Green holiday gifting and reuse tips
Plan ahead shop green and bring reusable bags. Choose gifts with minimal packaging and reuse ribbons bows and wrapping. Unwrap carefully to keep paper reusable and buy recycled wrapping supplies. Cut up cards for future tags and recycle them. Send electronic or recycled paper cards to reduce waste.
Eco Friendly Gift Ideas For The Holidays
Consider consumable gifts like fudge cookies or soup in reusable containers. Plant a living gift for spring planting. Use energy efficient LED lights for decoration to cut energy use and hazards. Include traditions like caroling meals visits worship as eco friendly choices.
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Puzzle prompt hides gifts for Earth in word search
Readers are invited to scan the puzzle for gift themed words hidden forward backward and diagonally. Some letters may appear twice and the clue X A SNOCG suggests letters rearranged or mirrored to reveal a hidden term.
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Christmas Tree Choices and Reuse Ideas for Winter
Families weigh real versus artificial trees with live options offering recycling through city programs. If recycling is unavailable, reuse ideas include laying a cut tree for nesting birds, using branches for garden stakes, and decorating the trunk with bird treats for winter wildlife.
Christmas Bird Count at Library and Online Resources
On the Web resources include usa gov short link and audubon page for joining the Christmas Bird Count. In library reading, The New 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth by Earthworks Group is available.
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Mini Jokes Claus Punchline at North Pole
Clyde smiles at the joke about a creature living near the North Pole with a red nose, a brown coat, and a hump. The answer turns on Rudolph the Red Nosed Camel.
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Eco Note on Cutting Home Heat Loss During Holidays
The note explains heat loss through doors, windows, attic, and chimneys and urges tightening seals. It recommends closing windows tightly, plugging cracks, using a door draft stopper, and drawing shades at night. It cites adapted material from The New Sun on Earth by Earthworks Group and suggests discussing greener holidays with family.
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