Articles tagged “Sharing”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

8 Germiest Public Places That Could Be Making You Sick By Laurel House IN Food & Health Mar 25 2011 When you travel, you leave your controlled, clean, routine environment and venture into unmarked territory. You touch, eat, even sleep on lots of foreign and possibly dirty things. But if, like me, you have an ongoing case of wanderlust, the world’s germs aren’t enough to deter your globetrotting ways. You have just learned how to prepare for them. Because the fact is that you can plan and organize your life to a T, but if you get sick all your plans go down the drain. Goodbye trip to Hawaii you planned months ago, goodbye presentation you’re supposed to give at work tomorrow… + READ MORE

Donate Sewing Scraps to Schools By NaturallySavvy.com IN Work & Connect Jan 31 2011 Kids are back in school, and that means teachers will be looking for cheap or free materials for students to explore art and design. Scraps of fabric as small as tiny squares and triangles left over from quilting can be useful in the classroom. + READ MORE

How to Go Green: Cars By Jessica Root IN Tech & Transport Jun 1 2010 Life in the fast lane is fun but it can quickly destroy our planet. Fulfill your need for speed mindfully with help from our spankin' new How to Go Green: Cars guide. It's full of useful facts, stats and more importantly, solutions. + READ MORE

5 Ways to Make Your Clothing Swap Rock By Team Planet Green IN Fashion & Beauty Apr 15 2010 As you dig out the warm weather wardrobe only to find clothes you're not so happy with anymore, it's time for a creative clothing swap. + READ MORE

An Awesome Guy with an Awesome New Book: An Interview Neil Pasricha of '1000 Awesome Things' By Virginia Sole-Smith IN Work & Connect Mar 24 2010 On his blog, 1000 Awesome Things, and now, in his forthcoming title, The Book of Awesome, Neil Pasricha encourages us to take a minute to appreciate all the little things that go our way. + READ MORE

Swap Your Favorite Seeds this Sunday By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Home & Garden Jan 28 2010 National Seed Swap Day falls on Jan. 31 each year, and though it might seem like an outdated day observed by farmers, there are plenty of reasons why you should get in on the action. + READ MORE

How Recycling Will Help Pay for a Wedding By Tolly Moseley IN Work & Connect Jan 17 2010 Invitations. Cake. Dress. And cans? How one couple is funding their summer wedding, one recycled aluminum can at a time. + READ MORE

Start a Family Feud: Separating Siblings Leads to Faster Garden Growth By David DeFranza IN Home & Garden Nov 17 2009 When you dump a packet of seeds into a pot of soil, you probably don't think who their parents where, but recent research suggests that you probably should. A study conducted at McMaster University found that individual plants of the same species actually change their growth patterns depending on whether they are sharing a pot with a member of their kin group or one with which they are not related. + READ MORE

5 Hot Fall Looks You Can Borrow From Your Boyfriend By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Fashion & Beauty Oct 12 2009 We all talk about organic cotton and bamboo fiber as a green alternative to conventionally grown or petroleum-based fibers, but sharing clothing is a thrifty way to keep up with trends and reduce consumption-which also makes your wardrobe green. + READ MORE

Snowboarders and Skiers Unite to Protect Lifestyle from Climate Change By Derek Markham IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 1 2009 If you love to play in the snow, climate change is a very real threat to your lifestyle. Snow levels are retreating upwards in many areas, leaving some prime ski and snowboarding areas in jeopardy. So what's a winter sports fanatic to do? + READ MORE

It's the Last Day of Summer, What are Your Green Plans for Fall? By David DeFranza IN Work & Connect Sep 21 2009 Though the weather was warm this past weekend, something was different. There was a chill in the morning and evenings were cut short by unexpected sunsets. It was clear that summer was tapering to its end; that the autumn was just around the corner. + READ MORE

Seed Saving Tips: Harvesting Heirloom Garden Seeds for Next Year By Derek Markham IN Home & Garden Sep 16 2009 One way to virtually guarantee that the seeds you sow will be around for you year after year is to harvest and save the seeds from your heirloom vegetables for next year's planting. Seed saving isn't that hard to do, but there are some things to remember when starting out. + READ MORE

Veggie Trader: A Craigslist for Local Produce By Care2.com IN Home & Garden Sep 16 2009 How great would it be if there were want ads in your local newspaper or on Craigslist for organic fruits and vegetables, grown in your town, by your neighbors? A new website - Veggie Trader has sprung up that offers exactly such a service?a purchasing and bartering clearinghouse for locally grown fruits and vegetables. + READ MORE

Too Much Garden Bounty? Donate Extra Veggies to Your Local Food Pantry By Colleen Vanderlinden IN Home & Garden Sep 2 2009 Donate your excess garden produce to local food pantries, which are easy to find through AmpleHarvest.org. + READ MORE

Two Green Bloggers Make a "Tiny Choice" to Inspire Eco-Change and Create Community By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Aug 14 2009 Makeover your dining table in minutes--and for just a few dollars--with custom-painted china pieces. + READ MORE

Sharing Garden Chores with a Friend: Hits and Misses By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jul 9 2009 I completely embrace Sami's post yesterday about being okay with failures in the garden, and it looks like I'll be having a few of my own this year. Gardeners must be the most optimistic folks on the planet. Despite weather problems, insect problems and animals eating your plants, we still keep on year after year planting and nurturing in the hopes of eating the produce or enjoying the flowers. I still get ridiculously excited when I see seeds I planted sprouting up. + READ MORE

How to Cure Green Apathy in Friends and Family By Josh Peterson IN Work & Connect Jun 17 2009 How many of you have heard this argument? "I don't have to worry about climate change. I'll be dead before it gets really bad." There is nothing more infuriating than this. The people who use this argument demonstrate unabashed selfishness and complete moral apathy, in my opnion. How can you convince someone like this that they should go green? They obviously aren't swayed by morality or facts. + READ MORE

Green Youth: Imagine and Invent an Eco-Friendly Future, Score Cool Prizes By Jessica Root IN Work & Connect May 28 2009 Bright, young minds seeking ways to get their awesome green ideas on the international scene, look no further. The Institute for the Future (IFTF), in conjunction with Microsystems and Boing Boing, has created a forum for you. It comes freshly delivered in the form of a competition called the Digital Open. + READ MORE

Can You Survive a Relationship with a Partner Who Isn't Green? By Eric Leech IN Work & Connect May 18 2009 Sometimes love knows no boundaries. We fall for someone special and the world seems more right than it ever has. Then just as we think things can't get any better, they start to get worse. We begin to notice things about our non-environmentalist partner that annoys us. What happens is in the early stages of a relationship, couples are enthralled by both their similarities and differences. Instead of seeing these differences as bad, they see them as novel and exciting. + READ MORE

How to Be a Green Groom By Josh Peterson IN Work & Connect May 7 2009 Having been married once, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone I like. However, love is blind and you'll not heed my warning. Those big, green eyes of hers are more powerful than any poisonous sentence I can write. So let's just focus on greening your groom experience. + READ MORE