Green holiday gift ideas for a lighter footprint
Plan ahead by shopping green and using reusable bags. Choose gifts with minimal packaging and reuse ribbons and wrapping paper. Unwrap carefully to reuse paper, select recycled wrapping supplies, and avoid metallic designs. Cut up and reuse holiday cards for tags and recycle cards when done. Consider electronic or recycled paper cards.
Eco Friendly Christmas Gift Ideas and Traditions
Create consumable gifts in reusable containers such as fudge cookies soup or hot chocolate mixes and dog treats. Consider gifting living plants to be planted next spring. Use energy efficient LED lights for decorations as part of a greener holiday.
Hidden Earth Gifts Puzzle Lists Hidden Words
Try n Find Words that remind us of gifts for Earth are hidden in this puzzle. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally, and some letters are used twice. See if you can find EFFICIENT ENERGY GARBAGE GIFT HOLIDAY LIGHTS RIBBONS SEASON NOCG.
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Real or cut Christmas tree options and reuse ideas
Families weigh artificial versus live trees and consider recycling or repurposing cut trees. Suggestions include nesting shelter for wildlife, crafting a tree from a loved object, and using the trunk as a garden stake. The Gleeson Library hosts a book tree at the University of San Francisco.
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Christmas Bird Count Web and Library Activities
Readers can join the Christmas Bird Count via the Audubon site and explore related activities at the library. The citation also references The New 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth by The Earthworks Group.
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Mini Jokes Claus Punchline
A pun delivers a Christmas-style joke with Clyde telling a riddle about a camel with Rudolph’s red nose, tying Santa humor to a North Pole image.
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How to cut energy waste in homes this winter
The note explains that about half of home heating energy is lost through doors, windows, attic, and chimneys. It advises tightening seals, plugging cracks, using a door draft stopper, and closing curtains at night. It also suggests talking with family to make holidays greener.
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Mini Page Books offer gifts and teaching guides
The notice promotes Mini Page Books from Universal Uclick. It highlights teaching guides for standards based activities and directs readers to MiniPageBooks.com or a toll free number. It also provides a mail order address in Kansas City with shipping and handling details.
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