{"id":58,"date":"2008-11-19T03:11:08","date_gmt":"2008-11-19T03:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainburien.wpengine.com\/?p=58"},"modified":"2008-11-19T03:11:08","modified_gmt":"2008-11-19T03:11:08","slug":"green-tip-going-green-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sustainableburien.org\/58-green-tip-going-green-for-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Tip: Going Green for the Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For many of us, this festive time of year brings an uptick in  decorating, traveling, shopping, and feasting&#8212;and an increase in our  environmental footprint.<\/p>\n<p>Lots of people are making the shift to green holidays.\u00a0 There are  many ways to celebrate while limiting our impact on the planet.\u00a0 Here  are just a few ideas.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be creative with your gift wrapping.\u00a0 Consider re-useable gift  bags.\u00a0 Or, wrap in papers you would otherwise recycle, like newspaper.\u00a0  Used fabrics are a classy way to dress your presents, too.<\/li>\n<li>A live tree can bring a healthy bit of magic into the home.\u00a0 Plant  it after the holidays.\u00a0 It offers a lovely way to literally keep your  memories alive, while serving as a gift to the earth.<\/li>\n<li>Green giving can be a colorful affair.\u00a0 Give consumables or  experiences, instead of more \u201cstuff.\u201d\u00a0 Food, services, tickets to the  show&#8212;these treasures help build memories without creating so much  waste.\u00a0 Making a donation to a charitable organization in someone\u2019s name  can be particularly meaningful.\u00a0 Handmade gift s, too, are often  closest to the heart.<\/li>\n<li>When is the last time you created a paper snowflake?\u00a0 Or made a  garland of popcorn?\u00a0 For many families, crafting homemade decorations  has become a cherished tradition.\u00a0 And, trimming the home this way can  help trim the budget and trim the waste.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Give the earth a present this season.\u00a0 Green up your holidays.<\/p>\n<p>For tips for a Green Thanksgiving [that can also apply to Christmas] see this <a href=\"http:\/\/environment.about.com\/od\/greenthanksgiving\/tp\/ef_thanksgiving.htm\">About.com<\/a> article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many of us, this festive time of year brings an uptick in decorating, traveling, shopping, and feasting&#8212;and an increase in our environmental footprint. Lots of people are making the shift to green holidays.\u00a0 There are many ways to celebrate while limiting our impact on the planet.\u00a0 Here are just a few ideas. Be creative &#8230; <a title=\"Green Tip: Going Green for the Holidays\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sustainableburien.org\/58-green-tip-going-green-for-the-holidays\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Green Tip: Going Green for the Holidays\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sustainableburien.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sustainableburien.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sustainableburien.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sustainableburien.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sustainableburien.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sustainableburien.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sustainableburien.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sustainableburien.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sustainableburien.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}