Light Green Stairs

  • My SIGG bottle

    UPDATE: August 2009, SIGG bottles made prior to August 2008 contain trace amounts of BPA. Isn’t it lovely? (Sorry about the glare on the photo. It’s so nice it shines.) Since a main focus of this blog is sharing steps I take to be greener in my everyday life, I thought I’d tell you about…

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  • Get rid of unwanted catalogs with Catalog Choice

    So, maybe you want some catalogs. That’s OK, but I’ll guess that you get more than a few catalogs that you don’t want. At Catalog Choice you can choose which catalogs you no longer want to receive. Then, Catalog Choice does all the work for you. They contact the companies. It may be quicker if…

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  • Send a Valentine e-card and help homeless pets

    Send DOGGIE-MAIL or KITTY-MAIL before February 14 and Purina will donate .50 cents to help a homeless dog or cat. Each time you send a card, Purina donates. You can choose a pet (cat or dog or upload your own photo), background, audio and props. It’s fun. A warning though: you (not the recipient) will…

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  • Burt’s Bees and Clorox

    Last summer I started using Burt’s Bees beeswax lip balm as an alternative to petroleum-based ChapStick. The natural beeswax lip balm feels much better. Burt’s Bees had a lot of green business practices, including using recycled packaging. But Burt’s sold to Clorox last year for $913 million. Clorox says it’s going green and wants to…

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  • I joined Tree Hugging Family, but not leaving you here!

    I’m now co-blogging with Jennifer at b5media’s Tree Hugging Family. It’s a great green family-oriented blog, and now it will have even more posts each week. Please stop by. And, yes! I will keep Light Green Stairs alive and well, so keep visiting or I will miss you.

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