Ice dams are those sheets of ice and snow that form at the edge of your roof. They often look beautiful and result and in long, lovely icicles hanging from your eaves. I love looking at them and as a child I loved breaking icicles off our roof and sucking on them. They were nature’s […]
Going Green With 70 of Our Closest Friends
Posted on January 2, 2013 Written by 2 Comments
Every year we rent a mansion with 70 of our closest friends. You laugh, but take about 20 couples, add children, and you quickly get to a crazy number of people. We just got back from another wonderful experience of living communally for a week. Putting on such an event takes some coordination and forethought, […]
Green Gift Wrap Ideas
Posted on December 24, 2012 Written by 1 Comment
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 with our children. I hope that all of you, our readers, are spending this time with your families and […]
Giving Tuesday and Occupy Sandy
Posted on November 26, 2012 Written by Leave a Comment
Tomorrow, Tuesday November 27, 2012, is the first Giving Tuesday. The idea, conceived of and developed by the United Nations (UN), is designed to encourage people to give back to their communities. Throughout the US we all know about Black Friday – to most a big shopping day, but to retailers the first day their books […]
Jon’s Green Holiday Gift Guide – 2012
Posted on November 22, 2012 Written by 9 Comments
We are now entering the crazy time between Thanksgiving and Christmas. When Black Friday hits, millions of Americans will go nuts buying things as gifts. Hopefully more shoppers will think about the joy of giving and less about buying stuff. As you go out or online to do your holiday shopping, please keep the planet […]
Greening Halloween: Reuse & Crafty Modifications
Posted on October 29, 2012 Written by Leave a Comment
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, the environmental and budget costs of buying commercial costumes and most importantly what the kids want to be for Halloween. I […]
Day Camps Go Green! Vote for our Boys & Girls Club Camp!
Posted on July 30, 2012 Written by Leave a Comment
This summer I’ve noticed a growing trend with day camps in our area – they’re spending more time teaching kids about the environment and recycling. It’s a natural trend, when you’re outside, learn about things outside, but it seems to be more deliberate recently, which I love. The Mayor cheering for the Green Racers This […]
Reusable Dishes or Disposable?
Posted on May 29, 2012 Written by 4 Comments
Going camping? Should you take paper plates and cups and plastic silverware, or should buy special camping dishes and silverware? Which is more green? What is the right thing to do? Like most things that are “green” the answer is, it depends. Much of this discussion is about camping, however, many of these reasons hold […]
Uncle Johnny Explains Why You Should Switch to Paperless Billing
Posted on May 23, 2012 Written by Leave a Comment
Everyone gets and pays bills. Most of us receive and pay a LOT of bills. We’ve never addressed switching to paperless billing because frankly, it has always frightened Alicia. We don’t trust all those companies. Today, Alicia’s brother, better known as “Uncle Johnny” in our family, shares with us why we should switch to paperless […]
10 Last Minute Green Gifts Mom Will Love
Posted on May 12, 2012 Written by 4 Comments
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 stuff, or you don’t believe in buying things she doesn’t need. Keep in mind that […]
