“The
best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all
wrapped up in each other.”
Christmas greetings from afar! I hope you all are having a wonderful fall
time and that the transition into winter isn’t too harsh. For this month we decided to give you all a
brief listing of ways in which to make your Christmas more “green” both in
helping save this wonderful earth we call home as well as perhaps saving you some
green in your pocket book. I challenge
you to just adopt one new environmentally friendly practice this holiday
season, gift the earth for all it has provided you!
v Natural
decorations and scents:
instead of spending money on candles and sprays to make your house smell like
Christmas try using natural decoration and scents like pine cones, simmer
oranges on the stove, or bake!
v Reusable
and not disposable: at
your holiday party break out the dishes and cloth napkins, or ask people to
bring their own, think about how many plastic cups you use at all your holiday
parties!
v Holiday
cards: Redesign cards
to make new cards, gift tags, glue onto plain gift bags, and more!
v Wrap: instead of buying expensive wrapping
paper use newspapers, junk mail, magazines, reusable shopping bags, or even old
fabric (outgrown clothes) to wrap presents.
Children love getting creative and challenge them to see who can be the
most creative- break out the paint and markers!
v Gifts: Make a list and check it twice,
combine shopping trips or combine purchases online, re-gift (don’t we all have
a pile of things we don’t EVER use!), gifts don’t have to be store bought- some
of the most meaningful gifts are homemade, visit the local vintage or thrift
stores, consider gifts like mentioned in last month’s OCN article
v Trees: consider buying a real tree that you
can plant outside when you’re done, recycle your live tree by donating it to
the Department of Conservation (free curbside pickup), or if you buying an
artificial tree or lights make sure they are Energy Star Certified
We
do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.
~Native American Proverb
I hope this may help inspire you to make
one change as this Christmas season approaches.
I hope to see many of you around Christmas as I will be back for a
couple of weeks! Kaitlyn
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