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By Mariah Olson, Sustainable Business Accounts Manager When I hear the phrase DIY, I immediately think of clothing, accessories and jewelry. And sure enough, there are spaces all over Seattle where you can go and use other peoples' sewing machines and craft tools to express this kind of creativity...

Here are tips to decorate gifts with materials you may already have that can be creatively reused: Make or buy a gift bag that can be reused for the next gift. Bags can be as simple or elaborate as you like, and they have an old fashioned charm. Create your own wrapping paper with old books. Take art...

-Jill Amsberry, Community Outreach Manager 'Tis the season to stress about long holiday shopping lists and ever-increasing credit card debt, at least if you are anything close to the average American. For me, this is the time of year when I struggle to reconcile my anti-consumptive aspirations with...

-Sara Johnson, Sustainable Business Accounts Manager Halloween can generate a lot of unnecessary waste and unsustainable behavior between the temporary decorations, cheap costumes, candy wrappers and parties. Here are a few actions I've taken this week to make my Halloween festivities a little greener...

October is the greatest time of year. My favorite, in fact. I love the smell in the air, the sun going down too early and I love picking out Halloween costumes. Recently l've been reading about some tips on how to green Halloween. One idea came from our very own website : buy candy that comes in...

Sometimes you stumble across a blog full of ideas and think, if only I had the time! Resurrection Fern is one of the best crafts blogs we've seen. It's a joy to read and the daily(!) tutorials are simple, beautiful, and entirely possible to tackle. The author is a family physician in a rural...

Sometimes you stumble across a blog full of ideas and think, if only I had the time! Resurrection Fern is one of the best crafts blogs we've seen. It's a joy to read and the daily(!) tutorials are simple, beautiful, and entirely possible to tackle. The author is a family physician in a rural...

Sometimes you stumble across a blog full of ideas and think, if only I had the time! Resurrection Fern is one of the best crafts blogs we've seen. It's a joy to read and the daily(!) tutorials are simple, beautiful, and entirely possible to tackle. The author is a family physician in a rural...

Sometimes you stumble across a blog full of ideas and think, if only I had the time! Resurrection Fern is one of the best crafts blogs we've seen. It's a joy to read and the daily(!) tutorials are simple, beautiful, and entirely possible to tackle. The author is a family physician in a rural...