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Loving Trees in Kenya

TreeHugger — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:37:23 +0000

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The UN Environment Program (UNEP) is giving new meaning to loving trees and hugging trees in their Trees4Love campaign in Kenya. Over 5,000 trees are planned to take root in the Karura Forest in Kenya to fight climate change, promote carbon sequestration and help clean up the Karura River. The official loving ceremony will take place, fittingly, on February 14, 2009. This is part of the larger

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DIY: Make An iPhone Case From A Milk Jug

TreeHugger — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:32:44 +0000

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Thanks to Tipster Victor for sharing his self-designed schematic for the “McGuyver’s iPhone Holster” – an iPhone case made from a regular, plastic milk jug. We’ve covered the importance of using cases to extend the life of your gadgets, and even cases made from recycled materials, but this website shows you how you can make your own case yourself out of materials you have around your …

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Do One Thing: Make Your Own Natural Antibacterial Spray.

david — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:22:07 +0000

This weeks’ Do One Thing is about making a natural antibacterial spray. In the last however many years, the idea that we have to spray antibacterial cleaners all over our house and children has come to be fact, when it’s not at all. We actually need germs to survive, and if we “teach” them to evolve to get away from our antibacterial sprays, we will be in big trouble. BUT if you feel like you need it for that once in a while thing (family full of the flu, for example), here is how to make a healthier version.

Combine these ingredients in a spray bottle:
1 teaspoon of essential oil of mint or rosemary
1 cup of white vinegar

That’s it! You can now spray this on hard, non-porous surfaces to try to fight some germs. But please, do not overuse it – we need most germs that are present everywhere!

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Twinings Tea Uses Innovia Biodegradable Packaging

Rider Thompson — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:22:07 +0000

Twinings Tea recently announced they will be using a compostable
packaging for their Everyday tea line in the UK. The packaging is
made from Innovia’s Natureflex NM material.

Twinings is a leader in the tea business. The company is over 300
years old and its products are sold in more than 100 countries across
the globe.

As we have reported before NatureFlex NM is a cellulose-based
film, manufactured from renewable wood pulp.

According to
Innovia, NatureFlex NM is the only metalized biodegradable film
suitable for home composting because of its low metal content –
less than 0.02% – which slows the film’s degradation by a matter of
days but does not interfere with its biodegradability in any other
way.

“As a company we are always looking at ways
to lessen our impact on the environment. Using NatureFlex film as the
inner wrap in this pack not only protects the teabags but also makes
it easier for our customers to reduce their waste through home
composting,” said Twinings’ David Parkes.

NatureFlex films
are cellulose-based, derived from wood pulp and are certified to meet
both the European EN13432 and American ASTM D6400 standards for
compostable packaging.

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The Toxins Around Us

La Mama Naturale' — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:48:43 +0000

Lately, I have not had the chance to point out some very disturbing news about toxins that I’ve learned about recently. Bad Eco Mom!!! You might have heard these issues by now… Salmonella in our Peanut Butter, Mercury in High Fructose Corn Syrup, Lead found in our children’s toys and even in lipstick! By golly, what’s next! Us mom’s already have so much to worry about and when issues like this arise, it makes us think twice about what were purchasing and how were detoxifying our homes. Why is the ball being dropped on us like this? We shouldn’t have to worry about these type of issues. In my opinion, ultimately, it’s up to us to make informed decisions. As an Eco Mom I make these decisions everyday. Wooden toys vs. Plastic, Processed foods vs. Homemade/Organic, All Natural, Green Cleaners vs. TOXIC cleaners…and so and so on! The women at Momversations put together a video which has some very good points. Alice Bradley asks “Is the toxin danger real or just hype?” What do you think?

I’m curious to know too, who did POOP IN THE PEANUT BUTTER?

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Watch It, Wednesday~ 32 WKS. not 34!!

La Mama Naturale' — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:07:38 +0000

I’m declaring it Watch It Wednesday here at Recycle Your Day because today I’ve posted 3 video’s for YOU to watch!

BTW- I’m 32 wks. preggo not 34…my pregnancy brain has lead me to believe I was 2 wks. further along than I am. LOL!

Okay, so lately I’ve been nesting and realizing that there is sooo much to do sooo little time. We ordered the birth kit and water tub last night, which I plan to write about in a seperate post. I’m a peeing machine. Baby Clark is definitely on my bladder and it’s non stop. My mood has been good. We have a wishlist of things we need to get before he arrives and I’m hoping he’ll at least get a few of them. I’m having a shower next month and hoping it’ll be green as much as possible. I’ve put together the evites and just need to go over them with MIL who’s throwing the shower. Looking at several ways to green up the shower but that’s another post too! Clark weighs about 4- 4 1/2 pounds so he’s gaining everyday/week.

Other than that…just keeping a list together of what things need to get done- I feel like a nesting nazi….LOL!

If you have any questions, feel free to ask them…I’m not sure what else to cover!

Started doing my perineal massages too- but that’s probably TMI!

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Sustainability Does Not Yet Exist in Spanish

TreeHugger — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:20:45 +0000

Last weekend we attended the creative event Pecha Kucha Night Barcelona, where creative people could informally show their work and ideas. One such creative was Ignasi Pérez, the Spanish sustainable architect who just launched the book ECO Productos (not yet available in English). Read on to see what Pérez has to say about The Three Little Pigs and the word ’sustainability’ which doesn’t exist in Spanish……

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Sustainability Does Not Yet Exist in Spanish

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La Mama Naturale' — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:43:03 +0000

Stay tuned for a review and giveaway

Note: I had just been by the Glee Gum booth, so please excuse my gum chewing in this video. Not cool. Lesson # 1 in vlogging…Don’t chew gum! LOL!

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Today is Twestival for Charity:Water (Video)

TreeHugger — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:57:30 +0000

REMINDER! Today is the Twestival for Charity: Water. Take part in an amazing grassroots event that will benefit people who need access to clean drinking water in developing nations.

Take a moment to watch a really great video on what Charity: is all about, what this event will accomplish for thousands of people in developing nations, and how to get involved in a really fun event after the jump. …

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Help To Stop Receiving The Yellow Pages.

david — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:34:43 +0000

Now, I cannot promise they will stop, but it’s certainly worth a shot, no? I wrote about my frustration with the multiple phone books that kept showing up at my door and my inability to make them stop before, but I was just told about Yellow Pages Goes Green, which is trying to get the automatic delivery of the phone books to stop. Instead, they want an opt-in system, which makes so much sense to me. It would save the company money and save paper from being wasted at the same time. It’s kind of a no-brainer! Yellow Pages Goes Green.

Oh, and if you use them, you can now find me on Twitter, my personal Facebook page, or the Facebook page for The Good Human group.

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Anagain, Inc. » Recycling

Loving Trees in Kenya

DIY: Make An iPhone Case From A Milk Jug

Do One Thing: Make Your Own Natural Antibacterial Spray.

Twinings Tea Uses Innovia Biodegradable Packaging

The Toxins Around Us

Watch It, Wednesday~ 32 WKS. not 34!!

Sustainability Does Not Yet Exist in Spanish

eco-kids usa

***Stay tuned for a review and giveaway***

Today is Twestival for Charity:Water (Video)

Help To Stop Receiving The Yellow Pages.

Stay tuned for a review and giveaway