Reenita's Wisdom

I often argue that ‘green’ means going back to the ways of the earth.  Unfortunately, the color ‘green’ is is all too often associated with $$.  Not necessarily true. With the Thanksgiving holiday just a few days away, it is easy to splurge on gourmet delicacies in the name of sustainability but if you put your mind to it, you can have a green Thanksgiving on a budget.

So, when NBC11 came to interview me about this last week, I decided to focus on ‘affordability’ above anything else. Of course it was fun walking around the Ferry Building posing as what has popularly come to be known as ‘Brown Martha (Stewart).’  And with plenty of maple leaves to gather from the parks nearby, my table centerpieces turned out to be organic in the true sense of the word.

Click here to view the NBC segment.

And have a wonderful Turkey Day.

Are you wondering how you can get your kids involved with Thanksgiving? Have them create your table centerpiece. Sound complicated?  It’s actually much easier than you might think.

I spent the morning with NBC11 today as they were recording an interview about how to have a Green Thanksgiving (they air the first segment this Thursday at 6.45pm Pacific as part of their Green Week programming, so set your tivo). As SustainLane’s Lifestyle Editor and classified foodie, I am always looking for an excuse to visit the Farmer’s Market, play ‘Martha Stewart‘ at home and basically… talk Turkey!  But this one I could not have managed without the kids. I put together this simple video to show you how they helped.

By the way for more tips on green living ideas, visit www.SustainLane.com.

If you want to put your creative juices into going green this Halloween then you might want to try some fun activities with the kids.

This How-To for a Green Monster Mask is one way to keep the kids occupied while using bits and scraps of leftover material from old presents, kitchen things and various other stuff that you invariably do not want to throw away in principle but that you never know what to do with! Recycling karma coming your way.

My kids worked on this activity with much success but then someone in our household (no names mentioned) had the bright idea of making it into a jack-o-lantern rather than a costume piece. While that is not a bad idea, the way do do it would be to place a flashlight inside the jack-o-lantern rather than the candle that my household member used instead.

A better photo than this would have been one of me putting out a fire in my garden that resulted from our newly constructed green monster going up in flames thanks to the aforementioned bright idea.

For complete instructions on how to make a Green Monster Mask, go here.

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