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Full Circle Cleaning Utensils

Posted in Environmental Consciousness, Good Eats, Your Daily Greens on November 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Hey pals! These guys make sponges and other dishwashing equipment from bamboo (a very fast growing, and therefore, incredibly eco-friendly wood) and plant based cellulose (so they decompose much faster than sponges made from plastic which will take about 1,000 years just to start breaking down)! They get a great review from The Kitchn, look [...]

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Get Your Daily Greens: Tip 6 For Green Living

Posted in Environmental Consciousness, Your Daily Greens on April 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »

This green tip is probably the most well known, but I’ve decided to post about it anyway as I sometimes still need reminding myself. Plastics! They are terrible for our environment, yet so many stores still give plastic bags out like they’re candy. It’s our job as the consumer to tackle this problem head on, [...]

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Get your daily greens: Tip 5 for green living

Posted in Environmental Consciousness, The Holidays, Your Daily Greens on December 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I know that when you were little you most likely picked on your Grandmother for saving all of the wrapping paper at Christmas, but she really did have a point. We can learn a lot of things about green living from the Great Depression/World War II era children. Although they saved, reduced, reused & recycled [...]

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Readymade Magazine

Posted in Crafting, Environmental Consciousness, Good Eats, Music, Reading, Social Consciousness, Writing, Your Daily Greens on December 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

For those Readymakers out there, you are clearly already aware of the awesomeness that is this publication, no need to read on. I’ve nothing new to tell you today. As for those of you who are ready to have a new reason to be giddy when you check your mail. On those days where you see [...]

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Bamboo!

Posted in Crafting, Social Consciousness, Your Daily Greens on November 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

So Ryan & I began the workings on our handmade Christmas today & I was actually really excited to find that A.C. Moore has bamboo pillow forms! The reason this excites me so is that bamboo is a very earth friendly product due to the quickened rate at which it grows. Actually a member of [...]

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Get Your Daily Greens: Tip 4 For Green Living

Posted in New Hampshire, Portland, Social Consciousness, Your Daily Greens on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I have lived in New England for my entire life, & for some years now I’ve also had bouts of Raynaud’s syndrome (a circulation disorder which makes me cold, cold, cold!), so I’ve always been affected by the winter. This year, however, I am particularly worried because for the first time in my life, I’m [...]

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Get Your Daily Greens: Tip 3 For Green Living

Posted in Kitties, Social Consciousness, Your Daily Greens, tagged , , , on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Energy consumption is probably our biggest offense on an environmental scale. Sure, we produce a lot of waste for the landfills, but we also use up a huge amount of energy just to keep ourselves comfortable. One easy way to decrease our impact is to stop using the dryer when we can. In the summer, [...]

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Get Your Daily Greens: Tip 2 For Green Living

Posted in Crafting, Social Consciousness, Your Daily Greens on October 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I’ve gotta say, I’m pretty impressed by the TWIST brand sponges. At first I was attracted to them because they’re 100% biodegradable, with no dyes or anything that would compromise the health of the Earth during decomposition. When we unwrapped our new sponges today we were excited to find that on the inside of the [...]

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Get your daily greens: Tip 1 for green living

Posted in Social Consciousness, Your Daily Greens on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Did you know that you could make your own deodorant? It’s so easy, you’ll be shocked. Not only is it a greener way to live, it’s also healthier, & cheaper! Essentially, the only two ingredients you will need are baking soda (to deodorize) and cornstarch (to absorb moisture and deodorize). Mix the two, then dab [...]

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