How to Look Cool

At a recent meeting of green program coordinators, some of whom have been in the business for ten years or more, I um.. paid very close attention to the issues at hand. Mostly, I brought home notes about how you look eco-chic:

1) Pack your lunch. Preferrably something vegetarian and healthy, and in a re-usable container.

2) Bring your water in a stainless steel bottle. No plastic; that leaches and can't be recycled easily!

3) Use recycled notepaper, take limited notes, or write in margins of papers at hand.

Green Holidays

Depressingly, it is time for winter holiday talk. I am adding to the millieu of pre-Halloween Christmas/Hanukkah discussion. Luckily, Ramadan has already passed for the year or we'd have another monotheistic religion on our hands to deal with. (Ramadan and Eid seem pretty green in my brief experience of them - you eat less, eat with your hands, and walk cookies over to your neighbors - no waste!)


Sustainable forest/recycled Christmas cards from Owl.
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Laura and I were excited to read about this, even though THE HOLIDAYS are still aeons away.



TreeHugger.com has an eco-friendly Gift Guide for Christmas and Hanukkah. As one who recently begun to relish wrapping presents in brown grocery bags, I am excited by this guide to buying the gifts themselves. Find out about fabric gift bags, recycled glass ornaments, and natural beeswax Hanukkah candles. See what you think!