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Earth Day Tip #1: Get Outside!
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Easy Earth Day Tips for 2023 to Make Every Day a Green Day!

  • March 16, 2023
  • Sara Goddard
Earth Day 2023 is coming up! Before I launch into my Earth Day Tips, some of you might be wondering what on earth (!) is Earth Day? Earth Day is…
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Take part in Plastic Free July!
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7 Ways to Make it a Plastic Free July 2022!

  • June 1, 2022
  • Sara Goddard
What is Plastic Free July? Plastic Free July is a global movement that empowers people to be part of the solution to plastic pollution. The concept is simple: Participants are…
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15 Smart Ways to Reduce Energy Use and Take Control of Your Soaring Gas Bills
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15 Smart Ways to Reduce Energy Use and Take Control of Your Soaring Gas Bills

  • April 27, 2022
  • Sara Goddard
The devastating war in Ukraine has roiled energy markets, causing steep prices at the pump and shockingly high utility bills. While the European Union has encouraged citizens to conserve and…
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Plastic pollution - from plastic straws to bottle caps - is at a crisis point.
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15 Simple Ways to Ditch Plastic Straws and Other Single-Use Plastic

  • February 6, 2022
  • Sara Goddard
So you’re looking to whittle your waste, but unsure how to start. Reducing your dependence on single-use plastics – plastic straws, plastic bags, plastic bottles – is an effective yet…
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25 Things You Think Are Curbside Recyclable but Aren't
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25 Things You Think Are Curbside Recyclable But Aren’t

  • October 22, 2021
  • Sara Goddard
As you stand in the kitchen with your empty paper coffee cup, do you wonder whether you should put it in the garbage or recycling bin? All of us have…
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PFAS chemicals can be found in drinking water.
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PFAS Chemicals In You and Your Products. What You Should Know

  • October 4, 2021
  • Sara Goddard
When I wrote last year about PFAS chemicals (also known as “forever chemicals”), I was surprised there wasn’t the degree of alarm that I’d had when learning about this pervasive…
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Spring is a perfect time for a green clean of your home.
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A Spring Green Clean: 6 Simple and Affordable Tips for Any Season

  • March 8, 2021
  • Sara Goddard
Winter on the East Coast can be a mixed bag of sleet, snow, rain, and dreary gray days. I’m ready for spring – a perfect time for a green clean.…
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Find out what is greenwashing and how to avoid it.
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What is Greenwashing? 5 Ways to Avoid it

  • January 12, 2021
  • Sara Goddard
What is greenwashing? You’ve heard the term before, but do you really know what it means? More importantly, how do you avoid being greenwashed? What is Greenwashing? So … what…
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Reusable bags are a safe way to shop. (Photo taken in pre-coronavirus days!)
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Reusable Bags And Your Health: Separating Fact From Fiction

  • April 15, 2020
  • Sara Goddard
With the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic that has consumed and disrupted our lives, we’re searching for ways to stay safe: Wear a mask. Practice social distancing. Wash your hands.…
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Bagging your recyclables is a form of wish-cycling (or "wishcycling").
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Are You Wish-Cycling? 10 Simple Tips to Recycle Right

  • February 25, 2020
  • Sara Goddard
Are you recycling or wish-cycling? You may have no idea what wish-cycling is, but in our desire to be environmentally responsible through diligent recycling, we’ve all succumbed to it at…
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