A few good green apps
I think we would be lost without our cell phones. Cell phones are like an appendix of our bodies, always attached. I am in the generation where I do remember life before cell phones. Before cell phones, we had to drive home to use the landline telephone. Before cell phones, we couldn’t search the Internet for a quick answer. Some [...]
College kids’ trash could be anothers treasure
Last week, more than 2,000 students at Coastal Carolina University moved out of the residence halls for the summer. They finished up finals, cleaned out their rooms (sort of) and stuffed their cars with as much of their junk as possible. However, many of them didn’t have enough room to haul all of their junk back home. It was quite [...]
Making green dreams a reality
Like most people, I envision that I will accomplish a project “someday.” Someday is just another day of the week. You know, there’s Thursday, Friday, Saturday and just, someday. The reality is that I have big hopes and dreams to do green projects around my home, but no real time or extra money to get them done. My list for [...]
Thrift store numbers don’t lie
If you’ve never been to a resale shop, then you really should consider the personal and economic benefits of this emerging industry. Ours may be considered a throwaway society, especially when it comes to clothes: You buy the newest fashion today and then tomorrow, you get rid of it simply because it has gone out of style. However, clothes are [...]
One earth, several celebrations
Earth Day is Sunday, April 22, and believe it or not, our area has many earth-friendly events and activities for you to get involved with. Earth Day was founded in 1970 as an environmental awareness movement and has been celebrated annually by individuals, schools, businesses, organizations and municipalities ever since. For more information about Earth Day, visit the Web site [...]
It’s a new year, which means a new chance at life and a time to start over. At the start of the new year, people have a tendency to reflect on the negativity of the past year and look for ways to make themselves and their life better. Typical Resolutions include: Lose Weight, Eat Better, Exercise More, Quit Smoking, Get Out of Debt….etc. [...]
As the year comes to a close, I reflect on my New Year’s Resolution of 2011 to not buy new clothes for an entire year, but to purchase them from second-hand stores only. For anyone that has known me this year, this was easier said than done. It was in February, when I got my new job as the Sustainability [...]
The holidays are just about over. You are probably in the process of taking down decorations, while wrestling with the time you don’t have. I will confess that one year, I kept my Christmas tree up until Valentine’s Day. Yay, it was just easier that way. Anyway, one of the major issues during the holidays between Thanksgiving and New Year’s [...]
This year was a very fun adventure in shopping at second-hand stores. My results post will be posted on the last day of the year, but I wanted to create a top 11 for 2011 list. Thrift store shopping not only gave me experiences, but I found several new favorite pieces for my closet (and my house). Here are my [...]
[UPDATE - Moozie's Closet CLOSED February 17, 2012. The owners cited that they were starting a new chapter in their lives and we wish them all the best as Moozie's Closet will be forever missed!] In sharing my blog with new friends, I was invited to go shopping with one of my newest friends, Karen. The first stop was Twice [...]
Having shared my blog with some newbies, I received an invitation to go shopping with one of my newest friends. She wanted to check out some second-hand stores in our area, so we made a day of it. We only had time to visit two stores this time, but looking forward to the next date! Our first stop was Twice [...]
We visited Walt Disney World for our family vacation during Thanksgiving, but, of course, my “green glasses” were on searching for all the Green Mickeys. The Recycling Bin Hunt During our visit, I was hunting recycling bins, most of which were in regular traffic paths for the public. The bins were plentiful and easy to find. However, there was NOT [...]
I once was told that recycling isn’t all there is to sustainability. Okay, while I agree, I have learned that recycling is a vital component to the success of sustainability, especially on a college campus. In February 2011, I started working back at my alma mater as their second sustainability coordinator. My background includes seven years of experience working at [...]
While wasting time before our flight home from Colorado, we stumbled upon one of the named experimental “green” Wal-Marts in the United States. Apparently, there were only two Wal-Mart Experimental Sustainable Supercenters, one in Aurora, CO and one in McKinney, TX. The 200,000-square-foot store, located at 3301 North Tower Road, in Aurora, CO opened in 2005 and was supposed to be [...]
The store’s slogan says, “Not the usual thrift store,” is right on the second-hand money. One of my favorite parts of my trip to Colorado included a visit to a second-hand store. I couldn’t pass the opportunity to visit at least one in this “green” state. So, I chose the Buffalo Exchange in Boulder, CO, which is a chain thrift [...]
