Category Archives: Recycling

100Grannies Team in top 10% in Project Drawdown EcoChallenge

Posted on October 1, 2023 by Marcia Ward

Project Drawdown partnered with EcoChallenge for a month-long event and friendly competition during October. Team members earned points by taking a range of climate actions. Drawdown EcoChallenge is a fun and social way to connect the dots between climate solutions … Continue reading →

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100Grannies has written 4 children’s books

Posted on August 5, 2023 by Marcia Ward

100Grannies’ motto, as printed on their green shirts, is Educate, Advocate, and Agitate. We have quite a few former teachers in our membership, so we decided to write children’s books as an educational endeavor. Our first book was “Granny Green’s … Continue reading →

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100 Grannies – What We Do

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Charlene Lange

You can view our latest presentation in PDF format [View PDF] or you can see the slides below as images. Click any slide for a larger gallery slideshow view.

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Grannies Gems No. 7

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Charlene Lange

Consider switching from conventional shampoo to a natural shampoo bar.  According to Lush, one of the industry’s leading beauty brands, shampoo bars can last up to 80 washes. This is equivalent to two to three bottles of conventional liquid shampoo. … Continue reading →

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Granny’s Gems No. 6

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Charlene Lange

In an increasingly contaminated world, consider ditching the off the shelf deodorants. The plastic container and the ingredients add to the contamination in our world. Many contain ingredients you shouldn’t rub on your skin such as Aluminum – linked to … Continue reading →

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Granny’s Gems No. 5

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Charlene Lange

Granny’s Gems offers simple solutions for everyday life to save our planet, ourselves, and future generations. These solutions will save money, save the environment, find alternatives, and reduce the chemicals all around us. Each one of us can reduce, reuse, … Continue reading →

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Granny’s Gems No. 4

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Charlene Lange

Granny’s Gems offers simple solutions for everyday life to save our planet, ourselves, and for future generations. These solutions will save money, save our environment, find alternatives, and reduce the chemicals that are all around us. Each one of us … Continue reading →

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Granny’s Gems No. 3

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Charlene Lange

Granny’s Gems Granny’s Gems offers simple solutions for everyday life to save our planet, ourselves, and for future generations. These solutions will save money, save the environment, find alternatives, and reduce the chemicals that are all around us. Each one … Continue reading →

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Granny’s Gems 2

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Charlene Lange

Granny’s Gems offers simple solutions for everyday life to save our planet, ourselves, and for future generations. These solutions will save money, save our environment, find alternatives, and reduce the chemicals that are all around us. Each one of us … Continue reading →

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Energy bar cancelled

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Charlene Lange

Sorry, TerraCycle is no longer accepting any individual clif bar or other energy bar wrappers. So toss the ones you have been saving. Continue to save the other 3 types of items.    

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