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ecochildsplay.com - 6 hours ago
Open Ended Play Lets Kids’ Imaginations Set Sail!
— ecochildsplay.com — Editor’s note: The following piece is guest post by Dalit Holzman from Natural Pod, one of our favorite eco-friendly toy companies . Dalit is part of the Natural Pod team ( www.naturalpod.com ) and raises her two daughters as open-endedly as possible…with the help of some boxes. ... (more) Open Ended Play Lets Kids’ Imaginations Set Sail!

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alternativeconsumer.com - 7 hours ago
Rebekah Green rolls out green gems
— alternativeconsumer.com — Her bio reads like a Who Who of Green — a veritable powerhouse of living an ecofriendly, sustainable lifestyle. Over the course of the next year, Rebekah Green (pictured below) is poised to kickoff food, clothing and shelter merchandising — all in the name of green. I’m ... (more) Rebekah Green rolls out green gems

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alternativeconsumer.com - 7 hours ago
JalexStudios upcycled LModern 2 coffee table
— alternativeconsumer.com — The LModern coffee table is the tasteful merging of a recycled door (I’m still looking for it), handsome, upcycled Brazilian Walnut parquet flooring and an L shaped piece of wall shelving. 49″l x 30″w $750 @ jalexstudios etsy shop (more) JalexStudios upcycled LModern 2 coffee table

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ecochildsplay.com - 8 hours ago
Rebekak Green Sustainable Earrings: Precious Gifts for Little Girls
— ecochildsplay.com — Rebekah Green has been globally aware and environmentally conscious since the second grade. Throughout her life she’s done a lot for the “green” movement. Her latest efforts include a sustainable line of earrings made from recycled gold. She even has several designs ... (more) Rebekak Green Sustainable Earrings: Precious Gifts for ...

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easyecoblog.com - 15 hours ago
EPA Green Chemistry Awards
— easyecoblog.com — The EPA gives out Green Chemistry Awards to the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances. Green chemistry applies across the life cycle, including the design, manufacture, and use of a chemical product. When you are looking ... (more) EPA Green Chemistry Awards

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mindzle.com - 16 hours ago
How To Live Environmentally Friendly
— mindzle.com — Both radical and moderate ways define people’s efforts of learning how to live environmentally friendly. It all resumes to the willingness to make personal changes. Nothing can be implemented by force and only personal awareness and consideration for the natural world can make a ... (more) How To Live Environmentally Friendly

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mnn.com - 20 hours ago
The latest, greenest eco-fashions
— mnn.com —   Wondering what styles will be in eco-fashion this fall and winter? Earlier today, green-thinking fashionistas got treated to an eco-vegan fashion show at the Green Blogger Convention at Environmental Furniture in Los Angeles. (more) The latest, greenest eco-fashions

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ecochildsplay.com - 21 hours ago
EWG Gives School Cleaning Supplies Their Report Cards (and it ain’t pretty)
— ecochildsplay.com — Last week, while volunteering at my daughter’s classroom Halloween party, I flinched a little as I saw one of the other parents dutifully strolling around dispensing the requisite waterless, chem-filled hand sanitizers. Aside from my skepticism that anti- bacterial soaps will actually do ... (more) EWG Gives School Cleaning Supplies Their Report Cards ...

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greenupgrader.com - 21 hours ago
Phish Reduces Water Bottle Consumption at Festival 8 With Innovative Program
— greenupgrader.com — If you’ve ever stuck around after an open air rock show and witnessed the carnage that remains, you’ll know what I’m talking about when I say that the amount of plastic disposable water bottles left on the ground is staggering. Really, try it some time. Not only will you be ... (more) Phish Reduces Water Bottle Consumption at Festival 8 ...

