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How to Go Green: Rental Properties

17 Jul 2008  IN GREEN-RENTAL-PROPERTIES |   COMMENTS

Greening your home is one of the most important steps you can take towards living a greener life, yet so much of the advice on sustainable homes is written with the home-owner in mind. What about those of us who rent? Installing insulation, erecting solar panels, or replacing our windows is almost...+ READ MORE

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How To Go Green: Kid's Toys

17 Jul 2008  IN GREEN-KIDS-TOYS |   COMMENTS

It’s a little cliché but true nonetheless, your children and your children's children will inherit the world that we create today. So, the stuff we give them shouldn't make life any harder on them in the future. If that alone isn't enough, how about the fact that your child will, more likely than...+ READ MORE

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How To Go Green: Furniture

17 Jul 2008  IN GREEN-FURNITURE |   COMMENTS

Some people obsess over furniture. Others hardly even notice it’s there. One way or the other, making environmentally savvy choices in furnishing your home or office can make a big difference in your impact on the planet and your health. The modern sustainability movement has attracted such a large...+ READ MORE

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How To Go Green: Cleaning

17 Jul 2008  IN GREEN-CLEANING |   COMMENTS

Cleaning products are everywhere in our homes and offices: on dishes, countertops, furniture, clothes, floors, windows, and floating through the air. In our war on dirt and germs we may often actually be making things worse. Most of the conventional cleaning products we all grew up with are...+ READ MORE

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How to Go Green: Pets

17 Jul 2008  IN HOME & GARDEN |   COMMENTS

Your pets are practically like family, right? So why settle for anything less than top-shelf green treatment when it comes to their health and well-being? In our How to Go Green: Pets guide, you'll find a bevy of tips to help you reduce your pets' carbon paw prints without making your wallet roll...+ READ MORE

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How to Go Green: Pets

16 Jul 2008  IN GREEN-PETS |   COMMENTS

Ah, the pitter patter of four-legged feet as they whip through your living room at overclocked speeds or uproot your prize gladiolas with manic fervor. But Snookiepuss and Mrs. Fluffypants are practically family, right? So why should they settle for anything less than top drawer when their health...+ READ MORE

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How to Go Green: Laundry

10 Jul 2008  IN HOME & GARDEN |   COMMENTS

Don't think of laundry as a mundane household chore -- think of it an opportunity to go green! Get dozens of tips and facts on how to do it in our latest green guide, How to Go Green: Laundry, one in a series of dozens that we're rolling out to help you go green in your everyday life.+ READ MORE

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How to Go Green: Laundry

8 Jul 2008  IN GREEN-LAUNDRY |   COMMENTS

Though it may seem like a pedestrian chore, doing the laundry has a bigger impact on the planet than you might think. Between 75 and 80 percent of our clothing's lifecycle impact comes from washing and drying, so there’s huge potential to reduce your environmental footprint, by simply greening your...+ READ MORE

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Boise Says

2 Jul 2008  IN ALTER ECO |   COMMENTS

Hello and welcome to my blog on Planet Green! If you haven’t seen the show, let me introduce myself… I am Boise Thomas and play myself on AlterEco, Monday Nights at 9pm on the Planet Green Network. Our show is a romp through Southern California looking for green solutions while we use LA’s first...+ READ MORE

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Today on TreeHugger

6 Jun 2008  IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS |   COMMENTS

Freshen up your abode with J.R. Watkins' new line of natural home products. Cultivate a healthy (Reel Mower) addiction like Mike has. Tell us; are you a packrat or minimalist? All this and more, today on TreeHugger!+ READ MORE

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How to Go Green: Barbeques

Green tips for grilling and other barbeque-related fun.

How to Go Green: Laundry

Tips for greening your dirty laundry.

How to Go Green: Summer

Eco-friendly tips for the beach, your barbeque, and even bikinis.

 

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Buy Green: Desktop Computers

Find energy-efficient machines to serve your needs.

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The hippest fashions in organic cotton denim.

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The best compact bikes for getting around town.