Early Bird Doesn't Want the Worm

[YAAWN]
Good morning,
Well this morning I woke up earlier than I wanted to! Then I read a book about Queen Anne Boleyn of England... Sad story there, then, I got up and went to check the time.
Now, I am sitting here listening to the birds and wishing I had something to talk about. (Not just the boring details of my early morning.) Speaking of Listening to the birds I finally thought of/rememberd what I am going to talk about.
You know that expression : "The Early Bird gets the worm."?
It's all fine and dandy that the bird gets the worm, but when people use this as a motivational expression (commonly to get people to wake up early) the last thing I would want to do is get up...and get a worm!
I would love to hear from you about what you think of the expression, "the early bird gets the worm" and whether it would motivate you to get out of bed or to pull the covers around you tighter.

Sorry for the not very environmental post,
Yours as always,
Greenie

Ahhh, Home Sweet Home!

WOW!
You know what feels really great? Coming home from camp and realizing how comfortable your mattress is...and also eating fresh organic produce from your local food Co-op!
In other words: it sure is great to be home from camp! Though I love the whole atmosphere and such of the camp that I was at, I LOVE being home.

So, that said, I hope that you 'Partied Green' on the Fourth...I also hope that if you used fireworks (or sparklers), you picked up all the trash that they made...because those things are TOXIC!

I hope that you've had a wonderful summer so far and that you stayed nice and cool!
Signed,
Greenie

Memorial Day

Hey, hey, hey!
So sorry not to have posted in a while!

As you know, today is Memorial Day, this is the day when we honor the men and Women in our armed forces.



I hope that you will remember those who are prtecting our country.
-Greenie

Happy Mother's Day!

Hey!
As you know...today is Mother's Day. I bet you're wondering how Mother's Day relates to a blog that is all about helping the earth...try to make the connection......

Give up? Mother Earth! Mother's Day is a great day to plant a garden with your mother or in honor of your mother. Get out and take a deep breath of fresh air. Take a walk...Have fun!
Enjoy your Mother's day (call or talk to your mom!)
I'll be writing soon, but now I have a lunch appointment with mymom.
-Greenie

About Spring Pictures

I was just looking at the post before this when I reallized that I had a perfect example of a good spring picture:

Spring Pictures

Hi everybody,
With spring here it's time to take some flower pictures...You can be the next Georgia O'Keefe
Great Spring Pictures include:
Tulips
Vegetable gardens
Trees with leaves growing
a close up of a dandelion
etc.
Taking pictures of springtime is great...you never know what you'll find!
If you take a REALLY great picture, I'd love to hear all about it from you! (just comment at the bottom of this post where it says "comment")
Have fun,
-Greenie

Happy Earth Day

Hi everybody!
I know it's a bit late for this but, Happy Earth Day!!
I hope that in honor of the earth, that you partied green, carpooled, recycled, composted, and that you were conscious about everything that you did and how it might affect the world.
We are enjoying nice dreary weather (again) where I live...I hope that you have sunnier skies! At least this weather that we're (not) enjoying very much, is better than what we experienced last spring/summer. Almost everyday we would have these terrible torrential thunderstorms with the rain coming down so hard you could barley see...there was hail and everything! So, thank god that our clear grey skies do not bring with them such terrible storms.
Enjoy your day!
-Greenie

Hey, cool pic!

Hey again!
Sorry that I don't have any amazing tips on how to party green...but I do have a really great image...I created it myself!
-Greenie

April Break

I'm sure for a lot of you April break is coming up! April break is a great time to get out of the house and pick up garbage or save the earth. Though it's a great time to help the earth I also know that for a lot of people this means endless parties. Luckily, if you are reading this blog you are probably responsible when it comes to having parties. For those of you who would like to know a few ways to 'party green' I have a few tips below.

Party Green ‘campaign’ tips

a) use compostable or recyclable utensils
b) always reuse your forks, plates, spoons, cups, knives, etc.
c) try to stay away from packaged foods
d) make things out of organic fresh fruits and vegetables instead of using packages of fruits and dip
e) make your own dips
f) always pick up any wrappers, balloon pieces, confetti, or anything else that belongs in the garbage and/or recycling
g) if there will be BBQ get free range meat
h) research other ways of minimizing waste
i) research more about how to ‘party green’
j) tell friends/ guests how to ‘party green’
I will try to post more ‘party green’ tips over April break but I can’t make any promises.

-Greenie

Spring has Sprung!

Hello again!

I haven't posted anything in quite a while... (forgive me)

Spring is finally here and the trees in my neighborhood have the most beautiful blossoms! I've always thought that trees blossoming are the most beautiful sight...and now I can prove that it's true, I'm not crazy!

For your homework: Take a walk, climb a tree, go barefoot in the garden!

Six Chix comic strip

This is a totally awsome Six Chix comic strip that I had to share. If you can't read it comment and tell me so.

wow! how blind i've been

As I started to type a post with a different subject I realized something.
Sure, this is pretty obvious but, here I am typing about saving the earth and yet I'm using a lot of electricety to power this computer that might have to be replaced in a few years...NOT very earth friendly.
Give me your opinion. Do you think that it's better to make people aware by blogging to them about the earth... or do you think I should get off the computer and make people aware by word of mouth???
Let me know what you think!!
-Greenie

Earthquake in Haiti

Hi,
As you probably, there has been an earthquake in Haiti. After listening to a news report I learned that the greatest way to help is to send money to an organization/ funds that will serve the people in Haiti. A few that I know of from reading a friend's blog are, Oxfam America and Craft Hope for Haiti. (You can find the latter on Etsy.)
Today is M.L.K. Day and a perfect day to help. If you are unable to give, spread the news about these organizations/funds for Haiti. People will know that you wish to help in your heart.
Please help Haiti!
-Greenie

What is Green?

In my opinion green is anything that is eco-friendly (not harmful to the environment) and doesn't harm people and animals.
(It's also a color)
Going Green is when you try to do things that are environmentally-friendly (good for the earth)You can try to go green by following some of the tips I have posted, you can also go to other websites that talk about going green. You can talk to an environmentalist or someone else who is knowledgeable on that subject. It's good to learn about going green... and i hope you'll look into it!
If you have anything to add, or you would like to ask a question, please add a comment and I'll try to get back to you!

You answer

Another question that I was recently asked:
If you buy a packaged dinner from the store and heat it up, is it better to use a reusable plate to eat the dinner off of or should you reuse the box that you bought it in?
In my opinion I think that buying a packaged dinner in the first place is not very eco-friendly, making both of these options not veryr green.
Please let me know what you think by commenting on this post!
-Greenie

So...

Yola! (popular word meaning hello, hola, yo.)

I was recently asked, 'Is is better to use a paper napkin or reusable plate when eating a snack?'

People think differently about this.
A few people think that a paper napkin is better, why they think so;
1) If it's a white napkin it can be composted.
2) It is a waste of water to keep washing plates.

Other people (who are correct in my opinion) think that a reusable plate is better. Their reasons;
1)When shipping paper napkins it takes A LOT of gasoline
2)You can wash and REUSE a REUSABLE plate
3)Washing a plate does not waste water because you will use it again

After reading this (and maybe doing your own research you can tell me which one you think is best...
-Greenie