Green Options

Crafting as a family and sending your treasures off to those who really need them would be the perfect family activity this week. E

ven though the holidays are still so far away, it is good to help prepare for the busy season now! There is no better time than the present to do something good for someone else.

Here are just a few of the projects going on that I know about:

A new report claims that the increasing number of ‘all-natural’ and ‘organic’ products on the market may be guilty of “the seven sins of greenwashing”.

TerraChoice Environmental Marketing released its report The Seven Sins of Greenwashing today. The report defines greenwashing as “the act of misleading consumers regarding the environmental practices of a company or the environmental benefits of a product or service.”

President-elect Barack Obama is asking every person in the United States to help transform Martin Luther King Day, January 19th, into a national day of community service. Obama is encouraging everyone to act locally to improve your own neighborhood and make an ongoing commitment to help those in need.