Green

Here is a neat way to recycle your unused matchboxes. 
 
I tried it the other day and it turned out pretty good.  The picture I used was taken in 1921, I found it in a National Geographic.
 
 
Supplies:

    Matchbox - with 12 matches
    3 Incense sticks
    Paper scraps 
    Exacto knife
    Scissors
    Decoupage Glue 
 

 
 

Cut out paper to match the size of the box, leaving one side open to strike the […]

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Hey guys! Check out these really cool reusable tote bags. They are small enough to roll up into a ball and fit in your purse, then when you go grocery shopping (or any other shopping, for that matter), you can decline those plastic bags and use your own. It’s an eco-friendly bag and helps out […]

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This week I have to mail out several items. The guy at the post office recognizes me, and usually asks about my bike. It was funny when I went in all dressed up for work one day, and he asked why I wasn’t biking. I wasn’t expecting to be recognized without my bike. That actually […]

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It seems like every day I come in to Independent Printing, I see we’re looking at another eco-friendly initiative. We are now a SmartWay Transport Partner, the Environmental Protection Agency’s program to promote a stronger economy and a healthier environment.
We are currently updating our fleet of delivery vehicles to the Freightliner Sprinter trucks. With their 5 cylinder engines […]

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Yes, it is true.  In a time when John McCain and Hillary Clinton are trying in desperation to paint Barack Obama as an elitist and out of touch, these two vote panderers would like to cut out 9 billion dollars of the funds that fix our roads and bridges (you know, like the one that […]

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Yes, it is true.  In a time when John McCain and Hillary Clinton are trying in desperation to paint Barack Obama as an elitist and out of touch, these two vote panderers would like to cut out 9 billion dollars of the funds that fix our roads and bridges (you know, like the one that […]

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Gotta love Youtube. Here’s a DIY (how can you resist?) on making a generator from solar and hydro energy.
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I am easily swayed. Some may call it gullible, I prefer “easily motivated”.
When I was thirteen I stopped eating meat because of a letter-writing assignment I was given in school. The assignment was to write ten letters to politicians or heads of companies to express our opinion against their business practices. I […]

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i’m sitting here, trying to draft an outline for my paper about solar power and it dawns on me (like it does) that i’m going about it all wrong. (this has been happening a lot this semester.) the whole topic of solar power cannot really be fully flushed out unless compared to other sources […]

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i’m sitting here, trying to draft an outline for my paper about solar power and it dawns on me (like it does) that i’m going about it all wrong. (this has been happening a lot this semester.) the whole topic of solar power cannot really be fully flushed out unless compared to other sources […]

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