As you know, Valentine’s Day is next week. Are you buying flowers for anyone special? If so, how about buying him/her organic flowers?
Why? Because the majority of cut flowers are grown in Latin America and equatorial Africa in an industry in which the employees (mostly women) work for low wages and without benefits. When the holidays roll around and flowers are in demand, the workers are required to labor overtime.
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With Valentine’s Day approaching, you’re probably thinking about what to get your True Love (or yourself.)
Today, Recycla is here to talk about CHOCOLATE.
Chocolate is a big part of Valentine’s Day and for good reason. This product of the cocoa bean has been revered for centuries for its aphrodisiac qualities. And isn’t love what Valentine’s Day is all about?
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Like so many other people this time of year, Recycla has been on a major cleaning, organizing, and decluttering frenzy in the last few weeks. She lives with three people who tend toward packrat tendencies, so decluttering is an ongoing, never-ending task for her.
So far, she has completely worked over her closet, just recently shoveled out her daughters’ toy room, and is plunging into the kitchen today, to be followed afterward by dealing with the mountain of papers in the family’s shared home office.
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With winter here, Recycla and her family are starting their days off with one of their favorite breakfasts: Oatmeal.
Ahhhhhh…
A bowl of oatmeal is a warm, nutritious breakfast that tastes good and gives any Eco Warrior enough energy to battle even the most dastardly Hummer owner.
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Recycla’s daughters got a lot of plastic gift cards for Christmas, which is an easy gift for grandparents, aunts, and uncles to give two middle schoolers. After all those iTunes cards were entered into the girls’ iTunes accounts, what remained was a stack of plastic cards that needed to be disposed of in some way.
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Since Enviro Girl shared her eco resolutions for 2012 yesterday, Recycla thought she’d share hers today so that you can see that even within the Eco Women, their goals differ greatly. Because even here within the group of six Eco Women, they are at different places in their eco-ness and what they can do and are willing to do. For example, the Green Mommy lives in a major city and doesn’t own a car, so she walks or takes the subway to get around. On the other end of the spectrum, Enviro Girl and Eco Lassie live in rural areas and rely on their cars for nearly 100% of their transportation needs. In between, Recycla, the Green Clean, and Captain Compost are able to walk and bike sometimes, but sometimes also need to drive.
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As you are taking down your Christmas decorations and dealing with the aftermath of all your festivities, here’s a quick and easy tip to get you started on Christmas 2012:
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Today, the Eco Women don’t have any tips on how to recycle more or use less stuff. They’re not going to tell you to ditch bottled water or remind you to always take your reusable shopping bags to the store.
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Even though winter does not technically start for another day it has been cold for a few weeks in Recycla’s home state of Virginia. Since Recycla can occasionally be a fun mother, she has been letting her daughters drink hot cocoa with breakfast and again after school while they’re working on homework.
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With the holidays upon us, are you getting ready to pull out your fine china, crystal, and silver? Uh oh, is your silver tarnished? Have no fear, Recycla knows two different eco-friendly ways to clean silver, whether it’s silverware, candlesticks, platters, or jewelry — use plain white toothpaste (gel won’t work) or baking soda and a sponge.
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