Monday, July 13, 2009

A Little Something to Encourage You to Go Green!

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Since I'm having so much fun shopping at yard sales and estate sales to fill my house & shop, I've decided to share the love!
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Cloth Napkins are one of the easiest ways to cut down wasteful consumption, and when purchased 2nd hand, they are an even greener way to go!
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I have decided to GIVEAWAY (!!!) 11 luncheon napkins w/ machine embroidered butterflies (folded in half) and 4 heavier-weight ivory cotton dinner napkins (folded in quarters). They show no signs of wear and are beautiful and functional.
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There are 4 ways to be entered in the giveaway:
1. Leave a comment with 2 things you have done in the last 12 months to live Greener.
2. Leave a comment with 2 Green Goals you have for the next 12 months.
3. Link this Green Giveaway in you own blog, encouraging others to live Greener. (Provide the direct link)
4. Post about this Green Giveaway in a public forum, encouraging others to go Green. (Provide the direct link)
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Please include a way to contact you in your response(s).
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This Giveaway is open until Sunday, July 19th, 2009.
Winner will be chosen by a random online # drawing and posted Monday July 20th, 2009.
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What better way to Go Green, Save Money, and show off your Class, than to use cloth instead of paper?
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Good Luck!
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37 comments:

Kya said...

2 things we've done the last month:
1. gotten a 2nd rainbarrel (which, unfortunately, due to our dry weather, remains completely empty)
2. planted a vegetable garden

andrealynn0707 said...

I twittered you!
http://twitter.com/andrealynn0707

Also, last 12 months:
1. unpaper towels
2. used home-made weed killer (vinegar, salt and water) instead of chemicals

Anonymous said...

2 Things we've done in the last 12 months:

1. Cut back on how cool we keep the ac running in the house.
2. Made an effort to freecycle anything I think might be remotely wanted rather than throwing it in the trash.

2 things I plan to do in the next 12 months (I know this only counts as one entry but I wanted to mention both!)

1. Unplug all non running appliances when they are not in use to cut down on our Vampire power consumption.
2. Build a compost bin and use it!

joes_love said...

2 things we've done in the last 12 months:
-switched to cloth diapers ;-)
-changed to low-flow shower heads!

and I tweeted you
http://twitter.com/SLHamilton

Heather said...

Geen things I have done in the past year...

1. Joined a CSA for our summer vegetables. Unfortunately I couldn't get into one early in the season, so ours starts the week of 7/20. Thought it best to give a CSA a try during the my summer pregnancy.
2. Using prefolds for our 2nd child. I didn't start using cloth diapers with our daughter until she was 15mos. She is now 2.5. Now we are starting at birth.
3. Have had a community garden plot but wasn't sure how much I could get done this year being due in August. Got my tomatoes, cucumbers and squash planted recently...better late...

Shanea said...

2 things I have done in the past 12 months:
1. hang dry clothes in the warm weather
2.eliminate plastic bottles

Shanea said...

oh, my email is miamihoney at gmail dot com

Nicole said...

2 things i did this year.
- start using un-paper towels instead of paper towels (although we got a roll when we moved in to our new place. gonna see how long that lasts).
-be came a re-cycle maven. i recycle anything i can with the triangle on it. i carry plastic and cans home from work. (i use my own waterbottle at work).

Megan said...

2 things we've done:

1. Started cloth diapering!

2. Gotten a rain barrel.

Nicole said...

things i want to do....
eat more locally (hopefully i can cook more now since i'm close to work)
turn the TV off. i don't need it for back ground noise!

Sunshine said...

I compost with my Naturemill composter. And we still recycle even though it requires us driving the bins to a recycling dumpster miles from our home. We use compostable doggie poop bags. We wash clothes in cold, and dry in low heat to save energy. We also make sure to turn off lights when we leave a room to save energy.

I am a vegan which I believe is a very eco-friendly choice. And if and when we have little ones we will cloth diaper, and cloth wipe.

Kristy said...

Recently, we:
1. started using cloth diapers
2. began cleaning with vinegar, baking soda, etc. around the house

Kristy said...

We plan on:
1. trying to use our A/C less and make an effort to turn lights off when not in the room
2. starting a compost bin

luvlieK - Kelly said...

Next 12 months - learn more/try composting
and cook more, eat out less

Katie said...

2 things I've done in the last 12 months are:
start composting and
switched to the Diva Cup instead of traditional tampons

(I've done more than 2, but these are my biggies)

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Anonymous said...

2 things I want to do in the next 12 months:

Use my clothesline exclusively, and cut down our water consumption.

Heather said...

In the last 12 months, we have cloth diapered our daughter and we use cloth grocery bags.

My email is wildflower329 at hotmail dot com.

Katie said...

2 goals:
change over to all cloth napkins and kitchen towels,
upgrade all plastic food storage to glass/ceramic.

Katie said...

Blog :)

http://itsallforthis.blogspot.com/2009/07/another-green-giveaway.html

Katie said...

Tweet!

http://twitter.com/itsallforthis

(this was #4, you can contact me amarazi@yahoo.com )

One Green Mama said...

2 things we've done this year:

Switched to family cloth
started using washcloths for cleaning instead of throw away wipes which I'm sad to say we used for a long time because it made cleanup quick and easy to me even though it really wasn't.

Jacqie said...

In the last 12 months we have:
1. switched to cloth diapers
2. used homemade cleaners

Christina said...

Two things we've in the last 12 months
1. Switched to homemade cleaners

2. buying locally grown produce

Goals

1. to buy local grass feed meat

2. be better about unplugging appliances

tina120981 @ aol dot com

Jane said...

1. recycled anything that can be recycled
2. took some of aiden's old burp clothes and made them new again for Arik
3. am making nursing pads for myself and friends to help encourage going green.

Jane said...

for got my email address
janiedillon at gmail dot com

Shanea said...

2 things I want to do in the next 12 months:

1. join a CSA
2. work on my small garden... beyond tomatoes

miamihoney@gmail.com

Alyson said...

2 things we've done in the last 12 months:

1. started cloth diapering our baby (we also use cloth wipes).

2. we had bought a new-to-us house and the appliances were probably 20+ years old so had to go. We replaced with all high efficiency machines.

Amy said...

Did I appropriately AW you?
http://rumbleinthekitchen.blogspot.com/2009/07/go-green-enter-to-win-free-cloth.html

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/Hippinski?ref=nf

and here http://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/19148631.aspx

In the last 12 months I have signed us up for 2 CSAs and have started to can/freeze local produce when it's in season. I've also ordered mamacloth and will change over as soon as it's delivered. :D

For goals I would like to see us go to 99% all organic for everything we eat and to cut our garbage out put in half.

ArtsyFartsyFooFoo said...

I did it, dearie.

:P

ArtsyFartsyFooFoo said...

And here's your link.
::airkisses::

http://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/18987276.aspx

Boo, Jax and Bo said...

2 things we've done recently is:

1. Switch to cloth diapers for our son, and

2. Switch to reusable stainless steel straws.

Anonymous said...

1. cloth diapers!
2. banished toxins from our home!
YAY!

Kristen said...

1. Switched to cloth diapers
2. Now use reusable grocery bags

Kristen said...

2 thing I want to do

1. Eat more foods from local sellers
2. Use cloth napkins

emilie said...

Two things in the last 12 months:
I've done is start reusing things instead of throwing away.
Buying used instead of buying new (particularly furniture).

Lisa said...

Green goals this year:
1. Stop using disposables overnight
2. Put electronics on a power strip and completely turn off/unplug when not being used. I've been meaning to do this for the last year - it needs to get done!
mamabunny2 at yahoo dot com