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By Megan Cohen IN Tech & Transport Apr 15 2009
When it comes to human-powered transportation, you can't beat a skateboard for cool points. The first time you try careening around on a board, keep these tips in mind to help you ride solid and avoid unnecessary wipeouts. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Home & Garden Jan 23 2009
Take green into your own hands at our Site of the Week, Do It Yourself Decorating. You can get clear, clean, no-nonsense advice on everything from using color theory to wrangling window hardware. Learn how to turn your digs into your dream home with this exhaustive collection of the web's best decorating how-tos. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Jan 22 2009
From now through March 2009, students can enter a new national competition created to find green solutions. With your mentorship, budding greenies can learn how to become agents of change, and score some sweet prizes for stepping up with their eco-friendly ideas. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Jan 16 2009
Keeping your cubicle clean helps you stay organized, present a professional appearance to your colleagues, and just plain feel more on top of your job. Check out these green tips for maintaining an eco-friendly workspace, and you'll be well on your way to a neat, tidy and totally sustainable workday. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Fashion & Beauty Jan 16 2009
At our Site of the Week, Gorgeously Green, eco-guru Sophie Uliano shares green grooming tips, spreads the word about the coolest planet-friendly fashions, and spotlights neat lifestyle changes that fit into the routine of any glamour gal. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Jan 15 2009
Looking professional on the job can be totally eco-friendly, with just a couple of smart green choices. Make your weekday look more sustainable with alternative dry-cleaning methods, a simple change in your shopping choices, or a single change in your weekly work routine that can have huge payoffs for the planet. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Jan 12 2009
Green-collar jobs have the potential to revitalize the economy while providing workers like you with a chance to build a more ecologically sustainable future every time you clock in. With a few simple steps, you can support the creation of more of these eco-smart positions. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Home & Garden Jan 12 2009
For the hottest new ideas in green home d?cor and architecture, we love Interiordesign.net's Design Green blog. Check it out for everything from info on gorgeous sustainable bedding to an accessible breakdown of the changes in the new LEED rating system for homes. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Jan 6 2009
A green knitting club helps you and your colleagues put a little fun in the week, and making your own sustainable stuff is great for the planet. Whether you're a knitting novice or a ninja with the needles, getting a couple coworkers together to cast on some stitches is eco-smart, easy, highly sociable, and definitely something you'll look forward too all week long. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Jan 5 2009
Keeping track of your green resolutions and actions with these sweet web tools can help you stay on target as you make lifestyle changes. Just as Rome wasn't built in a day, going green doesn't happen overnight. It's all about making ongoing adjustments in your routines, and picking up eco-friendly habits that stick. Seeing your momentum build will help you stay motivated, and celebrate the steps you're taking on the road to sustainability. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Jan 5 2009
Every week in our Eco Memo series, we offer you practical tips on how to green your work life. This week, try a cool new tactic that makes green more fun for you and a colleague. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Fashion & Beauty Jan 5 2009
If you want to get gorgeous the green way, check out our Site of the Week, Pretty by Nature, where eco-smart beauty products abound. The down-to-earth reviews spotlight everything from mineral makeup to toxin-free hair dye. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Home & Garden Dec 31 2008
The holidays are over. Now, 'tis the season to deal with all the stuff that's snuck into your home during the festivities. Check out these 10 green solutions for everything from what to do with your Christmas tree to how to banish unwanted gifts without clogging the landfill. You can streamline your lifestyle for the New Year, and get a start on all your green resolutions, by wrapping up the holiday season with eco-friendly de-cluttering. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Tech & Transport Dec 29 2008
DIY ice tires can make your wintertime biking safer and smarter, and the materials you'll need to modify your tires can cost as little as $5, while commercial ice tires cost up to $60. Find out how to do it in this guide. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Dec 29 2008
Show your gratitude the green way by sending post-holiday thanks that are as gentle on the planet as they are thoughtful towards your friends and family. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Dec 29 2008
Every week in our Eco Memo series, we offer you practical tips on how to green your work life. Having a communal dishtowel in your office kitchenette is just plain eco-smart. By offering people a reusable cloth to wipe up small spills, you'll cut down on everyone's paper towel usage, reducing your workplace garbage footprint and keeping extra waste out of landfills. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Tech & Transport Dec 29 2008
