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December 16, 2010

Five Easy Ways to Reduce Waste This Holiday Season

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Hello Sew Greeners! I'm sure you're all in the midst of your busy holiday preparations. I know I am. We all know this season can be ...
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December 9, 2010

Gifts for your favorite bike commuter

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Here in the U.S., over-commercialized gift-giving season is in full swing! I thought I would share some unique gifts for the bicyclist in y...
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December 3, 2010

The 3 R's - Part 3

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I posted in June on reducing and in September on reusing . Now it's time for a post on recycling. I always think that reusing and recyc...
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Happy Hanukkah!

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Happy Hanukkah to those that celebrate! And happy December to those that don't! I create a little craft tutorial on my blog for a Jewis...
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November 25, 2010

Green your party season, and Happy Thanksgiving!

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I'd like to begin by saying Happy Thanksgiving to you guys across the pond! But I have a couple of confessions. The first is, I nearly f...
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November 19, 2010

If the pants fit, wear them out.

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Clothes and fashion are topics that pop up regularly on Sew Green, and with good reason. We all dress ourselves on a daily basis (and many o...
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November 11, 2010

I spent the morning in bed.... weeding.

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My daughters and I packed up the car early this morning and took the 45 minute drive to our farm.  I like to call it "our farm".  ...
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November 4, 2010

The privilege of biking in the rain

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On my drizzly bike ride to work this morning, this sage wisdom occurred to me: If you want to feel like you can conquer anything, take a bi...
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September 30, 2010

natural stress relievers

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chicken-watching: a very natural stress-reliever The last few weeks have been kind of stressful. Job craziness, car troubles, all sorts of u...
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September 26, 2010

slow clothes

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My clothes are disintegrating. Most are over ten years old. Moths have taken advantage of some of them as the clothes have hung on the line ...
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September 9, 2010

The 3 Rs - Part 2

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Way back in June, I posted about the first R - reducing. A week later, our garage was broken into and my very nice Norco Vermont was stolen....
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September 2, 2010

Better Back-to-School Shopping

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I've had a bad morning. My USB memory stick is broken. And I don't just mean "error message" broken, I mean the circuit bo...
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August 31, 2010

Island SummeRRR

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my girls and i are blessed with the opportunity to spend our summers up at our family cottage. my husband comes for as long as work allows -...
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August 26, 2010

Green Housing: Getting the most out of what you have

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  In my architectural day job I work on large projects, mostly University buildings. It might seem like a far cry from designing homes, but...
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August 13, 2010

Make yourself un-stinky!

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I have been reading about handmade deodorant for a few years now, but was always a bit skeptical. Each recipe seemed to involve melting s...
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August 5, 2010

latest finds for kids

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once my daughter was born, i knew better than to swear that i wasn't going to have ANY plastic toys in my house. but i did really want t...
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