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From Danielle Nierenberg, formerly Co-Director of Nourishing the Planet (Worldwatch Institute) and now a part of Food Tank, comes another list of things you and I can do to make sure we are green, even if this coming Christmas holiday is more about white (as in snow). MORE
Even after the light bulb story many products were still well-made and repairable, to some extent even by the user in the DIY-mode. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) With a great number of products the wear out is pre-programed. This deliberate limited lifespan is called “planned obsolescence”. MORE
Family Green Health & Wellness cleaning products diy cleaners diy cleaning products eco-friendly cleaning supplies green cleaning supplies homemade cleaners non-toxic cleaning suppliesMy garbage disposal always has a funky smell—I can't wait to try #3 to change that! MORE
Now open source has gone further that that and will enable people not just to connect and cooperate but to help “save the Planet” but also to create businesses. MORE
Want a Plastic-free Planet? Bulk Food Buying Made Sexy! Trash is the failure of imagination” ~ Aaron Kramer, trash artist My favorite way to decrease packaging is by bringing our own reusable bulk bags when we go food shopping. As environmental stewards, reducing food packaging is an easy and important way to decrease the trash […]. MORE
It would be a win-win situation for our respective countries and for the Planet. What is preventing it, I am well aware, is capitalism as it stands, where profits account for more than the Planet and people. MORE
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) DIY is not dead, just asleep for the moment with many. We are living in a constant perpetual growth economy which is not sustainable, neither financially, for us, nor ecologically for the Planet, and we, as “consumers” are the only ones that can make a difference here through our actions. DIY green living upcyclingIn today's world we are constantly bombarded with advertisements telling us to buy more, more and still more. MORE
You don’t have to want to save the planet. After reading Francis Moore Lappe’s seminal book Diet for a Small Planet, a “thunderbolt of consciousness” struck her and she never ate meat again. Around that time she began experimenting with DIY beauty concoctions and herbs. MORE
We love DIY (do-it-yourself) projects here at Green Living Ideas: making things at home to help keep our bellies full, our houses clean and planet green is super fun and inspiring! MORE
This Painted Fish Rock Art by Planet Pals are simply adorable. This DIY fairy Garden Craft by Eco-mothering is full of imagination and whimsy. MORE
We must reduce demand and not boost it for the sake of the Planet by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Governments and the International Labor Organizations are saying that we must boost demand to stimulate and grow the economy. The Planet is finite, and this is a fact that everyone has to come to realize and understand and it cannot grow. Neither the Planet nor they can grow and reproduce. We owe this to ourselves, our children and the Planet. MORE
DOE Offshore Wind Investments Are Great, But We Can Do More » This Sierra Clubbers DIY Car. Listed below are links to weblogs that reference This Sierra Clubbers DIY Car : Comments. Compass. « Massive Crowds Turning Out to Oppose Coal Exports | Main. | MORE
To learn how and see just how easy it is, check out this article from The Inspired Economist on how to save money to save the planet. . Refrigerators and freezers represent one of the best opportunities in your home to achieve both energy and money savings. MORE
In other words, she wants an insider’s look, which is why she was inspired to create DIY Tel Aviv. Fun and quirky, this awesome guide leaves the pricier Lonely Planet choking in its self-published dust, though it definitely speaks to the younger crowd. MORE
Using natural products for cleaning will both help the environment and reduce toxins used in the household, which is a win win situation. Enlightened Society Green Health & Wellness MORE
We all can be creative and make things with our own hands and with the right mindset this will also be beneficial for the Planet and our wallet. crafting crafts DIY upcycling by Michael Smith (Veshengro) In a world that has become increasingly dependent on technology, too much one might say, artisans and everyday crafters are finding a renewed satisfaction in making something with their own hands. MORE
But I must say, looking at next year and beyond through the eyes of my young nephews, whose planet has been so radically altered in the last few decades, strengthens my worries about the future. DIY furnishings. It’s nearly 2013 and I am grateful. MORE
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) DIY chain B&Q is to close as many as 60 stores in a shake-up set to impact on 3,000 jobs. The company said it believes it can meet local customer needs from fewer stores and stressed that the closures were not in response to signs that Britons are becoming less keen on DIY. Already in 2014 rival DIY chain Homebase announced that it would close a quarter of its stores – about 80 outlets – in the period up to early 2018. MORE
