Cutting Down Trees for Christmas Cards is a Good Thing

Dec 24, 2010 3 Comments by

Ignore squawking over the no-no of sending holiday cards. By all means you should send holiday cards, Christmas cards, and yes, even those meandering holiday newsletters, or “brag-a-grams.” Should they be recycled or repurposed cards? Who cares?

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Merry Christmas! Holiday Cards, Part 2

Dec 25, 2009 1 Comment by

Finally, it’s that day off to spend family and loved ones.  Or, if you don’t celebrate Christmas, it’s a great day to indulge in all the new movies released today.  Enjoy! Here are some final holiday cards sent off here and there . . . Halla-san, Cheju Island, Korea             [...]

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Holiday Cards, Part 1

Dec 24, 2009 1 Comment by

It’s Christmas Eve, so GreenGoPost is in Northern California visiting family.   As I mentioned on December 1, I had heaps of old post cards that were never sent.  Well, they have been doctored up:  enjoy!     I visited Monticello a few times.  I think TJ’s house looks better spruced up for the holidays. [...]

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Holiday Cards, Part 0.5 – Washington, DC

Dec 23, 2009 1 Comment by

One of the most beautiful cities in the world is Washington, DC.  It feels like a national capital with all the huge buildings and monuments, and you can focus on them during your visit, because the city is not littered with billboards (LA, take note).  If you happen to be there in winter when it [...]

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A More Sustainable Spa – in Istanbul

Dec 22, 2009 No Comments by

It’s the holiday week, so the topics will be light–partially out of convenience, as GreenGoPost is in Aptos, CA, visiting family for the holidays.  This site has over 250 postings now, and I realize my topics have cast a rather wide net.  I actually have a pretty wide definition of “sustainability” . . . to [...]

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Random Friday: Friedman, Military Spending, Hampton Roads

Dec 04, 2009 No Comments by

Thomas Friedman with CNN’s Campbell Brown I had almost forgotten about CNN, but today at the gym, I spent my time on the elliptical machine watching Campbell Brown interview’s of Thomas Friedman.  I still have not read Friedman’s book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded, but I’m motivated to snag a copy after watching him this afternoon.  [...]

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Just 24 More Days

Dec 01, 2009 No Comments by

We’ll have some holiday fun this month as we countdown to that ultimate holiday celebration . . . it’s great to celebrate the season, while over-spending, over-eating, and over-stressing.  You have plenty of sites telling you how unsustainable Christmas and the holidays are, so I won’t pester you by lecturing how bad all those holiday [...]

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