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supereco.com - 26 hours ago
Holiday libations as green as the Grinch
— supereco.com — Skål! It's time to start planning holiday parties, and that means egg nog, champagne and sparkling wine, hearty beers and ales ... But being the eco-savvy person you are, you'd prefer yours to be organic , Earth-friendly and sustainably produced. We'll drink to that. Crack open a tall ... (more) Holiday libations as green as the Grinch

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greenupgrader.com - 27 hours ago
Handmade Options for Winterizing Your Home
— greenupgrader.com — Brr! It feels like the temperature dropped over night! According to the folks at EPA’s Energy Star, about half of our home energy use goes to heating and cooling our homes, and we use the vast majority of that energy on heat during the chilly months. Luckily, those crafty Etsy sellers have ... (more) Handmade Options for Winterizing Your Home

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alternativeconsumer.com - 28 hours ago
Homedics Restore Clean Water pitcher
— alternativeconsumer.com — Here’s a another great alternative to buying bottled water. This Restore Clean Water System consists of an 8-cup pitcher and an ultraviolet adapter. Restore has a unique dual-filter process for eliminating solid particulate material as well as bacteria and viruses from your tap water.  ... (more) Homedics Restore Clean Water pitcher

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planetgreen.discovery.com - 28 hours ago
Future Food Comes to Planet Green!
— planetgreen.discovery.com — Changing the way people think about food is no simple task. But the Future Food team is up for the challenge, as they seek to not only redefine food, but also look for solutions to some of the world's most pressing environmental issues. (more) Future Food Comes to Planet Green!

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borganic.org - 29 hours ago
Chinese herbs may prevent diabetes the organic way
— borganic.org — (www.Borganic.org) Type 2 diabetes is an international epidemic and 380 million people throughout the world are expected to develop the condition by 2025. The vast majority of the time, pre-diabetes (also called impaired glucose tolerance or IGT), which is marked by higher than normal blood ... (more) Chinese herbs may prevent diabetes the organic way

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ecofriend.org - 29 hours ago
Eco Homes: Sustainable Tree House evolves with its inhabitants
— ecofriend.org — Eco Factor: Treehouse made from sustainably sourced wood gets powered by renewable energy. Working with Dans mon Arbre , Industrial designer Benoît Fray has unveiled a sustainable treehouse that is constructed from locally sourced wood. The ... (more) Eco Homes: Sustainable Tree House evolves with its ...

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recycled polyester doggie jacket
alternativeconsumer.com - 29 hours ago
recycled polyester doggie jacket
— alternativeconsumer.com — Our good friends at Olive are always on the prowl for innovative products that benefit the discerning eco dog. Here’s a nifty-looking jacket for keeping your favorite hound warm and happy about being outdoors in the often chilly elements. Cloudburst makes this jacket from recycled ... (more) recycled polyester doggie jacket

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Help your skin – A DIY Pumpkin Face Mask
alternativeconsumer.com - 31 hours ago
Help your skin – A DIY Pumpkin Face Mask
— alternativeconsumer.com — With Halloween behind us, it’s near time to pack away the festive fall décor to make space for the merrier holiday gear. What to do with the pumpkin that sat on your porch stoop? While the thrifty bakers among us will likely turn it into a Thanksgiving pie, the beauty hounds can do one better ... (more) Help your skin – A DIY Pumpkin Face Mask

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a big stack of green news
alternativeconsumer.com - 31 hours ago
a big stack of green news
— alternativeconsumer.com — The Republicans took there toys and went home…Democrats Advance Contentious Climate Bill – msnbc OK kids…let’s go to Target in our excessively big hunk of metal…Electric SUV’s: A Smaller Footprint for Big Vehicles – cs monitor The Quest to Save the ... (more) a big stack of green news

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greenskeptic.blogspot.com - 31 hours ago
MAC Alliance: Promise of Clean Tech in Region
— greenskeptic.blogspot.com — Day Two of the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Capital Alliance Conference this week featured the first clean tech track in the history of the conference, an indication that the sector is emerging in this region. The clean tech track opened with a "financing ... (more) MAC Alliance: Promise of Clean Tech in Region

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mnn.com - 33 hours ago
Weekly LEED roundup – 11/6/09
— mnn.com —   REI – Rou (more) Weekly LEED roundup – 11/6/09

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Introducing mydearthing- An Eco-Line That Has Stolen My Heart
feelgoodstyle.com - 35 hours ago
Introducing mydearthing- An Eco-Line That Has Stolen My Heart
— feelgoodstyle.com — Last spring, my best friend got married. Three weeks before her blessed wedding day, a bachelorette party was held. Two days before that, I purchased an American Apparel black dress for the party. It was skin tight, short, and featured a scoop ... (more) Introducing mydearthing- An Eco-Line That Has Stolen My ...

