Travel and Holidays
5 Ways To Update A Christmas Wreath
Everyone enjoys getting something new, and it seems each year holiday décor gets prettier. But what do you do with the decorations you’ve been collecting over the years? Rather than adding to the over-burdened landfills, find new uses for your old decorations. Here are some wa...
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Go Green this Halloween with DIY Costumes
All Hallows Eve is quickly approaching, and as we get closer to the spookiest night of the year, talk about Halloween costumes is everywhere. Store-bought costumes may seem like an easy solution if you dont have a lot of extra time on your hands, but theyre rarely as interesti...
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Reduce Unnecessary Waste This Holiday Season
The holidays are a time of joy and sharing, a time spent with friends and family. Of course, theyre also a time of excess and waste. According to the City of Chicago, household waste jumps 25 percent during the period between Thanksgiving and New Years Day. In the United State...
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Gift Giving Made Healthy
Finding the perfect gift is a challenge, especially when your wish is to promote a healthy and environmentally-conscious lifestyle. This year, give the gift of health with these great ideas: Gift Baskets Large or small, DIY gift baskets can be custom...
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10 Reuses for Paper Gift Bags
We all have some: Gift bags that have been reused, but have a tear or are generally looking too rough around the edges for another use. It may seem like time to toss them in the recycling bin, but many single-use gift bags is they have a plastic coating, meaning they cant be r...
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Green Living On A Boat
“This is horrible!” I exclaimed to my partner Jörn as we rode the dinghy back to our sailboat and home, the Ritmo Di Vita. Following a mild squall lasting fifteen minutes with heavy downpour and increased winds, we were overwhelmed by a staggering mound of trash and debris tha...
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Green Camping : Put Nature First
Green camping may seem redundant—whats more green that spending a weekend or a week or two in the wilderness? But many campgrounds cater to our comforts rather than nature, and a lot of campers are anything but green. The good news is, greening your camping trip is simple: its...
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Pioneer-Inspired Green Living
There are lots of ways to be inspired to live a greener life. You might take notes from the Ed Begley Juniors of the world, or you might learn something from an ad in a magazine. Teens might be swayed by the latest Hollywood heartthrob, and parents may find inspiration from their...
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Toyota’s Green Building Initiatives
When we hear the word “cars,” green and eco-friendly arent the first words that come to mind. But Toyota has taken many proactive green approaches to change such conception by taking energy-efficient and green building initiatives. Stratford Toyota, a new dealership...
Read more...Clunker Buses Become Hip B&B in Israel
We may send old clunkers to the junk yard here in North America, but one family in Israel recycles old busses into bed-and-breakfast digs. The Zimmerbus Bed & Breakfast, located in the tiny village of Ezuz, in the foothills of Mount Negev, sits on a hilltop overlooking t...
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40 Ways You Can Go Green on Earth Day
This year marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Earth Day started as a protest of sorts, a counterculture movement that united Americans and shed light on environmental issues. By the turn of the century more than 180 countries were involved in Earth Day activities and cele...
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Traveling & Souvenirs
An exotic tortoiseshell necklace, an unusual bone statue, a lovely piece of corral—it's always tempting to bring home a little token of your spring vacation, but what may seem like a simple souvenir is often anything but. Goods made from animal products are a staple in sho...
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Avoid Souvenirs Made from Animal Products
An exotic tortoiseshell necklace, an unusual bone statue, a lovely piece of corral—it's always tempting to bring home a little token of your spring vacation, but what may seem like a simple souvenir is often anything but. Goods made from animal products are a staple in shops...
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Go Green: Valentine's Day
There's nothing quite like the romance of Valentine's Day. Detractors say it's overly commercial and blame greeting card companies for all the hoopla, but one day of romance each year isn't too much to ask, is it? The only problem with Valentine's Day is ...
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Make Valentine Cookies for Your Child's Class
It's right about now that the kids are clamoring to buy Valentines—and since you can get them just about anywhere, there's really no reprieve from it. But instead of giving in and buying a box of Dora or Spiderman Valentines, why not eliminate all that paper waste with ...
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Keep Your Green Resolutions in 2010
The Chinese Zodiac may say 2010 is the year of the tiger, but it may also be the year of green. Being more eco-friendly is a New Year's resolution many people made this year, but if you end up following through, you'll be in the minority. About 97 percent of the New Yea...
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Go Green and Save on a Post-Holiday Budget
The holidays can really put a dent in your wallet . . . or worse, max out those credit cards. If you're trying to curb excess spending in the wake of holiday over-spending, consider going green to save money. There are lots of little (and big) green things you can do that w...
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25 Resolutions for Going Green in 2010
It's that time of year when we make promises about how we'll change ourselves in the upcoming new year. We look for ways to make a change in our lives, hoping better health or a better job or less stress. Some resolutions are small, others are big life-changing challeng...
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Make a Cute Gift Box from an Old Holiday Card
Im a last-minute holiday shopper. Every year I tell myself Im going to start early, and every year I end up scouring stores and crafting handmade gifts in the week before Christmas. Last-minute shopping and crafting means Im always looking for simple, green ways to prettily pa...
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Make a Super Easy Nutcracker Prince
Nutcrackers are a holiday tradition for many. Whether you head to the ballet every December, watch one of the many nutcracker movies, or just display brightly colored nutcrackers in your home, it's a tradition that even the kids can get in on with a simple craft project. Ma...
