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7 Cheap & Easy Ways Make Your Summer Greener
Make this summer the most environmentally responsible yet–and save money in the bargain! 1. Buy a water bottle and fill it from your tap. A stainless steel Kleen Kanteen water bottle starts at...
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Eco Friendly Summer Sports
As the temperatures rise, it’s time to pack away those skis and skates or take a leave of absence from your climate-controlled gym. Summer, with her longer days and balmy weather, is a great time to...
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Maker your summer travels a little more eco
With summer here, people are traveling more. Vacations are wonderful for relaxing and recharging, as well as seeing new places near and far, but they are also a time when some people lose their heads...
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Low-Tech, Eco-Friendly Fun for Summer
Summer fun doesn’t have to break the bank. Day passes to amusement parks and water parks, road trips to National Monuments and boating adventures aren’t within everyone’s reach financially and they...
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The 10-Second Idle Engine Rule
It’s a pet peeve of Enviro Girl’s when people pull into her driveway and let their engines run. And run. And run. It makes her twitch and itch to walk over and turn the key in the ignition to OFF....
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Cutting Edge Eco Ideas
Eco Lassie thought it would be fun to check out what’s new and inventive in the world of eco products. In the US, Samsonite is now selling the cutest solar charger for all of your charging needs....
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Blog Action Day 2012: The Power of We
Happy Blog Action Day 2012! “The Power of We” is this year’s theme and today the Eco Women celebrate a particular group who contribute to our nation’s health and beauty. All across America an army of...
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Curbside Composting
Over 100 American cities now offer curbside pickup for composting. According to the EPA, 60 million tons of compostable materials are sent to landfills each year. This waste can just as easily be...
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Upcycled Plastic at Method
Enviro Girl has been a fan of Method cleaning products for a while now. She likes their reasonable price points, decent smells, performance and availability. She feels like they consistently make a...
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Fake or Real Christmas Tree: 10 Reasons to Buy Real
Fake v. Real. The debate over which Christmas tree is “greener” continues, but when you look at the evidence, there’s only one good option (unless you suffer from horrible allergies). The Eco Women...
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Create A Backyard Bird Paradise
One of Enviro Girl’s favorite winter hobbies involves a $15 outdoor bird feeder. Every day feathered visitors fly in for a meal, hang out on the tree branches and fence posts and add color to the dull...
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The Case for Consignment
The other day Enviro Girl was talking to another mom at their sons’ basketball game. This mom has 3 little kids and hasn’t invested a lot of time in updating her wardrobe. “When I shop, I always end...
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Waste Management
Enviro Girl has written before about how her family tries to reduce their household waste. Her household (5 people, 1 dog) produces roughly one tall kitchen garbage bag of garbage each week. She...
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Ten Great, Green Valentine’s Day Gifts for Your Beloved
Enviro Girl has little patience for manufactured holidays because they stand for everything bad for the environment: waste, consumerism, pollution and packaging. She despises the aisles full of...
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Oh, crumbs
On Monday, Enviro Girl posted some terrific tips on eating healthy meals on a budget. Recycla’s family shops, cooks, and eats the same way and they eat very well without a lot of hassle. One little...
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Eco Awesomeness: Habitat ReStore
Enviro Girl was at a party the other night and again found herself explaining Habitat ReStore to someone. It blows her mind that everyone living in her area isn’t already aware of this awesome shop....
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Earth Hour 2013
Are you ready to go dark? This Saturday is Earth Hour 2013. Earth Hour is the World Wildlife Fund’s project in which people, businesses, and governments all over the world turn off their lights for one...
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A Greener (and cheaper!) Way to Get Your Sporting Gear
It’s a new season at Enviro Girl’s house. The basketballs have been put aside, the baseball gloves and soccer balls are out of storage. Because she’s got 3 growing boys, Enviro Girl is used to...
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Do it for the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees
It’s dandelion season in many parts of the U.S. If you don’t have a sea of yellow on your lawn yet, you probably will soon. The temptation is to KILL THEM ALL with POISON POISON HERBICIDE POISON, but...
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Where’s the sugar? You’d be surprised…
This spring Enviro Girl taught a class of 2nd graders about nutrition and one of the activities they did involved reading the labels on various beverage containers: a can of soda, a bottle of sports...
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