Love Coffee? Hate trash? You can get paid for your coffee bags!

Check it out! TRASHE Bags They will pay you for the coffee bags!  YAHOO!  Less out of the garbage.
UPCYCLE your discards!
Got pets or other animals?  Other things that they upcycle?

• Recycled dog food bags
• Pedigree is much needed
• Recycled chicken food bags

Check out this bag DIY instructions!!

Natural Graffiti......GARDENS EVERYWHERE!

Photo by Le Quiantrelle: Moss graffiti

I live in the Northwest, in the lovely state of Washington.  Moss grows nearly everywhere!  And now is the time when everything turns green with the ongoing fall and winter rains. 
So what is a Northwest gardener going to do?  MOSS Graffiti.   Keep an eye out for future posts.  I intend to turn my apartment's walls into living art.  Click here for a collection of images of MOSS graffiti.
Want to join the green revolution? Check out this WikiHow "How to Make Moss Graffiti" 

Gardening on the Inside

Gardening may reduce depression and stress, check out "Get Growing and Get Happy," while houseplants are known to reduce toxic chemicals that build up in our homes. 

Plants "Clean" Air Inside Our Homes  discusses which plants are best for specific toxins.  Learn how to grow plants indoors with Great Plant Escape.  Here is a list of 9 Vegetables to Grow Indoors.

Grow your own food and antidepressants and clean the air!  Here are some more links:

Grow Herbs Indoors

25 Easiest Houseplants to Grow

 

Photo By "Not Just A Housewife"

Love this idea from "Not Just a Housewife"

GARDENS EVERYWHERE! 

Going Camping? Don't Forget your Biolite Stove.....and your Cellphone! (RECHARGE!)

My friend Matt clued me into this great device--the BioLite Stove!  It is a camp stove that uses the energy created by fire to charge your cellphone!

I love this idea!  Say no to disposable gas camp stove containers!  Twigs and other kindling do the trick!

A New Type of Drinking Fountain---Refill you water bottle with Elkay EZ H2O !

The University of Washington in Seattle has been on the edge of environmental revolution.  Back in 2005 the school began its composting program.  Now that program has blossomed into a city-wide composting program.  Seattle's Food Waste and Yard Waste Program is one of the more progressive in the United States.  Check out what can be recycled/composted "Where does it go?"  In 2006, the UW started testing compostable silverware.  In 2010,  "Seattle Ban[ed] Single-use Restaurant Packaging From Landfills".

Well, the Huskies have done it again.  The new, updated Husky Union Building, the Student Union or HUB has brand new water fountains that monitor how many plastic bottles were kept out of the landfill.  The name of this fountain is an Elkay "Ez fill" water fountain. 

 

I'm waiting to see what the City of Seattle will do.  There are several water fountains on each floor of the HUB.  Each one has saved thousands of disposable plastic bottles from going into the Northwest waste stream.  

We are making a difference.  Each step. Each new design!

Got a Pallet? Make a Garden!

Got a pallet? Make a garden! Check out Growing a Greener World  or Life on the Balcony for instructions on how to make a vertical garden!  Or check out this great article "20 Creative Ways to Upcycle Pallets in Your Garden" by The Micro Gardener.   Gardens are not just something that requires lots and lots of land or space.  You can create a garden wherever you can find at least 4 hours of sunlight.  Make a difference.  Plant a garden.

Mixed Recycing! How does it Work?

I've always wondered how I can throw everything that is recycled in one bin is sorted.  Here is a great video (British) that details the process!  WOW! 

Toxic Products in your home!

Get yourself a copy of this book: The Safe Shoppers Bible, Here is just a very short list of the household products that contain known irritants, CARCINOGENS and/or neurotoxins. (Carcinogens are chemicals that cause cancer. Neurotoxins are chemicals that adversely affect the nervous system reducing emotional well being, mental alertness, coordination and other functions associated with intelligence.) 

Lysol disinfectant (all scents)
Renuzit Air Deodorizer
Bon Ami Foam Cleaner --wow. I thought this was safe. I'm not buying it again!
Citra-Solv
Fantastik All-Purpose Cleaner
Formula 409
Pine-Sol Multi-Action Spray
Pledge Household Cleaner
Simple Green
Spic & Span Cleaner
Scotts Liquid Gold
Lemon Pledge
Tilex Soap Scum Remover
Glass Plus
Ajax Cleaner
Gillette Foamy Skin Conditioning
Speed Stick Deodorant
Soft Soap
Secret Deodorant
Johnson's Baby Shampoo--seriously! OMG!!
S.O.S. Ammonia Glass Cleaner
Dawn Sureshot
S.O.S. Vinegar Cleaner
Joy Dishwashing Liquid
Windex Glass Cleaner
Shout Aerosol & Stick
Sunlight Dishwashing Liquid
Spray & Wash Stain Remover--DANGIT.
Kleen King Aluminum & Copper Cleaner
KR2 Spot Lifter
Behold Furniture Wax
Depend-o Blue Toilet Cleaner
Endust
3M Aerosol Spot Remover
Formby's Lemon & Almond Spray
Most Home & Garden Pesticides

Right Guard Deodorant
Ponds Dry Skin Bar
Palmolive Skin Bar
Lady Speed Stick
Lever 2000
Irish Spring Deodorant
Lifebouy Soap
Jergens Liquid Soap
English Leather Deodorant
Ban Roll-on
Caress Body Bar
Camay
Ultra Brite Toothpaste
Cepacol Mouthwash
Crest Tartar Control
Listerine Original & Cool Mint--Got this....hmmmmm......even my dentist recommended using it sparingly....last time I got my teeth cleaned.
Arm & Hammer Toothpaste--seriously! This is one that is supposed to be 'safer"
Colgate toothpaste
Scope Mouthwash
Old English Furniture Spray
Dove Soap Bars