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Flower Seed Paper

July 15, 2009

It seems like there is always someone I know having a birthday, an anniversary or a baby. The constant gift-giving results in quite a bit of wrapping paper and countless cards being sent to decompose in a landfill. When I heard about a special paper that contains flower seeds, I looked into it and discovered […]

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Preserve Your Natural Soap

June 9, 2009

Since homemade natural soap can be significantly more expensive than unhealthy mass-produced bars, I try to use mine down to the very last suds. My new “soap sock” pictured here has definitely helped me out in doing this. I found the soap sock on Etsy.com for about $4 and it is knit of very soft […]

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The Benefits of Bamboo

January 21, 2009

One of my Christmas gifts I can’t get enough of is a beautiful bamboo blanket I received from my mom. I love this blanket because, not only is it a very generous size, but it’s luxuriously soft (almost like cashmere) and best of all, completely organic and sustainable. The advantages of choosing bamboo over another […]

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Guilt-Free Reusable Snack Bags!

January 7, 2009

If you cringe every time you pack a sandwich or snack into a plastic bag for a lunch or on-the-go munchie, get ready for some relief. Instead of guiltily knowing your plastic bags will end up piling in a landfill after a one-time use, you can feel good about using stylish cloth ones over and over again! I have […]

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Book Review: Green Goes with Everything

December 17, 2008

The trend of ‘going green’ is only growing, and while I question the motives of some iniatives (i.e. the Carbon Tax), there are many ways we can benefit by becoming aware of and respecting our relationship with nature. This means reexamining our current usage of technology, chemicals, food, energy, and more, to the point where […]

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Renew Instead of Buy New

November 10, 2008

It’s a Sweater Stone! I ordered one for free (ok, $4.99 shipping) and it’s revived a whole closet of sweaters I had put to rest due to pilling. By the way, pilling tends to happen most in acrylic, wool merino, and cashmere fabrics, all textures I love and, thanks to the Sweater Stone, that will […]

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Can I Get a Green Rubber Ducky, Too?

October 26, 2008

After reading the report given by the CHEJ about the toxicity of vinyl shower liners, and extensive web-combing for a natural yet affordable alternative, I decided to finally bite the bullet and buy this linen shower curtain from Gaiam. It was more than I wanted to pay, but not as expensive as some other options. […]

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