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Use your garbage disposal! It is more earth friendly then allowing the waste to sit in a plastic garbage bag, where it will decompose more slowly. When using a garbage disposal you are allowing organic waste to be sent into the sewer lines, where it will be digested back into nature. Organic waste is turned [...]
Earth Day 2010 marks the 40th Anniversary of this official celebratory day. Online you’ll find a ton of promotions, Twitter parties and companies giving out coupons, hosting giveaways as well as offline festivals, green cleaning parties and local celebrations. A month where companies are really trying to make a eco-friendly impact, honor Mother Earth and [...]
Renting and Living Green isn’t always an option that renters feel they have. A national survey was conducted by Rent.com to evaluate Americans’ attitudes towards eco-friendly apartment lifestyles, the results were surprising. Fifty five percent of Americans were willing to pay extra rent for a “greener” apartment. Of those respondents most were impressed with spaces [...]
Are you feeling lazy today? Good! It use to be that lazy was an excuse, well not anymore. Mr. Josh Dorfman and the Sundance Channel are proving that you can be both lazy and green at the same time. In commemoration of Earth Day, Sundance Channel will present a new season of its original series, [...]
Meryl Streep prides herself on being both an actress and environmental activist. Meryl has been an activist and concernist before most of us were even thinking of recycling, BPA, and pesticides. According to her friend and long time environmentalist herself, Wendy Gordon, Meryl first began to take action in 1988 when a hole in the [...]
The cool and crisp days are upon us and as you prepare to turn up the heat, winterize your home. Did you know theaverage family spends $1,400 a year on energy bills, with nearly half of that spent on heating and cooling? Energy-efficient heating and cooling equipment sized and installed correctly, with properly sealed ducts, [...]
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If your husband could pick his biggest pet peeve about you what would it be? My husband would say stealing his socks. I don't know why but I like his socks much better than my own. By the time he gets around to wearing his dress socks they're already … Read More...
Lunch time made fun! As a parent you want your child to eat healthy, make good choices and have fun; Wexy bags roles all that into one. Wexy Bags are a fun, colorful, Monster Disposable Snack Bag for kids. The bags aren't only fun but eco-smart and … Read More...
What is the best gift you can give a kid? A book. Educating your child, teaching them life lessons and spending quality time with them is priceless. My daughter fell in love with books at only a few months old. She loved the bright colors, the … Read More...
I know vacuums. I’m a mom and what mom doesn’t clean up dirt on a continual basis? I’ve been in the market for a new vacuum and for me the vacuum has to go from carpet to hardwood with ease. As a green mom who cares about healthy indoor air I … Read More...
Both my husband and daughter are allergic to dust mites. This means washings the bedding on a very regular basis to kill those nasty dust mites that cause them to sneeze, snore and sleep miserably! My new Whirlpool Duet Washer and Dryer makes this a … Read More...
Cloth diapers can be a bugger to wash. I hear this often from cloth diaper using folks and because I’m out of the diaper phase it is hard for me to give solid advice on washing and drying cloth diapers effectively. Over the years I’ve heard of … Read More...
