• Green Wedding **NEW!**
• Bees **NEW!**
• Sports **NEW!**
• Love 
• Money
• Gifts
• Birds
• Food
• Vacation
• Garden
• Cosmetics
• Cleaning

• Plantable seed paper (PDF) - Beautiful homemade paper from recycled scraps! Turn it into cards, note paper, gift wrap and small boxes. Embed the paper with seeds, then cover it with soil (indoors in pots, outdoors in spring) and watch it bloom.
• Things to do outside in winter (PDF) - Nature is full of gifts - and they're free! Here are some tips for fun things to do during the colder months.
• More on green gifting in this issue of the Nature Challenge newsletter.

• Fat Block Bird Feeder (PDF) - This recipe is for the birds…a calorie-rich concoction you can mix up in your kitchen to help feathered backyard visitors get through the winter.
• Who’s who at the feeder (PDF) - If you're feeding them, you may as well know who they are!
• Getting kids into birds (PDF) - Kids who care about nature grow into adults who protect it. Fun activities to awaken avian awareness.
• Making sense of paper labels (PDF) - Stop blowing your nose (and wiping your butt) with virgin trees.
• Bird-friendly coffee and chocolate (PDF) - The next time you order your decaf, no-fat, no foam, vanilla latte (or whatever), add "organic, fair trade and shade-grown".
• More on fine feathered friendliness in this issue of the Nature Challenge newsletter.

HARVEST BOUNTY

• Tojo's marinated sablefish (PDF) - One of Vancouver's top chef's featured this entree in Jill Lambert's book on sustainable seafood, A Good Catch. 
• Help end food waste (PDF)- Tips on avoiding spoilage.
• More yummy earth-friendliness in this issue of the Nature Challenge newsletter.

GREEN SUMMER

• Green Summer Recipes (PDF) - after sun soothers and non-toxic cleaners for barbecue grill, lawn furniture, garage grease, paint brushes and cars (.pdf)
• Bug off! (PDF) – homemade citronella candle, herbal insect repellents, bug bite relief
• More on how to have a green summer in this issue of the Nature Challenge newsletter.

GREEN GARDEN

• Home recipes 1 –(PDF) compost tea, ‘weed’ solutions, fungus, critter repellents
• Home recipes 2 (PDF) – More critter repellents!
• Home recipes 3 (PDF) – Still more critter repellents
• More green gardening tips in this issue of the Nature Challenge newsletter.

THE GREEN SPA

• Home recipes 1 (PDF)  - hair & face masks, shampoo, make-up remover & lip balms
• Home recipes 2 (PDF)  - shaving cream, aftershave, toothpaste, skin cleansers, tonic, toner, body wash & body scrub
• Home recipes 3 (PDF) - shampoo, conditioner, hair spray, hair rinse and hair oil
• Home recipes 4 (PDF) - deodorants, foot spray, body spray, perfume, bath, soaks, lotion, moisturizers and body butter (.pdf)
• Home recipes 5 (PDF) - cosmetics made with only two ingredients, for the busy green goddess
• Homemade Cosmetics Ingredients (PDF)- Now that you’ve decided to make your own, here’s a list of all the various ingredients you’ll need, what they do and where to find them.
• More on lowering your personal toxic load in this issue of the Nature Challenge newsletter.
  

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GREEN CLEANING

• Stain removal (PDF)
• Cards for all home cleaning recipes (PDF)
• More on planet-friendly clean up in this issue of the Nature Challenge newsletter.