Archive | March, 2009

How to Raise an Eco-Baby… Start at the dining table!

How to Raise an Eco-Baby… Start at the dining table!

Are you trying to raise an Eco-Baby? Well now you can get a jump start with the fabulous Our Everyday Earth baby bib! When my wife and I have kids we want to make sure they are being raised as eco concious and environmentally friendly little babies. Looking ahead to the future inspired us to [...]

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Head towards the light.

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Hi all, My name is Matt and I’m not part of The Family that runs OurEveryDayEarth but I was present as best man to Martin when the two families involved were joined through Martin and Katie’s marriage.  I am a touring musician for a stage show called Barrage and on my travels I occasionally come [...]

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Green Camelbak Water Bottle

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I’m afraid that I am completely guilty of grabbing a bottle of water anytime I’m lounging around, I leave the house, or work out. Instead of just using a glass I was constantly grabbing a bottle and most of the time not disposing of them properly when I had finished. A story on The National Geographic Kids website at [...]

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What’s Soy Great?

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Sorry for the pun, but my favorite candles that I’m pretty much addicted to are Pacifica Soy Candles. You gotta love a candle that uses a natural soy wax formula, comes in a spiffy decorative tin, and smells A-MAZING to boot.  We currently have two  7 oz. candles around the house and they really give [...]

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Can we Celebrate a Greener St. Patricks Day?

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With St. Patricks day fast approaching our minds turned to our top priority for March… “Re-using”! We already have a very eco-friendly Easter ritual which involves a family craft-a-thon where we re-use egg shells, news paper, cardboard etc. to create special Easter decorations but can we do the same thing for St. Patricks day? As [...]

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Becoming an Eco-Conscious Engineer – Solar Powered Laptop Bag

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I work as an engineer and have been trying to think of ways to “green” up my workday. I figured I could start with my journey to work itself and as I live in Texas, one of the sunniest states in the US, it made sense to investigate solar power to make my commute more [...]

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Our Very Own Everyday Earth News Widget

Our Very Own Everyday Earth News Widget

To the uninitiated a widget is a term for a thingamajig, a doohicky or a wotchamacallit! But in the world of blogging and social networking, a widget is a snippet of code which displays useful information and content from another site. Well we finally have our own and you can install it on your Facebook [...]

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A Clever Little Eco Calculator – See What You Can Save

A Clever Little Eco Calculator – See What You Can Save

We found this clever little eco-calculator (courtesy of WidgetBox.com). It allows you to quickly assess how many Trees, how much Wastewater, Solid Waste, CO2 and Energy you are saving by using recycled paper. You simply fill in the type of function like, office printing, the paper details, e.g. 50% recycled and off you go… Get [...]

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Our Search for the Greenest Bathroom Tissue

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We have been using eco-friendly bathroom tissue for about a year now but we recently noticed that different grocery stores carried different brands of green bathroom tissue. This called for a consumer test!!! Contender Number 1: Small Steps Bathroom Tissue by Marcal Their tag line is “A Small Easy Step to a Greener Earth” and [...]

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Save Some Green While You Spend Some Green!

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Well it isn’t exactly the most exciting way to save the planet but I decided that I trust the internet enough to handle as many of my utilities and regular bills as possible. I recently noticed that our online banking service bill pay center had small eco friendly green icons next to several of our [...]

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How The Grinch Stole, Re-cycled and Re-Used!

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I learned today that this week is a very special week for “The Grinch”, it marks his creator’s birthday, Dr Seuss would be celebrating his 105th birthday this week and we thought it only fitting that we take a look at The Grinch and how we can learn from his surprisingly Eco friendly way of [...]

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Creating an Eco-Safe Website – Our First Steps

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We recently found a great website which is changing the way we share internet information one website at a time. The theory is that when you find a great website with some awesome eco-safe website content, instead of printing it out on paper you can simply type in your email address and you’ll receive an [...]

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