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Getting excited about Greenbuild 2009
mnn.com - 35 hours ago
Getting excited about Greenbuild 2009
— mnn.com —   Next week I’ll be (more) Getting excited about Greenbuild 2009

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Eco Cars: EnergySure to develop solar and wind powered electric vehicle
ecofriend.org - 35 hours ago
Eco Cars: EnergySure to develop solar and wind powered electric vehicle
— ecofriend.org — Eco Factor: Zero-emission electric vehicle designed to run on renewable energy. Renewable energy company EarthSure has announced that the company is planning to build an electric vehicle that will harness solar and wind energy to fuel its ... (more) Eco Cars: EnergySure to develop solar and wind powered ...

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Top green design from Tel Aviv
mnn.com - 35 hours ago
Top green design from Tel Aviv
— mnn.com — As you may have noticed, there’s no shortage of home designs that incorporate unlikely upcycled objects … wine racks made of skis, speakers made from Dorito bags, (more) Top green design from Tel Aviv

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Method O Mop All Floor Cleaning kit
easyecoblog.com - 39 hours ago
Method O Mop All Floor Cleaning kit
— easyecoblog.com — Method has a new O Mop All Floor care kit with compostable sweeper clothes and lemon-ginger all floor cleaner, $32.99 from Amazon. Ergonomic mop, corn-based sweeping clothes, reusable microfiber mop pad. Got a Swifter? You could probably buy their $18 compostable, corn-derived sweeper dusters ... (more) Method O Mop All Floor Cleaning kit

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surfboard coffee table kit
alternativeconsumer.com - 44 hours ago
surfboard coffee table kit
— alternativeconsumer.com — Are you into multi-tasking and reducing the amount of ’stuff’ you have? Do you live in a 100 square foot beach cabana? Too cheap to buy furniture? Here’s an idea – use your surfboard as a coffee table by night and a wave carving machine by day. This kit allows you to ... (more) surfboard coffee table kit

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mindzle.com - 45 hours ago
Eco Friendly Products
— mindzle.com — The categories of eco friendly products have become a lot more numerous and versatile with the increased insistence on green lifestyles. If very few green products were available ten years ago, now we can shop for gift ideas, green services, organic foods, green gifts, green clothes and even ... (more) Eco Friendly Products

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mindzle.com - 45 hours ago
Earth Friendly Products
— mindzle.com — Earth friendly products are goods and services that don’t have a negative impact on the environment either in the manufacturing process or the consume. Such items are easy to recognize by the eco-labels, nevertheless, not everybody will get the same exposure to earth friendly products. In ... (more) Earth Friendly Products

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The Smells Of Christmas
retrohousewife05.blogspot.com - 2 days ago
The Smells Of Christmas
— retrohousewife05.blogspot.com — Go to any big box store and you find a lot of air fresheners, candles, and all kinds of things to make your home "smell like Christmas." But what's in those products? A lot of candles have lead wicks, the wax is made of a petroleum by product, and the fragrance oils can contain hormone ... (more) The Smells Of Christmas

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publicintegrity.org - 2 days ago
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
— publicintegrity.org — The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is a collaboration of some of the world's top investigative reporters. Launched in 1997 as a project of the Center for Public Integrity, ICIJ globally extends the Center's style of ... (more) International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

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Parents: Send this note to your school principal to protect your child from swine flu vaccinations
borganic.org - 2 days ago
Parents: Send this note to your school principal to protect your child from swine flu vaccinations
— borganic.org — (www.borganic.org) After reading about the forced vaccination of a Brooklyn schoolgirl who ended up in the hospital, many parents are concerned about how they might protect their own children from school-based vaccination schemes. To help parents protect their children, I've written a letter ... (more) Parents: Send this note to your school principal to ...

