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08: How to have a happy green holiday
Manage episode 152334637 series 1056952
Is it possible to have an environmentally friendly holiday season? Barbara Edelman looks at all the ways you can celebrate with e-cards, lights and candles, trees, and amazing gifts. You can do it all and still save the world. Seasons greetings indeed.
Find us on:
Email us with suggestions or tips at howyoucansavetheworld@gmail.com
All the information from this episode:
Articles
- The environmental cost in the UK of a typical holiday season (Independent)
- Are your holiday cards bad for the environment? (Mashable)
- Are candles bad for the environment? (Naked Scientist)
- Soy candles vs paraffin (Zuna)
- Christmas Tree Debate: Real vs. Fake? (The Nature Conservancy)
- LED Christmas Lights Versus Regular Christmas Lights (Christmas Tree Market)
- LED Christmas Lights Guide (Christmas Lights, Etc.)
- Light Pollution Harms the Environment (Department of Physics, Florida Atlantic University)
Products
- Beeswax Chanukah Candles from Beeswax Candleworks
- Candy canes from Spangler Candy
- Luci, solar powered lanterns from Mpowerd
- Black+Blum Thermo Pot
Gift Guides
- Earth Easy: Carbon neutral gifts along with blogs and every other neat thing for house and garden.
- Waldorf Supplies: For wooden toys that expand the mind.
- TOMS: Products that benefit the environment and gives back to those in need.
- China Berry: Great books and toys.
- Hearth Song: A toy company, especially great for kids 9-12,
- Isabella Catalog: Wonderful for the woman in your life and make sure to look at the Enessa beauty products. They are all packaged in glass (yay, no plastic!).
- Rodales: The winner in the fabulous catalog department. We defy you to NOT find a gift for anyone on your list.
26 episoder
08: How to have a happy green holiday
How You Can Save The World: Sustainable Living and Social Activism
Manage episode 152334637 series 1056952
Is it possible to have an environmentally friendly holiday season? Barbara Edelman looks at all the ways you can celebrate with e-cards, lights and candles, trees, and amazing gifts. You can do it all and still save the world. Seasons greetings indeed.
Find us on:
Email us with suggestions or tips at howyoucansavetheworld@gmail.com
All the information from this episode:
Articles
- The environmental cost in the UK of a typical holiday season (Independent)
- Are your holiday cards bad for the environment? (Mashable)
- Are candles bad for the environment? (Naked Scientist)
- Soy candles vs paraffin (Zuna)
- Christmas Tree Debate: Real vs. Fake? (The Nature Conservancy)
- LED Christmas Lights Versus Regular Christmas Lights (Christmas Tree Market)
- LED Christmas Lights Guide (Christmas Lights, Etc.)
- Light Pollution Harms the Environment (Department of Physics, Florida Atlantic University)
Products
- Beeswax Chanukah Candles from Beeswax Candleworks
- Candy canes from Spangler Candy
- Luci, solar powered lanterns from Mpowerd
- Black+Blum Thermo Pot
Gift Guides
- Earth Easy: Carbon neutral gifts along with blogs and every other neat thing for house and garden.
- Waldorf Supplies: For wooden toys that expand the mind.
- TOMS: Products that benefit the environment and gives back to those in need.
- China Berry: Great books and toys.
- Hearth Song: A toy company, especially great for kids 9-12,
- Isabella Catalog: Wonderful for the woman in your life and make sure to look at the Enessa beauty products. They are all packaged in glass (yay, no plastic!).
- Rodales: The winner in the fabulous catalog department. We defy you to NOT find a gift for anyone on your list.
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