sustainable Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/sustainable/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sat, 08 Jun 2019 16:36:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 A Pencil that Grow into a Plant https://smthingscount.com/2019/06/08/a-pencil-that-grow-into-a-plant/ Sat, 08 Jun 2019 16:36:49 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8147 Here’s a fun way to dispose of no-longer-usable pencils without disposing of them. Huh? Well, you have to have a certain kind of pencil (Sprout).

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]]> A New Running Shoe that’s Kind to the Earth https://smthingscount.com/2019/06/01/a-new-running-shoe-thats-kind-to-the-earth/ Sat, 01 Jun 2019 16:34:47 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8122 Okay, so I lied. I told you (“Replace Your Cooler”) that I don’t usually talk about specific products.  But I can’t help myself because this

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]]> Go Dark for an Hour https://smthingscount.com/2019/03/30/go-dark-for-an-hour/ Sat, 30 Mar 2019 16:48:44 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7887 It’s happening now, wherever 8:30 PM local time arrives for you, in over 160 countries around the world and on all continents. People are turning

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]]> Earth Hour–Nothing to Make Light Of https://smthingscount.com/2015/03/28/earth-hour-nothing-to-make-light-of-2/ Sat, 28 Mar 2015 18:26:42 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3636 It’s happening now, wherever 8:30 PM local time arrives for you.  People are turning off their lights for an hour in solidarity for working toward

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]]> Sad News: No More Chocolate https://smthingscount.com/2014/11/18/sad-news-no-more-chocolate/ Tue, 18 Nov 2014 18:54:18 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3271 Get out your Kleenex, fellow chocolate-lovers.  Soon the cocoa plant–chocolate is made from its seeds–may be be no more.  Disease and pests are killing off

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]]> Shopping Tip: Watch Your Seafood https://smthingscount.com/2014/04/05/shopping-tip-watch-your-seafood/ Sat, 05 Apr 2014 17:02:40 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=2673 “Sea” to it that your food is good to buy.  Go to www.MontereyBayAquarium.org, look for “Make a Difference” (on the right), click on “Seafood Watch,”

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]]> Earth Hour–Nothing to Make Light Of https://smthingscount.com/2014/03/29/earth-hour-nothing-to-make-light-of/ Sat, 29 Mar 2014 17:18:26 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=2650 It’s happening now, wherever 8:30 PM local time arrives for you.  People are turning off their lights for an hour in solidarity for working toward

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