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.

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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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Hey folks! 1000 Green Steps had found some new types of cell phone and 1000 Green Steps really understand if you want to change yours with a new one. With that coming, do you know what is going to happen with your old cell phone that doesn’t even sell? Well, there are green steps you can do with your old ancient cell phone:

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.

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Hey, it’s the beginning of August again! Which means it’s the official time to start getting the kids ready for school. There is this tingling feeling all over me when it comes to buying new school supplies at the beginning of a new school year. It’s just it has to be brand new to live up the year right? There’s nothing better than to buy your children some new eco friendly school supplies!

First of all, recycled paper and binders might make a good option for your kids. After all of those green stuff you bought, don’t forget to aim for a waste-free lunch to top it all sweetly.

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No, 1000 Green Steps here was not talking about THOSE free gifts you could have won on that department store nearby. 1000 Green Steps was talking about finding a gift for your loved ones which could save you more money and save our planet earth, too.

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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Green Birthday Party

Gifts

1000 Green Steps think that it’s nice to apply gift exchange in a birthday party. That is even better if every child brings a ‘green’ friend of them (plants, soil, or even animals!) and in the end they will go home with their own new ‘green’ friend.

Garnish

For the party supplies, try IKEA dinnerwares which are recycled plastics. If your child demands characters decorations such as Spiderman or Princesses, try drawing (or tracing) favourite characters or items on kraft paper to make a tablecloth. Even better, let the kids do it at the party. As for balloons, it might be easiest to go cold turkey. That may sound outrageous, but there are plenty of reasons. Fancy mylar balloons are not biodegradable. Even normal latex balloons, which do eventually break down, can cause problems.

Goodies

While kids are thrilled to rip open these sacks of treasure, the pleasure is usually short-lived. There is a reason that these items were inexpensive – they are poorly made, mass-produced, and definitely not sustainable. Use a small cloth bag or a recycled cardboard instead, or if you are on a budget, you can go back to number 1 where goodies bags are no longer needed to be provided by the host.

Happy Green Living (or Partying)!

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.

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Motorola Moto W23 Renew

After having Solar Powered Cell Phone by Samsung, this week’s cool gadget comes from Motorola through The Motorola MOTO W233 Renew as their green steps. If Samsung makes their green steps by producing a solar powered cell phone, Motorola was able to beat them all out by producing a cell phone that is made from recycled plastic, 100% recyclable materials, comes with eco-friendly packaging, RoHS compliant, and comes with a postage-paid envelope so whenever you’re done with them you don’t have to worry about how are you going to recycle its 100% recyclable materials. You know what? YOU CAN SEND THEM BACK TO THE FACTORY TO BE RECYCLED! This is what you call a 100% green cell phone (it’s literally green, though).

This amazing gadget is available online at Amazon starting from $9.99

Happy Green Living!