ecobites

Making your life greener - one bite at a time.

Swishing is a great way of refreshing one's wardrobe without spending any money or adding to landfill; you also get an added glow from knowing that someone is going to give your old clothes a new home.

"The sharing economy movement has gone mainstream. According to a national consumer study, not only did a 60 percent of overall respondents find the concept of sharing appealing, but a full 71 percent of those who have used shareable products expect to continue."  Campbell Mithun

My mother's fave saying when we were growing up "it is not a TV set, don't open the refrigerator and stare inside" ...

The refrigerator requires most of the power totally consumed in your home. So it is important that we should make it a habit to save as much energy as possible.

You should open the fridge door only for a little time and close it as soon as you are done. For every minute it is open, it takes 3 mintes to cool down again.

It is Mother's Day for many Moms around the world on Sunday 12th May. Mother's Day celebrates the contribution of mothers to our lives.

Mother's Day is a great time to honor all those special women who made a difference in your life. What better way to show your love to Earth and to Mom than by getting gifts that do not harm to the environment.

Start this Earth Day—REUSE with lunches, picnics, takeout, leftovers, salad bars, camping, summer travel, at the bulk bins and more!

Packaging accounts for nearly 32% of all household waste in the U.S., and each American throws away about 4.6 pounds of garbage every day, which is more than any other country! Kick the disposable habit and REDUCE your household garbage by eliminating single-use food packaging and REUSING whenever you can. www.kidskonserve.com

We don’t need any more big ideas. We need small ideas / bites. Beautiful ideas. Beautiful because they lead to a large number of beautiful small actions, the kind alluded to by Wendell Berry: ‘Soil is not usually lost in slabs or heaps of magnificent tonnage. It is lost a little at a time over millions of acres by careless acts of millions of people. It cannot be solved by heroic feats of gigantic technology, but only by millions of small acts and restraints.'

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If you're thinking about buying a classic Father's Day gift, why not make it a little different and go green?

According to the annual US Brand Keys Father's Day survey, the 2012 average anticipated spend for Dad is up 10%, moving up from the trend where consumers usually spend 15-20% more on Mom than on Dad for special days.

"That's precisely the increase we saw for Mother's Day spending this year," said Robert Passikoff, president, Brand Keys, the New York-based brand and customer loyalty research consultancy that conducts the national survey.