Taking the bus in the cold, sleet, snow, hail, and slush is no picnic, but there are steps you can take, and good habits you can practice, to make the whole experience less heinous. Here are 5 tips to make your Winter bus commute as smooth as possible, so you can reduce your carbon footprint and live to tell the tale. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Fashion & Beauty Dec 29 2008
Got an eye for design? Wish you did? Get some major fashion inspiration and learn some skills at Bits and Bobbins, where Parsons grad Tricia Royal shows you the world of DIY wearables through her creative, tasteful lens. Making your own clothes is totally green, especially if you're using secondhand materials, and Bits and Bobbins shows that it's totally gorgeous, too. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Tech & Transport Dec 22 2008
Hooray for green science! Bike lights are even better when they produce an eco-friendly glow, and these innovative newfangled blink-y things fit the bill. Check out a couple of the different environmentally sound solutions inventors and designers have come up with, and pick one to add some shine to your cycle. You'll be reducing your carbon footprint by biking instead of driving, and making green choices all the way down to the smallest details will kick your eco-smart lifestyle up yet another notch. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Dec 22 2008
There's nothing sweeter than a little hard-earned time off, especially when you know you've left your workspace in great green shape. Try these simple tips before you punch out and head for your dream vacation. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Fashion & Beauty Dec 22 2008
Addicted to celebrity gossip? Ecorazzi is the place to get your daily quota of gab with a green twist. Whether you've just gotta stay posted on rock hotties Maroon 5's vegan parties, are dying to hear about which Olympic superstar is designing a sweet new line of green athletic wear, or want to know the eco-edge to Pamela Anderson's Christmas list, Ecorazzi's got your back. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Dec 16 2008
Increase your green impact by getting your colleagues on the eco-smart track with these 5 fun ways to get everyone to give a dang about the planet. Or, at least, to act like they do. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Dec 10 2008
The office Secret Santa is one of the mainstays of the holidays at many workplaces, because it's totally fun, and sometimes epically hilarious, to sneak some special gifts to a coworker under the guise of anonymity. Get your Claus on while being eco-smart with these holiday tips. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Dec 8 2008
Every week in our Eco Memo series, we offer you practical tips on how to green your work life. This week, get some tips on how, and why, to get out of your cubicle for a while during the day. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Dec 5 2008
As the days get shorter and the temperature drops, it's tempting to crank the heat up in your office to keep you cozy. Check out some greener ways to stay warm at your desk, and give your thermostat a break. By keeping your heating use to a minimum at work, you'll shrink your carbon footprint for 40 hours a week, and that's nothing to sneeze at. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Dec 4 2008
Give your guests an extra reason to celebrate by throwing a shindig that's as eco-friendly as it is fun. These ten tips will make sure your holiday parties are fun and green. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Dec 4 2008
Being eco-friendly in the middle of a tragically stressful work week can be a tough job. By frontloading some easy green steps over the weekend, when you have time and energy to care, you can set the stage to make it easy to stay green during your Monday through Friday routine. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Tech & Transport Dec 2 2008
Fact: I am murder on earbuds. I throw 'em in my messenger bag to get crushed, leave 'em on my floor to get stepped on, and ball 'em up in my pocket to get massacred. The poor little devils don't stand a chance of survival, and invariably end up battered, bruised, and disfigured. Most of the time, they pop their external foam windguards, and sometimes the plastic casings those foam dealies protect, long before their insides stop being able to pump music. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Dec 1 2008
So, packing a lunch is greener than take-out or hitting a restaurant every Monday-through-Friday, but brown-bagging it can get kind of tedious. If your office culture is one where power lunches rule the day, bringing your own meal can even feel kind of lonely and sad, instead of ethical and empowering the way that it should. Make eating green and bringing food from home more fun, more friendly, and more delicious by starting a green potluck lunch club with some like-minded co-workers. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Tech & Transport Dec 1 2008
Whether you're driving a hybrid or a traditional car, every once in a while you're going to need to wipe it down, even in the winter. After all, nothing makes it more appealing to carpool with you than a vehicle that's seriously covered in grime, detritus, and ample evidence of past weather-related horrors and misfortune, right? + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Nov 25 2008
