Eco-Friendly Holiday Gifts You Can Grow at Home

Eco-Friendly Holiday Gifts You Can Grow at Home

The winter holidays are here! If you’re like most people, the holidays tend to arrive with a swirl of glittering lights, warm drinks, family gatherings and—too often—mountains of gift wrap, plastic packaging, and impulse purchases that don’t last past January. But gifting doesn’t have to follow this pattern. In fact, some of the most meaningful, low-waste gifts are those you can grow right at home, even in the coldest months of the year.

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10 Eco-Friendly Ways to Enjoy This Memorial Day

10 Eco-Friendly Ways to Enjoy This Memorial Day

Memorial Day is an important day in the United States, observed on the last Monday in May. This federal holiday honors those who have died while serving in the armed forces. The origins of Memorial Day go back to the end of the Civil War period, when in 1865, formerly enslaved people in Charleston, South Carolina paid their respects to fallen Union soldiers who were buried in Confederate prison camps. These soldiers were re-interred as gratitude for helping bring about the end of slavery. On this first Memorial Day, 2,800 African-American children led a parade as 10,000 people celebrated the services rendered by the military. 

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