Recycle your Electronics! Via an ATM!

EcoAtm is a service that takes e-waste at your local mall!  WOW.  Check it out! Make a difference in e-waste.  Check out this article for details on where e-waste goes and how much of it there is!  "The Story of E-Waste"

Photo by http://www.maximumpc.com

"Nature in the City" by COMPOST THIS!

Nature brings life to the city!  This picture was taken in downtown Seattle near Dearborn and Rainier Avenue in February 2014.  

"Nature in City Part 1: Water", Photograph by Tracy
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Where do you find nature?  Gardens are everywhere!  This photo was taken near another wonderful restaurant in Seattle.  Humble Pie is a pizzeria which is all natural, they cook the pies in an adobe oven and they  They even have their own chickens for the eggs that are necessary for the dough!  In the summertime they have numerous raised beds for home grown vegetables!

Recycle CDS and their packaging!

As we move to Itunes and online for our entertainment 1000s of CDs and DVDs are being tossed.  Don't throw them into the garbage.  Do the right thing and recycle them!  Check out the CD Recycling Center of America.    Make sure to delete any sensitive information prior to sending!  

For more details on recycling visit www.earth911.com 

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!