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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.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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….

  • 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.

  • Review: Earthwise Products

    Earthwisebags.com located in Commerce, CA offers a lot of choices in their arsenal of reusable bags. They manufacture reusable bags for companies, so some of the samples you see here were produced for other companies. Here are some of them: Lunch bags and hot & cold insulated bags Outer shell – 100% non-woven polypropylene Inner…

  • 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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