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Holidays

Green Holiday Tip #5: Buy the Product, Not the Packaging

By Denise Rowcroft | December 14, 2011 | 0

On average, 10 percent of what we pay for a product goes towards the packaging…often that same packaging that maybe persuades us to buy that product over another, and then…

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Green Holiday Tip #4: Handmade Holiday

By Denise Rowcroft | December 8, 2011 | 0

Make it Yourself I don’t know about you, but my favorite gifts to give are the ones I make myself. They are free for me, personalized, and fun to make.…

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Tip #3: Choose Quality Over Quantity

By Denise Rowcroft | December 6, 2011 | 1

Quality over quantity: a common expression But won’t one item instead of twelve, end in depression? “No, no, no”! I sing, for that one item will last Whereas everything else…

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Green Holiday Tip #2: Make Memories, Not Garbage.

By Denise Rowcroft | November 30, 2011 | 0

Ahhh, memories… tastes, smells, sounds, sights, feelings of excitement and fuzziness, of bitter cold and warm breezes… laughter and too much wine. The holidays get us thinking about the years…

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Thoughtful Giving Tip #1: PLAN AHEAD & PREPARE

By Denise Rowcroft | November 28, 2011 | 0

With goblins and ghouls competing with jingle bells in October, it seems the holidays creep up on us sooner and sooner every year. Is it just me, or was the…

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Rethink Your Holiday: Top 10 Ways to Give Green This Holiday

By Denise Rowcroft | November 22, 2011 | 0

With America’s biggest shopping day of the year creeping into Thanksgiving, it seems like a good time to step back and think about how we want to spend our holidays.…

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