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Green Up Your Shopping Experience By Elizabeth Seward IN Food & Health Jul 16 2008 As we recently saw on Hollywood Green, going shopping for green products is easier now than it ever was before.When it comes down to items like books, magazines, and other forms of print entertainment, make sure you buy items that are printed on recycled or at least recyclable paper. + READ MORE

Bamboo?All the Eco-Rage By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 15 2008 Once regarded as an out of control mega weed, bamboo has made quite a comeback thanks to its eco-friendly qualities.Next time you're prepping dinner or you're in need of a good cheese tray purchase a toxin free, biodegradable bamboo cutting board. + READ MORE

How Green Is Your Take-Out? By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jul 15 2008 Suhyun is my brother and one of my best friends. Together, we make the SuPaks, the Two Sus, the Two Paks... he's my brother and my roommate and my closest ally (awwwww!). He's also one of the most eco-intelligent people I know. He was talking about Earthships before Dwell magazine, before the fancy TV shows. + READ MORE

Emeril's New Orleans-style Beignets By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jul 14 2008 1 package active dry yeast 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening 1 1/4 cups warm milk (110 degrees) 1 egg, beaten 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour Pinch of salt Vegetable oil for frying Powdered sugar for dusting In the bowl of an electric mixer, fitted with a dough hook, add the yeast, sugar,... + READ MORE

On Building a Cabin in the Woods: The Hot Poop on Toilets By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Jul 14 2008 Before we purchased our property in the woods, my wife said that she hated outhouses and said that she wanted a real toilet. Being a water access only property I was worried about this, and called a few of the local contractors in the area, who all said "no problem." After the deal closed I called them back and they said "Oh, on that lake? there is no barge service there, it is too small, we can't do it." Thus I was involuntarily introduced to the world of alternative toilets. + READ MORE

Goodbye Clutter, Hello Green By Megan Cohen IN Home & Garden Jul 8 2008 On World's Greenest Homes, interior flourishes like custom cabinetry keep eco-smart domiciles picture-perfect and clutter-free. You can keep your house looking sleek, while helping the planet, with some easy and eco-smart de-cluttering. In addition to the fact that actions like green-busting your junk mail have tangible benefits for the planet, they can also help you adjust to a more eco-friendly lifestyle on the whole by changing your relationship to your stuff. + READ MORE

Great Green Tips By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 8 2008 Instead of buying wasteful and expensive wrapping paper for your presents, pull out the most colorful ads and articles from old magazines, tape them together, and then use this homemade wrapping paper to wrap the gift. + READ MORE

Eco-Friendly Camping Trip By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Jul 4 2008 The Great Outdoors: It's still there, lurking at the edge of our cities, and every now and then, we load up coolers and cars and venture out to spend the night, roasting hot dogs and marshmallows. We sing songs and tell tales of phantom hitchhikers. It is usually a good time. + READ MORE

BYOB - Bring Your Own Bag By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 3 2008 Bringing your own bag to the supermarket is a great way to take back your closet space and be a friend to the environment. + READ MORE

New Mom Melissa Joan Hart Goes Green for Her Children By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jul 3 2008 On a recent episode of Supper Club with Tom Bergeron Melissa Joan Hart discussed what going green means to her as the mother of two young children.Here are a few easy things the newly eco-conscious actress does in her daily life to reduce her burden on the planet: Ditch the paper coffee cups.When Hart hits the coffee... + READ MORE

Green Beret: Discover Eco Art By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 1 2008 Several creative Angelinos who transform landfill-bound billboards into stunning metro art shared their artistic ethos with G Word recently.The modern day version includes powdered purified casein (a milk protein), lime and pigments, not far from the original recipe-old curdled milk or cottage cheese, lime and color... + READ MORE

Green Your Barbeque: Choose Green Serviceware By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Jun 30 2008 Now that we've covered green grilling and green food tips for your barbeque, let's take a look at the part of the party that happens after you grill the food: serving it up. This portion of your party can have a bigger impact than you might think; stem the tide of trash by following these tips. + READ MORE

Cut the Waste from your Next Dinner Party By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jun 25 2008 When Tom Bergeron hosts an all green dinner party on his show Supper Club with Tom Bergeron he works to cut the waste. Local foods don't have to travel far to get to your table and therefore, don't waste nearly the amount of gas. + READ MORE

Renovation Nation Episode: Rainwater Collection By Team Planet Green IN Renovation Nation Jun 19 2008 Host Steve Thomas meets a family who is installing a rainscreen for its house - out of recycled paper! He then goes underground into a rainwater collection tank, shows us how organic plaster can reduce indoor air pollution, and tours... + READ MORE

Noise Pollution... the other Green Means of Electric By Team Planet Green IN Mean Green Machines Jun 13 2008 By Eric J. Leech Mean Green Machines talks a lot about pollution in the form of toxic wastes spewed into the air from combustion type vehicles, but there is yet another form of pollution such vehicles promote... noise! How many... + READ MORE

6 Small Changes That Make a Big Difference By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 13 2008 These are six small changes to add to your daily routine which prove that without much effort at all you can go green!If you live in an area that doesn't receive much sunlight, choose to buy compact fluorescent light bulbs. + READ MORE

"But I Don't Want To Green My Room!" By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 13 2008 By Tania Asnes In preparation for their trip to Sundance, Ed composes a long list of chores for himself and Rachelle. For example: "When you help me recycle, you are keeping the planet clean by making sure useful stuff doesn't just get thrown out," or "When you use recycled-paper bedding instead of wood shavings to... + READ MORE

Keeping it Green in the City By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Jun 13 2008 On Greensburg, the residents head to Chicago in their quest for green knowledge. And though the big city seems to have nothing in common with Greensburg, urbanites can make a difference in going green, too. They just have to find some new and different ways to stay green - along with doing much of the same. + READ MORE

Throw a Green Kiddie Party! By Leslie Billera IN Work & Connect Jun 13 2008 Hank Green's recent G-Word video blog, taken from a secure vault that holds seeds from every crop for a 'just in case,' post-apocalyptic world, got me thinking about another precious, less doomsday-centric resource: children. A mother of a six and four year-old, my sister does thing the green way just because it makes good, old-fashioned sense. She follows after my mom, an accidental environmentalist who cut paper napkins in half simply because she couldn't stand waste. + READ MORE

What Really Goes On In A Recycling Plant? By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jun 11 2008 After watching Wa$ted and finding more information out about how to go green, are you curious about what happens to the things you recycle? Have you ever wondered what a day in the life of your recyclables is like? If so, you?ll enjoy some insight into the recycling process by taking the journey that plastic bottles, paper, aluminum and steel cans experience daily. + READ MORE