I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas


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The author and green living expert shares savvy tips on how to celebrate Christmas in ways that are eco-friendly and cost-conscious. Anna Getty—a chef, writer, mother, and organic living expert—helps families reduce their carbon footprint and save money while enjoying the festive traditions of Christmas. Anna advises how to best choose a tree (real or fake?), mitigate the negative effects of holiday travel, recycle post-holiday, and more. Anna also shares favorite holiday recipes for organic appetizers and homemade craft ideas such as pinecone wreaths and recycled sweater pillows. With inspiring photographs, extensive resources, and advice from the “Lazy Environmentalist” Josh Dorfman, Seventh Generation’s Jeffrey Hollender, and other leading eco-experts, families might just find that these tips help them stay green all year long—the perfect New Year’s resolution!




Green Christmas


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Clever, easy-to-follow tips for a fun and sustainable Christmas In the run-up to Christmas, it is all too easy to get overwhelmed by the rush to buy last-minute presents or feel pressurised into buying far more food than you can ever eat. At the same time, you know that tonnes of plastic will be making their way into landfill as a result of unwanted gifts or broken baubles. Not to mention the miles and miles of wrapping paper. If you're ready for a change this December, then Green Christmas is here to help you bring the focus back to happiness and togetherness. So, slow down, take a breath and approach the season as you should: merrily. Every chapter in this book is brimming with tips to help you seek out sustainable but beautiful alternatives for the things you no longer feel you need, and come up with fun things to do with the people you care about. Once you start the journey of creating your own advent calendar, upcycling a novelty jumper or learning the art of furoshiki gift-wrapping, you'll be beaming like a child at, well ... Christmas. It's all about little changes that will bring you joy, year after year. The planet will thank you too!




Green Christmas


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As green awareness spreads over middle America, more and more people want to have a fun, environmentally responsible holiday. Green Christmas shows how to enjoy the Christmas season while leaving a smaller carbon footprint. Readers will learn how to do the following: choose between a real tree and an artificial one find alternatives to holiday cards avoid the holiday catalog crunch find or make gifts that are green or teach green have warm, cozy green fires create eco-responsible lighting displays and more! Readers can have a great holiday celebration—while caring for the planet and setting a great example for generations to come.




A Conscious Christmas


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Transform Your Holiday Season with Purpose and Joy Embrace the spirit of the season like never before with "A Conscious Christmas: Celebrating with Purpose." As the holidays approach, discover an extraordinary path to infuse your celebrations with meaning and awareness. Imagine a Christmas where every gathering, gift, and tradition reflects not only joy but a commitment to the world around you. With each chapter, embark on a journey that renews your understanding of the holiday season. From sustainable decorations and mindful gift-giving to crafting a waste-free feast, this book opens your eyes to endless possibilities. Explore creative ideas like DIY decorations and eco-friendly lighting, transforming your home into a haven of beauty and purpose. Let your holiday love shine through thoughtful presents that also give back, supporting charities and local artisans. Host gatherings that not only celebrate but also educate, inspiring traditions that leave a lasting impact. Discover how responsible travel can enhance your holiday journeys, with tips on planning sustainable trips that honor the planet. Each page turns the ordinary into the extraordinary as you learn to blend tradition with innovation. Engage in community celebrations and uncover the joy of handmade gifts, while spreading holiday cheer with eco-friendly cards. Delight in a mindful Christmas that fosters connection, reflection, and growth. Join the movement to redefine holiday success, focusing on experiences that enrich your soul and the environment. Celebrate diversity and celebrate consciously–creating a season that's as meaningful as it is magical.




Christmas


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"Christmas: Global Journey" is a special book that takes you on an amazing trip around the world, exploring the rich and diverse ways people celebrate Christmas. It's like a treasure chest, full of exciting stories, secrets, and fun facts about Christmas, that will make you see this holiday in a whole new light. This book isn't just a list of what happens at Christmas. It's a deep dive into the heart of the holiday, showing how different countries and cultures add their unique sparkle to the season. From the story behind Christmas to how people in far-off lands celebrate with their own traditions, you'll travel the globe from your cozy reading spot. You'll discover the symbols of Christmas, those familiar things like stars, trees, and bells, and learn what they really mean. The book takes you to kitchens around the world, sharing the mouth-watering tastes of Christmas cuisine. Imagine the music, the carols, and songs that fill the air during this time, the book brings them to life, showing how they make Christmas more magical. But that's not all. You'll dive into the world of Christmas literature, seeing how stories and poems have shaped our view of the season. The book also shows how Christmas has inspired artists and filmmakers, creating unforgettable images and movies. It even looks at Christmas through the lens of science, revealing some surprising facts and insights. And in a world where taking care of our planet is more important than ever, the book explores how to celebrate Christmas in an eco-friendly way. Fashion and decoration play a big role in Christmas, and the book shows how they've evolved and what they say about us. It also highlights how people of different faiths, or no faith, engage with the holiday. You'll see how technology is changing Christmas, and discover the big business behind the season, with a look at the economics of Christmas. But it's not just about the bright and shiny parts of Christmas. The book also explores the lesser-known, quieter aspects of the season, like Christmas in solitude or the challenges and struggles some people face during this time. Most importantly, "Christmas: Global Journey" is about the spirit of the holiday. It's about giving, sharing, and community. It's about the myths, legends, and the joy that children bring to Christmas. It's about how Christmas can bring people together, and sometimes, how it can also bring out the more challenging parts of our lives. In short, this book is a celebration of Christmas in all its forms. It's a journey that shows how this one holiday can mean so many different things to so many different people. It's a book that will open your eyes, warm your heart, and maybe even change the way you think about Christmas.




