Have a great weekend everyone! I leave you with a few cool links to check out over the weekend.
I ran across some cool DIY instructions on Keesta for making your own Disco ball made from recycled materials. I think I have enough junk CDs to do this but no Styrofoam ball and I would hate to buy one…maybe paper mache might work? This would be pretty cool hanging in the basement along with the strobe light I got when I was 12. If I set up my iPod sound-dock down there then the kids and can get our Saturday Night Fever on.
Jenny at The Green Mommy posted about WWII Conservation requirements and how during the war people had to conserve as much as they possibly could, “food, metal, cloth, dyes, food, fuel oil, rubber all come to mind. Those that stayed behind engaged in a united effort to halt consumption and maximize their conservation of resources.” The article also talks about what we can learn about the women from that era and their ability to refashion existing clothing to suit new purposes. It is very interesting article with some cool links.
In the same vein there is a blog I found yesterday that seeks to refashion, renovate, and recycle previously loved clothing and the blog has very retro look. This site even brings out the inner fashionista in me and it is pretty darn hard to lure that side out…. :)
The League of Maternal Justice a blog I am digging lately reminds us that stores like Wal-Mart are under no obligation to remove lead toys and products from stores when they recalled. The recalls are voluntary. One reader’s story about being able to buy recalled baby bibs with lead many months after they were recalled should be a wake-up call to Wal-Mart shoppers. :(
Mike Adams at NewTarget wrote a wonderful rebuttal to the ludicrous study released this week that supposedly claims that autism cannot be linked to mercury.
Lastly, I added a Natural Family Events page to this blog. I like to attend a couple events or festivals like this every year and it is hard to keep track of them. I plan on adding any events, conferences, or festivals that might appeal to natural/green families. So if you know of any…let me know! Furthermore if you do attend any of these events or any similar I would be interested in having you post your experience on this blog. ;)
TGIF! Have some great family fun this weekend!
Thanks for the link! WWII and homefront has been on my mind a lot lately. I love Wardrobe Refashion too. I’m going on my second stint there.
That is really scary about Walmart, but not surprising.
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I’m on my second Wardrobe Refashion sign up right now. Four months. I think it’s a great project!
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I think the WWII article is interesting….why can’t we do that now??? Everyone!
That DIY disco ball sounds like fun. LOL Great collection of links. :)
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Does anybody know about this site ( http://www.earthlab.com ) ? I have seen other environmental sites with carbon calculators like yahoo and tree huggers, but I am wondering what the deal with earthlab.com is? I saw they also published a list last month of the top ten greenest cities ( http://www.efficientenergy.org/Top-Ten-Green-Cities-in-the-United-States ). Does anyone know if this site is better than the others? Fill me in!
I took their carbon foot print test and it was pretty interesting, they said that I put out 4.5 tons of carbon, does anyone know about any other tests?
Thanks for sharing… yes it is funny to me how suddenly it’s patriotic to spend. Bush told Americans to shop after 9/11 as if that was the best way to respond to the tragedy. Yet previous generations valued thrift, resourcefulness, and having a bankroll, not debt. ;)
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Sorry to be late with this but I love the WWII stuff too. When I was a kid we found some books in my friend’s attic. One was called BUDDY AND THE VICTORY CLUB (by the same guy who wrote Uncle Wiggley) and the whole book, published in 1941, was about how this group of kids collected cans and bottles and grew a “victory garden.” You actually may be on to somethint — maybe we should go find all those old pamphlets and get some ideas.!
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