Category Archives: Living Green

Fresh Bread

It is interesting to me how the whole “green lifestyle” thing can grab you and take you places you never thought you’d be. For example. two years ago, after I decided I wanted to consciously do things to help the environment, I did things like change lightbulbs, be even more cautious about saving water and…

Clean Up Challenge!

On Sunday, we grabbed the kids and a neighborhood friend and we took a walk around the neighborhood. It was amazing to see the amount a trash we picked up in our “clean suburban” neighborhood.I knew we were doing the right thing when Z Man (the 5 year old) said,”We are doing something that is…

May 2, 2008 Weekend Challenge

Put the Cycle in Recycle

It’s a new explanation of the idea of recycling that I heard on TV recently. A huge part of Recycling is the Cycle. If you purchase a product and its packaging and they are manufactured from virgin material and then you toss what you can of the packaging into the recycling bin – IS THAT…

Answers: How Long Does It Take To Biodegrade?

From 4/11/08: Can you put this list in order? (Answers below) Tin Can Disposable Diaper Plastic 6-pack Holder Paper Wool Cap Aluminum Can Glass Bottles Rubber Boot Sole Banana Peel Cigarette Butt Hard Plastic Container Here are the answers to the list I posted yesterday: (I did my research at the Bureau of Land Management)…