Zero Waste: Christmas


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Celebrate Christmas the zero-waste way with these crafty solutions for everything from Christmas tree decorations to advent calendars. The zero-waste movement is huge and this collection of crafty ideas will help you to create your own zero waste solutions for a sustainable Christmas. It’s time to reclaim Christmas - this collection is all about using the things around you to bring festive cheer to your home. It’s about crafting and creating together and using what you’ve got to make unique, unusual items that you can enjoy year after year. By crafting your zero-waste Christmas you are also creating memories – something that cannot be bought online. Upcycling and reuse gurus Emma Friedlander-Collins and Christine Leech show you how to turn Christmas into a zero-waste experience with step-by-step instructions and some clever crafting. Whether you’re a committed crafter or new to making, there is something for everyone no matter what your skill level is. Choose from projects and tutorials for a sustainable Christmas including sewing, crochet, upcycling and reuse ideas. You don’t need to have lots of craft skills to create these projects, there are step-by-step instructions for each one. There are also instructions for the basic craft techniques such as crochet and embroidery so you can get stuck in straightaway. There are four different Christmas themed chapters: Hot; Frosty; Skandi and Retro so you pick your favourite style or mix and match for festive mash-up! Projects include Coffee Cup Baubles; a minimalist wreath made using an old cake tin; a milk carton advent calendar and some magical fairy lights made using takeaway containers. Choose your favourite projects from this collection of 24 projects including no-waste decorations for the tree and zero-waste gift wrap. Packed full of original ideas, Zero Waste: Christmas will help you to celebrate the zero-waste way and improve your efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle while at the same time having fun.




Christ Mass


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""Christ Mass"" delves deep into the rich tapestry of Christmas's historical, theological, and sociological dimensions, revealing it as far more than just a holiday celebration. This comprehensive exploration traces the evolution of Christmas from its Latin origins through medieval times to contemporary practice, emphasizing its fundamental role as a communal expression of Christian faith and worship. The book's three main sections masterfully weave together historical evidence and theological insights, beginning with the etymological roots of ""Christ Mass"" and progressing through its doctrinal foundations. Drawing from ancient church documents, liturgical texts, and archaeological findings, it illuminates fascinating aspects of early Christian gatherings and how they shaped modern Christmas celebrations. Particularly intriguing is the book's examination of how communal worship practices evolved across different Christian traditions while maintaining their essential spiritual significance. Through its multidisciplinary approach, the work challenges readers to reconsider their understanding of Christmas as primarily a historical ""Christ Mass"" - a profound expression of collective faith and community. The author skillfully addresses contemporary concerns about holiday secularization while providing practical guidance for religious leaders and families seeking to incorporate traditional elements into their celebrations. This balanced perspective makes the book valuable for both scholarly readers and those simply seeking to deepen their appreciation of Christmas's spiritual dimensions.




Live More with Less


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Drop the eco-guilt and create the sustainable lifestyle you want! Sustainability leader Dr Kate Luckins knows how striving for eco-perfection sets us up for failure. She encourages everyone to act on climate change by living their own shade of green instead. Live More with Less is a practical and optimistic guide to balancing planet friendly habits with our imperfect reality. It's filled with entertaining anecdotes from sustainability leaders and everyday eco-heroes, as well as handy tips to reduce consumerism and your mental load. It steps you through elevating your wardrobe, cutting your grocery bills and restoring the joy of Christmas with ease. This book is for anyone wanting to make confident, sustainable choices to upgrade their life - for good.




Sustainable Communities Task Force Report


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Green Sisters


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Listen to a short interview with Sarah McFarland TaylorHost: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & CraneIt is perhaps the critical issue of our time: How can we, as human beings, find ethical and sustainable ways to live with one another and with other living beings on this planet? Inviting us into the world of green sisters, this book provides compelling answers from a variety of religious communities. Green sisters are environmentally active Catholic nuns who are working to heal the earth as they cultivate new forms of religious culture. Sarah Taylor approaches this world as an "intimate outsider." Neither Roman Catholic nor member of a religious order, she is a scholar well versed in both ethnography and American religious history who has also spent time shucking garlic and digging vegetable beds with the sisters. With her we encounter sisters in North America who are sod-busting the manicured lawns around their motherhouses to create community-supported organic gardens; building alternative housing structures and hermitages from renewable materials; adopting the "green" technology of composting toilets, solar panels, fluorescent lighting, and hybrid vehicles; and turning their community properties into land trusts with wildlife sanctuaries. Green Sisters gives us a firsthand understanding of the practice and experience of women whose lives bring together Catholicism and ecology, orthodoxy and activism, traditional theology and a passionate mission to save the planet. As green sisters explore ways of living a meaningful religious life in the face of increased cultural diversity and ecological crisis, their story offers hope for the future--and for a deeper understanding of the connections between women, religion, ecology, and culture.