Celebrate Green Blog

by Lynn I can go for months without an original craft idea and then one day, POW! Something hits me like a brick (but in a good way). That’s what happened last week when my friend Suzanne (owner of the fabulous spot for crafty buying, Pennywise Arts), came for a crafting date. Suzanne arrived armed [...]

by Lynn This video is clever, very funny and makes several great points about so many birthdays today.   If you’d rather not succumb to America’s penchant for going overboard, check out some of our ideas for creating birthdays everyone loves without the help of a PR firm!: Simple, green birthdays kids love Shopping for [...]

by Lynn Most of our immediate family just returned from Coeur d’Alene, ID, where we spent a wonderful week together. These annual vacations wouldn’t be complete without a dual birthday celebration for our granddaughters who were born four days apart. The day before the big event, I was sitting in the shade of a huge [...]

by Lynn Kids’ party waste seems to be epidemic. With the desire to make each party more over-the-top, the amount of throwaways can turn into a mountain. And buying everything new can be ridiculously expensive as well. There are many ways to save money and pay homage to the environment while throwing parties kids (and [...]

Lynn & Corey suggest three baby shower gifts, mama-to-be AND Mother Earth will love.

by Lynn and Corey Recently, Tanya Lieberman interviewed us for a podcast about throwing an eco-friendly baby shower, for Dandelion, a company that makes the most wonderful stuffed toys. Afterward, she told us about the creative green birthdays she has hosted for her son. Her ideas prove our contention that you don’t have to buy [...]

by Lynn I can’t remember exactly when my husband and I decided to stop giving each other physical gifts for birthdays, anniversaries and Christmas. I know it was decades after, with glowing eyes, he presented me a multi-layered dress encrusted with lace from Mexico that made me look like a 12-months pregnant cake topper. And [...]

5 Green gifts for (girlie) girls of all ages. From Lynn & Corey, mother-daughter authors of the book, “Celebrate Green!”.

Green gift ideas for President Obama (and the rest of us)

Corey and Lynn share their top picks for safe & eco-friendly beauty and body products for Mother’s Day.

How can you make your child’s birthday party as affordable as possible while still making it eco-friendly? By thinking reduce, reuse, recycle and filling in with less expensive items for what doesn’t fit in one of those categories. Here’s a round up of 10 items, each costing less than $10. Choose one or more, depending [...]

Corey and Lynn go ga-ga for a great, green online store.

EcoJot’s new campaign supports arts and literacy programs in developing countries

Corey & Lynn’s top picks for eco-fabulous e-card sites.