By Dena Fritz Great idea founded in 2008 by Mike Marone in New York, the world’s largest recycling event on May 14th in North Chili, NY. Kudos to Mike for coming up with this idea! It is an event held to give away your goods to save them from ending up in a landfill. Are you a hoarder [...][...]
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EASTER MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER CAMPING SEASON
Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts are nationally famous for their Easter activities, which can include everything from crafts to separate egg hunts for adults and children to visits by the Easter Bunny Shirley and Eugene Goles and their family, from Baltimore, Md., have camped at the Jellystone Park Camp[...]
December 15th, 2010 - 8:30 am § in Family, My Green Life
Go Green Initiative – Teaching Our Youth How to be Green
By Dena Fritz I stumbled onto this website that is focused on teaching children how to care for their planet and to be environmentally conscience in their daily habits. It focuses on heightening awareness for sustainability and environmentally responsible practices. Where better to start than with o[...]
Bake Your Own Cookies
By Dena Fritz There is nothing more traditional than baking your own holiday’s cookies. There is certain nostalgia to mixing the dough, decorating, baking and sliding them onto a cooling rack. Oh and the house smells so good! Baking your own cookies also is an eco-thing to do. You are eliminating [...]
Use a Live Tree Instead – The Benefits
By Dena Fritz I wrote in my two previous blogs about the positives on using cut trees and artificial trees for Christmas. Both have their good points when it comes to saving our environment but this option is probably my favorite as it gives back to the earth, is living and it can be enjoyed[...]
Decorate With Handmade Holiday Ornaments
By Dena Fritz It’s convenient to go out and buy all of your holiday ornaments but is it always green? Sometimes we have to make sacrifices and make an effort if we truly believe in the green initiative. Making your own ornaments is one way to make a difference, you can use natural items from [..[...]
Use Beeswax or Soy Candles for Your Menorah
By Dena Fritz Today is the first day of Chanukah and if you are Jewish, you will be kindling your Menorah tonight after dusk. Something different to green up your holiday… Try soy or beeswax candles. Menorahs come in different sizes and not all candles are available in soy or beeswax but y[...]
Plastics and Bisphenol A
By Dena Fritz We produce more than 15oo lbs. of trash a year. Much of our trash is plastic. A chemical called Bisphenol A which is found in plastic is leaching into water sources and is getting into animals. Bizarre developmental problems in animals sparked a national effort to find the cause. Bi[...]
Online Photo Albums. Spare and Share.
By Dena Fritz Getting away from traditional photo albums didn’t just happen overnight. This is an evolution! The more we use photos online for social networking, the easier it is to be enticed to store our photos on a site that is made just for that. There are websites that now hold all your [.[...]
Fall Foliage
By Dena Fritz Ever notice how the air changes in August? It takes on a crisp feel and the humidity takes a back seat. I am from the mid-atlantic region where the sun gets brighter and the leaves turn scarlet and gold. Autumn is a nice season because it isn’t too cold or too hot; it’s very [...[...]