Celebrate Green Blog

by Lynn When Corey’s first daughter was born, I looked forward to selecting toys that would foster her imagination. Although I’d never seen or heard of playsilks, once my daughter introduced me to them, I was hooked. Any “toy” that serves in many capacities and allows a child’s mind to flourish is a great one [...]

by Lynn A few years ago my husband and I flew to London to celebrate a friend’s close-to-miraculous recovery from cancer. While there, I met up with some “greenies” whom I only knew via the web. One of my absolute favorites was Lupe Castro. Lupe is a (gorgeous) fashion stylist with a passion for sustainability. [...]

by Lynn People often ask me where I come up with my DIY ideas. I’d love to be able to brag that they all pop out fully-formed and perfect from my own brain. Not. Maybe I should be, but I’m not ashamed to admit that many if not most of what I create with is [...]

by Lynn Everyone loves a bargain. (Free is best so remember to enter our contests this month.) Personally I start getting interested in buying when I see 50% off products I want. That’s why we’re excited to bring 50% off items that will help you and your family celebrate a Green Halloween®. Just click on [...]

by Lynn Yes, I know it’s almost November and I live in the northwest. So I wouldn’t question your sanity if you questioned mine in reviewing sandals right now. Then again, if you’re anything like me, you wear sandals all year around. No, not for shopping or walking in the rain. For some reason, although [...]

by Lynn Of course you’re a winner! You’re a Celebrate Green! reader, right? Well, we want to make you even more of a winner by making sure you know about all the easy-to-enter contests on our sister site Green Halloween®. You won’t believe the great green goodies we’re giving away. 1. Earlier this month, I [...]

by Lynn Lots of families now celebrate Halloween not with traditional trick-or-treating, but by gathering friends and family for a Halloween party. When you buy local and organic, then use a bit of imagination or borrow from some of the ideas below, your party food is bound to be a healthy hit and maybe give [...]

by Lynn Earlier this month we talked about steps to making your own Halloween decor. Since Halloween is the second most popular holiday after Christmas for decor, it seems like we could all use more ideas. So here we go! 1. I made a memory pail from a paint can that you can see at [...]

by Lynn Every day in America we throw away, enough food to feed the world— cheese that has turned moldy at the back of the fridge and that doctors warn us away from, even if we cut off the bad part.   Cookies, crackers and bread gown stale in the company of spices we buy [...]

by Lynn A few weeks ago, my husband and I spent an afternoon picking organic blueberries. (The season ran really late this year due to so much early rain and cold weather.) As much as I love this incredible fruit, I rarely make anything from what we pick because they taste so darn good on [...]

by Lynn Back when our kids were small and our wallets smaller, we lived in Tucson. One day a neighbor asked if I wanted half of a five bushel box of hydroponic tomatoes. She said if I took them, she’d show me how to make tomato sauce and freeze it for our weekly spaghetti dinners. [...]

by Lynn and Corey Got a note the other day that FamilyFun, the magazine with lots of cool family-centered ideas, is launching a new magazine aimed at six to 12-year-olds, Disney’s FamilyFun Kids. It promises to be ad-free, creative, positive, and can-do, packed with a mix of original material and the best ideas from FamilyFun, [...]

by Lynn I’m a craft fanatic and love not only crafting myself, but admiring (and sometimes buying), handmade items. Whether they are decorative or utilitarian or both, I prefer items that carry more meaning than their surface interest or beauty. Knowing that human hands made an item I’m purchasing, and realizing that the person who [...]

by Lynn As I mentioned yesterday, there are many reasons to buy Fair Trade and happily, when it comes to edibles, (especially chocolate), there are lots of great choices. Just a few of our favorites: 1. Coco-Zen. Whether you’re looking for the perfect gift or party favors for the chocolate-loving crowd, Coco-Zen’s handmade truffles will [...]