Greensun Garden Begins in Eco-Greenhouse
Saturday January 31st 2009, 3:34 pm
Filed under: sunlit living

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Recycle Milk Jugs as Greenhouses to cover seedlings.

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Pop Bottle Greenhouses

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The pupils from Alphington Primary School have designed and constructed the greenhouse.

Primary school children in Devon are looking forward to growing fruit and vegetables in an eco-friendly greenhouse made from plastic bottles.

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Greenhouse Building Materials from Recyclables

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Eco Greenhouse Inhabitat



Greensun Spotlight on Secret Life of Paper
Saturday January 31st 2009, 3:17 pm
Filed under: Curbside Recycling

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Greensun Follows Eco-Crusaders Beyond Recycling
Friday January 30th 2009, 5:13 pm
Filed under: sunlit living

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Self Reliant sustainability crusaders beyond recycling.

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Food not Lawns

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Urban Homestead

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Greensun Recycles for Bags to Benches Program
Friday January 30th 2009, 4:58 pm
Filed under: Recycling Best Practices

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Ecoville, Ga…Athens-Clarke County did another program during fall 2007 and collected enough bags for a donation of recycled lumber to build an “animal playground” playscape for the bears, otters, and bobcats at their local zoo.

 Greensun recycles Plastic bags to encourage the Bags to Benches Program.

How can I recycle plastic bags?  most Kroger, Wal-Mart, and Publix and other grocery stores take plastic bags for recycling at the front of their stores. As an precycle alternative, choose reusable market bags.

Trex.com uses about 1.5 billion recycled plastic bags each year to manufacture decking products. Recycle plastic bags and film, newspaper bags, plastic dry cleaning bags, all bags labeled #2 or #4.

  • In 2007 Giant and Martin’s recycled 2,479,561 lbs. (that’s 59 tractor trailer loads) of baled plastic bags and wrap.
  • Trex “logs” are made from the recycled bags and wraps and mixed with wood pulp.
  • Each bench contains over 10,000 plastic bags.


  • Greensun Eco Ware Recycling Solutions
    Friday January 30th 2009, 4:29 pm
    Filed under: sunlit living

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    Find Inspiring solutions by Innoware, leading with eco-friendly table ware.

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  • “ECO (Cereplast) - 100% Composable & Sustainable. These products are manufactured from Cereplast, a corn-based resin, that willbiodegrade with 60-180 days in a commercial compost facility. This material releases no toxins and is disposable with food waste. It has a temp. range of 0°F to 120°F for the bases & solid lids, and 0°F to 105°F for the clear lids.”
  • InnoWare recycles and reuses all scrapgenerated from the manufacturing process.
  • *All of our paper materials are 100% recyclable.splash-paper


  • Greensun Fruitful Benefits of Trees
    Thursday January 29th 2009, 4:47 pm
    Filed under: sunlit living

    Georgia’s Arbor Day will be celebrated on Friday, February 20th, 2009.

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    National Arbor Day Foundation Plant-A-Tree

    Poster Contest Deadline for Georgia is January 30, 2009. Email: sgabriel@gfc.state.ga.us

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    Request Free Materials like videos for your eco-friendly classroom.

    Arbor Day Teachers Georgia Site

    “Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come.” - Chinese proverb

    Eco-Friendly Benefits of Trees 

    1. oxygen production,
    2. sound wave absorbtion,
    3. water absorbtion,
    4. offset of global warming,  and
    5. fresh fruit for your family.

     Choose pairs of blooming fruit bearing trees for planting now in Georgia.  Greensun harvested organic blueberries at SunRay Farms in Barnesville, Georgia.  Blueberries are easy-to-grow Georgia fruit bearing trees.

    Here is the order form for seedlings from the GA Forestry Commission

    Tree Sales at arborday.org

    Hastings Garden Center  Everlasting Garden

    Georgia Fruit Trees Plant a Pair

    Foods You Can Grow

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    Greensun Live on Alpha Inventions
    Wednesday January 28th 2009, 10:39 pm
    Filed under: sunlit living

    Visit Alpha Inventions for brilliant ideas for sunlit living green.



    Greensun Admires Friends of Live Earth
    Wednesday January 28th 2009, 10:28 pm
    Filed under: sunlit living

    Visit the Photo Gallery here.



    Greensun Checks Out Pepsi Book of Recycling
    Wednesday January 28th 2009, 9:18 pm
    Filed under: Recycling Best Practices

    bookleft_challenge Click here to Open the book of Pepsi Recycling

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    Greensun Portal to NWF Chill Out
    Wednesday January 28th 2009, 8:57 pm
    Filed under: Green Actions

    Click here to watch the National Wildlife Federation’s Chill Out Action.

    Sign up to Watch the Chill Out Webcast April 15!

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    The National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Ecology® program promotes climate leadership and sustainability among colleges and universities by providing resources and technical support, creating networking opportunities and organizing education events.

    Here is the link to get active in National Wildlife’s Campus Ecology program.

    Here is the link to National Wildlife’s Blog on climate.

    Maybe your campus is just learning about recycling. Or maybe your university is leading the way in green construction. Whatever your level, the Campus Ecology program has been helping individuals and campuses address sustainability and climate change since 1989. And our members have been making a difference. We have the stories to prove it.” National Wildlife Federation

    Sign Up to Certify your backyard or schoolyard as a NWF Habitat. You can do this online.

    Greensun is a National Wildlife Federation Fan.

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