Eco Decorating for Christmas
The New York Times is calling it the Year of Eco Decorating.
A recent Guggenheim International Gala event 28,000 square feet of a parking garage on the Hudson River was decorated in post-consumer cardboard including the tables, chairs, centerpieces and chargers.
While visually stunning, I think we will stick with our traditional holiday themed dinnerware. I am not sure that my extended family would embrace this.
But the basic idea can be incorporated into all of our holiday decor. I already wrote about the LED lights. But what about the decorations that are going up around your house? Punched tin can lanterns made from your recycled tin cans can make nice accents to your holiday table. Gather pine cones from your yard (before it snows!) and place them in shallow bowls on the buffet. Use the cuttings from the Christmas tree to decorate the mantel.
You don’t have to eat off of cardboard to make your holiday a little bit greener.
