Welcome to the May 4th, 2009 edition of All Things Eco.

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Mother's Day is this weekend! All the standard green tips apply. Try sending mom an e-card, or make one out of handmade paper, or make it unique and make it out of cloth or something else creative. Flowers and chocolate are typical (although if your mom insists on flower, search out a local organic supplier). Try something personal - search out all the old photos of you and your siblings growing up and create a scrapbook (I did this for my mom one year and for my dad this past Christmas, it's definitely a tear-jerker!), take mom out to dinner (or stay in and make her dinner), think about what she used to do for you all the time growing up, and instead, do it for her this Mother's Day. If you go on a picnic, take along your regular dishes, or use compostable dinnerware like VerTerra. Make it special!

agollop presents 100% Organic Cotton and 100% Ethical (agollop's idea of a sustainable wardrobe (your wardrobe of secondhands definitely constitutes eco, though!)) and Sticky Computers (natural exfoliating) posted at sustainablelivingproject.co.uk.

It's Frugal Being Green presents Square Foot Gardening posted at It's Frugal Being Green.

Square foot gardening is the idea that you designate an area to be used as your square foot garden, break it down in the one square foot sections, and plant a different produce item in each square foot. When you harvest the item out of one section you replace it with something new.

Heather Levin presents How To Stop Using Plastic posted at The Greenest Dollar. Heather says, "Learn how to start cutting plastic out of your life bit by bit."

David Miller presents Metro guide featuring over 300 cities worldwide posted at Mobile Phone Software. Including this one because public transportation is the most eco way to travel next to bicycling or walking - this is about a free mobile guide to subway systems.

Rebekah Fraser presents Try your Luck at LUCKY 7! posted at Conscious Cow. Rebekah says, "This is my first video post from an on-location interview. I hope to create many more!"

Fiona Slattery Lohrenz presents Begin Organic Gardening With Me! From Scratch! posted at DIY Organic Garden. Fiona is starting her organic garden.

Yanic Arsenault presents Purifying your home with plants - Volatile organic coumponds and how plants can help! ("An article on how to improve the quality of the air in your home by using house plants") and Heating through light : Another reason for using CFLs in your home ("Sharing tips on how to stay cool and green in the warm months to come") posted at Adventures into green.

Kate presents Wash your dishes sans phosphates posted at An exercise in frugality. Many dishwashing detergents contain phosphates. Kate explains why this is bad, and some alternatives.

Free organic news presents Should You Use Natural Nappies? posted at Free organic news. Free organic news says, "When disposable nappies were first sold, they seemed like a clever idea. Mums (and some dads) said goodbye to washing soiled cloth nappies and tossed the new plastic-lined disposables into the rubbish bin. We now know that more natural nappies are much better for your baby's skin, and for the environment."

Julian Pollock presents Using Stepping Stones to Bridge Conventional and Organic Family Life - And to Balance Outer and Inner Harmony posted at Organic Family Circle. Julian says, "People getting into a more eco-oriented lifestyle would do well to take a step by step approach, particularly if their budget is limited. They may do well to maintain a more holistic balance."

Jessica Nagel presents Summer, summer?TIME! posted at Sustainable Halo. With summer approaching, being green is easy. Jessica reminisces about growing up on a small farm and the importance of supporting small farmers.

Vihar Sheth presents Transportation Technology Awareness posted at green | rising. From the article:

How do we get people to learn about electric cars, which undoubtedly are the future of personal mobility? Similarly, how do we get people to learn about other environmental issues that effect them so dramatically, but often so indirectly?

Praveen presents Tao of Simplicity: Amazon.com Goes Green posted at Tao of Simplicity. Praveen tries a manual lawn mower.

Anika presents Give mom... clean air? posted at It's easy being green. A mother's day gift idea.

Izmet presents Our food, our future. posted at Izmet's Dream.

No other human activity affects the Earth -- or what we put in our bodies -- so directly, as farming.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents Cash In On Clutter posted at The Digerati Life. Silicon Valley Blogger gives tips on how to clear out your clutter and earn some money doing it.

RecycleCindy presents Recycled Plastic & Denim Sit-Upon posted at My Recycled Bags.com. RecycleCindy says, "For any Girl Scouts out there, this is a Sit-Upon project that uses recycled plastic bags and includes an option of adding a recycled denim cover. This project is crocheted and then fused plastic is added to waterproof the Sit-Upon."

Sarah Wozniak presents Waste and Recycling in a Nutshell: Don’t Throw it Out! posted at The Green Radblog of Nico. Sarah says, "In the Green RADventures of Nico, Volume 1, Nico Goes to the Mountains, a children’s book designed to educate kids on Environmental Issues, we talk about the importance of efficient waste and recycling practices. More specifically, paying attention to every item that we throw out as well as reusing and recycling whenever possible."

Marina K. Villatoro presents Stock up on Facial and Eye Serums posted at The Travel Expert(a). Marina tries some natural facial serum.

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