Free Ice Cream

This may not directly related to going green, but we all need a little ice cream in our lives!
Get a free scoop of Haagen Dazs ice cream at any Haagen Dazs ice cream store in the U.S. on Tuesday May 12 between 4-8 p.m. You can stop on your way home from work!

Here's a great tip from The Green Year today. Did you know that plastic flower pots are made of PVC, a material that is known as "poison plastic?"

I didn't either. I just bought them because they are cheap.

They may be inexpensive for us, but they are costing the earth a lot. These plastics are not biodegradable and cannot be recycled. As a matter of fact, Author Jodi Helmer explains that throwing these into the recycling bin can contaminate other recyclables - up to 100,000 bottles that will then be labeled as non-recyclable.

The alternative is to buy real terra cotta - it's a natural material that can eventually be recycled.