Comments on: Green Holiday Basics

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 02:28:53 +0000

Over at THTL we really believe in sustainable holidays. Waste increases over 50% just between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. Our favorite tips include using a real Christmas tree, celebrating with neighbors, and getting outdoors (yes, even in the snow!)

The suggestion about the thermostat is a great one. Why do people get so angry about wearing a coat indoors? It’s not a big deal to layer inside when you’re just going to throw on more to go outside anyways. Getting used to it now will equal savings for years to come!

By: The Obamas’ Recycled Holiday Festoons - Earth911.com

The Obamas’ Recycled Holiday Festoons - Earth911.com — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:48:04 +0000

[...] to White House officials, the First Lady went back to the basics concerning the decor, a reflection of both rocky economic times and a special acknowledgment of the [...]

By: Jordyn

Jordyn — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:13:56 +0000

The whole “global warming” apperation has been almost scaring me a bit lately, keeping me up at night, distracting me from my studies, and so on. It is nice to know that there are websites, like this one, that can teach us how to reduce our carbon footprint, and ease our consciences. Thank you.

By: Liz Amason

Liz Amason — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:04:23 +0000

Well, I’m going a new direction with Christmas Cards this year. This is a VERY hard change for me, because I LOVE to write up a Christmas letter with pictures and mail to EVERYONE! But, even using recycled products for this project, isn’t really helping my carbon footprint reduction :-(

Therefore, I just signed up for a great online greeting card program that is done all via internet. The selection of cards for Christmas, birthday’s, thank you, etc, is quite significant. Plus, they are animated and very unique. I had never heard of this company until I received a card via a LinkedIn associate this week. The link to the site is: http://www.jacquielawson.com/

I am still going to have to put together a letter of sorts and probably mail it out to those, who are not connected to the internet. But, that will be a very small number. Also, I’m thinking that I’ll probably transfer my letter onto one of my auto-responder systems and send it, to those receive my new virtual Christmas cards.

Besides the savings in paper, postage, time, etc., the bigger picture is that I’ll be creating less waste. That’s my newest gift to this beautiful planet.