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Trim the Tree with DIY Wine Cork Ornaments
Eat, drink and be merry! It's a common sentiment during the holidays, but one that could help you decorate. If you and your friends have shared a few bottles of wine lately, you've got some great wine cork ornaments all but ready for your Christmas tree. Twist a corksc...
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Turn Trash into Christmas Tree Treasures
I love the holiday season especially when it comes to decorating the Christmas tree. Tree trimming is serious business in my family, and I'm usually content to sit back and watch my parents debate the placement of each ornament. It's not always easy. Our ornaments are a...
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Green Your Thanksgiving Feast with Simple Changes
Gobble, gobble may be the sound turkeys make, but it's also what humans do around Thanksgiving—and boy do we generate a lot of waste in the process. Between travel, disposable plates, paper napkins, pre-packaged and heavily processed foods, leftovers wrapped in tinfoil and p...
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Green Gifts to Wow Your Thanksgiving Dinner Host
Thanksgiving is about celebrating all the things you're thankful for. But it's also about celebrating the fall harvest, giving thanks for the food the earth has provided. So what better time is there to support and encourage sustainable living? Instead of picking up th...
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Build a Haunted House from Stuff You Own
When I was little, there was this one house that always made an incredible haunted house in their garage, and it never failed to elicit screams of terror and delight from the neighborhood kids. It was amazing, and it's the thing I remember most about the haunting holiday. Bu...
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Stop the bus! Walk to School Day is Oct. 7
These boots were made for walkin'... Whether your child is wearing boots, sneakers or pretty little Mary Janes, walking to school is a must on Oct. 7, as it's the 10th annual International Walk to School Day. Walk to School Day has its roots in the U.K., where walk to ...
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Camping Cuisine: Cook with Hot Rocks
Camping is one of my all-time favorite summer activities. For a week, the din of city living is replaced by the haunting call of loons, the whispering breeze off the lake, and the chattering of birds, chipmunks and squirrels; its heavenly. And the best part? Eating outside aro...
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AAA to Launch Eco Icon in TourBook Guides
You're on a road trip when you take a detour and decide to make an unexpected stop for the night. Do you think about whether there's a green hotel, motel, B&B or other eco-friendly lodging in the area? Would you even know where to look for one? Enter the American A...
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DIY Drawstring Bag for Camp Gear
Summer is the season of camp. If your kids are headed off to sleep-away camp in the next couple of months, then you probably have a long list of things they need to pack, with a bunch of little things rolling all over the place. Fretting over a way to keep the cutlery, plate, bo...
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Green Your Independence Day Picnic
At Naturally Savvy we love Independence Day as much as the next person, but there's no denying a big holiday makes a big mess. Of course we'd be remiss if we didn't admit there are ways to limit your environmental impact this fourth of July—and our favorite place...
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Camping: Go Green, Tread Lightly
Theres nothing quite like slowly waking up to the sound of loons calling to each other, unzipping the sleeping bag and getting that first blast of cool morning air. For many families, camping is a summertime tradition, but with the recession still dogging most Americans, the e...
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Make Earth Day Resolutions!
I don't want to rain on the parade, but I'm not 100 percent in love with Earth Day. Don't get me wrong—I love the awareness and the fact that projects get done on (and around) April 22. But what about the other 364 days of the year? So this Earth Day, I am challen...
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Celebrate Earth Day: April 22
Earth Day is celebrated each year on April 22, but with the additions of Earth Week and Earth Month—not to mention Earth Hour—the historical precedent that the first Earth Day set often gets lost in the shuffle. U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson got the idea for Earth Day from the ant...
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Green T-shirt Design Challenge for Earth Day
Is your passion for tees as big as your love for the planet? Have a little artistic talent bottled up inside? We have a contest for you. Online t-shirt company Threadless famously features cutting edge t-shirts and cute onesies designed by the masses (anyone can upload a design,...
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Make It A Green St. Patrick's Day
The color of St. Patrick's Day is undeniably green. People parade around in green clothing, paint themselves green, eat green foods and drink green beer. While the color takes center stage every March 17, it's also come to represent eco-living. There are tons of ways ...
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How To Green Your Travel Abroad Routine
Travel is hard on the environment. Taking the train is a much better than if you're flying, but you can't take a train across an ocean. And if you're opting for eco-travel instead of the usual resort in the Caribbean, then I commend you. But sometimes sustainable ...
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DIY: Give Paperless Valentines
The day of love is quickly approaching, and row upon row of gaudy, sparkle-encrusted cards and boxes of cartoon characters professing friendship and love are littered around stores everywhere. I may sound cynical, but I actually love Valentine's Day—I've just come to ...
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Ring in the New Year with Organic Alcohol
Eat, drink and be eco-friendly.Whether your tastes run to fine wine, refined spirits, or a cold bottle of beer, there is an increasing number of organic options available in bars and liquor stores. And while the environmental and health benefits of a pesticide-free product are cl...
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Hold the Wrapping Paper This Holiday Season
If visions of shredded wrapping paper are taking over the sugar plums that should be dancing in your head this time of year, it might be time to put down the wrapping paper and plastic bows in favor of greener options.Harmful dyes, excess paper waste and plastic ribbons that ani...
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Green Your Holiday Cards
Halloween has come and gone (even if the candy-induced stomach aches linger), and November 1st marks the official beginning of the holiday shopping season. Stores are plastered in giant cardboard present cut-outs, sale signs have gone up, and every available surface is co...
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