Inspiration & Imagination

I stumbled across this video recently & I wanted to share it with you too.  This is why we must continue to encourage imagination in our children!

My Blog is Carbon Neutral

Speaking of planting trees....  I was catching up on my reading over at  Going Green Crafters and Artists when I found this program for neutralizing the carbon footprint of their blog.  What a great idea!  I want to have a Carbon Neutral blog too! 

Easier said than done, right?  Well not really, Mach's brun (rough translation:  Make it Green) really is making it green by offering to make any blog carbon neutral!  This German program is planting trees in patnership with Arbor Day Foundation at Plumas National Forest in Northern California .  This is in an effort to reforest the area that was devistated by forest fires back in 2007.

So Yay!!!  By making my blog carbon neutral I'm helping make the world a little greener. This spring they will be planting  Douglas-fir, red and white firs, and incense cedars alongside ponderosa pine and sugar pine trees. These new trees will help prevent soot and soil runoff into Plumas’ precious water supplies. And one of those little trees is forever linked to my blog :0)

Here's my new badge to show off my neutral status!

Don't have a blog of your own but want to participate in reforresting?  Don't worry, Arbor Day Foundation has many other ways you can help too!

Let's send help to Haiti

This morning Ben came down from the bedroom to find me hard at work on some new bags.  Unusual, he said, the one morning I  didn't find you on the computer with your coffee and I need you to get on there right away and make a donation for us to the Red Cross!

He's a good man, my honey!  So I quickly set aside my recycle work and jumped over to the Red Cross website and made a donation to help the victims of the Hatian earthquake.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not telling this story to toot our horn, or rub it in what a great man I have.  No, my real purpose is to spread the word about how we can all help those who are suffering from this disaster.

The Red Cross has a great secure website donation page where you can make a donation from $10 up and all the money raised is used to help internationally.