Apr 202015
 

These tips for reducing food waste are sponsored by Eden. All thoughts are my own.

With Earth Day right around the corner, lots of people are starting to think of ways they can be a little easier on the planet.  I’m not the most “green” person on the planet, but having grown up in a farming family I definitely do what I can for conservation efforts.  And for me, part of  those conservation efforts start in my own kitchen with reducing food waste.

7 Tips for Reducing Food Waste

In the US, we throw away a surprising 40% of the food we grow.  Having emptied out a few (dozen) packages of produce that’s gone by before it could be used I know it’s an easy problem to have.  So here are a few tips to help your family with reducing food waste. Continue reading »

Apr 222014
 

This Earth Day tips post is brought to you by TerraCycle and Entenmann’s. All thoughts and words are my own.

Today is Earth Day!  Did you know that Earth Day has been around since 1970, and that today, more than 192 countries celebrate it?  It’s clearly something that resonates globally.

Earth Day Tips: Turn Entemann's Little Bites Wrappers into Money & Prizes for Your School

Earth Day Tips

I have some tips from Entenmann’s that your family can incorporate today and every day! Continue reading »

Apr 192012
 

Earth Day is on Sunday, April 20th this year, and so Matter of Cents and I thought it that Earth Day Ideas would be an appropriate Pin Me! Thursdays theme for this week.

Have an old fish bowl?  Turn it into a planter!

Earth Day Ideas

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Apr 182012
 

This weekend I had the pleasure of hosting a Cottonelle Roll Cover Party for myself, some friends, and their kids.  We got to check out the new Roll Covers designed by Jonathon Adler.  We also had the opportunity to repurpose those classic cardboard tubes into some fun new crafts!

There are so many different things you can do with cardboard tubes, but for our party, I decided we’d do two easy crafts.  The first one was finger puppets, and the second one was fairy party favors.  I thought it was perfect timing; they make great crafty Earth Day ideas, which happens to be this Sunday!   To stay in the reduce, reuse, recycle spirit, I wanted to try and use mostly – if not solely – supplies from around the house.

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