Posts tagged: Christmas tree

Have a Green Christmas

  The holidays are a fun and festive time of year. However, they also bring tons of extra garbage, millions of chopped down trees, megawatts of extra power usage, and many expenses to you. Learn to have a lovely holiday season while being kind to the environment and your wallet. Resource Conservation: * Make your [...]

Thursday December 22nd, 2011 in , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Three Green Christmas Trees You’ve Never Thought of

  By Heather Goldstone Source: climatide.wgbh.org   My colleague, Cassandra Profita, at Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Ecotrope blog has some interesting twists to offer on the real-or-fake Christmas tree question. Her 10 shades of green focuses almost entirely on real trees, since fake trees have to be used for 10 to 20 years before their carbon [...]

Tuesday December 20th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Green Christmas Suggestions from IzzitGreen

Courtesy: enn.com Just in time for our readers’ last minute Christmas Shopping, our friends from IzzitGreen have come up with five great eco-friendly Holiday gifts. As an additional eco-incentive 50% of the proceeds earned for any purchase of the Get to Know Nature bag will go directly to the Get to Know organization and help [...]

Monday December 19th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Five Tips for a Green Christmas

  Christmasis a great time of year, filled with joy, friends, family, fun and, of course, shopping and gifts. All of that shopping, wrapping, driving and mailing takes quite a toll on the environment. Each Christmas season, more than 1.9 billion Christmas cards are sent. Those cards require almost 300,000 trees to be cut down. If [...]

Monday December 12th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

10 Green Christmas Tree Alternatives to Make Your Holiday Shine

Courtesy: inhabitat.com Tis the season to start decorating the house with holiday cheer – but did you know you can get your family into a festive mood without having to chop down any Christmas trees? Instead, try a gorgeous alternative tree made from recycled cardboard, sustainable wood, or even LED lights! Your kids will love the [...]

Tuesday December 6th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »