Healthy Planet Articles
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2 10 Easy Ways to be Clean and Green
Tue Mar 17, 04:26:36 pm
Views: 1330 Comments: 16Looking for easy ways to lessen your ecological footprint? One easy way is to clean your home using “green” cleaning products. It’s simply a matter of choice. You’re going to buy laundry detergent, stain remover, dish soap, di...
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3 How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint at Home
Fri Mar 6, 06:39:34 pm
Views: 1109Just as our lives depend on our planet’s natural resources, our planet’s well-being depends on our care. Your carbon footprint is a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses (the main contributor to global warmin...
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4 How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint at Work
Fri Mar 6, 06:34:47 pm
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While making green efforts around the house is definitely one way to help reduce your carbon footprint, it’s just as important to integrate your earth-loving lifestyle into your workplace. Fortunately, much of our eco-friendly behavior at home ...
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5 Cooking Up Compost - The Raw Ingredients
Tue Mar 3, 04:22:53 pm
Views: 1401 Comments: 13So, you’re excited about making your own compost. Good for you for embarking on this rewarding organic adventure. Making compost is a lot like cooking. If you enjoy cooking, especially when the list of ingredients is relatively short, then you ...
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6 The Top Ten Reasons to Make Your Own Compost
Tue Mar 3, 04:00:30 pm
Views: 1189 Comments: 10Looking to lessen your personal impact on the environment? Love to spend time puttering in your garden nurturing your plants? A satisfying way to combine these two interests is by making your own compost.What is compost? Compost is a soil-like produc...
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7 The Scoop on Natural Kitty Litters
Tue Mar 3, 03:48:00 pm
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You’ve installed a low-flush toilet in your bathroom and only use recycled toilet paper and eco-friendly cleaners. But is your cat’s bathroom earth-friendly, too? Billions of pounds of conventional clay kitty litter end up in landfills ev...
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8 Using Compost - Black Gold on the Menu
Fri Feb 27, 06:28:58 pm
Views: 1304 Comments: 1With a little bit of planning and work, you’ve created your first batch of "black gold." Hooray, congratulations, well done, take a bow! Now what? First, you need to be sure your compost is really done. While the 100 million beneficia...
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10 What is Compost?
Fri Feb 27, 06:16:48 pm
Views: 693Interested in lightening your environmental load? Love to grow your own flowers and vegetables? Then composting might be just right for you! But first, you may be wondering, "What exactly is compost?"The word "compost" has its roo...
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11 5 Things to Consider When Buying a Green Car
Fri Feb 27, 04:51:14 pm
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Recent news about global warming and greenhouse gases has prompted a cause for concern regarding vehicle gas emissions and a movement toward green cars. Although today's automobiles are made much cleaner than those of a generation ago, they still rem...
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12 The 5 Best Ways to Buy Food Responsibly
Fri Feb 27, 04:50:30 pm
Views: 907 Comments: 18Food! It fuels our bodies and is necessary for our survival. Most likely you question its nutritional value before putting it in your body, but do you question where it comes from? How was it grown? What effect will it have on the environment? Is the...
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13 Tips for Throwing a Green Party
Wed Feb 11, 12:58:34 pm
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Ever wonder how to throw an eco-friendly intimate soiree or holiday party without sacrificing style or breaking your budget? It’s easier than you might think! Here are a few tips to get you started:1. Paperless invitesWith most of our friends, ...
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14 How to Create an Eco-Friendly Bathroom
Fri Feb 6, 06:51:57 pm
Views: 1316 Comments: 7Having a “green” bathroom is an easy way to do your part to protect the planet. Josh Dorfman, author of The Lazy Environmentalist notes, “it’s great to know that products we use daily can be designed flawlessly while respectin...
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15 6 Simple Ways to Green Your Valentines Day
Fri Jan 30, 06:21:18 pm
Views: 963 Comments: 17The origins of Valentine’s Day have been obscured by the mist of time, but the tradition of celebrating love and romance on Feb. 14 is as strong as ever. According to the U.S. Greeting Card Association, nearly a billion valentines are sent out ...
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16 Recycle Your Style
Mon Jan 5, 11:54:46 pm
Views: 909Whatever your style, you can find artfully created totes, handbags, and clutches made from materials others once considered trash.Tire Inner Tubes: Anyone who’s had a bicycle flat knows all too well that tubes have a limited life span. But the ...
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17 Nontoxic Noshing
Fri Dec 12, 01:20:00 pm
Views: 730 Comments: 1We have a dream: happy dogs frolicking with PVC- and phthalate-free plastic, organic cotton, sustainable hemp, and recycled dog toys. Only a few companies are helping this dream become reality, so we rounded up the best of what the natural world has ...
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18 To Tree or Not To Tree
Fri Dec 5, 06:17:01 pm
Views: 1489With Thanksgiving in your rear-view mirror, it’s time to have fun gearing up for Christmas. One of the many pleasures of the holiday is the fun of putting up a Christmas tree. This year, as you dust off your ornaments and hang up the stockings,...
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19 10 Ways to Buy Responsibly - Page 1
Thu Nov 20, 09:04:31 am
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Green Consumer: 10 Ways to Buy ResponsiblyEach and every one of us has the potential to inspire, to change, and to build a better life. Thinking about how and what you buy is one way of keeping people and the earth’s well-being at the top of yo...
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20 10 Ways to Buy Responsibly - Page 2
Thu Nov 20, 09:03:41 am
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Green Consumer: 10 Ways to Buy ResponsiblyEach and every one of us has the potential to inspire, to change, and to build a better life. Thinking about how and what you buy is one way of keeping people and the earth’s well-being at the top of yo...
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