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How to Make the Greatest Eco-Friendly Party Today
Having a party are you? Do you know you can have it environmentally friendly? You can! This will keep the party from being toxic to the planet like traditional parties are. You can buy supplies which are eco-friendly to throw your party with. There are even ways to buy these supplies that are more eco-friendly than others. Choose the method of buying them that consumes the least amount of gasoline this will in turn burn the least amount of fossil fuels. This could be either online or at a local store. Do not drive to the next city if you can get the same thing in town or online in other words. Invitations Start at making the invitations green by either using recycled paper to send them on, or by emailing the guest to invite them. Both of these ways are great ways to have eco-friendly invitations. If it is a neighborhood party you can take a walk and hand-deliver the invitations to save money on postage. This puts a nice personal touch on inviting people too. Candles If your party decor is going to include candles then you need to choose the naturally made kind. Beeswax or soy wax makes great candles for burning. ...- Bookmark :
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Basic Holiday Green Tips
It is that time of year again; time to get ready for the holidays. This means you need to pull the decorations out and see what is still good, look through your holiday recipes and figure the best way to wrap your presents. With all this to do you may have forgotten you need to celebrate in a more green way. This will cut down on how big your carbon footprint is. Wrap Wisely Instead of using the paper gift wrapping for presents come up with reusable or recyclable ways to wrap them. Get a nice canvas bag to place the gift in. Then the recipient can reuse this bag shopping, carrying their crafts or for other uses during the year. So much waste is created with gift wrap find another way. Towels make an inventive gift wrap for bathroom items or kitchen items. This is another reusable wrap idea. Remember you want gift wrap that does not get thrown away. Green Decorating Decorating with evergreen swags or branches is just one type of green decorating. You can also use pine cones or holly sprigs too. Then when the holidays are over throw your natural decorations in your compost pile. Therefore, you have no ...- Bookmark :
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How to Throw a Green Labor Day Party
Cooking out is a Labor Day tradition. You may be like many people, wishing to extend your green lifestyle choices to include entertainment and leisure activities. Here's how to throw your next green Labor Day party. 1. Use natural charcoal or wood for your grill. Natural charcoal is very basic - it's simply charred wood. It's available by the bag at major retailers and home improvement stores. Using wood itself is another option. If you have a basic backyard grill (not propane), you can burn fallen sticks and twigs that you can gather yourself with minimal effort. 2. Send out electronic invitations to save paper. Or, make your own invitations from scrap paper or junk mail. 3. Encourage your guests to walk, bike, carpool, or use public transportation to get to your party. 4. Serve local, seasonal foods. Labor Day is still within the growing season in many parts of the country. Corn, tomatoes, peppers, onions and squash are all good options for grilling and are still in season in early September. Potato wedges cooked on the grill can take the place of packaged potato chips. Regardless of where you live, there will be something good and grill-able that is in season and grown ...- Bookmark :
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Ways to Go Green With Your Wedding
Weddings are that special occasion where a large amount of time, work and fun are put into making a special day for both the groom and the bride. However, if you are a person that understands the importance of going green and want to help protect the environment, you may wish to think about how to do a green wedding. This does not mean you have to have a boring wedding. With some creativity you can keep the degree of elegance you wish the occasion to have. Concerning your wedding invitations, if you decide to have a green wedding it is a good move to use recycled paper for your invitations and envelopes. If you are a talented and arts and crafts loving individual, then you can always make your own paper with neat designs. Instead of printing out all of those invitations you can have a calligrapher write them out for you. This will also add grace and character to the invitations. Another great tip for having a green wedding is to have your wedding clothes recycled. You can always rent them out to someone if you wish or you can give them to family members or friends as a gift. ...- Bookmark :
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Green Wrapping Tricks
So much paper is used in wrapping gifts each year. Not just at Christmas time either, all year round there are special occasions. Now just imagine all this paper winding up in landfills. What a mess and waste this is. There has to be a better way to wrap gifts than this. Guess what there is. Start wrapping presents in a green way. How is this done? Read on to find out some ideas for this way of presenting your gifts. Re-useable Bags Think about placing your gift inside a cloth bag that someone can use for shopping. These shopping bags can be used over and over again. Just wash them when they get dirty and they are good to go again. These come in a variety of sizes and colors. You can even make your own if you are handy with a needle and thread. Cloth gift bags with drawstrings are another great way to wrap presents. These can then be used to wrap other gifts throughout the years. It does not matter whether you need small bags for jewelry or larger bags for even cloths. Like the shopping bags above you can make these in a snap if you sew. Plenty ...- Bookmark :
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