DIY is becoming more popular thanks to sites like Pinterest but how can that be applied to being eco-friendly and stress reducing? By upcycling old items for DIY projects, the impact may be small on you but big in the long run. Using your hands and channeling your creative side of the brain is soothing too. Whether you're starting a small or big project, we found a few cool sites to help get the creative juices flowing.
- WebEcoist has a list of 15 large and small projects, from a plastic bottle green house to blown tire flip flops. Check out the bike or hamster powered generators- used to charge cell-phones!
- Fresh Home Ideas is a site dedicated to DIY and even has an option for Eco-Friendly projects like building your own birdhouse from waste material to restoring vintage furniture.
- If you're having a wedding and want to stay economically aware, try Something Borrowed's post on planning an eco-DIY wedding. Weddings can be stressful but knowing that you are saving money and saving the planet can help to take some of that stress away. Check out her vintage brooch bouquet!
- The Frisky is not normally a place for DIY but they have a great article on spring cleaning your home with natural products and links to other green DIY sites. If you've read our previous blog posts, you'll know that certain essential oils can be very calming- so spread it around your home this spring.
- Last but not least we have Green Upgrader - a site that believes that it doesn't have to be difficult or overwhelming to stay green. For stress-reducing articles try DIY Beauty Recipes to Treat Yourself or Swap Your Stuff To Stress Less
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