Tag: Holidays
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Make Memorial Day A True Buy Nothing Day
it is a special day honoring those who died in war. Why are we shopping instead?
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AirHotel is a Treehouse Hotel Room in the Sky
These hotel rooms hang from trees. Do you have better dreams in them?
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Happy May Day!
It used to be the green holiday, until it became the red holiday and got banned in the USA.
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Happy Pi Day! It's The Celebration of All Things Round
We circle-in on all things round on March 14 and roundup our remembrances of Pi Days past.
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4 Ways to Avoid the Hidden Evils of Valentine’s Day
From child labor to blood diamonds, showing your love can have some seriously unexpected pitfalls.
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10 Ways to Spice up Your Knickers With Sustainable Lingerie
With Valentine's Day around the corner, now's the time to invest in thongs, sweet babydoll sets, ruffled knickers, and more -- in sustainable materials from organic cotton to soy.
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10 Great Green Gifts for Valentine's Day
Spread the love with flower seed bombs, Mexican dark chocolate fondue, reclaimed housewares, organic textiles, and more.
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E-Waste Isn't Cute: That Singing Valentine’s Day Card is Illegal to Throw Away in California
Generation Green points out the hazards of those "cute" singing cards that pop up during the holidays, and provide us with a petition to get manufacturers to stop making them.
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Cruise Ship Lines Win 2011 "Dino of the Year" Anti-environmental Prize
NABU slams AIDA and TUI cruise lines for ships that pollute as much as 5 million cars driving the same route
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Survey: What Are You Doing Today?
It's the day after Christmas, but a holiday for many this year. But are you hitting stores or spending time relaxing?
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Today Is Boxing Day, A Great Idea That Turned into Wretched Excess
Celebrated outside of the United States, the holiday used to have a real meaning.
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3 Lifestyle Shifts for a Simpler, Sweeter, Healthier Holiday
I haven't mastered the art of holiday stress less-ness but I can say every year gets a little bit easier.
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2011: Report on the State Of Modern Green Gingerbread Design
Urbanism and density come to gingerbread, as it comes of age as an architectural medium.
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Texas Drought Devastates Mistletoe Crops, Confirming the Planet's War on Christmas
The severe droughts in Texas this year killed most of the state's mistletoe crops, jeopardizing Christmas celebrations throughout the country.
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It's All Uphill From Here: It's The Winter Solstice, The Shortest Day Of The Year
I love the winter solstice; from now on, for those of us in the northern hemisphere, every day will be a little bit brighter and a little bit longer.
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First People Powered Christmas Tree in UK
Trivia challenge: how many years can you run London with the power used on Christmas lights?
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Build a Gingerbread Geodesic Dome
Every year we look at the latest in the green gingerbread design world; This year it's a home in a dome.
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What Is Santa's Carbon Footprint? [Infographic]
We know there has to be a carbon footprint to the Christmas Eve trek Santa makes every year. This fun infographic adds it up for us.
