Greening Your holiday!
Marie Brown
December 3, 2010
December is a time of goodwill and celebration, often accompanied by seasonal increases in eating, drinking and spending. If all goes well this combination should result in a lot of fun, but unfortunately it will also result in an estimated 3 million tons of waste.
Meet LEED AP Certified “green” designer Marie Brown, owner of Eco-Chic Design on ways you can make your holidays a little greener. Marie will give examples for entertaining, decorating and gift giving.
“I feel that people can have a better idea of how to green their holidays when they can actually see and do it for themselves,” says Brown. “In addition to stimulating their creative juices, I will also give them the means and information to get started right away.”
From Thanksgiving to New Years Day, household waste increases by more than 25%. Added food waste, shopping bags, packaging, wrapping paper, bows and ribbons - it all adds up to an additional 1 million tons a week to our landfills (EPA and Use Less Stuff).
The average American spends $800 on gifts over the holiday season.
According to a national survey, 70% of Americans would welcome less emphasis on gift giving and spending (Center for a New American Dream).
With a bit of thought you can limit the impact you have on the environment this Christmas and still have a great time!
About Marie Brown
From an early age Marie was thinking "green." Today she has made a full commimnet to green design in her interior design business, Eco-Chic Design. SHe specializes in green commercial interiors, full service interior design, green-up remodels, eco-friendly party conusltin and presenting for the do-it-yourself crowd.
She believes that "green design" is "good design." Taking a holistic approach to design, she considers all aspects inlcuding the site/loaction, comfort and usability for occupoants and the impact of the materials and products on the in habitantnts and surroundings. All desisngs incorporate ecologically sound prinicples and the use of beautiful ,healthy and sustainble matirials.
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