Articles tagged “Sustainable Coffee”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Make Your Own Tidy Fire Logs Out Of Newspaper By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Dec 10 2007 We previously discussed making your own java logs; Here is a handy device that presses your old newspapers into neat little bricks that are said to light easily and burn nicely. + READ MORE

Make Your Own Sand By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Dec 3 2007 Kiss expensive, toxic crystalline-silica-containing play sand goodbye: Podcasting mamas Vickey and Jen (of VickeyandJen.com fame) have a recipe for making your own play sand for the kiddies. Homemade Sand: 4 cups dried, used coffee grounds2 cups cornmeal1 cup flour1/2 cup salt 1. + READ MORE

Stay Healthy This Christmas By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Nov 30 2007 It is a sad truth that retailers begin pushing their Christmas wares in Canada the day after Halloween.For many people office parties, office lunches, Hanukkah parties, family Christmas parties, friends' Christmas parties, as well as Christmas day and New Year's Eve are just an endless string of eating too many bad... + READ MORE

Make Your Own Java Log By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Nov 27 2007 While Helen Suh Macintosh over at TreeHugger debates the merits of manufactured logs over conventional cut firewood-and whether the planet will be better off if you chose a different heating method entirely-we've rustled up directions for making your own tree-free Java Log from recycled coffee grounds, vegetable wax,... + READ MORE

Boost Your Energy Level: Go Outside By Lloyd Alter IN Food & Health Nov 9 2007 So many of us spend our days in front of a computer screen; many of us work from home and might never see the light of day without some discipline. So if you feel bad about never having had a skin-cancer check, or not having completed an overdue report, or not having faced this month's bills, force yourself to tackle... + READ MORE

Strategies for Surviving in Small Spaces By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Nov 5 2007 Photo Credit: Sustain miniHome Living in smaller spaces is a great way to have a smaller footprint; you use fewer resources to build, less energy to operate, and you can usually live closer to town, reducing transport. Research the small space furniture market: A lot of furniture has been designed for the smaller... + READ MORE

Reduce Airline Waste, Bring Your Own By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 2 2007 Airlines in the United States throw away enough aluminum cans every year to build 58 new 747s, according to the National Resources Defense Council. You can also tote along your own SIGG or other reusable bottle to fill up with water on the plane (so you don't have to rely on those little plastic cups to stay hydrated), + READ MORE

Discover, Find, Use Compostable Bags and Packaging By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Nov 2 2007 Composting your organic waste (once you've built your compost spinner) is a great way to cut back on your contribution to the waste stream, and extend the usefulness of your used jack-o-lanterns, orange peels, grass clippings, raked leaves and coffee grounds. No problem; the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) has... + READ MORE

Recycle Coffee Grounds, Tea in Your Garden By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Oct 24 2007 Don't toss the dregs of your morning brew into the trash just yet-you can apply used tea leaves and coffee grounds in your garden by adding them to your compost pile and using the compost as mulch. You can also mix your erstwhile caffeine fix in the ground in moderate amounts to let the nutrients enrich the soil... + READ MORE

Support Your Local Small-Mart By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Oct 24 2007 A lot of Main Street retailers and services have gone out of business when challenged by the big boxes,often noting that they can buy stuff cheaper at Wal-Mart than they can from their suppliers. Buy local-imperfect choices: It is better to buy local-non-organic produce than it is to buy non-local organic food flown in. + READ MORE

Roast Coffee with a Popcorn Popper By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Sep 11 2007 If you're gung ho enough about your morning cuppa, you can roast your own coffee beans for an even fresher, more flavorful brew. Make sure that the hot air enters the chamber of your popper via side vents, not a grate in the bottom, otherwise chaff can accumulate on the bottom and catch on fire. + READ MORE