Get Your Gourd On
Instead of plastic seasonal decorations, look for gorgeous natural materials. Also see great homemade costume ideas.
Instead of garish plastic witches, polystyrene pumpkins and cheap Halloween toys that may be contaminated with lead paint, decorate for the fall holidays with natural materials such as gourds, pumpkins and dried corn, leaves and grasses.
By avoiding all that unnecessary plastic and foam, you'll be saving nonrenewable petroleum for other uses. Instead of something that takes hundreds of years to break down in the environment, you'll end up with material that can be easily composted in your own yard, returning nutrients to the soil. Between 1960 and 2003, plastics surged from 1% to 11.3% percent of our waste stream, and more and more products are made from the stuff every day.
By choosing natural materials to accent your home or office, you'll also be supporting American farmers and open space, as well as bringing a little slice of nature (not to mention history) indoors. The best choice is locally sourced goods, which you can pick up at a farmers' market, farm stand or charity drive. As with the concept of food miles, you'll be cutting down on the fuel needed to transport items from field to table, leaving Mother Nature smiling like a jack-o'-lantern.
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