{"id":9677,"date":"2012-12-18T02:30:24","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T10:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=9677"},"modified":"2012-12-18T02:30:24","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T10:30:24","slug":"green-diva-holidays-eco-friendly-foodie-gift-decorating-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/green-diva-holidays-eco-friendly-foodie-gift-decorating-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Diva Holidays: Eco-Friendly Foodie, Gift & Decorating Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I had fun doing some of my earth-friendly holiday schtick on\u00a0Ebru Today<\/a>\u00a0last week \u2013 details about what I discussed on this timely, silly\u00a0green holiday TV segment<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Had an excellent\u00a0ramblin holidaze show<\/a>\u00a0this week in the Green Divas Radio Show studio and am thrilled we were able to record AND podcast finally! Even though I was on the tail end of the flu and was perhaps a bit fuzzy (at least vocally), we managed to get some timely, useful and relevant information in. We may have had more fun than format, but hey, we\u2019re all getting into the spirit \u2013 or at least trying to \u2013 right?\u00a0If you want some free entertainment with your green holiday ideas, please listen to the\u00a0latest podcast of the Green Divas Radio Show<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Otherwise, here are some of the highlights . . .<\/p>\n

Green Diva Foodie Fun<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Green Divas Mizar, Meg and Jamie each offered one of their family favorite holiday recipes. GD Jamie talked about her father\u2019s traditional latke recipe. GD Meg offered up her warm red cabbage salad recipe. And GD Mizar got us really hungry with her creme caramel recipe . . . Check out the full post for all the\u00a0Green Diva Foodie Holiday Fav Recipes<\/a>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Green Diva Mizar\u2019s DIY: Earth-Friendly Holiday Wrapping<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>As always GD Mizar had some wonderful DIY ideas. This week she talked about some creative and greener holiday gift wrapping ideas. Check out\u00a0GD Mizar\u2019s It\u2019s a Wrap<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>post for all the deets! Or listen to the fun five-minute\u00a0podcast of GD Mizar\u2019s DIY holiday greener gift wrapping segment<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Green Dude Eco Ed on LED holiday lights<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Listen to the 5-minute Green Dude segment featuring\u00a0Eco Ed Schwartz all about LED holiday lights<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and learn why they are such a great idea!<\/p>\n

Feature Interview: Sarah Finnie Robinson of Practically Green<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>This week we were thrilled to have Sarah Finnie Robinson of\u00a0PracticallyGreen<\/a>.com\u00a0on the air with us. PracticallyGreen.com is\u00a0a digital tool that makes being sustainable easy, fun and stress-free. They offer common sense ways to be more eco-conscience without having to go to crazy extremes.<\/p>\n

One great feature of the site is the \u2018Actions\u2019 feature, which provides users with really simple and practical (practically green, right?) ideas for making green changes.<\/p>\n

PracticallyGreen also offers a product section, where they do extensive background homework on every product, so that us consumers can have some confidence that their \u2018green\u2019 purchase isn\u2019t green marketing hype or green washing.<\/p>\n

Some criteria for the products found on PracticallyGreen.com . . .<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. They have to be energy-efficient and reduce greenhouse gas emissions<\/li>\n
  2. The product must reduce its water usage<\/li>\n
  3. Products that claim to be organic must be certified by the USDA<\/li>\n
  4. The products may not contain artificial colors, flavors, processed sweeteners, preservatives, and other chemicals or highly processed additives<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Had an excellent ramblin holidaze show this week in the Green Divas Radio Show studio and am thrilled we were able to record AND podcast finally! More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":9678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[45,1912,91,5505],"tags":[6851,6736,6846,6847,6852,3733,6132,6853,5185],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/GD_Holidaze_12.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9677"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}