Tag: Holidays - Page 10
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Easter Egg Packaging Under Scrutiny
There is a law, but you wouldn't know it to look at the Easter displays. After some years of watching diverging regulation develop in Member States, the EU passed the Directive 94/62/EC, on packaging and packaging waste. In a
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Green Eyes On: Get Responsible About Your Easter Eggs
It happens every April, egg sales rise just like turkeys quickly become high in demand in November. And, for
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Best of Inhabitots: Top 7 Eco-Friendly Easter Gifts for Kids
+ We're hopping with glee over these organic cotton bunny rattles from Dress Me Up.
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7 Fake, Annoying Holidays Brought to You by Consumerism
Got plans for Sweetest Day this year, or Grandparents Day, or one of those other random holidays that you only hear about while walking past the greeting card aisle at your local department store? Maybe just getting
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Happy Pi Day From TreeHugger and Planet Green
We are big fans of Pi Day and have been celebrating it for years, last year with this yummy mushroom and barley pie. Having the great event fall on a Sunday this year threw us off, so instead we round up our previous posts.
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Last Minute Natural Beauty for Valentine's Day
Makeup by Jessa Blades. Credit: Jeff Harris Valentine's Day is a great excuse to embrace your über girlie side, slip into some sexy and sustainable lingerie, and enjoy a box of organic chocolates. We brought in green beauty expert Jessa Blades of
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8 Ways Religious Groups Show Their Green Beliefs
When the pope says, "respect creation," people are going to listen. And over the past few years, religious figures representing all faiths have been
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Another Good Reason For A Holiday Today: It's Blue Monday
No, it's not Blue Monday because everyone is using the holiday in the States to go see Avatar. It is all based on a formula developed by Psychologist Cliff Arnall of Cardiff University, that determines that today is the most depressing day of the
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A Home at the Zoo for Old Christmas Trees
Though the holiday lights are still up on many houses, the first week of the new year means it's time to
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The Week in Pictures: Wind Turbine Christmas Star, 10 Years in Green, Mutant Superbugs, and More
From the world's largest Christmas star that now hovers above the A9 Autobahn near Munich's northern gateway--after a year of engineering, modeling, and trials--to the renaming of the world's tallest waterfall--deep within the Venezuelan jungle--a lot
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The Green Drinks Tokyo Holiday Dispatch
It's time when everybody thinks how they can spend a fun, entertaining and warm time with friends and families. But it's also a time to re-think how fortunate we are to be able to celebrate
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2010: Are You An Optimist or a Pessimist?
Things didn't look too good at the beginning of 2009 and they don't look too good right now, but we got through it. Are you optimistic or pessimistic about 2010? Will things get better or worse? (image source: buzz eins)
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Readers' Green New Year's Resolution Photos (Slideshow)
From plans to plant more trees to cutting carbon footprints and eating local, readers sent in photos of their green New Year's resolutions and @TreeHugger Followers responded on Twitter for
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6 Sustainable Accessories To Jazz Up Your LBD for New Year's Eve
Add festive flair to your little black dress (LBD)--or to one of our 6 Green Dresses for New Year's Eve with bright bangles, pom poms, clutches, and more. Click through for ideas and if you missed it, view our 6 Sustainable Shoes To Dance in the New
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6 Sustainable Shoes To Dance in the New Year
Searching for comfortable flats to dance into 2010, the right shoes for your LBD, or the perfect pumps to pair with one of our 6 Green Dresses for New Years? Get a jump start on green New Year's resolutions--don't forget to send or tweet us yours--and
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Readers, Send Us Your Green New Year's Resolution Photos!
Are you starting a local, vegan, or meatless weekday diet next year? Are you curbing your carbon emissions by offsetting your frequent flier miles or quitting your travel
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Make Boxing Day Green: Bring Back The Original Idea
It is Boxing Day, a statutory holiday in much of the English-speaking world. In Victorian times, servants got the day after Christmas off to spend time with their families, often with boxes of leftovers and annual bonuses. Since it is supposed to be an
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6 Green Dresses to Ring in the New Year
One more holiday hurdle to bring us into 2010, but what to wear? We are keeping it simple this season and suggest scouring vintage and second-hand shops, raiding a friend's
