Celebrate Green! Start with Halloween!
October 23, 2008 by Julie
Filed under Moms Living Green
I am taking a break from the Virtual/Green Office series to tell you about a wonderful book that everyone who wants to be greener needs. It’s called “Celebrate Green: Creating Eco-Savvy Holidays, Celebrations & Traditions for the Whole Family” by Corey Colwell-Lipson and Lynn Colwell. Corey is also the founder of Green Halloween.
This book is chock-full of information for holding green holidays and celebrations in and outside of your home. You will have to forgive me now for mentioning it a lot (because I will) but I tend to do that when I find something I am so passionate about. ALL families interested in being green, becoming green or learning more about green will find this book very helpful.
The chapter on Halloween features eco-friendly and non-sugar treats for trick or treaters, eco-friendly costumes/décor and very cool activities. It also tells about three eco-friendly Halloween initiatives including Trick or Treat for Unicef, Global Exchange Reverse Trick-or-Treating and of course, Green Halloween.
The book is well laid out with interesting side-bars and recipes as well. My favorite side-bar in the Halloween chapter is How to Make Your Own Perfectly Natural Face-paints. And for those curious, the recipe is:
1 tsp cornstarch
½ tsp water
½ tsp all-natural diaper rash cream
1-2 drops natural food coloring
Instructions: Mix water and cornstarch. Add baby cream and food color and mix a bit more.
It’s simple! And fun! The sidebar also recommends using Budget101 for their list of do-it-yourself, chemical-free or easy to alter recipes and costume requests.
Thanks for the link. Going to have to take a look at this book.
Yes, obviously I highly recommend it. Thanks for reading! ~julie