Your Own Bike Lane, and Eating Beans without Side Effects By David DeFranza IN Work & Connect Jan 16 2009 Today on TreeHuggger: Human hair fertilizer, understanding csr reporting, bring your own bike lane, and eating beans without side effects + READ MORE

Ditch Dixie Cups at Your Office By Elizabeth Seward IN Work & Connect Dec 4 2008 No matter what sort of place of business I enter, it seems as though there is, invariably, a water cooler. And where there is a water cooler, there are dixie cups. You can count on it. + READ MORE

4 Weekend Hacks for the Greenest Work Week Ever By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Dec 4 2008 Being eco-friendly in the middle of a tragically stressful work week can be a tough job. By frontloading some easy green steps over the weekend, when you have time and energy to care, you can set the stage to make it easy to stay green during your Monday through Friday routine. + READ MORE

Greening Your Gas Station Visits By Elizabeth Seward IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 3 2008 Holiday traveling can bring about a whole lot of unexpected circumstances, but one constant component to a trip on the road is the gas station. Whether it's for fuel fill-ups, snacks, coffee, or restroom breaks, gas stations are definitely a part of any trip-holiday or not. + READ MORE

Recycle Your Thanksgiving Leftovers into Eco-Smart Weekday Lunches By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Nov 25 2008 Going back to work after having a day off for the national pig-out can be kind of a drag. The morning after Thanksgiving, your fridge probably looks a little like a battlefield, and depending on how well you get along with your extended family, you may feel a little bit like you've been in the trenches yourself.The good news is that with a little eco-savvy, you can turn the food-y carnage into portable, scrumptious workday lunches that'll really give you something to be thankful for. + READ MORE

Stow a Green Kit in your Glove Compartment By Megan Cohen IN Tech & Transport Nov 24 2008 Sure, it's great to have green gear, but it's not that great unless you have it right when you need it. Turn your wheels into an eco-treasure trove by stocking the glove compartment of your car with a couple of green essentials that'll banish the classic "I got this awesome green thing but never use it 'cause I always leave it at home" syndrome. + READ MORE

Go 100 Percent Paperless for a Week By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Nov 19 2008 Each week we propose a bold green move; will you take the challenge this week? Try to go without using any paper product at all for seven straight days. + READ MORE

Tote Your Reusable Bag with Dignity By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Nov 10 2008 Being environmentally conscious no longer carries the tree-hugging hippy stigma it once did. Still, it doesn't mean that every green deed is well-understood or accepted socially yet. To help you navigate the perils of going green in the modern age, we've decided to put together a sort of green advice column. + READ MORE

How to Eat Green on Business Travel By Sara Novak IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 6 2008 Eating green when you're on the go is tough. Here are some of my tricks of the trade for eating green outside of my kitchen and my city takes you all over the country to towns where eating green just isn't an option. + READ MORE

Pack Your Lunch Sustainably By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Nov 6 2008 Packing your lunch for work instead of grabbing some takeout helps you save money while reducing your garbage footprint, so it's good news for your wallet and the planet. Check out these tips for environmentally sustainable ways to pack your lunch, and ditch that disposable brown bag for some eco-chic reusable lunchtime swag. + READ MORE