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A fair trade mother’s day basket

I don’t particularly like gift baskets when you order them from a company that puts them together for you. There’s always items in there that are useless or at least not to the recipient’s tastes. But I think putting together you’re own gift basket with useful and appreciated items is thoughtful and personal. Mother’s Day is [ READ MORE ]

Divine praise

Short post today – the boys are off from school and I have to fit in working and mommying on a Monday. I wanted to share with you some praise I have for the chocolate that I bought the boys for Valentine’s Day. I took the advice that Lynn and Corey from Celebrate Green gave [ READ MORE ]

Green term of the week: bird friendly certification

I‘m getting such late start this morning. The boys have a two hour snow day and we all just stayed in bed. I love mornings like this until I realize that I still have a job to do and now I have to scramble! Eh, it’s worth it. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to interview Lynn [ READ MORE ]

10 Easy Ways to Be More Sustainable with Your Holiday Preparations

Last year I cancelled almost all of my catalogs. You wouldn’t have known it this past week. A whole new slew of catalog companies have found my name and address, and I’ve got a pile of holiday catalogs. I’ll be going to catalog choice to cancel them sometime this week. Their arrival made one thing [ READ MORE ]

Thoughts from My First Greenish Halloween

It was quite an eventful October 31st around here. Not only was it Halloween, but the entire region was caught up in Phillies Fever. The local high speedline station that goes into Philly was crazy with parked cars that spilled out into the side streets making it dangerous for me to drive down the street [ READ MORE ]

Do You Buy Fair Trade Products?

If you’ve read this blog for a while, you know I’m a fan of fair trade. I always buy fair trade coffee and this year I’ve bought fair trade Halloween candy to give out to the trick-or-treaters. Treehugger is conducting a survey right now asking Do You Buy Fair Trade? They are asking because fair [ READ MORE ]

Fair Trade Halloween Treats

Okay, off the topic here, but you all know I gave up diet coke in the beginning of July. I am so dying to run out and buy a two liter right now. Why?  Okay, on topic. It’s the first day of fall. Thoughts are turning to Halloween. I read about a program from Global Exchange [ READ MORE ]

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