Jewelry is a matter of personal taste, to each his or her own. There are many eco-friendly jewelry designs from vintage, repurposed, recycled; why not do green steps and look good at the same time! We would end up filling many less landfills while styling a knockout piece of jewelry. Some green steps are absolutely gorgeous. Make a statement that you are good to the planet as you accessorize. Here is one example of jewelry fashions for your green steps in an irresistible blend of function and style, some recycled wonders and some will make you wonder what they were thinking. This stunning Berry Coil bracelet is fashioned from Columbian red choclo seeds that are strung on an interior coil made of recycled Columbian pesos.

Happy Green Living!

1000 Green Steps love unique design, especially when it comes to things related to food Well, now 1000 Green Steps come up with an idea of Riverside Design Group through their Plates With Purpose. Plates With Purpose is a series of specially designed glassware that is made out of post-industrial, pre-consumer recycled glass. A portion of the profits from their sales goes to non-profit groups.

Each piece is hand-cut, hand-coloured and shaped to give this one-off effect. They come in 11 different themes, to benefit 11 different charities.

The other plates are equally charming. Each theme is associated with a different charity. The butterfly is for Forbes Hospice, the elephant for the National Autism Association, the forget-me-not is the Alzheimer’s Association, the healing garden is the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, the heart is for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Pittsburgh, the ladybug is for United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation, the stars are the Persad Center & Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force, the wheat— Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank and the sunflower–Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery–Tree Design plate go to help the Court Appointed Special Advocates.

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1000 green Steps know that almost every woman knows that recycling in their kitchen would be a good idea. The problem is that green steps are not always easy or convenient! Who really wants to lug a bag full of aluminum cans out to the recycling bin (especially during the cold winter months?) No one. Luckily, this aluminum can crusher makes your green steps much less daunting! Simply crush all empty cans and store them until enough have accumulated for a single trip out to the bin.

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Fist, you can reuse it and tell the (blog) world why you have done that on Kept. It’s a sweet little web site that urges people to “keep the stuff you’ve already got. To use it. To wear it. To celebrate it!”

OR, if you can’t even stand its existance , you can go SMARTLY donate it to some good will company.

Lifeline for Africa collects used phones and sends them to Africa. Some phones will be refurbished, and donated directly to charitable groups in Africa. Others will be refurbished and sold to make money for the charities.

Woodland Trust will receive a donation for every phone it receives. The money will be used for protecting forests.

~Happy Green Living!~

Show Us What You Have!

Now, refresh your memory and check again if there is anything you have that you don’t need anymore. We can RECYCLE it together, right? Check 1000 green Steps suggestion on recycling a T-shirt.

Be Good!

In case you are not that type of artistic guy, and if you really have given up the idea of trying to remake something that is actually better, try to DONATE YOUR STUFF so that other people could REUSE it.

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Green Printing Service

Whoa whoa wait! 1000 Green Steps is 100% sure that you all have heard (or at least read) that printing is not that eco friendly and you should just either save it in your computer or print it on a recycled paper. However, if you are talking about brochures, newsletter, postcards, or even photos, you can’t really print it on a recycled paper, can you? Well 1000 Green Steps had thought of that possibility, so we find you a solution! Greenerprinter.com gives you the tools you need to grow your business. More than a printer, they offer comprehensive tools for spreading your message and cultivating new customers so your business can thrive. They make it easy, affordable, and green by using 100% post customer recycled paper and soy or vegetable based ink with eco friendly practices and green steps.

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Eco Friendly Plantable Seed Calendar

Even though this is not New Year’s Eve, it won’t be too late if you planned to buy a new calendar, an eco-friendly calendar by Kal Barteski! These calendars are made of acid and tree free paper, using recycled bond paper with renewable leaf fibre. This could be great green steps, because beside it is recycled, it is also ‘wasteless’. When a moth passes by, you can simply PLANT THE HANDMADE PAPER PAGE and wait for either Bird’s Eye, Clarkia, Coreopsis, Poppy, Catchfly or Snap Dragon flowers to sprout out. 1000 Green Steps highly recommend this to everybody and get ready to have your days enlightened by those beautiful wildflowers.

Happy Green Living!

Don’t tell 1000 Green Steps you haven’t heard about the fun way to reuse rubber and car tires

Well, 1000 Green Steps found the way and we are about to share it to you readers! The good news is that the fun way can add up your style. Yes, Simple Shoes convert those non-organic materials into something useful through a simple innovation called eco-friendly shoes.

Wonder what have they reused so far?

· Car tires

· Bamboo

· Rubber

· Hemp

· 100% post-consumer recycled paper

· Carpet padding

· Silk

· Plastics

· Organic cotton

· Eco-certified leather and suede

· Coconut

· Wool

· Inner tubes

· Natural Crepe Rubber

· Cork

They have made so many shoes addressed for men, women and kids through their ecoSNEAKS and Green Toe collection. However if you still worried for not finding matching bags for your shoes, 1000 Green Steps have good news for you. They also make eco-friendly bags with a lot of different styles. So 1000 Green Steps guess it’s time for a green shopping spree!

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Newton Running, a running shoe company based in Boulder, Colorado, packages their product in a carton made of 100% post-consumer recycled material as their company’s green steps.

Working with TDA Advertising and Design, Newton Running designed the molded carton to fit the shape of the shoes. That means they eliminated  the need for tissue paper filler. In addition, rather than add tissue paper to the inside of each shoe, the company stuffs one shoe with a pair of socks and the other with a reusable shoe bag.

According to its website, this alternative shoe packaging is just one of many ways that Newton Running incorporates sustainability into its business plan. The company also:

• Uses recycled products in the production of running shoes (recycled yarn shoe laces, recycled yarn in the webbing strip, a minimum of 10% recycled yarn in the outer sole, ECOPET recycled products)
• Has eliminated the hangtags that other manufacturers use to highlight special materials, features,etc.

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