Don't throw that away!

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Eliminate the Idea of Waste with Terracycle!

With great corporate partner ships (think Old Navy and Sprout), and creative projects (like turning old flip flops into that chipped soft rubbery material for playgrounds} Terracycle turns previously non-recyclable or hard to recycle waste into very useful alternatives from park benches to upcycled backpacks.

You can select your waste such as candy wrappers, cheese packaging, corks, digital cameras, neosporin tubes, scotch tape, or pens and markers. 

They provide you with a collection box which you can fill yourself, or put it in a community spot or an office and collect it later.

Mail it back to Terracycle (with free shipping provided), and they turn it into cool new products!!!

The bonus: For most items, Terracycle donates money per unit collected to a charity of your choice.

This would be a great hands-on project to do with your kids!

Let them select the products you want to collect, and get started!!!

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Earth Day Freebies

Source: myseveralworlds.com via Laura on Pinterest

Here are some great Earth Day Freebies for you!

Earth Day is Friday, April 22nd (tomorrow!).

Lowe's is giving away 1 million free trees.

Visit a local Lowe's store on 4/23/2011 to get one!

(You could use this tree for the Figs & Ginger giveaway below!!!)

Figs & Ginger is having their 3rd annual Earth Day giveaway.

Just take a photo of yourself/your family/your child planting a new tree and submit it by May 1st, and you can choose from free jewelry or a $15 gift certificate. 

I did this last year and received a very cute bunny necklace in return!♥

Free entrance into the National Parks!

The National Parks get even better with a fee-free day at more than 100 national parks that usually charge entrance fees April 16-24.

Source: flickrcc.bluemountains.net via San on Pinterest

On April 22nd visit a Starbucks near you with your reusable mug or tumbler and get a free brewed coffee or tea-your choice of brew, hot or iced.

Cheers!

Visit an Origins store near you on April 22nd and they'll trade with you!

Bring in any empty cosmetic tube, bottle or jar - regardless of brand - to any U.S. Origins Retail Store or counter to be recycled or used for energy recovery and Origins will give you a free full-size cleanser. Choose either: Checks and Balances™ Frothy face wash Or a Perfect World™ Antioxidant cleanser with White Tea.

 Complete this form and bring it with you.

Visit the Earth Day Network to make a pledge to make one act of green. 
Help them reach their goal of One Billion Acts of Green.

Source: nothingbutcountry.com via Sugar Bee on Pinterest

Print this beautiful & free 8x10 Earth Day poster from Nothing But Country.

Another Earth Day Print is available from here, too!

Print out this beautiful poster from Virrr!

The site is in Italian, but I used Babelfish to translate. 

(For personal use only)

Create your own Earth Day Art!

Want a cool Earth Day craft with the kids?

I love these handprint trees from At Second Street.

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I ♥ Earth Day!!!  Today we purchased a small tree to plant, and a few more pots of flowers for the garden.  I am going to try to plant them tomorrow, time permitting. 

 Along with the holiday, I created a Mossy green treasury. 

There is something so soothing about this color for me.

I just want to wrap it around me like a clean, soft old quilt and take a nap.

If you have a moment, stop by the Earth Day Network and add in your act of green.

"The land is where our roots are. The children must be taught to feel and live in harmony with the Earth."
“We must therefore turn to the child as to the key to the fate of our future life.”
-Maria Montessori

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Earth Day Giveaway!

I read about this great giveaway and wanted to share it with you.

Plant a tree, visit Figs & Ginger to upload your photo of the process, and receive this beautiful necklace!

Get the little ones involved.  Take them to the nursery to select the tree and soil together.  Get your hands dirty.  Dig the hole with their help and let your child discover what is living in the earth.  I still remember watching my dad plant trees when I was little, and being enthralled with watching the earthworms.  Take a photo of the tree every year to watch its progress. 

Earth Day is April 22nd.