Think Green This Halloween with Ecologue.com (Business Wire)

Monday October 13, 10:00 am ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This year add a little green to your Halloween and have a more environmentally friendly celebration with these easy “Green Halloween” tips from Ecologue.com and eco-designer and architect Michelle Kaufmann Jack-o’-lanterns: When giving your Halloween pumpkin that signature scowl, be sure to compost the pumpkin pieces you carve out in the process. On Halloween night, light up your jack-o’-lantern with LED candles instead of paraffin wax candles, which come from oil, a non-renewable resource. Once Halloween has passed, either compost your carved pumpkin or donate it to your local zoo – pumpkins are a special seasonal treat for zoo animals like elephants! Costume: Unless you’re a bit of an eccentric, you’ll probably only wear your Halloween costume once, maybe... [read full story]