No time of the year is more emotional than the holiday season, whether you're bursting with the joy of baking and caroling or overwhelmed with the stress of shopping and wrapping. But even with all those other factors weighing on your mind, it's possible to put a green spin on your holidays. Our guide will show you how.
Annabelle Gurwitch, star of Wa$sted, gives out some big-hearted advice in this Planet Green Holiday Highlight.More Planet Green Holiday Highlights: Recycle Your Neighbors' Holiday Leftovers with Tom Green (Video) Light Your House with LED Lights (Video) Send Holiday Gifts with Eco-friendly Materials (Video) Want to know
Tom Green, funny man and host of Go For the Green, is coming at us with a Planet Green Holiday Highlight. Mr. Green suggests that we go door to door and beg for our neighbor's holiday scraps.
In this Planet Green Holiday Highlight, Holter Graham, star of TV's Wa$ted roots out a better way of dealing with used Christmas trees. His suggestion, replant them. Check out the video if you want to know more.
Steve Thomas, Renovator of Nations, is back with a brand-new Planet Green Holiday Highlights. We all like to decorate our homes during the Holiday season with sparkling, radiant Christmas lights. But what of energy consumption? Steve Thomas suggests LED lights to reduce to your electricity usage by ninety percent. That's a lot of percent!
Bill Nye, guy of science and host of Stuff Happens, would like us to rethink the way we package and ship our presents this year in a new Planet Green Holiday Highlight. Polystyrene peanuts, for decades the the standard in loose-fill packing, are bad for the our ecosystems. They also make Bill sneeze.
Steve Thomas, host of Renovation Nation, is here to illuminate our Christmas. His electric idea can help power our holiday cheer without doing harm to the environment.
Bill Nye raps at us about wrapping paper in this Planet Green Holiday Highlight. His message: Be mindful of the paper that is use to swaddle your gifts in this holiday season.
If you're a young adult like me who every year says "This will be the year I grow up and start sending Christmas (Holiday) Cards," but you keep putting it off another year, Annabelle Gurwitch has some good news for you: don't send those holiday cards this year or next year or any year.
A holiday of overindulgence doesn't have to mean emptying your wallet. This year why not plan ahead and come up with a simple holiday meal that comes out to under $100. Here are my tips for making a feast to please, and still having money leftover.
Is anything more wonderful than finding the perfect gift for someone, or receiving the present that’s just what you needed? How about gift-giving accompanied by the knowledge that your gift is also a gift for the planet? There’s more to green giving than just switching to the stuff with the “green” label, however. Here are some pointers for finding the right gifts that make everyone happy.
With the recession in full effect, families across the world are sure to be cutting down on their holiday shopping. Rather than wallowing in our fiscal woes, why not take the opportunity to make some DIY gifts for friends and family!
As you've probably noticed, trashcans overflow after winter holiday festivities. Wrapping paper, bows, ribbons and boxes fill up a big portion of that too-stuffed trash bin. Ease the load going to the landfill by wrapping your gifts in repurposed items and reusable containers. Here are 12 great ideas to get your imagination rolling for preparing your presents and ensuring they're something the recipient will never forget.
Ah, the holidays! Traditions are the very stuff that holidays are made of. Whether you love to spend a day decorating the tree, or you always go skating on Christmas Eve, traditions aren't to be messed with—but you can easily fiddle with them to make your holiday greener while still traditional.
We have an old friend who originally came from Egypt. He lived in Canada for many years and became a citizen, but then returned to Cairo to care for his ailing father. I don't think he missed the Canadian winters when he went back, but he missed the friends he had made here.
We here at Planet Green want to have a green Christmas, and we are always striving to spend our money in the wisest way possible.Braised Leeks with Celery Root 1 large celery root (celeriac), peeled and julienned 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice 2 tbsp butter or vegetable oil 3 leeks, white part with a bit of green,...
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