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Jun, 09New Chickiedee Item! | “Angel”
Chickiedee is proud to present Angel as well! Angel is a wild little one. She sounds like a Wookie when she gets overwhelmed and she loves chasing anything that catches her eye. Keep an eye on her, she’s fast! She’s stuffed with upcycled materials for a greener tomorrow. We love her and we know you will too, so check her out here!
Care: Machine wash cold, delicate cycle. Tumble dry low.
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Jun, 09New Chickiedee Item! | “Dimitri”
Hello all! Chickiedee would like you to help us welcome our new stuffed toy Dimitri just in time for Father’s Day! Dimitri is a mellow little friend that enjoys an occasional snack and nap. Watch out though, he loves to lick faces and he steals earrings right from your ears! He is stuffed with upcycled materials for a greener tomorrow. We hope you love him as much as we do! Check him out here!
Care: Machine wash cold, delicate cycle. Tumble dry low.
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Jun, 09Great Quote | Walk
“Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.”
– Comedian Steven Wright
Don’t you just love this?! I sure do!
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Jun, 09Air Drying Your Laundry | Indoors and Out
I have been air drying many of my clothes for years. I find that it not only saves energy (and money), but it makes my clothes last a lot longer and the colors stay bright. You can dry your laundry inside or outside. Sunlight is a natural disinfectant and it will brighten your whites! How cool is that!?! With this said, you should dry your darks and colors in the shade or indoors to keep them from fading.
I love the Wall Shelf Drying Rack from Gaiam for indoor drying! I really want to buy it. You can put it in your laundry room and collapse it when not in use. I like this one better than the floor racks, just because it’s off the floor and out of the way.
For outdoor drying, you can always rig up a temporary line if you don’t want one up all of the time or you can buy one of those retractable clothes lines.
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Jun, 09Need to Recycle Old Computers and Office Equipment?
I came across this website http://epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/recycle/ecycling/donate.htm and it tells you how you can recycle your old computers and office equipment. It’s a terrible hazard to the environment to throw these things away, so definitely recycle them!
Also! check out http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms for “Terms of Environment” which has a glossary of “green” terms, abbreviations, and acronyms! We all know that we hear some terms and have no clue what they mean; here you can brush up on all of those terms and more!!!
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Jun, 09Living Green with Diapers
So, we all understand that we should be green and sustainable, but when it comes to diapers it makes for a difficult decision for some. Do we choose cloth or disposable? One one hand cloth diapers save the landfill space, but the use more energy and water to wash and dry them. Then the disposable diapers pile up in our landfills. Well, there is indeed a third option! G Diapers are flushable inserts with cotton covers. These might be the solution for you. Think about what works best for you and where you live.
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Jun, 09The Immense Journey | Loren Eisley
I love this: “If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water… Its substance reaches everywhere; it touches the past and prepares the future; it moves under the poles and wanders thinly in the heights of air. It can assume forms or exquisite perfection in a snowflake, or strip the living to a single shining bone cast up by the sea.”
– Loren Eisley, The Immense Journey
It’s so important to conserve our plants water. With out it we could not live. We all should try to turn off the faucet when not in use, avoid watering the lawn at the hottest part of the day, make sure that we have a full load of laundry in the washer before turning it on, same goes for the dish washer, etc. Water is valuable and we should treat it as such.
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May, 09Chirp chirp!
Chickiedee is now blogging! We want to share tips for a better tomorrow. If you have any tips, like mommy or daddy tips, green-living tips, eco-friendly tips, or whatever, please let us know and we’ll post them here! If we all work together, we truly can make a difference… no joke!
We’ll update our blog as we come across nifty little tips and ideas to make your life easier and just plain awesome! Chickiedee also supports all of those artists out there, so as we come across great artists of all kinds, we’ll mention them here!!!
Check out our website at http://www.chickiedee.com for great baby clothing with a handmade touch!
