There are some things to consider when going green in the new year. If your new years resolutions is to be more eco-friendly, then check out these helpful companies, choose wisely and get your life going in a greener direction.

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Coming up on September 26th is the 4th Annual Green Sprouts Organic Baby & Family Fest.

Green Sprouts Festival is a fun, festive and educational one-day event for the whole family that celebrates and promotes the nurturing of life through nature. From pregnancy to childhood, parents can learn about and explore eco-friendly, community-involved, natural, and healthy options to raising their families.

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While visiting San Francisco I found that it was much cleaner than I had originally thought. It had been almost 14 years since the last time I visited but the city on this visit overwhelmed me with its beauty.

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If you're looking for a fun and green project to do with your kids while they are home this summer, check out plantable papers. Plantable papers offer 'tree free,' recycled, handmade papers with wildflower seeds embedded in them. They use organic fibers such as coconuts, weeds, cotton, pineapple, etc., then they add recycled post consumer waste like office correspondence and newspapers, all of which have been de-inked responsibly. Currently they only offer wildflower seeded products, but they are experimenting with other seed varieties, and hope to present those varieties of our plantable paper soon.

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Ebay has started the green team.

The eBay Green Team is an initiative to champion smart ways to shop green and encourage more sustainable buying choices that can save consumers money and help save the planet. Building off of a grassroots effort started by its own employees, eBay is inviting buyers, sellers and anyone interested in new ways of thinking about being a greener consumer to join.

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While reading the April edition of Macworld I found an article on Responsible Recycling: What to do with your Mac when its days are over.

Don't Throw It Away – According to a 60 Minutes report, an estimated 130,000 computers end up in the garbage annually. In 2008, Apple recycled 30.5 million pounds of electronic waste, achieving a worldwide recycling rate of over 38%. For more on their recycling program click here.

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If you're like me, you love having artifacts or souvenirs from different parts of the world. It makes me feel like I've been places and that I am 'in touch' with the world as a whole. But if you're not able to travel to those parts of the world, you often find yourself buying these 'other culturally oriented' decorations from department stores or shops. The reality is that many of these decorations are heavily taxed and not always made in the best circumstances or under the best conditions or work practices.

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What's the benefit of being one of the richest countries in the world? The chance to innovate and create leading green concepts for the world to watch and stare at. Recently unveiled at the "World Future Energy Summit" was this PRT car, a system of compact, driverless 'podcars' that could be the new system of transportation in the future.

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Now that the festivities are over, its to work for our new President. But the interesting thing for President Barack Obama is that he gets to work from home. The White House is an office and a residence at the same time, and I was curious, for a President who has the most articulated environmental and energy plan ever, how green is his new home?

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Every year over 15 billion batteries are produced and sold worldwide. Many are alkaline batteries which are discarded after a single use.  Fortunately, thanks to ongoing advances in both batteries and battery chargers, alkaline batteries can be replaced with higher capacity, environmentally friendly, batteries.

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