Tag Archives: Trash

Upcycled Crafting – 5 Things You Should Never Throw Away

April 9, 2012 by Calley

5 Things You Should Never Throw Away When it comes to crafting with kids you can find a lot of fun resources in the trash.  I wish I could say that I don’t generate any trash at all but it’s … Continue reading →

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TerraCycle’s Garbage Moguls Returns Saturday 8/21/10 to National Geographic

August 19, 2010 by Calley

In honor of Trash to Treasure Thursday, this week I’m super excited to bring you the latest and greatest news from TERRACYCLE!  In April, TerraCycle debuted Garbage Moguls on the National Geograpic Channel – a series of television shows that … Continue reading →

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Eco-Advent Calendars

December 1, 2009 by Calley

Tis’ the season for our children to WANT, WANT, WANT!  I struggle each year around this time to remind my 6 year old that it’s not all about presents and Santa.  He had a homework project this week to talk … Continue reading →

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Trashy Thursday

May 15, 2008 by Calley

Here are some cute projects that I saw while visiting Epcot’s Flower and Garden festival at Disney World a few weeks ago.  With a little time and imagination you can create some really cute projects for your garden.  I wonder … Continue reading →

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Trashy Thursday – Making Music

April 10, 2008 by Calley

Here is a neat little musical instrument little man and I made for our new friends in Toronto, the Village Mama and family.  We had to go for a nature walk to find just the right sticks for the project.  … Continue reading →

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Trashy Thursday! V-Day Edition

February 14, 2008 by Calley

We did it!  We made time to make our Valentine’s butterflies.  We started with an empty toilet paper roll and wrapped it with pink paper (you could use scrap paper, envelopes, whatever you have around).  Next we cut out several … Continue reading →

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Waste

January 30, 2008 by Calley

Have you ever really thought about how much you waste each day?  As I sit here in an airport beginning my travels for the day I decided to track my waste for today.  It’s not even 5am and already I … Continue reading →

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What Do I Do With…?

January 24, 2008 by Calley

If you are anything like me you have a garage, closet or attic full of stuff that you don’t want anymore.  But what do you do with all that stuff?  My friend was going through her house this week doing … Continue reading →

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Happy New Years Eve

December 31, 2007 by Calley

It’s almost here, 2008!  Looking back at 2007 I have made a good effort to make small changes in my everyday life that will benefit the environment; or at least lessen our impact.  So what are going to be my … Continue reading →

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How was your Christmas?

December 27, 2007 by Calley

Well Christmas has come and gone!  I am actually quite excited that today was the first trash pick up since then and we only had our average one trash can full.  We only had one bag of wrapping paper trash … Continue reading →

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