Cuppa Green Chi
 

Annie B. Bond’s blogs: Detox Diva, Ask Annie, 10 Minute Eco-Actions, and more.

The How-to Zine
 

Find easy, how-to ways to go green

Open Mic and Gallery
 

Take a moment to observe and share beauty

Café Confessions
 

Share your eco-fails and eco-wins – and read others’!

Story Time
 

Follow and share in the eco-revolution.

Home » Archive by Category

Articles in Open Mic and Gallery

Strapless Striped Dress – Recycled Wonder
Thursday, 29 Apr, 2010 – 11:05 | View Comments
Strapless Striped Dress – Recycled Wonder

Strapless striped dress! found it in the middle of winter at thrift store and had to wait four months until i could wear it around! The knit sweater is one my friend was throwing out.
–MC
Post …

$15 Prom Dress! Pretty Reuse
Tuesday, 27 Apr, 2010 – 8:44 | View Comments
$15 Prom Dress! Pretty Reuse

AAH yes $15 dollar prom dress. Fundraiser for the homeless shelter was selling used prom dresses. Pretty in pink with money in the pocket! — Mattie Rush
Send in your reuse/recycled winners! usercontent [at] greenchicafe [dot] …

Fashionable Recyclables!
Monday, 26 Apr, 2010 – 11:15 | View Comments
Fashionable Recyclables!

Recycled finds are everywhere! Here is one of my favorites: thrift store finds! A shirt made from old dresses. I am reusing resources and ready for spring! We want to see your recycled finds too!
–Mattie …

Heart Chakra Green
Sunday, 25 Apr, 2010 – 16:42 | View Comments
Heart Chakra Green

There is about one week in Rhinebeck, NY, where I live, when the green of the budding leaves is a bright and vibrant light green, what I call heart chakra green. The healing energy of …

Ramps!
Friday, 23 Apr, 2010 – 19:10 | View Comments
Ramps!

A bunch of ramps I pulled from my own little woods. Dinner!
–Georgia Dent

Lilacs!
Friday, 23 Apr, 2010 – 12:57 | View Comments
Lilacs!

“April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.” — T. S. Eliot
Lilacs are in bloom …

Don’t Let It Die An Orphan – Poem
Sunday, 18 Apr, 2010 – 10:51 | View Comments
Don’t Let It Die An Orphan – Poem

From Soul to Soul: Poems, Prayers and Stories to End a Yoga Class, compiled and edited by John Mundahl.
Don’t Let It Die An Orphan by John Mundahl
Follow others
Until you’re tired of their exhaust,
Then strike out …

Driftwood Horses – Heather Jansch, Sculptor
Thursday, 15 Apr, 2010 – 14:26 | View Comments
Driftwood Horses – Heather Jansch, Sculptor

English sculptor Heather Jansch’s back story is almost as inspiring as her vibrant driftwood horses and other animals. On her site she writes that she was severely discouraged about being an artist –or most anything, …

My Best Recycled Purchase – What’s Yours?
Monday, 12 Apr, 2010 – 19:50 | View Comments
My Best Recycled Purchase – What’s Yours?

By Annie B. Bond
Share the recycled purchase that you covet the most!
Here’s mine (see picture, and yes, my purchase is the whole kitchen minus the appliances): When we bought our house, there …

Native Frog Wisdom
Monday, 22 Feb, 2010 – 17:46 | View Comments
Native Frog Wisdom

The frog does not drink up the pond in which it lives.
—Chinese proverb