Going back to work after having a day off for the national pig-out can be kind of a drag. The morning after Thanksgiving, your fridge probably looks a little like a battlefield, and depending on how well you get along with your extended family, you may feel a little bit like you've been in the trenches yourself.The good news is that with a little eco-savvy, you can turn the food-y carnage into portable, scrumptious workday lunches that'll really give you something to be thankful for. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Nov 25 2008
When you discover a cool green habit that you straight-up love, why not make an even bigger positive impact by sharing it with the world? Log on and sound off about your personal favorite sustainable choices, and help others find their way to some of the nifty green stuff you're doing on a daily basis. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Nov 25 2008
Putting office plants in your workspace is healthy for you, healthy for the environment, and easy on the eyes. Save water, and exaggerate your gardening prowess, with one of these happy indoor plants that's pretty close to impossible to kill. Leave it be on the weekend, or forget to water your plant during a busy hump-day, and a hearty survivor like one of the flora listed below won't even notice. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Tech & Transport Nov 25 2008
There are a lot of reasons why I love public transit, and at least as many reasons why I dislike public transit. For my part, it's usually the noise factor that gets to me. Sound familiar? The next time you do your commute amongst the huddled masses, why not try pumping your earbuds full of some cool green listening? + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Tech & Transport Nov 24 2008
Sure, it's great to have green gear, but it's not that great unless you have it right when you need it. Turn your wheels into an eco-treasure trove by stocking the glove compartment of your car with a couple of green essentials that'll banish the classic "I got this awesome green thing but never use it 'cause I always leave it at home" syndrome. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Nov 24 2008
Every Monday in our Eco Memo series, we offer you practical tips on how to green your work life. This week, get some hints on setting up a simple, compact, good-looking (or totally invisible) recycling station right at your desk. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Nov 18 2008
Stretching just one copy to do the job of several can save you time and trouble, save your company money, and it's definitely an eco-smart habit to get into. Whether you've got a laser printer or an inkjet printer, and even if you're printing on recycled paper, the greenest printer is one that's barely used. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Tech & Transport Nov 17 2008
Buying a new bike is a treat, and not just because a shiny new cycle makes you feel like a kid on Christmas morning in a corny TV movie. But, not all bicycles are created equal. Before you pay out a chunk of change for a new bicycle, it makes sense to hop on, give the handlebars a squeeze, and make sure it's the right bike for you. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Nov 17 2008
These 3 eco-smart alternatives to printing out a traditional cover sheet for your faxes are just as clear and professional as a regular cover page, but won't waste paper.The next time you shoot off an important fax try one of these green ideas, and save a tree while you get your message out. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Tech & Transport Nov 17 2008
Roller skates are about as green as transport gets, and these tips for learning how to skate like a pro will have you rolling like a speed demon in no time. When you commute to work on roller skates, every Monday morning is more like a Sunday afternoon in the park, which is clearly its own reward. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Nov 17 2008
It makes lots of green sense to reuse office supplies until you've beaten them to a pulp. The more you can use what you have, the less you need to buy, which means you consume fewer resources in the production and distribution of new goods, which is great news for the planet. Here are some tips for settingup a reused office supply station. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Nov 13 2008
Even once you've called it a day, the lights, computers, and zillions of otherwise upstanding office machines in your workplace may be burning the midnight oil, and using up electricity. All it takes to fix the problem is a couple of simple green steps, so try these eco-tips to make sure your office's carbon footprint isn't needlessly growing while you're at home. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Nov 11 2008
A lot of the sheets of paper in your recycling bin have only been printed on one side. That means there's a whole big blank expanse of totally usable paper, and all you have to do to get at it is flip the sheet. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Nov 10 2008
Ah, the office birthday party. Slightly stale supermarket cake, probably eaten awkwardly with plastic forks off of paper plates, and, if you're lucky and things get decadent, maybe there will even be streamers or balloons. The good news is that it doesn't have to be like that. These simple steps to green your next office birthday party might even turn out to make things more fun. + READ MORE
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By Megan Cohen IN Tech & Transport Nov 7 2008
Wearing a bike helmet can protect you even if your head is literally run over by a truck, and adding some zap and snazz to your helmet will make you proud to be seen in your safety gear, and help you remember to throw it on before you hit the streets. That's right, pimping your bike helmet could save your life. + READ MORE
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