When we think of school lunches, many of us picture a brown bag containing a paper napkin, a sandwich on store-bought bread in a plastic baggy, a box of juice or milk, and perhaps a piece of fruit and a plastic-wrapped cake or cookie. What we probably don’t picture are landfills heaped with non-biodegradable plastic […]
Recycled Picture Frame from five ACCESSORIES
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I received the wood bracelet from five ACCESSORIES from someone for work I did for them, plus I also received a couple of recycled picture frames. These are native to Chicago – handmade by a StreetWise (a Chicago organization) vendor out of recycled street rubbish. The vendor, Glenn Hughes, […]
Hearts and Crafts for Valentine’s Day – Plantable Cards
I thought these were a neat alternative to the normal Valentine’s Day cards we usually give out. They are an environmentally friendly Valentine’s Day card, plus they are plantable! These cards do not use up any of our forests as they are made from recycled cotton and contain seeds so that they may be planted, […]
