Carrie Brown

• Green Mother’s Day Gifts
  What are some ways to be Green on Mother’s Day? Start by giving handmade, local, organic, Fair Trade, and eco-friendly gifts. Choose organic local flowers. Most flowers are mainly grown in other countries that use harmful chemicals and pesticides. Who wants to bring that into their home? Green Mother’s Day Gift Ideas: • Make your [...]

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• Earth Day Events in Los Angeles 2013
  Earth Day is a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s natural environment. To find events in your area, go to:http://www.earthday.org/2013/ Aquarium of the Pacific Saturday & Sunday, April 13-14 100 Aquarium Way Long Beach, CA 90802 www.aquariumofpacific.org Learn what you can do to help our ocean planet at the [...]
• Spring has sprung!
  Spring is here and it’s time to start gardening! I’ve been very motivated the past few weeks to plant herbs, make terrariums, and I finally have my own vegetable garden! I was volunteering with Enrich LA a couple months ago and one of the volunteers offered the use of their backyard. On Saturday, I pulled [...]

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• Earth Hour is 03/23/13 at 8:30pm
  Earth Hour is about collective impact, beyond the hour. Earth Hour has now become much more than a symbolic action. It has evolved into a continuous movement driving real actions, big and small, that are changing the world we live in. Uniting people to protect the planet. Earth Hour 2013: Saturday, March 23, 2013 at [...]

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• West Hollywood Bans Plastic Bags
  Starting February 20, 2013, the City of West Hollywood has approved an ordinance to ban single-use plastic bags from all pharmacy, grocery, and retail stores.   PURPOSE Encourage sustainability by substituting plastic bags with durable and long-lasting reusable bags, and paper bags made from recycled materials.  Reduce costs to businesses, consumers, taxpayers, and the environment.  Eliminate [...]

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• Green Valentine
  As most holidays, Valentine’s Day is not so green. There is a lot of waste, consumerism, and hype. What are some ways to avoid this? By giving handmade, local, organic, Fair Trade, and eco-friendly gifts. Choose organic local flowers & Fair Trade organic chocolates. Most flowers for Valentine’s Day are mainly grown in other countries [...]

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• Volunteer with the Cheremoya Foundation & Enrich LA this weekend!
  Extreme makeover of T-hallway including refinishing of doorways and railings, painting walls and ceilings, refinishing the front door assembly, fabrication of new media wall including 2 flat screens for interactive learning and installation of new furniture. New edible and reading garden to include redwood picnic tables, raised beds, outdoor kitchen, sprinklers and the planting of [...]
• Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.
  I hope you are remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. If you have or have not seen his “I Have A Dream Speech” then today would be the perfect day to check it out:

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• Recycle Your Christmas Tree
  It’s that time of the year where there will be several dead Christmas trees on the side of the road. It is very sad and wasteful. Instead of tossing your tree to the curb, please recycle it and turn it into something useful such as mulch or wood chips. Go to earth911.com to find out [...]

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• Recycle old Christmas lights in exchange for LED lights
  If you have some old Christmas lights, please don’t throw them away. There is a recycling program that will let you exchange your old Christmas lights and give you a coupon towards a purchase of LED Christmas lights. You can mail them in to HolidayLEDs.com Recycling Program or look for a local collection site. The [...]
• 10 Eco-Friendly, Alternative & DIY Christmas Trees
  What is the best eco-friendly option for a Christmas tree? There are several debates between real or fake. Some say real potted trees are the best solution, because most artificial trees contain toxins. So, what if you are allergic to real trees, like me? What are the best solutions for an artificial tree? Here are [...]

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• Happy America Recycles Day!
  November 15 is America Recycles DaySM (ARD), the only nationally recognized day dedicated to promoting recycling in the United States. Recycling is the easiest thing we can all do to improve our community, conserve natural resources, and create green jobs. Together we can make recycling bigger and better 365 days a year. Check out americarecyclesday.org [...]

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• Be Green this Halloween
  Photo by: http://notjustcute.com/2009/10/30/pumpkin-drum/pile-of-pumpkins-seppics/ I love Halloween and everyone who knows me looks forward to my costumes. I usually make my own costumes with whatever I have laying around the house combined with thrift store finds. Some items are inevitable to purchase from a Halloween store, but what are some ways you can be green on [...]

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