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Beat the Heat, Wash in Cold 23 Mar 2008 \| COMMENTS Carbon Conscious Consumer (C3), a national climate campaign sponsored by the Center for a New American Dream, has a new challenge for November: Wash at least four out of every five loads of laundry in cold water. If you keep washing 80 percent of the loads in cold water for a year, you'll save more...+ READ MORE	{ }
Calculate Your Laundry Footprint 23 Mar 2008 \| COMMENTS Your whites may be dazzlingly white, but how green is your wash? Get sorted into the right pile with the Sierra Club's simple quiz, with 10 questions that suss out the frequency of your washing, the cost of your monthly dry-cleaning bill, and the temperature of the water you use, among other...+ READ MORE	{ }
Give Your Detergent a Boost 23 Mar 2008 \| COMMENTS Want to give stretch out your laundry detergent? Because these minerals soften the water, they increase the detergent's power, allowing you to skimp a little on the suds, while giving you whiter whites and brighter colors.For liquid detergent, add 1/2 cup of soda at the beginning of the wash.+ READ MORE	{ }
Cut Waste When Grocery Shopping 23 Mar 2008 \| COMMENTS Sure, bringing your own canvas totes to the supermarket is one way of cutting down extraneous waste, but that's not the only way we can help spare our overtaxed landfills and resources. Close the loop: Purchase products, such as paper towels and toilet paper, made from recycled materials. ::Real...+ READ MORE	{ }
Sew a Recycled Sweater Quilt 23 Mar 2008 \| COMMENTS Over at Instructables, user Sun Moon Lake shows us how to patch together a cozy quilt from castoff sweaters. A common laundry uh-oh, shrunken sweaters are the result of animal fibers matting together when heat and moisture are applied in the washing machine and dryer.+ READ MORE	{ }
Detox Your Home: In the Laundry Room, Part 1 23 Mar 2008 \| COMMENTS Doing the laundry should be all about getting squeaky clean. The good news: Even if the label on your fave sweater blares "dry clean only," gentle hand-washing is actually OK for most garments, even delicates such as wool, cashmere, and silk.+ READ MORE	{ }
Choose Cloth Napkins Over Disposables 23 Mar 2008 \| COMMENTS Each American uses an average of 2,200 two-ply napkins a year, according to Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen, authors of The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet (2007, Random House). To prevent a surge in laundry, suggests the April 2008 issue Body + Soul, assign each family...+ READ MORE	{ }
Repair or Replace (and Recycle): Your Clothes Dryer 23 Mar 2008 \| COMMENTS This is the fourth post in a series about determining whether your should repair or replace (and recycle) a broken appliance. That means that over its expected lifetime of 18 years, the average clothes dryer will cost you approximately ,530 to operate, so cutting back whenever you can really adds...+ READ MORE	{ }

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Think About What You Eat, Not Just Where it Comes From POSTED 9 May 2008. COMMENTS	{ }
Four Tips For Buying Mom Eco-Friendly Roses POSTED 9 May 2008. COMMENTS	{ }
Make a Quesadilla with Vegetables from the Farmers' Market POSTED 9 May 2008. COMMENTS	{ }
Vote For Starbucks To Recycle Plastic POSTED 9 May 2008. COMMENTS	{ }
Give Mom Peace on Mother's Day POSTED 9 May 2008. COMMENTS	{ }

Vote For Starbucks To Recycle Plastic POSTED 9 May 2008. 1 COMMENTS.	{22}
Get to Know Your Recyclable Plastics by Number POSTED 6 May 2008. 2 COMMENTS.	{17}
The People of Greensburg Need Your Help POSTED 16 Apr 2008. 3 COMMENTS.	{34}
About the Show POSTED 15 Apr 2008. 1 COMMENTS.	{20}
Greensburg: One Year Later POSTED 2 May 2008. 4 COMMENTS.	{12}

Greensburg: One Year Later POSTED 2 May 2008. 4 COMMENTS.	{12}
Want to Save Gas? Follow That Truck! POSTED 29 Apr 2008. 4 COMMENTS.	{5}
Detox Your Home: In the Living Room, Part 1 POSTED 23 Mar 2008. 3 COMMENTS.	{2}
Repair the Heels of Your Athletic Shoes POSTED 6 May 2008. 3 COMMENTS.	{3}
Bring Your Own Takeout Lunch Box POSTED 2 May 2008. 3 COMMENTS.	{4}

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