Whole Lotta Printin’ Going On

Everywhere we look there is printed material. The average 9-to-5er generates almost 10,000 sheets of paper a year, according to the EPA. That’s a lotta trees and a lotta…

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Welcome to our Plastic Film Recycling System

Learning to recycle plastic film has been a game changer for us yet with the exception of plastic grocery bags, plastic film products are rarely recycled even by the…

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The Flight of the Hummingbird

In addition to planting 18 trees for Finley’s 18 years, the Green Belt Movement sent us home with 18 hummingbirds—all made by a local artist by reusing discarded cans…

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Virtual High-Five

“You just gave up bottled water? Awesome job, buddy!” Wouldn’t it be great if every time we made a sustainable choice we got a pat on the back? At Finley’s…

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Overcoming Your Composting Challenge

Composting is easy out here in the countryside, but people are getting together to make composting possible in all kinds of environments. So, if you live in city, or in…

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Card-Carrying Member

Every year the US publishing industry uses about 32 million trees for raw materials and then the production stage emits over 40 million metric tons of C02. At this…

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“Russia Is Not A Dump” 

On our recent trip to Nairobi, Kenya planting trees for Finley you couldn’t help but notice there was trash everywhere—lining the fields and eaten by wandering goats and cows,…

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The 5th R – REFUSE

When she was a small child, our daughter Callie somehow got the idea of asking for ‘stuff’ for free—and it worked amazingly well for her.  At the grocery…

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Plant a Tree This Weekend

We’re expecting a beautiful weekend here in Virginia. As the weather warms up—here is a little motivation for going out and planting another tree. Never has the crisis of climate…

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So Long Saran Wrap

Learning how to use greener products can take some experimentation.  That’s what I found with the beeswax covers sold as replacements for cling wraps and foil.  At…

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