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Green Halloween Round Up

October 31, 2010 By Jen 1 Comment

Sending the kids out to panhandle for candy tonight? Here are few green Halloween reads to send you scary ghouls on their way! 10 Easy Ways to Green Your Halloween - Busy Mommy Media Cheapskate's guide to a green Halloween - MNN Green Halloween decorations - MNN Take part in The Green … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Green Tips Tagged With: 2010, environment, Green, green Halloween, halloween decorations, halloween tips, holidays

Happy Halloween 2010

October 31, 2010 By Jen Leave a Comment

May your inner wicked side have it's fill of yummy chocolate tonight! Happy Halloween! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family

Free Services to Green Your Holidays!

October 21, 2010 By Jen Leave a Comment

The holidays are coming up quick and it's time for Eco-Office Gals to get in the giving spirit. Many of you will have printing needs for the season. Christmas cards or holiday catalogs may be on the holiday horizon. At Eco-Office Gals we promote paperless, but we know that's not always possible. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Eco-friendly gifts, Eco-Office Products, Green Business, Green Tips Tagged With: brochures, business card, catalogs, christmas cards, eco-friendly printing, fsc, Green, green christmas, green printing, holiday cards, PFL, printing for less, printing services, stationery, vegetable based ink, wind powered

Influenster: Green VoxBox Review

October 20, 2010 By Jen 3 Comments

I was recently invited to sign up at Influenster to be part of a review panel of various green products. Influenster is an "Exclusive Community of Trendsetters Invited to Receive Free Products" and I was honored to receive the request. . The VoxBox showed up about 2 weeks ago and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Eco-Office Gals, Green Product Reviews Tagged With: Aromatherapy, castile soap, chocolate chai, desert essence, eco-friendly products, Green Product Reviews, green products, pureology hydrate shampoo, seeds of peace, trendsetters, voxbox

Earth Talk: Building a Green Economy

October 12, 2010 By Jen 3 Comments

EarthTalk® From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: What does it mean when one uses the phrase, “building a green economy?” I’ve heard it repeated a few times lately and would like to have a better understanding of the concept. -- Rosie Chang, Islip, NY The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Green Tips Tagged With: clean energy, economic powerhouse, economy, energy, energy sources, environment, environmental magazine, environmental restoration, President Obama, reinvestment act, Rosie Chang, wind power

5 Different Ways to Reduce Waste in an Average Office

October 5, 2010 By Jen 1 Comment

The easiest way to reduce office waste is to avoid creating it in the first place. Of course, the advent of electronic communication has helped businesses decrease waste substantially, but there's always room for improvement. Stay Up-to-Date Mailing bulk materials to the wrong address or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Eco-Office Gals, Green Business, Paperless Tagged With: electronic communication, interoffice communications, junk mail, Louise Baker, newsletter distribution, office supplies, packing materials, Recycled, Reduce, waste

What’s In Your Trash? A Review

October 3, 2010 By Jen 7 Comments

Over a year ago I posted about starting a compost pile in my back yard. I started out with several biodegradable lawn bags full of leaves and added kitchen scraps as I went along. Eventually, we made an area for the pile and put it all together. I used an old coffee can to collect the kitchen scraps … [Read more...]