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Bob Barker Donates $1 Million To University For Professorship In Animal Rights
ecorazzi.com - 2 days ago
Bob Barker Donates $1 Million To University For Professorship In Animal Rights
— ecorazzi.com — Bob Barker is stepping up to the plate once again and getting involved in animal welfare issues. Barker recently donated $1 million to Drury University to establish the Dorothy Jo Barker Professorship in Animal Rights. The program, which is named ... (more) Bob Barker Donates $1 Million To University For ...

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‘2012′ Lastest Film To Recycle Sets, Offset Production
ecorazzi.com - 2 days ago
‘2012′ Lastest Film To Recycle Sets, Offset Production
— ecorazzi.com — Director Roland Emmerich’s new disaster movie 2012 is about to hit theaters — and as the Mother Nature Network recently found out, there was an effort to keep the $260 million dollar film as green as possible. Emmerich, who drives a ... (more) ‘2012′ Lastest Film To Recycle Sets, Offset Production

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Top 10 eco toys under $30
supereco.com - 2 days ago
Top 10 eco toys under $30
— supereco.com — Preschoolers could care less about how safe and sustainable a toy is. All that matters to them is that a plaything sustains their gnat-sized attention span for more than a nanosecond. Why should they care? It's not their job to know that their favorite, lead poison-painted Bedtime Dora was ... (more) Top 10 eco toys under $30

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mnn.com - 2 days ago
Support green schools by bidding on a celeb
— mnn.com — Want to meet Oprah backstage — or hang out on Dustin Hoffman’s set for a day? Then head over to the 6th annual Chevy Chase Green Auction to get your online bid in. (more) Support green schools by bidding on a celeb

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Toxic chemicals in school cleaners
mnn.com - 2 days ago
Toxic chemicals in school cleaners
— mnn.com — Most MNN readers already know to avoid the toxic chemicals in many conventional cleaning products, but many people are obviously still buying those less-than-green cleaning supplies from off the supermarket shelves. (more) Toxic chemicals in school cleaners

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6 misguided DIY projects
alternativeconsumer.com - 2 days ago
6 misguided DIY projects
— alternativeconsumer.com — You got the ingredients mix wrong on that DIY shampoo and now sport a hairstyle that’s been kindly described as early “Telly Savalas”. The t-shirt quilt you’re creating chronicles your pathetic journey from Black Sabbath worshiper to Bon Jovi fanatic (it also contains 17 ... (more) 6 misguided DIY projects

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Restrictive laws wall off hemp bricks
supereco.com - 2 days ago
Restrictive laws wall off hemp bricks
— supereco.com — Assess for us, if you would, the qualities of this sustainable construction material: Bio-negative manufacturing (more carbon dioxide is locked up in the process of growing and harvesting the component materials than is released during the production of the binding ingredient) 100% ... (more) Restrictive laws wall off hemp bricks

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Small Deposits Add Up: Savings, not just loans, factor into microfinance formula
worldchanging.com - 2 days ago
Small Deposits Add Up: Savings, not just loans, factor into microfinance formula
— worldchanging.com — Suzie Boss: Yak herders in Mongolia may seem like the most unlikely of bank customers. There’s little infrastructure in their largely rural country, making it tough to... (more) Small Deposits Add Up: Savings, not just loans, factor ...

