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Green Holiday Entertaining — and a Recipe for Vegan Latkes

by Sheryl on 09. Dec, 2009 in food, holidays

When you throw a dinner or party for the holidays — whether for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or New Year’s — you use a lot more of the earth’s resources than you do in day-to-day life. How can you reduce the ecological footprint of your feast without compromising on hospitality? Follow the game plan in Holiday [...]

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Holiday Shopping at Non-profits

Holiday Shopping at Non-profits

by Sheryl on 08. Dec, 2008 in holidays, shopping, waste

If you’re looking for a way to keep the economy pumped up this holiday season without giving in to commercialization, why not look for meaningful gifts at non-profit organizations? End-of-year giving is as important to them as end-of-year shopping is to retail businesses — and they’re suffering just as much, with consequences for jobs, the [...]

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A Different Approach to Holiday Giving

by Sheryl on 05. Dec, 2008 in holidays, shopping

In our family we celebrate Hanukkah with very little gift-giving except to the kids. We’ve even cut way back on their gifts in recent years — to things they’ll love but can also really use. Gift-giving at Hanukkah parties is more difficult to control. At our annual celebration with my brother’s family, we have tried [...]

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Organic Thanksgiving: what you get for your money

Organic Thanksgiving: what you get for your money

by Sheryl on 26. Nov, 2008 in food, holidays, shopping

I just came across a less-than-shocking exposé on the “true” cost of an organic Thanksgiving dinner in Smart Money, revealing that you could pay 75% more for your organic feast. The slant of the piece (in a column called “Rip-offs”) is that conventional and organic food are essentially the same — just different lifestyle choices. [...]

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