Help Stop the Commercialization of Christmas
The following article is my entry in Green Bean’s Green Mom’s Carnival. I know, I’m not a mom, but I’m a Green Dad, and we’re welcome too!
Perhaps the first holiday to become widely commercialized was Christmas. In fact, I might go so far as to say the modern Christmas was created by advertising [...]
What is Fair Trade?
First things first, what is this Fair trade thing anyhow? Fair trade (sometimes written as Fairtrade) is a consumer-driven movement which promotes fair global market prices, reasonable working conditions and sustainable development for economically-disadvantaged producers of primary goods in developing regions.
The movement advocates strict social and environmental standards in the production of a wide [...]
8 Products You Didn’t Know Were Made From Oil
Oil derived products are ubiquitous. But, do you realize just how common they are? If you think you’ve shed your oil addiction, think again. I guarantee you will find at least one product in this list that surprises you. Products made from oil are more common than you think!
Paper Cups [...]
Increase Traffic to Your Blog, Comment on Mine!
If you’re not currently a blogger, and don’t intend on becoming a blogger soon, then you can skip over this post.
Have you noticed that many of the people who comment on your green blog are bloggers themselves? Our ultimate goal as green bloggers is to increase our audience outside of our green blog neighborhoods. [...]