Green & Local Holiday Gift Guide
Guest Post by Cameron Bruns The holidays may be just around the corner, but shopping doesn’t need to be burdensome or stressful. Skip the mall and choose to give locally produced goods or give...
View ArticleEnd of the Line For Christmas Trees
As the holiday season wraps up it’s time to dispose of Christmas Trees. If you’re one of the 30 million households that got a cut live Christmas Tree, you’re probably thinking about disposing of it...
View ArticleWeek in Review – Dying Easter Eggs, FDA, 350ppm and more
Throughout the week we share a number of “green” stories and articles on the Green Lifestyle Consulting’s Facebook Timeline and through our twitter account @grnlifestyle. Here are a few stories that...
View Article10 Last Minute Green Gifts Mom Will Love
It’s Mother’s Day, or your mom’s birthday, or you did something and need to make up for it. You need a last minute gift for mom, but you want to be green. Maybe mom doesn’t want or need any more...
View ArticleGreening Halloween: Reuse & Crafty Modifications
Halloween Costumes – New, reused and modified! With our busy lives, coming up with Halloween costumes for three kids is a struggle. We have to balance the time needed to make something from scratch,...
View ArticleGreen Gift Wrap Ideas
Happy Holidays from our family to yours. As we have approached Christmas and our pending reveal of the new look and name of our blog we have been writing less and preparing more and spending more time...
View ArticleHappy Easter!
Happy Easter! We are wishing you and yours a joyous, happy and healthy Easter. All naturally dyed Easter Eggs! There are many great reasons to dye your eggs naturally: – If you avoid artifical food...
View ArticleWhat’s in your Cauldron for Halloween?
What’s in your cauldron? As we prepare for Trick or Treating this week, we have broken from the traditional big bag of candy to go with something better for the planet and the kids. Instead of the big...
View ArticleWhat to do with Fresh Cranberries…
I received fresh cranberries in our organic fruits & vegetables box this week and I was perplexed. I’ve never dealt with fresh cranberries and I’m so busy, I just wanted something quick to do....
View ArticleGreen Holidays Solar Panel Jewelry Giveaway
Welcome to the A Very Green Christmas Giveaway Hop, hosted by Happy Mothering and Brittleby’s Corner together with the Green Moms Network! Each of the participating blogs is offering a green Christmas...
View ArticleHome Depot recycling holiday lights again
Home Depot is offering up to $5 off LED Holiday Lights when you recycle incandescent light strings again this year. From now until November 17, 2013 you can get up to $5 off new LED Christmas Lights...
View ArticleJon’s 2013 Green Gift Guide for Dads and more
Happy Holidays! Dads can be particularly difficult to buy gifts for because they often have what they need and want really big things like a 3D Printer or a new computer. Need an idea for what to get...
View Article3 Steps to Calming the Wrapping Paper Madness
Calming the Wrapping Paper Madness Christmas is coming, and while I love having lots of people for gift opening and our kids love having lots of gifts, it makes for some craziness with wrapping paper....
View Article8 Alternatives to Cut Roses This Valentine’s Day
8 Alternatives to Roses for Valentine’s Day One of my big pet peeves is the tradition of beautiful red roses for Valentine’s Day. I’ve written about this many times before but the issue doesn’t go...
View ArticleJon’s 2014 Green Gift Guide
My list this year is intended for me, but can apply to almost any active outdoors type man or woman. Goal Zero Switch 10 – $120 Photo courtesy of GoalZero The Switch 10 is a battery pack for charging...
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