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New Year’s

Green New Year’s Goal – No More Bottled Water

January 4, 2011

Today we’re going to look a little closer at one of this year’s green challenges for eco-families – stop buying bottled water. WHY TAKE ON THIS GOAL? There are dozens of great reasons why you should quit buying bottled water. However, since we’ve already gone over that at Growing a Green Family, I won’t bore [...]

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My Eco-Goals for the New Year

January 1, 2011

To end out December 2010 I posted 5 insanely easy green New Year’s goals for families who are newer to green living. Plus, we started looking at some harder green challenges for more experienced eco-families – a list that I’ll finish up this week at some point. However, I didn’t post my own New Year’s [...]

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Green New Year’s Goal – Quit Using Paper Towels & Paper Napkins

December 31, 2010

So far we’ve looked at 5 insanely easy New Year’s goals for families who are newer to green living. Plus we started looking at some harder green challenges for more experienced eco-families. Next on our list is the goal of zero paper towels and paper napkins. WHY TAKE ON THIS GOAL? Paper products use up [...]

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Five 2011 Eco-Challenges for More Experienced Green Families

December 30, 2010

In the last post I listed 5 insanely easy New Year’s goals for families who are newer to green living. However, I know plenty of you are not new to green living. If you’ve got some eco-experience, as a family, then you’re ready for some harder challenges during the upcoming year. Now to make these [...]

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Five Insanely Easy New Year’s Goals for Families New to Green Living

December 30, 2010

If you’re looking to go green this year, without a ton of fuss, you can! Many green goals take time, skill and willpower. However, there are also plenty of green New Year’s goals you can make that seriously take almost no effort, few funds and use up very little time. Following are some of the [...]

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Eco-friendly Holiday Greeting Cards

November 18, 2009

The best way to go when it comes to holiday greetings is to skip the paper and send e-cards, or make homemade cards with recycled paper you already have. However, since some people do like cards you can hold, here are some ideas… Pear Tree Greetings – Pear Tree now offers fully recycled Christmas Cards [...]