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rebekahgreen.com - 2 days ago
Rebekah Green
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recycled computer hard drive clock
alternativeconsumer.com - 2 days ago
recycled computer hard drive clock
— alternativeconsumer.com — What time is it? Time to make a clock out of your tired old computer’s hard drive. This clock should appeal to computer freaks, geekery fans or anyone related to Steve Jobs or Bill Gates. Made from the actual recycled remains of a dead computer. The clock’s quartz movement runs ... (more) recycled computer hard drive clock

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Natural Pod tree branch building blocks
alternativeconsumer.com - 2 days ago
Natural Pod tree branch building blocks
— alternativeconsumer.com — Now here’s a toy for those rugged green kids in your household. These natural wood building blocks are made in Canada by Natural Pod. The blocks are created from kiln-dried, locally-sourced, renewable alder. The colorful, 10 piece set contains a bunch of unique pieces that come in ... (more) Natural Pod tree branch building blocks

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Steve Fleischli: Getting More Out of the Men's Room
huffingtonpost.com - 2 days ago
Steve Fleischli: Getting More Out of the Men's Room
— huffingtonpost.com — The Metropolitan Water District is considering two competing projects to provide Southern California an extra fifty million gallons of freshwater per day. These two projects, however, take very different approaches toward addressing the problem of ... (more) Steve Fleischli: Getting More Out of the Men's Room

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Federal Tax Credit on Windows, Doors, Skylights
easyecoblog.com - 2 days ago
Federal Tax Credit on Windows, Doors, Skylights
— easyecoblog.com — A reminder that there is a 30% upto $1500 Federal Tax Credit on Qualifying Windows, Doors, Storm Windows, Storm Doors, and Skylights. If you have been thinking about replacing these items, you might as well upgrade now and save some money. Purchases made after 6/30/2009 must have U factor <= ... (more) Federal Tax Credit on Windows, Doors, Skylights

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Kathleen Plate’s recycled glass home collection: Dumpster diving as art
greenlagirl.com - 2 days ago
Kathleen Plate’s recycled glass home collection: Dumpster diving as art
— greenlagirl.com — Why throw out that empty wine bottle — when you could wear it down a fashion runway? For artist Kathleen Plate , dumpster diving for old glass bottles is a frequent first step towards creating her upcycled chandeliers, glass wall ... (more) Kathleen Plate’s recycled glass home collection: ...

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organicmania.com - 2 days ago
The Old 24-Hour-Rule? Not for Swine Flu!
— organicmania.com — Every parent knows the rule. Fever-free without medication for 24 hours. That’s the period of time during which a parent is supposed to wait before sending Junior back to regularly scheduled activities after a bout with a fever. That’s the rule we followed. After running a temperature over the ... (more) The Old 24-Hour-Rule? Not for Swine Flu!

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Ecollywood: At the L.A. premiere of '2012'
mnn.com - 2 days ago
Ecollywood: At the L.A. premiere of '2012'
— mnn.com — For a special effects disaster movie costing in the neighborhood of $200 million, 2012 is surprisingly green, and as we reported last week, its producers won an EMA award for their eco-production efforts. We found out more at the movie’s Los ... (more) Ecollywood: At the L.A. premiere of '2012'

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Daily Briefing: Mon.
mnn.com - 2 days ago
Daily Briefing: Mon.
— mnn.com — NUCLEAR OPTION: Things are looking bleak for the Senate's climate bill, the Washington Post reports today, despite renewed efforts from the Obama administration and Senate Democrats in recent weeks to solidify support. Democrats are still deeply ... (more) Daily Briefing: Mon.

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Healthy Holiday Cookware
yourdailythread.com - 3 days ago
Healthy Holiday Cookware
— yourdailythread.com — Skillets, Pots and Storage to keep your holiday food healthy, green and chemical free. (more) Healthy Holiday Cookware

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4 Ways To Cut Over-Idling From Your Car’s Winter Routine
greenupgrader.com - 3 days ago
4 Ways To Cut Over-Idling From Your Car’s Winter Routine
— greenupgrader.com — For most of us, winter is just around the corner, or as is the case in my Colorado town, you may have already experienced some of the ice and snow that make this season exciting and difficult all at the same time. Many people try to use alternative transportation in the Spring and Summer when ... (more) 4 Ways To Cut Over-Idling From Your Car’s Winter Routine

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