What could be greener than a traditional pumpkin carving contest? Pumpkins are all natural, completely bio-degradable and they unite families at this time of year in an earth friendly activity.
These are the Our Everyday Earth favorite pumpkin carvings for 2009.

Help us pick the best of the bunch by taking our Top 10 Halloween Pumpkin Carving poll… First, let’s check out the entries…

Spooky Pumpkin Carving #1

Our first pick is a spooky pumpkin with a very “Day of the Dead” feel to it, we loved the intricate carving and details in this one!

Halloween is almost here and we have been trying to find creative ways to green our Halloween! Have you got lots of old spotlight bulbs ready to be recycled? We replaced all of our old incandescent spotlights with Compact Flourescents and had a cupboard full of old burned out spotlight bulbs… But what could we possibly use them for?

My wife (Katie) came up with a great idea, we could make creative homemade Halloween potions from our old lightbulbs! Here are a few that we made;

Creative Homemade Halloween Potions!

Here are the simple steps to follow (Please be careful when handling old lightbulbs as they may be sharp or easily broken);

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It’s almost time for the ghosts and ghouls to haunt our streets again so we put together the Our Everyday Earth top ten list of green Halloween costumes! These spooky Halloween “get-ups” either spread an eco friendly message or are made from recycled materials;

#10: Captain Recycle!

We loved this idea, he’s a mean green recycling machine and the streets will be a cleaner place with him around! Captain Recycle starts our top ten list…

Captain Recycle!

#9: Dusty the Recycling Bin

“Dusty the Recycling Bin” is a cool creation which simultaneously spooks us and reminds us to recycle!

A Spooky Recycling Bin!

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