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This may be stated a bit bluntly, but there is no denying that many of the Halloween costumes and decorations represent a waste of natural resources. Millions of costumes are produced that are worn once and then tossed, or are never sold and eventually end up in landfills. The most nightmarish aspect of Halloween is the level of consumption that occurs because people buy millions of costumes and decorations made out of plastic and paper and decorate houses with energy consuming lights and yard decorations. Anyone in a Big Foot or Sasquatch costume has nothing on the size of the Halloween carbon footprint this holiday leaves on our environment

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Need some last-minute holiday gift ideas? Don’t settle on giving gift cards to those remaining on your list—take this opportunity to be a little eco-friendly.

When wrapping presents, avoid using one-time use materials, which will only end up in the trash can. Instead, use pretty fabric remnants, a scarf, shopping bags, reusable tote bags, or newspaper to wrap a gift. Spruce things up by using cloth ribbon, twine, colorful yarn, springs, pinecones, cinnamon sticks to decorate—anything but those cheap, tacky bows! Read More