So, with a few hours to prep before tonight’s parties begin, how do you devise a spooktacular costume without buying more polyester (most likely shipped over from China ) to crap up the planet? MORE
For those who don’t, the date is March 20, 2013, also recognized as the spring equinox (or halfway to the summer solstice) in the northern hemisphere and the fall equinox in the southern half of the planet. Green Tips and DIY crafts gift wrap Green kids green living Living Green yarn basket MORE
The post Great Tips For Selling Your Home appeared first on About My Planet. Home/DIYSpring and summer are typically the best times of the year to sell your home. This year’s spring market started out strong in February. MORE
A special thanks to Petite Planet for sharing their Easter eco-crafts with us! Tags: Eco-Products Family Green Crafts Crafts DIY Easter Basket holiday Recycle Easter is almost here – Sunday, April 4th! MORE
But this mindset is doing irreparable damage to our Planet – not to mention our wallets and our closets. This ruffled t-shirt DIY is a brilliant way to cover the stain and reinvent your shirt in the process. DIY green living green living tips repair MORE
Everything was repairable and was fixed, often at home by means of DIY, because it could be done. Economic growth is not possible on a Planet whose non-renewable resources are finite and almost exhausted and we need to look at a new form of economy, one not based on constant growth. MORE
The post 7 Indoor Flowering Plants To Light Up Your House This Summer appeared first on About My Planet. Home/DIY homeSummer is finally here! It’s the time of the year when you’d enjoy sunny days, sipping strawberry limeade, butterflies fluttering in your lush backyard and so much more. MORE
Open-source and open-source design, aka open design, can make a difference on so many levels, both for the Planet and for the people, and there more that those sixty projects that are listed in the books worldwide at the moment and more coming “on stream” all the time. MORE
The consumer is but a passive user of products and living things and often has no idea as to the true cost of his or her mentality to the Planet. children consumers DIY green living makers making do MORE
How do you get started in community organizing around a progressive issue that will impact our planet positively. Activism Green Lifestyle community organizing diy green living neighborhood progressive sustainabilityThe post How to Organize a Progressive Local Activist Group appeared first on Green Living Ideas. MORE
One site, Planet Pet, donates 2% of its proceeds to service dogs and sells recycled pet toys. GD Mizar’s DIY: Green Pets. Listen to the fun 5-minute segment on GD Mizar’s DIY upcycling for pets podcast. This week’s show went to the dogs! MORE
With a finite planet with finite resources, bar those that are renewable if but properly managed, the idea of a constantly growing economy is total fallacy and the sooner we come to realize this the better. In the days of our grandparents, and so some extent even those of our parents, everything could be repaired, either by DIY, and many a book was written on those subjects and skills, or by the repairman. It is bad for our wallets and it is bad to the environment, for the Planet. MORE
DIY home improvement does not have to be difficult. Do it yourself” projects sound intimidating, but it is important to remember that there are a lot of inexpensive, quick tweaks you can make around the house that will help the planet and your wallet. Grab your toolbox and get started! MORE
Saving money while saving the planet. Caulking and weather-stripping around windows, door frames, pipes and electrical outlets is an important DIY supplement to your insulation refurbishment project. the largest carbon emitter on the planet [20]. MORE
The turtle may be the best a beginner can ascribe to, but older siblings can graduate up to some clever DIY gifts from recycling or salvage, like an old mirror with a new/old mosaic tiled frame (both available from your nearby salvage yard or thrift store). MORE
The post How to Cook Like a Gourmet, With Almost no Skill appeared first on About My Planet. Featured Health & Fitness Home/DIY Shopping chef cooking food kitchenYou love to cook but you’re not by any means a gourmet chef? Well all is not lost. MORE
The post 5 unusual ways to build your dream home appeared first on About My Planet. Home/DIYWhen a child draws a picture of a house, around the world we see the same drawing of a bricks and mortar building, with a gabled roof. We expect our homes to be built from sturdy materials, brick, stone or wood, which give us stability and a safe shelter to live in. MORE
The company offers entertaining ways to learn more about sustainability and the environment in its e-magazine, podcast and media network, Biofriendly Planet. “We This has led to a transition away from fossil fuels for both transportation and energy on our planet. MORE
