Category: Green news
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5 quick & easy tips to save energy
Earth Day’s coming up! Thanks to our friends from Retrevo for sharing these energy-saving tips. 1. Turn off devices when you’re not using them – especially game consoles and TVs. Large plasma TVs are the biggest hogs but game machines are a close second. Shutting down game players in the U.S. for just 24 hours…
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Earth Week begins
Earth Day is this Wednesday, the 22nd of April. You can celebrate by volunteering in your community. Click here to search for volunteer opportunities.
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Hot yoga fashion
And by that, I mean “fashion for hot yoga,” not “hot outfits for doing yoga,” although that’d work too. Hot yoga or Bikram yoga is growing more and more popular lately, and I actually started taking classes late last month. I’m not too keen on the founder’s lawsuit-happy ways, but I do love the yoga…
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Eternal Rest
Not to sound morbid, but if you want to stay earth-friendly during your eternal slumber, how about an eco-burial? These types of burials take up less space; use biodegradable, recyclable or renewable coffins; and don’t use embalming materials like formaldehyde. Come to think of it, why do they use embalming fluid? Aren’t we supposed to…
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Get a whiff of something fresh and green
I’m not the biggest beauty buff, but I like looking at beauty products from time to time just to see what’s out there. What I’ve found recently is eco-friendly perfume. What makes a perfume eco-friendly, anyway? Based on the ones I’ve found, these should be: cruelty-free, meaning not tested on animals made of natural, organic…
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Green Easter
Easter is associated with spring, fertility, new life. Kids are outside, hunting for colored eggs and candy. How to keep a green celebration truly green? Nature Moms offers the following tips on having an eco-friendly Easter bash: If you can DIY, make your own baskets or buy good baskets that you can reuse every year….
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The Bee’s Knees
I’ve also stopped using regular soap because of its toxic ingredients. I found Burt’s Bees body bars at my local supermarket. It is pricey but the bars last a long time. They even come in 2 packs now. For more information on what soaps and shampoos to avoid and what to buy instead, click here.
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VTech turns green, step by step
I used a VTech phone before, so it was pretty interesting to hear that they’ve begun to implement more eco-friendly changes to their products. · Energy Star®-certified to offer the same or better performance than comparable models, while using less energy· RoHS compliant for reduced hazardous substances· Available in 100-percent recyclable club store packaging· Available…
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Nesting Behavior
Most of us have heard by now about the hidden dangers in our own houses, giving new meaning to the word ‘homesick’. I saw the Green Nest founders featured on The Doctors yesterday. Go to Green Nest for more information on how to test your home for contaminants and toxins, and what to do about…
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Low Carb
Low carbon diet that is. I read this article on the Seventh Generation website and here’s a summary on how to lower your carbon footprint by making better choices at the grocery store. Reduce your consumption of red meat, which alone is responsible for 30% of our country’s total food production-related GHG (green house gases)…