Sustainable Solutions to Plastic Water Bottles on Campus

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Walking down the hallway to my dorm room yesterday, I witnessed a sustainability nightmare. As I made my way down the long corridor of linoleum tile floors, I noticed a mountain of plastic water bottles cascading from the recycling room. Two thoughts ran through my head: Well hey, at least the first floor of my [...]

Upcycling with Cork, Wine Glass Charm (tutorial)

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Quercus Suber – The Cork Oak People who know me … know my family …  also know we LOVE our red wines. Shiraz, Cabernet, Barolo, Amarone … I could go on and on! Which in effect means, I can go on and on about how many corks we have. Dad had bags full and I [...]

Green Divas Radio Show: Wild & Crazy Organic Beauty

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A wild and crazy show this week! Cherie Corso, beauty expert and founder of G2 Organics was in the studio along with our resident NEWLYWED, GD Mizar and our ever-fun Eco Ed Schwartz. Here’s a picture of the three trouble makers . . . First, let’s give a hearty congrats to GD Mizar who married [...]

The KEY to Living Green: Unlock new treasures with old keys

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Everyone has at least one or two of them; old keys to some forgotten lock on a door, perhaps in a house passed through on the journey of life. Or maybe keys to desk drawers long gone, cars, cabinets, etc. Then there’s my dad who never saw an old key he didn’t feel badly about [...]

Green Divas Radio Show: Valentine’s Rescue & Going Solar

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We had WAY too much fun in the studio last week. Eco Ed Schwartz joined us to be our resident Green Dude, and even though Green Diva Jamie and silent Jessie were not in the studio, we managed to have so much fun that we forgot to record the first 20 minutes of the show! ahhhhhhhh [...]

9 Ways to have a Healthy, Green & Low-Stress Valentine’s Day

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Whether you celebrate Valentine’s Day with your beloved, your kids or find ways to appreciate yourself (instead of being bitter that you may not be currently coupled), here are a few ideas to help create a healthy, green, thoughtful and low-stress Valentine’s Day. I’ve never been a big Valentine’s Day person, partly because my birthday [...]

Green Divas Radio Show: The Urban Conversion

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This week we had a particularly awesome show with an all Green Diva studio. Our only hit of testosterone came in the form of our wonderful friend and green dude, Rodman Schley, host of the TV series, The Urban Conversion.

Re-Purposed to a T: new life for old T-shirts

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What to do with all those T-shirts when the time comes when you no longer wear them; when it’s time purge? Clearly us Green Divas believe in donating those that may not have any special meaning. And of course, Green Divas also take those Ts and repurpose, repurpose, repurpose!

Green Diva Radio Show: Love of Carrots & Waylon Lewis

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We had a full studio and a full schedule this week, featuring an awesome interview with GD Meg’s digital publishing hero, Waylon Lewis, founder and publisher of elephantjournal.com.

After the Rubber Hits the Road: Creative Uses for Old Tires

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Around the world, there are at least 45 tire manufacturers making millions of tires every year. In fact, globally, the auto industry and its consumers use about 1.3 billion tires each year. Mechanics in the United States install 17.5 million of those tires annually.