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Can You Really Freeze That? Your Guide to Freezing Food to Prevent Food Waste

What comes to mind when you think of helping mitigate climate change? Installing solar panels? Driving less? While these are terrific climate-friendly solutions, there’s another, not-so-obvious solution that’s more effective…

Throw a low waste party that your friends (and the environment) will enjoy!

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How to Throw an Eco Friendly, Low Waste Party

Is it possible to throw a low waste party that’s beautiful, entertaining, and fun for all? Yes! I’ve hosted hundreds of gatherings, and over the years have learned that piling…

Sell your old clothes and make some money in the process!

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9 Surefire Ways to Sell Your Old Clothes: Green for the Planet and Your Wallet!

Are you really wearing all those clothes sitting in your closet? Instead of tossing them out, sell your old clothes online and make some money in the process! Why…

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7 Ways to Make it a Plastic Free July 2020!

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…

Enjoy the outdoors but use natural mosquito repellent to avoid bites!

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Natural Mosquito Repellent Tips to Keep You Itch-Free This Summer!

Having just finished writing about natural tick repellents, it occurred to me that mosquitoes deserve equal attention. Instead of reaching automatically for the heavy-duty chemical sprays, there are a whole…

Climate change and diseases: What's the Connection?

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Climate Change and Diseases: What’s the Connection?

Climate change and diseases. Is there a link between the two? It seems so, from my own personal observation. Over the years, for example, I’ve noticed an alarming increase in…

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

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.…

Make your kitchen spotless using eco friendly cleaning techniques!

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Housebound? 22 Eco Friendly Cleaning Projects for a Spotless Kitchen

Are you housebound and need to burn off some excess energy? What about a vigorous and thorough clean of all those areas in the kitchen that you haven’t had the…

Is recycling a waste of time? It can seem that way.

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Is Recycling a Waste of Time?

Is recycling a waste of time? I was wondering this very question the other day while reading a Facebook post about recycling plastic. Someone had asked if it was possible…

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

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…

Can You Really Freeze That? Your Guide to Freezing Food to Prevent Food Waste

How to Throw an Eco Friendly, Low Waste Party

9 Surefire Ways to Sell Your Old Clothes: Green for the Planet and Your Wallet!

7 Ways to Make it a Plastic Free July 2020!

Natural Mosquito Repellent Tips to Keep You Itch-Free This Summer!

Climate Change and Diseases: What’s the Connection?

Reusable Bags And Your Health: Separating Fact From Fiction

Housebound? 22 Eco Friendly Cleaning Projects for a Spotless Kitchen

Is Recycling a Waste of Time?

15 Simple Ways to Ditch Plastic Straws and Other Single-Use Plastic

Vote for the Planet! Your Complete Voter’s Guide

How to Communicate About Climate Change

Can You Really Freeze That? Your Guide to Freezing Food to Prevent Food Waste

25 Eco-Friendly Reusable Masks That You and the Planet Will Love

Is COVID-19 Killing Recycling?