Why You Should Use Eco-Friendly, Bamboo Organizing Products.
February 3, 2010
Incredibly, almost one million acres of forest vanish off the face of the earth every week. Typical sixty-foot hardwood trees cut for marketplace use take 30-50 years to regenerate while a sixty-foot bamboo plant takes a mere 59 DAYS to replace.
Bamboo may be the most eco-friendly, sustainable natural resource the world has. Its root system is continually sprouting new growth and new shoots, which makes replanting after harvesting unnecessary. And bamboo does all this naturally without any chemicals, pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers. Bamboo reduces runoff and prevents water pollution via its high nitrogen consumption. Growing bamboo also dramatically reduces greenhouse gases because it absorbs carbon dioxide five times more than the same number of trees and produces 35% more oxygen than the same number of trees. Continue Reading
Help for Haiti – Thanks for the Help!
February 2, 2010
I would like to extend a giant “THANK YOU” to all of our Stacks and Stacks customers and our Clutter Control Freak readers who made purchases over $100 during our Haiti earthquake drive.
We were able to donate over $5000 to the American Red Cross for Haiti!
Thank you all for your generous response!
5 Tips On Organizing For Tax Season
January 26, 2010
That’s right, it’s almost tax time again. That time of year when all the folks who use the EZ forms and have a few little tax deductions running around rejoice over the inevitable refund they will recieve. But for a lot of us, it’s more complicated than that. Here is a post I came across by cjpilgrim on eHow.com for organizing at tax time:
Let’s face it we all are not as organized in our life as we would like to be. Just as soon as the holidays are over, we are faced with instant dread. Tax time is upon us Continue Reading