To celebrate Earth Day when I was in grade school, my friends and I rewrote the lyrics to
TLC's "Waterfalls" with verses like "Don't go littering the earth, Please stick to the recycling bins," and sang them to the tune of the song playing on my boombox. Even though that is an utterly awesome image, I think I'll save you the pain of hearing my voice this Earth Day. Instead, I thought I'd round up some of my favorite Casa Verde posts that I've written.
I hope that's enough for you to chew over on this special day.
Unfortunately, just because you're holding your wedding ceremony in the great outdoors that doesn't mean your celebration is good for the planet. If you want some ideas for cutting down on the environmental impact of your big day, take a look at my tips.
For a Greener Wedding
- Who doesn't love flowers. You can keep your flowers eco by buying organic blooms or buying the flowers locally.
- When considering where to hold your wedding, think about where most of your guests are located.
I found this great DIY on
Design Happens, and it fit so well into
this month's theme and
Earth Day that I had to share.
Here's What You Need
- Plant cuttings from your yard or a nearby park (remember to only take one from each plant)
- Clear acrylic finish
- Plexiglas frames to match number of cutting you want to frame
- Matting to match number of frames
- Watercolor paper
- Hot-glue gun
To find out how to put these botanical prints together, read more.
- Gather cuttings that you like from your yard or a local park. Let the cuttings dry to ensure that they'll maintain their colors.
- Spray the cuttings with a clear acrylic finish, which will protect the color.
- Purchase Plexiglas frames and mat board for the back.
- Hot glue the clippings onto heavyweight watercolor paper.
- You can also write each clipping's botanical name onto the watercolor paper.
- Assemble into the frames.
Source
To kick off
Earth Day here on Casa, I thought I'd show you a very cool way to bring a little green into a cramped-for-space home or garden. The
ELT Easy Green Living Wall ($39 - $249) is a modular-living wall panel that you can buy pregrown or that you can plant on your own. Made of 100-percent recyclable plastic, it is environmentally friendly, not to mention aesthetically pleasing.
