Celebrate Green Blog

by Annette We invited Annette Frey,  founder and chief canine confectioner of Biscuits by Lambchop to do a round-up of picks for great eco-gifts for four-legged pets. (Note that as always, very few, if any items we can buy are 100% sustainable. You must make your own decision about how important each aspect of sustainability [...]

by Lynn and Corey This year, instead of offering a gift guide as you’ll find on so many sites—green and otherwise—we’re offering ideas for freebies—gifts you can make or give that cost absolutely nothing. We started with 25 Free Activity Gifts for Kids and today, we’re moving on to adults. No gift is perfect for [...]

by Lynn If you use packaging tape, you may toss the cardboard cores into the recycling bin. Maybe you’ll stop doing that after you see how easy it is to make this cute gift that will cost you absolutely nothing. Teen girls are the perfect recipient for these bracelets although anyone who likes to live [...]

by Lynn You don’t need me to tell you that money remains tight for many people as we head into the holidays. But is it such a terrible thing that the extravagances of the recent past are history? Is it really in their best interest to deluge kids with piles of material gifts that are [...]

by Corey Recently, I had the very difficult task of testing candy. Now you might not think this is difficult, but believe it or not, I don’t have a sweet tooth. Or at least I don’t usually. But something happened when JJ’s Sweets sent us a box of a variety of their confections (made by [...]

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

Hope you and yours enjoy a wonderful (green) holiday! Warmly, Corey & Lynn and if you missed our holiday greeting and are up for a laugh, here it is, from us to you! Lynn Colwell and Corey Colwell-Lipson are mother and daughter and authors of  Celebrate Green! Creating Eco-Savvy Holidays, Celebrations and Traditions for the Whole [...]

by Lynn I’m an enthusiastic proponent of games as a way to bring all ages together for absolutely free fun. And Christmas is no exception. Thought I’d share four of our favorites. They take little to no preparation. For one you’ll divide into teams (and if very small children are involved, teaming with parents for [...]

by Lynn and Corey OK, so you didn’t manage to convince the grandparents to wrap the family’s gifts in cloth. And you-know-who is getting a present enclosed in clam shell plastic. And even though your husband’s family has a group appetite that would put a pod of blue whales to shame, there will be leftovers [...]

by Lynn This is the last post of the year on ornaments, promise. But we actually had people ask us about this one, so wanted to pop it in before it’s too late. If your tree is a cut one, prior to setting it out for composting (which of course we know you’ll do), saw [...]

by Lynn Every year I make ornaments for each of our grandkids. Most of them have shown their smiling faces, but since I hardly ever print photographs anymore, I thought this year I’d do something different. This is what I came up with: And here’s how it happened: Looking around the craft room I spied [...]

by Lynn Warning: If you’re a proudly obsessive neatnik, do not look at the photo below. It will send you into a tailspin. Close your eyes and scroll down a bit to keep your sanity intact! I’m not proud of the scene. In fact, I can’t believe I’m sharing this chaos with the world. And [...]

by Lynn Anyone can walk into the store and buy a box of ornaments. But how much more fun to personalize your tree by decorating with objects that are meaningful to you in some way. A few years ago I discovered that by using a bit of wire, I can turn almost any everyday object [...]

by Lynn and Corey We’re always talking about going green as a step-by-step process,  so we were happy to see that this year, the White House has turned the Green Room green with two trees and other decor made from recycled newspapers and magazines folded, glittered and decorated with ribbons and jewels. In other parts [...]