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[25 Feb 2008 | 3 Comments | 313 views]

Welcome to the third “Tips for Green Living” carnival. Looks like our little get-together is causing quite a stir!
Let’s start with a celebration of what you are doing – reading! Rita Toews presents Read an ebook week 2008 posted at Life’s quite a ride.
Looks like transportation has been on everyone’s mind lately. Vihar Sheth presents some new driving alternatives in the post Car Sharing with WeCar posted at green | rising. matt smith presents ยป SuperBowl MVP Eli Manning selects hybrid Cadillac Escalade simple + green: taking steps towards a …

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[11 Feb 2008 | 4 Comments | 237 views]

Welcome to the second edition of the new bi-monthly “Tips for Green Living” Carnival!
Why go green at all? Jacob presents Ecological capitalism and consumer capitalism posted at Early Retirement Extreme, a post explaining why he thinks the world looks as it does, why he went green, and why others should go green as well. Great job, Jacob!
Let me present you with another kindred soul, Alison Sharley who recently discovered our friend “No Impact Man” in her post, No Impact Man posted at Healthy and Green by the Day. …

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[24 Jan 2008 | 4 Comments | 795 views]

Today we will be focusing on the fun chore we all deal with. LAUNDRY.
Laundry, to be honest, is a chore I can just never keep up with. It seems that as soon as the weekly wash is done, there is already another pile that needs washing.
But does that have to do with being nice to the environment? PLENTY.
Being in an apartment, you have three typical scenarios you are dealing with: a local laundromat, an apartment complex laundromat or (I’m jealous if you have this) your very own washer and dryer …

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[21 Jan 2008 | 5 Comments | 470 views]

For this post, I will be forgoing the typical recommendations for the stages of the environmentally-conscious out there because I just want to share a great find with you.
I have no idea what brought me to ReusableBags.com but I LOVE LOVE LOVE them!
For example, I hate that I haven’t had many options to get rid of those horrible produce bags that even “health food” chains are using! What to do?
How about an organic netted cotton produce sack for a whopping $4? Brilliant!

Shopping bags are also an issue. In general you …