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A Great Green Gift - Rent a Maple Tree!

Friday, September 26, 2008 16:11 No Comments

A long time ago, my dad told me about a farm that used to lease out their maple trees for the maple-syrup making season. We are doing something similar on the farm. For the last few years, we have had a “Rent a Maple Tree” program. I’ve never offered it online before, but have had [...]

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A Low Impact Woodland Home

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 15:58 No Comments

Now this is the kind of thing I wish I saw on Extreme Home Makeovers! What a wonderful, sustainable home. I’m trying to talk my husband into doing this even as we speak…with all the kids, we might have to dig a little deeper though.

A Low Impact Woodland Home.

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SKOY eco-friendly cloths instead of paper towels (giveaway) | Crunchy Domestic Goddess

Thursday, September 11, 2008 15:19 No Comments

SKOY eco-friendly cloths instead of paper towels (giveaway) | Crunchy Domestic Goddess.
In keeping with the spirit of the Ditch the Disposables Challenge, I have to tell you about one of my new favorite eco-friendly paper towel replacements - the SKOY cloth. SKOY cloths are reusable, very absorbent, bright and fun, machine washable and microwavable, and [...]

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10 Ways to Green Your PC (and other electronics)

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 12:07 1 Comment

Did you know that 40 percent of the electricity your TV, computer monitors, XBox and all those devices use is used while they are “off?” I didn’t! I though I was being green when I shut them down. Turns out, they are just standing by…hardly very green.
I’ve tried to reduce our use of paper by [...]

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