Dallas Grease Roundup: Recycling Cooking oil

22 11 , 2015 7 Comments

Well guys it’s that time of year again to stuff are faces with completely delicious food! However, cooking this food causes us to use large amounts of cooking oil which usually gets dumped down the drain and causes problems of blockages in pipes. So this year if you are in the Dallas,Texas area please save your cooking oil and drop it off at a participating location where it will then be delivered to Dallas schools that are turning the oil into biodiesel fuel for cars. The North Texas Municipal Water District will be one of those locations in which you can drop off your used cooking grease December 5th. If you guys have any further questions please let me know and I hope you will participate in this initiative whether it’s in Dallas or a city near you!

First DIY:Organic Play-dough You Can Eat?!

18 11 , 2015 9 Comments

Okay codegreeners for the first DIY project I found an organic Plato recipe from an awesome website called funathomewithkids.com that not only is really cheap,easy to make, and Eco-friendly, but is edible! As well, the dough is gluten free so those with a gluten problem have no reason to fear.  This recipe only requires four items that can be found in most households and is very fun to create. You will need:

 

-1 Cup of Corn Starch

– 1 Cup of Baby Rice Cereal

-1/2 a cup or 4 oz. of unsweetened applesauce

-3 Ts. of Vegetable Oil

 

If the dough is to dry  and breaking apart at first then add a little water which should help bring the dough together:)

You can add Eco-friendly food dye if you would like to have color in your dough and you can make  the dough last up to 6-9 days by placing it in the fridge. You can then heat it up for 10-15 seconds in the microwave if it becomes to hard. I was very impressed with how the dough felt and it tasted like applesauce! Please check out the website www.funwithkidsathome.com to find more projects and Eco- friendly crafts to do with kids and others while at home. I recommend this recipe to everyone!

Hello and Welcome!! I’m CodenameGreen!

13 11 , 2015 12 Comments

Codenamegreen2Hi! I’m CodenameGreen and this is my website where you can find my blog posts and other information about codegreen. I hope you guys will join me on this journey as I take on the pursuit of finding the best, most efficient, and easiest ways possible of becoming Eco-friendly with everything I do. As well, codegreeners and I will be doing environmental pledges on this site at the start of the new year! So stay tuned as we embark on this new adventure together that will allow us to help protect the environment one change at a time!