December 21st, 2012 
Megan Stilley 
I was very close to buying Christmas cards this year to mail out. But for some reason I took a step back and really thought about it. I love receiving mail, not junk mail but real mail. So I had a hard time making the decision to not send a printed card. Yet thinking about [...]
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Tags: Holidays, Megan Stilley 
No Comments » November 30th, 2012 Megan Stilley 
Christmas has become the definition of consumerism. Many people act as if Santa has been around forever. While St. Nicholas has been around for a very, very long time, our current view of Santa was actually created in the 1800s. The amount of toys “Santa” brings every year is not in line the original St. [...]
November 9th, 2012 Megan Stilley Halloween kicks off the start of a very long (and somewhat never ending), consumerism filled holiday season. Halloween is a good kick off since it is all about consuming sugar, our favorite “food” in our modern diet. Then Thanksgiving keeps us going on the food train with letting us celebrate a holiday by gorging ourselves [...]
Posted in Behavior, Economics, Op-Ed, Sustainability Tags: Consumerism, Holidays, Megan Stilley No Comments » June 18th, 2012 Megan Stilley With sustainability and trying to create a sustainable society I feel like America’s biggest issue is our consumerism; the constant need to buy things, buy new things, update our items, etc. Sometimes I feel these pulls, but I remind myself that doubt I actually need that item. Often waiting a designated amount of time (like [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Education, Sustainability Tags: Children, Consumerism, Holidays, Megan Stilley, Parenting 1 Comment » December 13th, 2011 Megan Stilley The holiday season is a great time to give chocolate as a gift, especially when you don’t know what else to give. But what is that box of chocolate actually representing? Chocolate come from cacao trees- specifically cacao beans, which typically grow in tropical regions. “About 70% of the world’s cacao is grown in [West]Africa,” [...]
November 15th, 2011 Megan Stilley Every year American families sit down on the fourth Thursday of November and gorge themselves on anything and everything, including parades and football. It symbolizes the start of overeating, over-consuming, and general wastefulness for the next month. This is also called the holiday season with Thanksgiving, Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanza and New Years all within a month. Really, [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Featured Posts, Local Energy/Food, Sustainability Tags: Beer, Composting, Food, Holidays, Megan Stilley, Organic, Waste No Comments » December 28th, 2010 Justin Manger With the holiday season comes reflection: year end lists and rankings of what transpired in 2010, personal reflection about what went well and what didn’t over the year, and more broad assessments of what happened internationally and how we are coming along as a global society. One statistic, provided by the always interesting Democratic Leadership [...]
Posted in Behavior, Education, Green Economy, Justin Manger, Op-Ed, Policy, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Tags: Climate Change, Holidays, Water No Comments » November 12th, 2010 Eric Wilson The saying goes, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” However, often times it feels like the most consumptive time of the year. Not being one much for holiday decorations, I was a bit reserved when my wife started decorating the house a few years back. The string of lights was overwhelming to someone [...]
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Green Products, Recylcing Tags: Battery, Holidays, LED Lights, Solar Energy No Comments » January 9th, 2010 Eric Wilson A few weeks ago 2nd Green Revolution wrote a post about “fake vs. real” holiday symbols. For those of you who decided to purchase real trees, this post contains some thoughts on what to do with them now that the season is over. While rummaging through some old emails, I came across a link to [...]
December 26th, 2009 Eric Wilson Having just posted our Five Friday Facts about Christmas, and the ensuing discussion about buying a live tree or a fake one that can be re-used, the notion that live trees are a renewable resource was brought about in order to suggest that this made them the better choice. Cost aside ($50 a tree for [...]
