Manayunk’s Cut the Craft Event

Mark your calendars for Manayunk’s November 21-22 Cut the Craft event. Discover hard-to-find arts and crafts that make unique gifts just in time for the holidays!

What to expect?

Tierra Mia Organic Nail Spa – Philadelphia’s Best!

Every day we’re exposed to tons of chemicals – whether in our food, in products we’re using, and putting in OR on our bodies. Gross to think about, right?

Luckily, you don’t have to worry about your nails being toxic – A green innovation has landed right in Philadelphia! Tierra Mia Organic Nail Spa is the nation’s first truly organic nail spa located at 328 South 17th street in Rittenhouse.

Reinventing the traditional nail experience, Tierra Mia Organic Nail Spa is

Moore College’s Jumpstart Faux Fur Exhibit

Interested in perusing a different and playful fashion display?

Philadelphia’s Moore College of Art & Design is currently displaying their Jumpstart Fashion Exhibit, selected pieces from their 14th annual Runway Show that ran at the end of September. Moore partnered with Penn’s Veterinary School for the ‘Fashion Faux Paw’ theme to be creative and keep our four-legged friends out of our attire. Junior & senior students used recycled & reused “lying around unused” materials such as toothpicks, nails, sponges, bobby pins, Brillo pads, dusters, mops, plastic bags and cotton balls to create an intriguing collection of vests, skirts, leg warmers, and more. Another cool aspect of this exhibit is

Fall Sale: Reusable Bags

Happy Monday! (Hmmm… Is that an oxymoron?)

Here’s something to brighten the start of your week: Check out the Reusablebags.com major fall sale! If it’s time to invest in some new bags or you just have the shopping itch – this site has a good selection.

I’m a big fan of these bags. They’re sturdy enough to handle heavier items and are made of 100% recycled fabric.

Green Event Round-Up

Need to get your green on to balance all the red Phillies Phever going around? (Interestingly enough, the city of Philly is removing Solar-powered trashcans from center city and temporarily replacing them in riot anticipation.)

Upcoming Green Events in the Philly area include:

Worthy Green Band: CAKE

The band Cake has been making music for over a decade. These days, they’re known as one of the greenest bands in the world.

In an age where some artists are emitting carbon like it’s their job – Cake’s efforts are pretty darn refreshing.

In 2008 the band converted it’s Sacramento recording studio to run 100 percent from solar energy. Some of Cake’s other green initiatives include:

Green Buildings = Increased Productivity

Good news: Green buildings help workers become more productive!

Workplace and employers can enjoy reduced sick time and increased productivity when they move to LEED or Energy Star labeled buildings. Why are the ‘non-green’ buildings so bad? Chemical contaminants, inadequate ventilation and other problems can lead to Sick Building Syndrome and other health concerns… Could be why you’re dreading Monday morning!

According to the study featured in the Journal of Sustainable Real Estate,

Philadelphia’s Latest Green Events

Need some green in your life to go along with the Red Phils Phever?!? Here’s a roundup of upcoming eco-friendly events in Philly:

Start ‘em Young: weeBgreen store

weBgreen is the ideal place to stock up on eco-friendly items for the babies and toddlers in your life.

Theresa, weeBgreen’s founder, started the company as a way to provide earth and health friendly products for her own child and other’s wee ones.

The weBgreen company is made up of self-professed

Quick Tip – Cut That Excess

Need to cut some excess from your life?

While you may be familiar with Beth’s Paper Peeve and my co-workers apologize each time they print a doc… but no longer fear! An easy gesture such as shrinking your margins (I recommend .5″ on all sides ) on computer printouts will save your printer (and co-workers) pages.

Word 2007 even has an easy default:

• Go to the “Page Layout” ribbon
• Click the “Margins” dropdown
• Select “Narrow”.

You’ll be amazed at how much more info you can fit & trees you can save! (One study by Change the Margins says if you change your margins to .75″ on all sides, you can reduce paper by 4.75% – saving 1.14 trees per ton of paper. If the whole US changed their margins, we’d save 6,156,000 trees every year just by a small change.)