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Green Book Review: Remake it Home
For the handy DIYer, Remake it Home provides projects and inspiration on reusing just about anything to make a new item for the house. (I received a free copy for review.) Remake it Home: The Essential Guide to Resourceful Living by Henrietta Thompson includes 20 step-by-step projects revealing how to make things like a freezer…
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Cast Iron — Green Way to Get Cooking
There aren’t very many disadvantages of using cast iron. You can’t put it in the dishwasher, and it has to be seasoned before the first use. Plus, the handles get hot. Other than that, I don’t see where you can go wrong with this ultra-green cookware. Cast iron is healthier and much more green than…
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Making Your Own Eco-friendly Popcorn
The sheer volume and variety of microwave popcorn available in grocery stores tells me just how popular the stuff is. Have you thought about how wasteful it is? The typical microwave popcorn is sold in a cardboard box with each bag of popcorn wrapped in an outer layer of plastic. That’s seven packaging items for…
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Organic Color-Grown Cotton Rag Dolls
What could be safer than an organic color-grown cotton doll? Color-grown organic cotton has natural color — no need for dyes. Taraluna, one of my favorite online fair trade shops, has just started carrying some adorable rag dolls. If you know me at all, you’re not surprised I’m showing you the cat version. The Mama…
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Inspiration to Clean Green
This video is an interesting, obscene (sort of) green take on the Scrubbing Bubbles commercials. It’s sponsored by Method. Their website, PeopleAgainstDirty.com, encourages you to voice your concerns about getting better labels on household cleaning products. You can read about the Household Product Labeling Acts that, if passed, would require manufacturers of cleaning products to…
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