Impacting My World – One Habit at a Time
This is Day 3 of my 2nd week of my 50th year. I’ve come up with 51 events and/or habits that I want to accomplish before my next birthday.
Today I’ve been thinking about my goals/habits regarding “the world.” I do have two. I admit they aren’t that grand. They are #14 and #15 on my personal list:
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Install a clothesline – use 2x’s month. My intent is to reduce my electrical usage.
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Pick up trash 1x week – in order to beautify the area.
Today I read a great post from Tree Hugging Family that has 60 eco-friendly ways to celebrate spring. A lot of them are actually doable and sound fun.
Here are 4 that I’d like to do this Spring . . .
#47. 10 Fun Organic Gardening Projects for Kids – I’d actually like to make the sunflower playhouse and a sensory garden for me. These would go great with my Trompe L’Oeil panited fence. See #9 at this link.
#39. I already have #39 on my list. Do you?
#13. Spring clean with non-toxic homemade cleaning supplies.
#3. Make a cotton morsbag to use for my groceries instead of a plastic bag. Don’t sew alone, sew with a buddy. Maybe this could be my crafty thing to do this month.
Which of these 60 ideas would you like to do this Spring? Maybe we can do one or two together.
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Jennifer | . at .
Big kisses for the link love. Good choices too. A sensory garden is awesome. So is the sunflower playhouse.
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Shelly | . at .
What a great post! Your blog inspires me to be more purpose-driven.
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Mark | . at .
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Help Your Child Get Excited About and Appreciative of Plants and Nature!
Pawling, N.Y.—Earth Day 2008- The TickleMe Plant Company will send a packet of TickleMe Plant® seeds to one hundred people, selected randomly, who respond to this question, “What are three or more reasons why plants are important to the health of Planet Earth and Its Inhabitants?” Send your email response in the form of words, pictures, poems, etc to: customerservice@ticklemeplant.com or mail a letter to: Earth Day Contest, TickleMe Plant Company, 60 Hurds Corner Road, Pawling, N.Y 12564. Be sure to visit http://www.TickleMePlant.com to learn about the TickleMe Plant.
“We are offering this contest because we want kids to become sensitive to and aware of the importance of plants. In addition, we love seeing how excited kids get the first time they tickle their plant and it moves! ” says Larry Chipkin –President of the TickleMe Plant Company. Everyone is a winner, as all entries and letters with email addresses will be emailed a two dollar discount coupon. Winners will be informed on or before Earth Day April 22, 2008. Some responses will be posted on the website.
In addition, The TickleMe Plant Company will donate 1% of all 2008 profits to The Nature Conservancy’s program to save the rainforest called “Adopt an Acre®.”
What is a TickleMe Plant?
Native to Brazil, they can be found there and in other tropical areas, growing in the wild. The scientific name for the TickleMe Plant is Mimosa pudica.
“You simply plant the seeds in one of our growing kits or a flower pot with soil, water it and the plants will sprout in days,” says Larry Chipkin. Two weeks later, you can tickle this very sensitive plant and watch in amazement as the plant closes its leaves and lowers its branches. Then, usually within 15 minutes, it lifts its fernlike branches and re-opens its leaves. TickleMe Plants can be grown any time of the year, as an indoor houseplant. They also can produce pretty pink fluffy flowers!
About The TickleMe Plant Company
Mark Chipkin, Educational Project Director says, “We want every child (and those young at heart) to have a positive experience growing plants. Growing the TickleMe Plant from seeds is an adventure children (5 to 105) will never forget.”
All TickleMe Plant products are easy to grow, no green thumb needed! Thousands of teachers and students (K-Graduate School) have grown their own TickleMe Plants. The TickleMe Plant product line includes: packets of seeds, complete growing kits with soil pellets and greenhouses with flower pots. These seed packets retail for $4.95 plus shipping at http://www.TickleMePlant.com
For more information, cool experiments and activities, visit http://www.TickleMePlant.com TickleMe Plant products are available throughout the continental United States. They make great gifts and party favors for all occasions. They can be found at science museums, nature centers, stores and catalogs that offer educational products which excite youngsters about science, gardening and nature. TickleMe Plants also are sold on line at web stores, such as Educational Innovations, Edmund Scientific, and eNasco.
Date: March 30, 2008
Re: TickleMe Plant Company, Inc.
Contact: Larry Chipkin, (845)350-4800
Larry@ticklemeplant.com
http://www.TickleMePlant.com
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More about the TickleMe Plant Company
My name is Mark Chipkin. I am a science teacher and co-owner of the TickleMe Plant Company with my brother Larry Chipkin. I am the Educational Project Director of our family run TickleMe Plant Company.
We formed the TickleMe Plant Company with the intent of encouraging children to become more excited about plants and the wonders of nature. In my elementary and middle school science classes, I always provide a plant growing experience. The TickleMe Plant experience is the one the students always remember.
On our site, http://www.TickleMePlant.com , we include videos, pictures, activities and experiments to help encourage children (and those adults young at heart) to want to grow and care for plants. We hope that through the wonderful experience of growing the TickleMe Plant they will become more excited about, sensitive to and aware of nature.
In the school setting, we have found that the name TickleMe Plant is much easier for young children to get excited about and remember, than Mimosa pudica, humble plant, embarrassed plant or sensitive plant. However, more importantly, we wanted to distinguish our brand of seeds and grow kits because of the individualized educational and customer support that we offer. Our family members spend the time to help each of our customers with their science fair projects, cultivation questions and insect control questions. We answer all email and phone calls.
We will remain dedicated to helping people enjoy the wonders of plants and indoor gardening. We pride ourselves on always listening to feedback from our customers and those who take the time to write about us. We guarantee our seeds to grow for each customer and will replace them if anyone has any difficulty growing them.
Our focus is primarily on caring about children and plants and not on marketing. Thank you, Mark@ticklemeplant.com or TickleMePlants@aol.com
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