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Question 1 of 5Which Charlie's Angel wrote the foreword of a book about living an environmental lifestyle and starred in Sundance's Iconoclasts series, where she headed to New Orleans to talk about the environmental impact of Hurricane Katrina?
Happy Earth Day!
Happy Earth Day! Today, take a moment to care for your environment, and to think about how you can live your life in an eco-friendlier manner. Maybe it's as simple as unplugging your appliances when they're not in use, or watering your garden at the right time of day.
Happy Earth Day!
To celebrate Earth Day when I was in grade school, my friends and I rewrote the lyrics to TLC's "Waterfalls" with verses like "Don't go littering the earth, Please stick to the recycling bins," and sang them to the tune of the song playing on my boombox. Even though that is an utterly awesome image, I think I'll save you the pain of hearing my voice this Earth Day. Instead, I thought I'd round up some of my favorite Casa Verde posts that I've written.
How Have You Made Your Home Greener in the Past Year?
Happy Earth Day! In the past year, what have you done to make your home greener?
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How Have You Made Your Home Greener in the Past Year?
How-To: Making Your Wedding a Little Greener
Unfortunately, just because you're holding your wedding ceremony in the great outdoors that doesn't mean your celebration is good for the planet. If you want some ideas for cutting down on the environmental impact of your big day, take a look at my tips.
For a Greener Wedding
- Who doesn't love flowers?
DIY: Botanical Prints
I found this great DIY on Design Happens, and it fit so well into this month's theme and Earth Day that I had to share.
Here's What You Need
- Plant cuttings from your yard or a nearby park (remember to only take one from each plant)
- Clear acrylic finish
- Plexiglas frames to match number of cutting you want to frame
- Matting to match number of frames
- Watercolor paper
- Hot-glue gun
Cool Idea: Living Wall Systems
To kick off Earth Day here on Casa, I thought I'd show you a very cool way to bring a little green into a cramped-for-space home or garden. The ELT Easy Green Living Wall ($39 - $249) is a modular-living wall panel that you can buy pregrown or that you can plant on your own. Made of 100-percent recyclable plastic, it is environmentally friendly, not to mention aesthetically pleasing.
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Casa Verde: RuMe Reusable Bags
The question "paper or plastic?" is nearly passé by now, since so many of us are using reusable shopping bags. One company that I've been particularly impressed with is Denver, CO-based RuMe, which was launched on Earth Day last year.
Link Time! (Special Earth Day Selections)
- Grist has 10 green gadgets to lust over. I actually registered for this Solio Charger.
- YumSugar has a great Earth Day quiz for you to try.
- Apartment Therapy takes a look at vertical farming.
- Danny Seo shares a peek of his green kitchen reno.
- Design Happens looks at 20 ways to save the planet.
- Inhabitat shows off Australia's greenest development.
- Photojojo has some green photography tips.
- Treehugger reports on some shocking facts about space garbage.
- YouGrowGirl chats about early Spring planting.
Casa Verde: Wooden Furniture That's Green and Budget-Friendly
Slate magazine recently answered a reader's question about affordable, earth-friendly furniture. Are the two concepts compatible? And what are the best options?
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