Our planet is currently undergoing a war with industrial agriculture and overpopulation. Conservation Garden and Yard Care agriculture compost diy homesteading organic Rather than being inspired to change our nasty, greedy habits after watching films like Super Size Me and Food Inc., MORE
The internet is filled with DIY projects that involve the use of cheap materials, like plastic bottles. People have come a great length in the struggle for a healthier planet, in the last 20 years. MORE
The turtle may be the best a beginner can ascribe to, but older siblings can graduate up to some clever DIY gifts from recycling or salvage, like an old mirror with a new/old mosaic tiled frame (both available from your nearby salvage yard or thrift store). MORE
Today’s environmentally-minded woman thinks about the planet and those she loves more than she does her image. When finished, you have a snazzy accessory item that looks great, is easy on the planet, and easy on the purse strings – isn’t that appropriate? MORE
Creating and sending out eco-friendly wedding cards is a great way to contribute to saving the planet as a couple. Diy concept, mock up greetings card. Have you considered making DIY invitations at home with recyclable material around the house? MORE
Of course, you should enjoy the feeling of having done the right thing, generating clean, renewable energy and helping the planet move towards a sustainable future. Investing in solar panels is a. MORE
Five awesome upcycled and recycled Thanksgiving DIY crafts from our friends at TerraCycle. The post 5 Thanksgiving DIY Crafts to Give Thanks to the Planet appeared first on Green Living Ideas. Green Lifestyle crafts diy holiday crafts Recycling Thanksgiving upcycling MORE
Reusing is a must because the Planet cannot be recycled. DIY pioneer skills homesteading survivalPioneer skills you may need and and why you may want to learn them by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Often referred to “pioneer skills” as, in the US, they are associated with the pioneers that “opened” the West those skills were also common almost everywhere in the Old World in those days, especially in the countryside. MORE
Elephant Journal
JANUARY 3, 2018
Family Green Health & Wellness cleaning products diy cleaners diy cleaning products eco-friendly cleaning supplies green cleaning supplies homemade cleaners non-toxic cleaning suppliesMy garbage disposal always has a funky smell—I can't wait to try #3 to change that!
Green Living Ideas
NOVEMBER 15, 2016
Five awesome upcycled and recycled Thanksgiving DIY crafts from our friends at TerraCycle. The post 5 Thanksgiving DIY Crafts to Give Thanks to the Planet appeared first on Green Living Ideas. Green Lifestyle crafts diy holiday crafts Recycling Thanksgiving upcycling
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Green Prophet
OCTOBER 31, 2014
So, with a few hours to prep before tonight’s parties begin, how do you devise a spooktacular costume without buying more polyester (most likely shipped over from China ) to crap up the planet?
Green Prophet
MAY 7, 2012
In other words, she wants an insider’s look, which is why she was inspired to create DIY Tel Aviv. Fun and quirky, this awesome guide leaves the pricier Lonely Planet choking in its self-published dust, though it definitely speaks to the younger crowd.
Elephant Journal
OCTOBER 22, 2016
Using natural products for cleaning will both help the environment and reduce toxins used in the household, which is a win win situation. Enlightened Society Green Health & Wellness
The Go Green Blog
MARCH 30, 2010
A special thanks to Petite Planet for sharing their Easter eco-crafts with us! Tags: Eco-Products Family Green Crafts Crafts DIY Easter Basket holiday Recycle Easter is almost here – Sunday, April 4th!
Sierra Club Compass
DECEMBER 13, 2012
DOE Offshore Wind Investments Are Great, But We Can Do More » This Sierra Clubbers DIY Car. Listed below are links to weblogs that reference This Sierra Clubbers DIY Car : Comments. Compass. « Massive Crowds Turning Out to Oppose Coal Exports | Main. |
Elephant Journal
DECEMBER 29, 2013
Want a Plastic-free Planet? Bulk Food Buying Made Sexy! Trash is the failure of imagination” ~ Aaron Kramer, trash artist My favorite way to decrease packaging is by bringing our own reusable bulk bags when we go food shopping. As environmental stewards, reducing food packaging is an easy and important way to decrease the trash […].
Eco Chic
JUNE 28, 2010
Today’s environmentally-minded woman thinks about the planet and those she loves more than she does her image. When finished, you have a snazzy accessory item that looks great, is easy on the planet, and easy on the purse strings – isn’t that appropriate?
Eco Chic
AUGUST 16, 2011
You don’t have to want to save the planet. After reading Francis Moore Lappe’s seminal book Diet for a Small Planet, a “thunderbolt of consciousness” struck her and she never ate meat again. Around that time she began experimenting with DIY beauty concoctions and herbs.
