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Happy New Year!

December 31, 2009 8

Happy, Happy New Year!

How will you be celebrating tonight? Are you going to let your little ones stay up late? Have you taken the time to reflect on your green New Year’s Resolutions? Are you going to kiss at midnight? Bang pots and pans on your front porch?

Is being more eco-friendly on your list? I sure, hope so. I am super excited for the coming year here at Sweet Greens. I look forward to sharing many more Earth friendly tips, projects and recipes this coming year. Also, there are many, many lovely green giveaways to come including fabulous things for your home and kitchen right around the corner. I want to take this time to thank you for being so supportive of Sweet Greens and I hope you continue to visit me on a daily basis. If there is anything that you would like to see more of or even less of on Sweet Greens, I would really appreciate hearing them. If you see any lovely green products or tips throughout the year, I would love if you share them with me. Just drop me a note at hellojennielyon@gmail.com. 

I want to wish everyone a happy, healthy and green New Year and thank you so much for making my 2009 fabulous. Enjoy your night, stay safe and warm.

5 Green New Years Resolutions For 2010

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In an effort to be more Earth friendly and to make 2010 as green as possible, my family has decided to make some green goals this year.

Here are our 2010 green resolutions:

1. We will no longer go ‘out’ to eat as often and when we do, we are going to remain eating locally.
2. We will no longer make frivolous purchases. By doing so, we will create less waste and use less energy. When we do make purchases we are going to continue to shop locally.
3. We will start incorporating more physical local activities into our family time. Whether it is bowling on Wii, hiking, walking, swimming or biking, we want to do more of it this year.
4. We plan to purchase more organic items in loose this year and will take our own containers to the store to bring them home in.
5. We want to produce as little garbage as possible, so we are going to be more conscious of the packaging that the products that we buy are in and we want to make sure that we recycle and compost everything that we can.

It’s a start.

What are your Green New Years Resolutions?

Earth Friendly Etsy: Mingus

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I always carry a small zippered bag in my purse to hold small items like my chap stick, lotion and hair holders. I had been looking for one that is fabulous and also made sustainably. I found the lovely hemp purses from Mingus. Mingus creates handmade and Eco-friendly small zippered purses, fabulous bags and scarves. She handcrafts all of your her items in her home in Melbourne, Australia. She hand draws and paints all of the illustrations herself. All of Mingus’ handcrafted bags, purses and scarves are made from sustainable hemp, organic cotton and linen fabrics. Her designs are lovely and my favorites are the flip flap love birds bag and the matching love birds purse.

Mingus has been so lovely to offer ONE of my readers a hemp love birds purse.

{How To Enter}
1. Subscribe to Sweet Greens (if you haven’t already) and confirm the email you receive from FeedBurner.

2. Visit Mingus and leave me a comment telling me which item you love.
(You must do this in order to qualify.) You can leave the comment at the bottom of the post.

3. Complete this form. (Closed)

{Rules for Entry}

* Please leave a valid email address so I can contact you if you win.
(Your email address will be strictly protected and will not be shared with anyone without your prior consent.)

* Contest ends June 17th @ 12am EST. Winner will be chosen at random using a random number generator and will be announced the following day. (Please response to my email within 72 hours or I will need to choose another winner.)

* You must visit the featured shop and leave a note below telling me which item is your favorite to qualify.
Enjoy.

* Update: Winner:: The winner is Trish. Congratulations!

How To Recycle Your Christmas Tree

December 30, 2009 8

If you bought a cut Christmas tree this year, you may be starting to think of disposing of it. It may seem like the easiest thing to do is just throw it out for the garbage service to pick up. However, there are recycling options available that are more beneficial to the Earth. Did you know that your holiday tree can be recycled into something useful? It’s true, your holiday tree can be recycled into mulch for your garden or local hiking trails and it can even be recycled into fish habitats. You can find holiday tree recycling services in your area at here.

How will you dispose of holiday tree?

Christmas in the Utah Mountains

December 29, 2009 4

Eben and I are back from our Christmas vacation in Utah. It was nice to wake up to snow covered mountains and snow flurries everyday. How was your holiday weekend? What are your New Year’s Eve plans?

Today, I am going to snuggle up in front of the fireplace and write my holiday thank you cards. I am excited to be back and was wondering, what would you like to see at Sweet Greens in 2010?
P.S. I am extending the remaining Etsy giveaways through the New Year to give everyone a chance to enter.

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I snapped this photo from my parent’s living room – isn’t it an amazing place to live?

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