A few weeks back, we brought you the story of a man who left his job to pursue his hobby of glassworks.

He had a lot of support at home, especially once his wife decided to do the same thing... turning trashed glass into something new and beautiful.

Meteorologist Shannon Murphy looks further into their environmental initiative in, "Your Green Life."

"In 1984 a friend of mine was doing stained glass professionally, agreed to teach a few of us girlfriends a basic glass class and we took the class, and I loved working with the glass but didn't like the stain glass but they had a kiln for sale so I bought the kiln from the studio," said Jody Freij-Tonder.

It was this second hand kiln that led to Jody's passion for glassworks.

She had no idea that ten years later it would also lead her to leave her current job.

"Never in my wildest dreams. Just the whole life and lifestyle of being your own boss and the self determination and living where you love to live and doing what you love to do," said Jody. "My price point using recycled glass normally costs me nothing because I can get it from people who work with stained glass that can't stand to throw scraps away. The costs of making the earrings are really just all the labor that goes into it. Each piece of glass is handled six to eight times from start to finish."

The origin of the glass isn't always known, but it still can come with a story.

Earrings made from beer bottles have been recognized by European glass workers, but others keep more of a local meaning.

"I collect root beer bottles at the blueberry festival and make earrings out of the Dorothy Molter root beer bottles and they sell at the museum up there," said Jody.

This jewelry may only make a minimal impact on the environment, but Jody is happiest knowing that your can take something that was once garbage and make something beautiful from it.

In Two Harbors, meteorologist Shannon Murphy, the Northland's NewsCenter.

Since Jody and her husband Mike have started glass working as their full–time job, they have been educating others about why recycling is important to our environment.

It isn't just the environment that benefits from recycling. Every Tuesday we bring you the story of an animal that needs a new home.

Jody and Mike Tonder were watching one week when "Bruiser" was featured, and after adopting a new companion, they joke about it being their recycled dog.