Holly Green Guru

Spring is finally here and the countdown has begun!  Only two weeks until my favorite holiday, Earth Day!  April 22nd is my most favored day of the year, not only because it reminds us to care for our beautiful planet, but it also happens to be my birthday! 

And what better way to spend your birthday than to buy yourself some well-deserved presents!  I just returned from a green shopping spree, weighed down with shopping bags filled with cool eco-friendly gifts.  I started off at Old Navy and learned that they carry recyclable jeans and tees, and I just had to buy a few.  Every girl needs a new birthday outfit, right?!  Next I stopped at Bed, Bath & Beyond and spotted these awesome reusable thermoses.  I ended my day at Target, where I bought the Eco Tools Makeup Brush Set and some environmentally friendly make-up.

Enough about my shopping obsession, lets talk about Earth Day!  This year over 1 billion people in 190 countries are celebrating Earth Day’s 40th Anniversary.  Over the past four decades we have been faced with a vast range of environmental issues.  Earth Day 2010 is no different; our greatest challenge being climate change.  While this is an extremely dangerous concern, it gives us the opportunity to take action in reducing our daily contributions to global warming. Earth Day Network has a list of actions YOU can take to prevent global warming; I have listed a few of my favorites:

1. Use ENERGYSTAR light bulbs; they are highly efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs and they will last for years.
2. Buy Recycled Products; it takes a lot less energy to manufacture recycled products than to create new products.
3. Buy organic, locally grown, in-season products.

 Go to www.earthday.net for more information and also browse your city’s website to see how you can locally support Earth Day 2010.

I hope you are just as excited about Earth Day as I am!  Even though I have already bought myself presents, I still have an Earth Day Birthday wish!! Please help celebrate my Earth Day Birthday by pledging your effort to sustain our environment this year! Write your statement in the space below. I will pick my top 25 favorite pledges and send the winners a special earth-friendly gift.

Have a great Earth Day!

Earth Day is finally here! Although, I encourage each of you to adopt new earth-friendly practices into your lives everyday, Earth Day is a great reminder for each of us how important our planet is and what we can do to sustain its existence!

I thought I'd share some fun Earth Day facts with all of you:

• Earth Day was started in the year 1970 by former US Senator Gaylord Nelson
• The primary objective of Earth Day is to educate and motivat people to take responsisbility for a clean and healthy environment.
• Get this! Earth Day is the ONLY event celebrated simultaneously around the world by people of all backgrounds, faiths and nationalities.
• More than 1/2bilion people participate in Earth Day celebrations every year!

 So for Earth Day, take your green saving, living and giving tips and put them to work! Buy your friends and family items and/or services that will help them adopt new green practices and save while doing it!!

 HAPPY EARTH DAY!

Please feel free to comment on any events and celebrations that you have going on; I'm always excited to see people celebrating and saving!