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Carnival of the Green #156
Janelle Sorensen
Monday, December 01, 2008
Welcome to the 156th edition of the weekly Carnival of the Green, a collection of environmentally-focused blog posts which moves from one blog to the next each Monday and is managed by TreeHugger. Last week's Carnival of the Green was hosted by The Tranquil Parent. Next week's will be hosted by Camphor. Now, without further ado, your nickel tour of the green blogosphere this week…
Green Home
What’s greener than buying organic eggs? Clara Myers from Mind Mart clues you in on raising chickens in your backyard. Free fertilizer and fresh eggs. What's not to like?
Learn how to green your baby’s numbers 1 and 2 with Holly at Woman Tribune who writes about Ditching Nasty Nappies and opting for reusable diapers.
Go green underfoot by following Chris Baskind’s tips on How to Green Your Carpet Cleaning over at Lighter Footstep. Whether it's wall-to-wall carpeting or area rugs, your floor coverings will eventually need a good cleaning. But the last thing you need is chemical cleaners.
Bring a little extra green into your home by growing a bonsai tree. Susan Morris from Bonsai Trees Care shares the basics about bonsai and the patience needed to become intuitive to your tree’s needs.
Green Government
Maybe the best thing the government could do to protect the environment would be to stop doing anything. David Gross from The Picket Line shares some recent examples where the government worked to impede people who were trying to do the green thing.
Still, all over the world, governments are finally making it cost more to pollute our planet. Lisa from Green Pastures advises: Polluters Beware! Large companies are getting hit where it hurts.
And here’s a novel idea from a government creating green spaces: Joshua at Gardenaut blogged about Seattle's creative use of the existing foundations of removed homes in the expansion of its urban parks program, an invitation to examine how existing structures in need of removal can play a role in landscaping.
Green Economy and Shopping
Black Friday wasn't a banner day for Consumerism. Tragedy at a Long Island Wal-Mart embodies the consume-at-all-costs spirit which pushes our planet toward exhaustion. Chris Baskind covers the tragedy and its implications in “I'd Trample You to Save a Buck Or Two”
Lynn from Organic Mania addresses “Cyber Monday” and the “Buy Nothing Day” campaign. This year, with the economy in tatters, she proposes "Buy Something that Matters Day." Instead of buying more stuff on Black Friday or CyberMonday, why not use the beginning of holiday shopping season to buy something that matters - something that will help you to go green, and help new green entrepreneurs in the process. Lynn also includes links to some savings codes for green merchants.
You can find additional options using The Tranquil Parent's unique holiday gift guide, which offers a wide array of green, healthy, and wellness gift ideas.
Or, instead of buying anything, make green crafts this year. RecycleCindy from My Recycled Bags offers her latest craft idea: a recycled tote bag which is crocheted from old plastic bags (plastic yarn also known as “plarn”). It’s a wonderful reusable tote and a great way to repurpose those old plastic bags. Here is the free pattern link.
And, if you’re looking to save some green all year round, not just the holidays, The Digerati Life shares 8 Lessons Learned from the Cheapest Family in America, the family of seven that lives off $35,000 a year. In the current economy, these are tips we all can use.
And one final miscellaneous injustice…
Sally Kneidel from the Veggie Revolution shares an appalling story of how last week Malaysian police intercepted 900 "oven ready" owls from wildlife smugglers. (Warning: graphic image, you may not want to view if you’ve just eaten. I did, and my stomach is turning…)
Posted by Woman Tribune on 12/16 at 06:02 PM
Great carnival and thank you very much for including my post.
Posted by Framingham Landscape on 01/08 at 12:04 PM
Very nice looking site and blog! I think many people will start going green in 2009.
Posted by Anonymous on 01/22 at 07:42 PM
I recently saw a program about green homes…the featured house had a water heating system that used pipes to pump hot water that ran through the floor of the entire house. Somehow it was way more efficient than central air, and the water was recycled back and forth. All I know is that if I can go green and heat my floors from the ground up, that sounds good to me this winter!
Posted by Greener Pastures on 12/01 at 08:02 PM
Thank you for including my article! Nice blog you have here.