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January 31, 2010

Sound Earth – All Natural, Cruetly Free, Products

SElogoSound Earth is a company that offers all natural, cruelty free household cleaning products along with baby products and scented sprays. Sound Earth believes in the "ripple effect", What we do as individuals effects those around us and those around them and so on.

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November 12, 2009

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Pollution is the cause of about 40% of deaths worldwide. Such environmental degradation, coupled with the growth in world population, are major causes behind the rapid increase in human diseases.

  • 6,100 – the number of hospital admissions in California each year for respiratory diseases attributed to breathing ozone and particle pollution.

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October 22, 2009

The Greenest Pink Ribbon Purchases

1121367_26475286October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Ecofabulous has a list of the Greenest Pink Ribbon Purchases online.

Use your pink ribbon buying power to choose the greenest pink ribbons, ensuring that your dollars still make a contribution to the cure, while supporting companies that are taking matters into their own hands and eliminating any chance of known carcinogens. We’ve rounded up our top ecofabulous picks for making the greenest pink ribbon purchases –  stock up now for the holidays!

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October 7, 2009

Living Green During Pregnancy

969794_66501285Even during pregnancy you need to continue making eco-friendly choices. Here are some helpful hints to keep you on the green path of decision making during your nine months of pregnancy.

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October 1, 2009

Mix My Granola

mixmygranola_containerThe brain child of Andreas, Matt and Raoul, Mix My Granola was founded in 2008. They came up with the idea at breakfast one morning when they were talking about what they thought the perfect granola combination would be. After they realized each of them had a different idea of what that would look like and not being able to find those combo's at the store they started making their own mixes.And from that came MixMyGranola.com: The website where YOU can custom-make your own granola. The way YOU like it!

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September 11, 2009

No Waste Lunch – A Green, Healthy and Money-Saving Alternative

1101409_80042520Reading through the Happy Hippie I found an article on the No Waste Lunch – a green, healthy and money-saving alternative. Having kids in school I find it difficult sometimes to get them out the door on time with a no waste lunch. I tend to grab the quick and easy plastic baggies that you throw away. I want to be more intentional about what I send my kids to school with, keeping in mind the amount of trash that schools throw out daily and not wanting to add to it.

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September 3, 2009

September Bike Commute Challenge

bcc09_home_gfxWe all know its better to ride your bike to work than to drive your car as far as helping lessen your carbon footprint, but not always is it convenient. This month I am going to challenge you to Take The Challenge! and get on your bike and commute to work.

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September 2, 2009

Green Your Teeth Brushing

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Of course you don't want green teeth but how about brushing your teeth and being eco-friendly(green) while doing it? When you think about being green, tooth paste is probably the last thing on your mind, its not a big deal, but it is. In this article, Toxic Toothpaste; The Environmental Impact of Toothpaste from Green Living Tips, you will see ingredients that are in most toothpastes and what problems they cause in the environment or in your body.

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August 31, 2009

Eco-Friendly Paint

693779_75065407Are you getting ready to paint your house? Inside or out, its important to use paint that is easy on the environment and on the family living in the house, that breaths in the fumes. Green Living Ideas has an article on the potential hazards of paints and what to look for in paint.  Here are a few companies to look at when you are ready to paint.

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August 12, 2009

How to Know if Your Antique China Contains Lead

1128197_74978027Another question that was posed to me the other day was "how do you know if there is lead in your antique or vintage china?" Again I didn't know the answer to this. I decided that this is an important thing to know about the dishes we use and eat off of everyday.

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