Make it Special with a Green Halloween Pumpkin!
Now that we’ve looked at greening the Halloween costumes, as well as Halloween parties and treats, it’s time to look at the home décor for Halloween, and of course, the star of the show – the Halloween Pumpkin!
Buying a Halloween Pumpkin
If you don’t grow your own pumpkin, be sure to buy either a:
- Re-usable Halloween pumpkin that you will keep and re-use for multiple festivals – not plastic but perhaps ceramic (plastic is bad for the environment and also the plastic ones look a bit, well, tacky in my opinion)
- Fresh pumpkin (ideally from your local Farmers’ Market), ideally organic (so there are no pesticides involved), and ideally grown locally (so you don’t have carbon emissions from transport – but of course this requires you to live in area where the climate is suitable for growing pumpkins!)
Use all the Halloween Pumpkin!
You can use all the parts of the pumpkin, as well as carving them for decoration!
- Dig out the pumpkin seeds, rinse and dry them, shake them onto a greased baking sheet, spray a little oil, sprinkle with salt, and bake at 350 F (180c) for 15 – 20 minutes. You get a great Fall pumpkin snack!
- Make pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, pumpkin ravioli or pumpkin soup (I like my soup with garam masala spice added for extra warmth). Add other roasted root veggies such as parsnips, sweet potatoes and turnips.
- Finally, chop up the shell into smallish pieces and compost it, together with any leftover candy sweets and other harvest vegetables.
And don’t forget…….
Be Happy!
Whichever green options you and your family take advantage of, you’ll feel better on November 1 knowing you helped combat the holiday’s terrifying eco-damage.
Show the world you care – go Green this Halloween!
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Wow, you really made me hungry now. Pumkin Pie is my absolute favorite. Could probably eat a whole pie in one sitting and pumkin seeds are equally as enjoyable. Thanks!
Andrew
I love this advice, especially about using soy or beeswax candles. I also appreciate your discussion of using the whole pumpkin. Thanks for another great article!
Cherie Miranda
I like your green Halloween pumpkin advice about taking the wrappers and using them to make other items.
Michael
My Grandma used to always want our old jack-o-laterns to make pumpkin pies with and they were absolutey fantastic. I have never had pumpkin soup – it sounds interesting.
Clare, do yiou have any ecofriendly recipes for halloween treats?
Scott Sylvan Bell
Now go implement!
I also suddenly got hungry when reading the article . Don’t see many of the orange pumpkins around here , we normally eat a variety called the Queensland Blue . Pumpkin soup is yummy .
Here is a use for Halloween beverage recyclables….I have a friend who makes and sells handbags in Costa Rica. She uses the poptops on soda or beer cans for the handbag chain….we are all having all of our friends save these for her….it is so nice to be able to recycle something into a useable product!!!
Sonya Lenzo
Hi Clare!
We don’t usually celebrate Halloween in Spain but we do have pumkings and I think they are very tasty so I will try that cake!! It looks so yummy!
Agh! This has me craving pumpkin bars now!
Thanks for reminding me to remind myself to get ingredients, Clare!
Mark Hogan
Halloween is a great time to prove you are eco friendly. These are great Halloween ideas to go green. I actually snack on pumpkin seeds so a great Halloween tip there as well.
Clare ~
These are great tips for using a pumpkin completely. I do have a reusable pumpkin and like to go around the neighborhood the week before Halloween and let the neighbors know that I’d be happy to take their “inners” … pumpkin seeds are such a good and healthy snack!
Stay Amazing and Do Great Things, Neil
Umm Umm Umm. Fresh Pumpkin Pie and roasted pumpkin seeds. Now that’s what I’m talking about!
Dennis
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Mmmm pumpkin pie with a green twist!
Awesomely yummy!
Looking forward to tomorrow!
Create a great day!
Whatr a great idea, to have a reuseable ceramic pumkin.
Parenting Kids Toy Storage Organization
Hi Green Goddess,
With your blog post title being Green Halloween Pumpkin, I was expecting to see a photo of green pumpkin squash! lol. I absolutely love and adore pumpkin recipes. The soup variation you mentioned, I’d love to have you put up some recipes. I’m sure you can weave in an ecofriendly perspective about how to cook green at the same time!
Happy Dating and Relationships,
April Braswell
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