Posts Tagged ‘go green’

1. Use only LED lights for outdoor decorating. They use just 1/20th the energy of incandescent lights.

2. Don’t use inflatable decorations.Depending on size, they can use as much power as 6 CFL bulbs

3. Put all the lights you do use on a timer, that way they won’t stay on all night or at times when your not home.

4. Buy locally made organic wreaths or take a trip the woods and create your own wreath out of fallen greenery.

5. Shop local for gifts or make them yourself through upcycling.

6. Don’t buy battery-operated toys. You can make them yourself or purchase the many hand generated powered toys.

7. Choose items with minimal packaging. Wrap items in old magazines, newspapers that you decorate yourself. You can also wrap items in fabric as an extra gift.

8.Cut up some old Christmas cards and use those to make gift tags.

9. But local handcrafts or make your own, such as sweaters and scarves.

10. Overall, when it comes to the holiday season don’t go for that typical American ideal of “more,more, more” but rather start thinking of “less is more”. Make things more personal and you may just end starting new and eco-friendly holiday traditions of your own.

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James Cameron’s new “Avatar” movie takes the consequences of not going green and puts them on the big screen.

The plot reflects Cameron’s  views about Earth and surrounds the life of a former Marine, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington). Jake us  sent on a mission to the distant moon Pandora to infiltrate spiritual alien race, the Na’vi.

The company he is working for wants to expand its mining operation and thereby destroy the local environment in order to make more money.   Jake has other plans though, once he realizes that Pandora is a beautiful place that must be saved.

Released in the UK over this past weekend, the film broke to a wide range of reviews. And either side that your on when it comes to movie criticism, the message of the movie itself stands alone.

As Cameron said in an exclusive interview with England’s The Sun:

” We are causing a global climate change that’s going to be absolutely devastating to the coral reefs. Science is unable to keep up with our industrial society. We are destroying species faster than we can classify them. We are destroying the food chain faster than we can understand it. The politicians are over in Copenhagen talking about climate change now – but there are other issues as well.” ~ James Cameron

Avatar hits world wide release this Friday, December 18th. Learn more through the main movie site: www.avatarmovie.com

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(PRWEB) November 3, 2009 -— Holiday shoppers looking to go green while saving green can click their way to thousands of dollars in discounts on sustainable gifts, thanks to a free online coupon guide from respected green living companies Ecoscene and MeGoGreen.

Each coupon in the Holiday Green Guide, holidaygreenguide.com, links customers directly to an exclusive offer from an online eco retailer. The guide is available until Dec. 31, 2009

Shoppers can take advantage of these deals and more by going directly to the Holiday Green Guide Web site. Ecoscene, MeGoGreen and retail partners will link to the site from their home pages; Newsletter subscribers will receive the interactive guide via e-mail. Promotions and links to the guide will also be published on social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter (#greenguide).

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