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No Impact Challenge: Reflections On The Week
Posted by Eco Home Consultations
Mon, Sep 26
Photo Credit: Flickr/dominiqs Well, we did it! Another successful week of living light on the planet. Or shall I say, almost. Some things I did over this week were a piece of cake, others took a little more plan...
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No Impact Challenge: Consumer Habits And Trash
Posted by Eco Home Consultations
Mon, Sep 12
Photo Credit: Flickr/coffee core There is still time to sign up for the next No Impact Challenge starting on Sunday September 18th. Just go to www.noimpactproject.org to sign up so that you will receive more helpful tips and resources f...
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The Good Guide – Consumer Research At Your Fingertips
Posted by Eco Home Consultations
Thu, May 19
Photo Credit: Flickr/Mista Yuck Hopefully we are all trying to live up to our greenest potential, but what is the one thing that usually trips us up? Shopping! I know this has happened to you: you are in the store buying f...
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Day One: Ten Tips For The No Impact Challenge
Posted by Eco Home Consultations
Mon, Nov 01
Photo Credit: Flickr/Rick Harris I hope we have some people joining us for the No Impact Challenge starting 1/3/2011. If you are, great! If not, well you can still benefit from adopting some new ideas to lessen your i...
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Your neighbors got cool stuff? Rent it with Rentalic.com!
Posted by Jared Brick
Fri, Sep 03
Rent Your Neighbor’s Possessions at Rentalic Instead of Buying. Save and Be Green. by Anna@Green Talk on September 2, 2010 function sbmgValidateFormPostPg1(name,email) { var name_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgV...
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Green doesn't always mean it is eco-friendly
Posted by Green Guy
Sun, Apr 25
Anything claiming to be eco-friendly catches our attention. However, do we know what being green really means? It is some what unclear to the general public in India.There are no standards and authentications of the products. W...
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Food Packaging: How Much Is TOO Much?
Posted by Elizah Leigh
Thu, Mar 11
Flipping through the weekly grocery store ads, my eyes zeroed in on an incredulous, budget friendly pantry-stocking opportunity – one dollar boxes of cereal. I told myself in a bizarre deep-throated Cajun voice that I only whip out...
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Recyclable Furniture Worth Its Weight In Olive Oil
Posted by Bob Kurz
Mon, Mar 08
Cheap, mass produced “throwaway furniture” that once looked passable under forgiving showroom lights generally ends up crowding our landfills, but maybe we should stop pointing the finger at manufacturers. While the budget-fri...
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Vanity Bites! A Venomous Way To Defy Gravity & the Hands of Time
Posted by Linda Lucille
Thu, Mar 04
Scale-covered, slithery, carnivorous and typically venomous snakes - they're not exactly the type of discovery that you'd want to make while trapped in a small closet or during a transcontinental flight. Dating back 150 million years, the...
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Clorox’s Bleach Propaganda: Greenwashing to the Nth Degree?
Posted by Elizah Leigh
Mon, Mar 01
Navigating the aisles of a typical big box store or food market can be pretty tricky in today's greener economy because it's not always clear which of the many sustainable and Mother Nature-friendly claims are actually rooted in truth. If...
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