Green Home Blog
APRIL 20, 2013
For those who don’t, the date is March 20, 2013, also recognized as the spring equinox (or halfway to the summer solstice) in the northern hemisphere and the fall equinox in the southern half of the planet. Green Tips and DIY crafts gift wrap Green kids green living Living Green yarn basket
Green (Living) Review
OCTOBER 19, 2017
The consumer is but a passive user of products and living things and often has no idea as to the true cost of his or her mentality to the Planet. children consumers DIY green living makers making do
Green (Living) Review
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
But this mindset is doing irreparable damage to our Planet – not to mention our wallets and our closets. This ruffled t-shirt DIY is a brilliant way to cover the stain and reinvent your shirt in the process. DIY green living green living tips repair
Eco Friendly Daily
MARCH 17, 2020
The post 7 Indoor Flowering Plants To Light Up Your House This Summer appeared first on About My Planet. Home/DIY homeSummer is finally here! It’s the time of the year when you’d enjoy sunny days, sipping strawberry limeade, butterflies fluttering in your lush backyard and so much more.
Green (Living) Review
MAY 16, 2015
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) DIY is not dead, just asleep for the moment with many. We are living in a constant perpetual growth economy which is not sustainable, neither financially, for us, nor ecologically for the Planet, and we, as “consumers” are the only ones that can make a difference here through our actions. DIY green living upcyclingIn today's world we are constantly bombarded with advertisements telling us to buy more, more and still more.
Green Living Ideas
JANUARY 7, 2017
How do you get started in community organizing around a progressive issue that will impact our planet positively. Activism Green Lifestyle community organizing diy green living neighborhood progressive sustainabilityThe post How to Organize a Progressive Local Activist Group appeared first on Green Living Ideas.
Eco Friendly Daily
MAY 5, 2020
The post Great Tips For Selling Your Home appeared first on About My Planet. Home/DIYSpring and summer are typically the best times of the year to sell your home. This year’s spring market started out strong in February.
Green Prophet
DECEMBER 26, 2012
But I must say, looking at next year and beyond through the eyes of my young nephews, whose planet has been so radically altered in the last few decades, strengthens my worries about the future. DIY furnishings. It’s nearly 2013 and I am grateful.
Eco Friendly Daily
JANUARY 7, 2020
The post How to Cook Like a Gourmet, With Almost no Skill appeared first on About My Planet. Featured Health & Fitness Home/DIY Shopping chef cooking food kitchenYou love to cook but you’re not by any means a gourmet chef? Well all is not lost.
Green Living Ideas
MARCH 15, 2013
We love DIY (do-it-yourself) projects here at Green Living Ideas: making things at home to help keep our bellies full, our houses clean and planet green is super fun and inspiring!
Green (Living) Review
JUNE 3, 2013
Everything was repairable and was fixed, often at home by means of DIY, because it could be done. Economic growth is not possible on a Planet whose non-renewable resources are finite and almost exhausted and we need to look at a new form of economy, one not based on constant growth.
Eco Friendly Daily
MARCH 25, 2020
The post 5 unusual ways to build your dream home appeared first on About My Planet. Home/DIYWhen a child draws a picture of a house, around the world we see the same drawing of a bricks and mortar building, with a gabled roof. We expect our homes to be built from sturdy materials, brick, stone or wood, which give us stability and a safe shelter to live in.
Green Living Ideas
APRIL 16, 2013
One site, Planet Pet, donates 2% of its proceeds to service dogs and sells recycled pet toys. GD Mizar’s DIY: Green Pets. Listen to the fun 5-minute segment on GD Mizar’s DIY upcycling for pets podcast. This week’s show went to the dogs!
Green (Living) Review
MAY 27, 2013
We all can be creative and make things with our own hands and with the right mindset this will also be beneficial for the Planet and our wallet. crafting crafts DIY upcycling by Michael Smith (Veshengro) In a world that has become increasingly dependent on technology, too much one might say, artisans and everyday crafters are finding a renewed satisfaction in making something with their own hands.
Green (Living) Review
APRIL 13, 2013
With a finite planet with finite resources, bar those that are renewable if but properly managed, the idea of a constantly growing economy is total fallacy and the sooner we come to realize this the better. In the days of our grandparents, and so some extent even those of our parents, everything could be repaired, either by DIY, and many a book was written on those subjects and skills, or by the repairman. It is bad for our wallets and it is bad to the environment, for the Planet.
Green (Living) Review
SEPTEMBER 3, 2012
Reusing is a must because the Planet cannot be recycled. DIY pioneer skills homesteading survivalPioneer skills you may need and and why you may want to learn them by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Often referred to “pioneer skills” as, in the US, they are associated with the pioneers that “opened” the West those skills were also common almost everywhere in the Old World in those days, especially in the countryside.
