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Intuitive Tuesday–Worldwide Book Reuse!
Intuitive Tuesday–Worldwide Book Reuse! avatar

A little more about reusing… When it comes to the 3 R’s, the priority of our actions should be first to reduce. As I blogged about last week, reducing our consumption is the optimal choice for supporting a more sustainable planet. Next best to reducing consumption, is reusing that which already exists. Reusing is preferable to recycling because the product… (more…)

Magical Monday–Reuse!
Magical Monday–Reuse! avatar

A few years ago, Consumer Reports revealed a startling statistic. An investigation found that New York City’s Department of Sanitation collects over 700,000 tons of reusable “garbage.” If this has happened in one city, isn’t it likely to be happening in many other towns and cities as well? A lot of what gets defined as garbage in many people’s homes… (more…)

Magical Monday: Re-Vitalizing the 3 R’s! Today, REDUCE and REUSE!
Magical Monday: Re-Vitalizing the 3 R’s! Today, REDUCE and REUSE! avatar

Consumption has risen sixfold since 1960, according to the World Bank. Taking the rising global population into account, this amounts to a tripling of consumption expenditures per person over this time. This has led to similar increases in the amount of resources used–a sixfold increase in metals extracted from the earth, eightfold in oil consumption and 14-fold in natural gas… (more…)

Footprint Friday–Bellisima Green Challenge: Do Something Green Every Day in April in Honor of Earth Day!
Footprint Friday–Bellisima Green Challenge: Do Something Green Every Day in April in Honor of Earth Day! avatar

The 40th Anniversary of Earth Day will take place on April 22nd! So where are we 40 years later? There are many who think that the concepts of “green” and “green living” have been exploited, misused, overused and even modified to such an extent that one cannot tell what it really means to be “green.” Those same people believe the… (more…)

Footprint Friday–Bellisima Green Challenge: Creating Spaces!
Footprint Friday–Bellisima Green Challenge: Creating Spaces! avatar

At the beginning of this week, I had a revelation about my business. In order for it to grow and thrive, I must create more space for it. “But how exactly do I do that?” I thought. “I’m not at a point in time to rent office space nor do I really want to work outside my home while I… (more…)

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