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I recently found a great book by Joanna Yarrow, a UK based consultant and leading expert on sustainable living. The book is called How To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint and features many fab tips that are really easy to adopt. No brainers, in fact - so easy that even we can do it!
So, with this in mind, I’ve decide to feature a selection of these tips in a ‘treading lightly’ series of articles. The first one deals with how to tread lightly while cooking. Here goes:
Yesterday gave me cause to celebrate - you see I have been in a war against junk mail for a year and I declared a partial victory when only three items came through the slot - and no catalogs or credit
offers. Although I loved getting mail as a child, years ago the daily drop became another household chore, and contributed to unsorted piles and heavy recycling loads. But CatalogChoice.org helped me clear my name off the lists of Pottery Barn, Williams Sonoma, LL Bean and plenty of others. If ever I want to make purchases from those companies, I’ve learned to make my choices online, then phone in my order so that I can confirm with a human being that I won’t immediately be put back on their mailing lists.
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Imagine a world where you can do some good just by interacting. Well, this is a great place to start! We have two special games for you, “sow much for the planet” and “sea change”. The idea is very simple, for every 10 questions you answer correctly, you directly impact the well-being of this planet by either contributing to planting a tree or by supporting one of our chosen ocean initiatives (depending on which game you chose). If you want to play anonymously, that’s totally fine by us (it’s all for the greater good, after all) but if you decide to become a member, then we’ll keep your score and you can watch your badges change with each level of accomplishment. The higher your score, the more likely you are to be invited to be featured in our green room. To add to all that, our highest scores each month will get a little green something as a thank you from us. As you play the games, please be sure to take a look at the offerings from our affiliate friends. You’ll allow us to keep these great game going and you might just find a fantastic eco-oriented product as a result! So why not give it a go and see if you know as much as you thought you did! |
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MuseGreen is a green blog. With five women writers (and an occasional male perspective), MuseGreen covers topics that include greening your home and family, sustainable and eco-friendly products, vegetarian, organic and sustainable recipes, politics (shocking, we swing left), regional and national news, eco events, green music festivals, how to make the world a better place and random topics thrown in here and there for good measure.
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MuseGreen is a place to play. Thinking about the things happening to our planet, to our economy, and in our world can be really depressing. We want you to to have a place to learn, have fun and make a difference - that’s why we created The Lounge. Who says playing games are a waste of time? We’ve found a number of fun games and videos - some environmentally-focused and some we just thought were cool. The play area is divided into between kids, teens and adults, so pick the section that’s right for you and have some good green fun!
MuseGreen would like to formally introduce our dear, green friend, Darlene. She tells it like it is, and we think you’ll find her approach refreshing, enlightening and at times a little more than you bargained for.
In this episode, Darlene talks a little bit about the joys of her compost pile. It’s a family affair!
Enjoy!
I’m finding myself so inspired by the various video sites that are available these days. One that I return to again and again is GoGreenTube. I’ve rustled up a few videos from their site so you can get an idea of the variety of things they have available…
Here’s the Rick Mercer Report on a new recycling system in Canada:
A new proposal for the Vice Presidency has surfaced in light of the many challenges with the Sarah Palin. It just doesn’t seem like a fair fight for those poor Republicans, so with that we’d like to lend our voices in supporting a new vice presidential candidate:
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