Green Prophet
JUNE 22, 2020
The company offers entertaining ways to learn more about sustainability and the environment in its e-magazine, podcast and media network, Biofriendly Planet. “We This has led to a transition away from fossil fuels for both transportation and energy on our planet.
Hug a Tree with Me
AUGUST 1, 2013
This Painted Fish Rock Art by Planet Pals are simply adorable. This DIY fairy Garden Craft by Eco-mothering is full of imagination and whimsy.
Green Living Ideas
SEPTEMBER 19, 2013
Our planet is currently undergoing a war with industrial agriculture and overpopulation. Conservation Garden and Yard Care agriculture compost diy homesteading organic Rather than being inspired to change our nasty, greedy habits after watching films like Super Size Me and Food Inc.,
Green Living Ideas
SEPTEMBER 25, 2014
To learn how and see just how easy it is, check out this article from The Inspired Economist on how to save money to save the planet. . Refrigerators and freezers represent one of the best opportunities in your home to achieve both energy and money savings.
Green (Living) Review
MAY 12, 2019
Open-source and open-source design, aka open design, can make a difference on so many levels, both for the Planet and for the people, and there more that those sixty projects that are listed in the books worldwide at the moment and more coming “on stream” all the time.
Green (Living) Review
APRIL 25, 2015
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) DIY chain B&Q is to close as many as 60 stores in a shake-up set to impact on 3,000 jobs. The company said it believes it can meet local customer needs from fewer stores and stressed that the closures were not in response to signs that Britons are becoming less keen on DIY. Already in 2014 rival DIY chain Homebase announced that it would close a quarter of its stores – about 80 outlets – in the period up to early 2018.
Green (Living) Review
AUGUST 3, 2014
The internet is filled with DIY projects that involve the use of cheap materials, like plastic bottles. People have come a great length in the struggle for a healthier planet, in the last 20 years.
Green Home Blog
DECEMBER 28, 2012
From Danielle Nierenberg, formerly Co-Director of Nourishing the Planet (Worldwatch Institute) and now a part of Food Tank, comes another list of things you and I can do to make sure we are green, even if this coming Christmas holiday is more about white (as in snow).
Greentumble
JUNE 6, 2018
Saving money while saving the planet. Caulking and weather-stripping around windows, door frames, pipes and electrical outlets is an important DIY supplement to your insulation refurbishment project. the largest carbon emitter on the planet [20].
Green (Living) Review
MARCH 18, 2019
It would be a win-win situation for our respective countries and for the Planet. What is preventing it, I am well aware, is capitalism as it stands, where profits account for more than the Planet and people.
Green (Living) Review
DECEMBER 19, 2012
We must reduce demand and not boost it for the sake of the Planet by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Governments and the International Labor Organizations are saying that we must boost demand to stimulate and grow the economy. The Planet is finite, and this is a fact that everyone has to come to realize and understand and it cannot grow. Neither the Planet nor they can grow and reproduce. We owe this to ourselves, our children and the Planet.
Greentumble
DECEMBER 21, 2017
Of course, you should enjoy the feeling of having done the right thing, generating clean, renewable energy and helping the planet move towards a sustainable future. Investing in solar panels is a.
Green Home Blog
MAY 10, 2013
The turtle may be the best a beginner can ascribe to, but older siblings can graduate up to some clever DIY gifts from recycling or salvage, like an old mirror with a new/old mosaic tiled frame (both available from your nearby salvage yard or thrift store).
Green (Living) Review
APRIL 14, 2019
Now open source has gone further that that and will enable people not just to connect and cooperate but to help “save the Planet” but also to create businesses.
Green Prophet
NOVEMBER 16, 2018
Creating and sending out eco-friendly wedding cards is a great way to contribute to saving the planet as a couple. Diy concept, mock up greetings card. Have you considered making DIY invitations at home with recyclable material around the house?
Green Home Blog
MAY 10, 2013
The turtle may be the best a beginner can ascribe to, but older siblings can graduate up to some clever DIY gifts from recycling or salvage, like an old mirror with a new/old mosaic tiled frame (both available from your nearby salvage yard or thrift store).
Green (Living) Review
MARCH 4, 2018
Even after the light bulb story many products were still well-made and repairable, to some extent even by the user in the DIY-mode. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) With a great number of products the wear out is pre-programed. This deliberate limited lifespan is called “planned obsolescence”.
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