My Green Glasses

Thrift stores must survive cycles

Jennifer C. Sellers — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:00:02 +0000

Have you ever donated anything from your closet? If you haven’t, I highly suggest this practice. We all have stuff. A lot of stuff. We get into the cycle of buying more new stuff and getting rid of old, good stuff. A great resource called The Story of Stuff is a narrative about our consumerist society. You should check it [...]

Trim down Valentines waste by going green

Jennifer C. Sellers — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000

I am not a big fan of Valentine’s Day. But it’s not the idea of love that bothers me. It’s the amount of imported waste from this over-consumerist holiday. To me, Valentine’s Day is simply another excuse to buy gifts, candies and greeting cards that have tons of unnecessary packaging. Stores line their shelves with hundreds of heart-shaped boxes, cuddly [...]

Introducing the new ‘Living Green’ at Weekly Surge

Jennifer C. Sellers — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:00:21 +0000

It’s a new season for the Living Green column. No, its not yet spring, even though it felt like it last week. This new season is bringing a new face to offer eco-insights for the Grand Strand, and I am lucky enough to be that new face – so, you might ask, who am I? Let me introduce myself. I’ve [...]

$50 Quest: Goodwill

Jennifer C. Sellers — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:09:23 +0000

For Christmas I received $50 cash, so my plan was to visit some second-hand stores and see how far I could go with it. I shall call it my “50 Dollar Quest” mini-series and it will span into multiple posts until my money has been spent. The first store was Treasures of the Heart (spent $5) and the second store was [...]

$50 Quest: Moozie’s Closet

Jennifer C. Sellers — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:00:56 +0000

For Christmas I received $50 cash, so my plan was to visit some second-hand stores and see how far I could go with it. I shall call it my “50 Dollar Quest” mini-series and it will span into multiple posts until my money has been spent. Store #1: Treasures of the Heart, Conway, SC – $5 spent Store #2: Recycled [...]

$50 Quest: Recycled Rooster

Jennifer C. Sellers — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:00:41 +0000

$50 Quest: Treasures of the Heart

Jennifer C. Sellers — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:00:54 +0000

For Christmas I received $50 cash, so my plan was to visit some second-hand stores and see how far I could go with it. I shall call it my “50 Dollar Quest” mini-series and it will span into multiple posts until my money has been spent. Store #1: Treasures of the Heart, Conway, SC When you visit this store on [...]

New Year, New Simple Life

Jennifer C. Sellers — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:00:54 +0000

It’s a new year, which means a new chance at life and a time to start over. At the start of the new year, people have a tendency to reflect on the negativity of the past year and look for ways to make themselves and their life better. Typical Resolutions include: Lose Weight, Eat Better, Exercise More, Quit Smoking, Get Out of Debt….etc. [...]

My Resolution Non-Solution

Jennifer C. Sellers — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:00:24 +0000

As the year comes to a close, I reflect on my New Year’s Resolution of 2011 to not buy new clothes for an entire year, but to purchase them from second-hand stores only. For anyone that has known me this year, this was easier said than done. It was in February, when I got my new job as the Sustainability [...]

The Wrapping Paper Dilemma

Jennifer C. Sellers — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:30:19 +0000

The holidays are just about over. You are probably in the process of taking down decorations, while wrestling with the time you don’t have. I will confess that one year, I kept my Christmas tree up until Valentine’s Day. Yay, it was just easier that way. Anyway, one of the major issues during the holidays between Thanksgiving and New Year’s [...]