Minimal Harm - For the Love of the Planet

Does anyone have a Kitchen composter recommendation?

GirlC — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:19:18 -0700

I just bought an outdoor composting bin and am pretty excited to start composting. However, I need to locate it in a sunny area in my yard and that area is far from my patio door. I’d like to have something in the kitchen so that I can collect stuff and only have to trek outside once a week. Does anyone know of a good counter top or under the sink composter?

Who knew ...

Schaianne — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:57:59 -0800

that there were so many alternative uses for plastic bags???? Wow. http://www.instructables.com/id/Plastic_Bags/

Plastic Bag Bags are where it's at.

Schaianne — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:43:09 -0700

plasticbagbag.com

Crochet a bag out of plastic bags! Great recycling project!

Unstiffen Your Line-Dried Laundry

GirlC — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:11:51 -0700

Since I tend to dry my clothes outside in the summer I was happy to find this, and will be trying some of the tricks soon!

http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/unstiffen-your-line-dried-l...

Flock Web Browser: Eco-Edition

tdamji — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:37:27 -0700

Powered by Mozilla, "the same fast and secure engine that powers the Firefox browser", the Flock Browser is a great way to keep up with the latest environmental news and information.

"Flock Gives Back 10% of Search Proceeds:
Flock believes in providing users who download the Flock Eco-Edition a means to give back by donating 10% of search proceeds to the environmental charity of choice, as deemed by the voting of the community of Flock’s Eco-Edition users at the end of this year. Flock makes money when people search through the browser. So the more you search via Flock Eco-Edition, the more we're committing to give back."

DIY Crafty Projects from Recycled Materials

tdamji — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:20:56 -0700

There's no end to the ideas out there for great recycled-material crafts and goods for the home!

RePlayground is a great site that is part store, part DIY instruction sharer and part blog.

Check out their shop for pre-made goods created from scrap materials, here.

Are you particularly proud of something you've made from recycled materials? Let me know in your comments, or better yet - post it for all of us to be inspired by!

Cuckoo Clocks

tdamji — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:46:00 -0700

designspotter.com

Migrating from his homeland to New York over 15 years ago, Klaus Rosburg has been an award winning pioneer in Brooklyn's vibrant design scene. His German genes came through as he designed a cardboard version of the original German Cuckoo's clock.

Designer: Klaus Rosburg (United States)
Manufacturer: SONIC Design (United States)

Reduce & Reuse Eco-friendly Packaging | at greenUPGRADER.com you'll find eco-friendly products & ideas to help you live a more s

Schaianne — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:59:05 -0700

greenupgrader.com

Packaging material that doubles as stands for your electronics. Interesting - not sure I'd go this far, though.

Start Eco-searching with Ecocho: You search, they Plant Trees

tdamji — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:18:13 -0700

Ecocho works with either yahoo or Google and allows you to search the internet as you normally would, with the added bonus of knowing you are contributing to the offsetting of greenhouse gases!

Here are a few key facts about Ecocho:

Each time you use ecocho as your search engine, you'll be helping to slow climate change.

How? For every 1000 searches that users make on ecocho.com, up to two trees will be grown to offset carbon pollution emissions

Switching to ecocho.com doesn't alter or slow your search. Search results are displayed via technology you already know and trust - Yahoo and Google

ecocho.com is the world's first known search engine that enables users to offset their own carbon emissions for free

ecocho.com is an international initiative to reduce global warming. The service is multi-lingual and is being rolled out globally.

Trees are grown via official Government-accredited projects.

KPMG will run quarterly and final year-end audits on the amount of carbon credits purchased and "retired" by ecocho

Yahoo and Google have both given their support to the project, contributing the search results for the site

ecocho.com aims to contribute 70 per cent of revenue back into carbon offset credits, for the growth of trees

Earth Week on Minimal Harm: A Week of Events

tdamji — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:03:37 -0700

Although Earth Day is "officially" April 22nd this year, it has been and will continue to be celebrated for several weeks on either side of that date.
Source: http://ww2.earthday.net

Here, in Vancouver, the Epic Sustainable Living Expo , just one of many "green festivals" in this city at this time of year, was held this weekend. Even though "green" events are not often widely publicized, it does seem like a lot is going on around the city, country, and world in celebration of Earth Day (or Earth Month, really) and to celebrate Spring generally.

I came across a few particularly good websites that make information about such events more widely available, and thought I'd share some of the highlights with you.

This site has an extensive list of events going on around the world, so check it out for some ideas. this site has a calendar with some unusual events taking place in Canada and the USA.

click here to listen to Zach Braff (from Scrubs)'s Climate Change message.

What will you be doing this Earth Day or throughout the week?
Anything special going on in your community/city?

stay tuned for the rest of the posts this week for fun tips, activities, ways to get educated and more, in order to celebrate Earth Week!