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Want to Know Your ROI For Green Home Updates?

Lori Brown, January 5th, 2009

If you've ever associated being green with needing a lot of green, GREENandSAVE would like you to think again. GreenandSave.com is a great tool for individuals or businesses looking to green their homes or buildings while saving hard-earned money in the process. "GREENandSAVE.com is America's leading free 'Green' home remodeling resource for anyone that wants to save money and ... read more

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Tagged basics, cfl, greenbuilding, ideas, mercurythermostat, noteworthy

Published in Household


8 Ways to Green Your Significant Other

Raquel Fagan, January 5th, 2009

This story is part of Earth911’s “Green Eight” series, where we showcase eight ways to green your life in various areas. In the past, our Green Eight articles have been less of an emotional challenge and more of a physical battle. But with a New Year right at our heels, we felt you were up for some good, old fashioned hard ... read more

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Tagged basics, batteries, cfl, ideas, noteworthy, packaging, reduce, styrofoam, tires

Published in General


Recycling the Big Stuff

Jennifer Berry, January 5th, 2009

We spend a lot of time focusing on how to recycle everyday items. Your daily newspaper, your cell phone, your car's battery. But there's a lot more to the wide world of recycling than just empty wine bottles and CFLs. What if you needed to dispose of something bigger, or more obscure? What if you had 10 outdated HVAC units and ... read more

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Tagged airconditioner, basics, carbatteries, cellphone, cfl, concrete, constructionmaterials, greenglass, ideas, lead, newspaper, noteworthy, plasticbags, steel

Published in Metal


Bodycare with a Conscience

Libuse Binder, January 5th, 2009

The “Company Profile” is an Earth911.com series highlighting consumer goods and services making a difference through product stewardship and recycling. Products and services featured do not pay for placement and are not endorsed by Earth911.com. Pangea Organics, founded in 2001, is trying to do much more than sell soap. The company, which began in 31 year-old Joshua Onysko’s garage, has ... read more

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Tagged basics, bath, cardboard, giftboxes, ideas, newspaper, noteworthy, packaging, packingmaterials, recycle, reduce, shower

Published in Household


Earth Poll: Users Dig Their Reusable Shopping Bags

Jennifer Berry, January 5th, 2009

A recent survey on Earth911.com showed that Earth911 users are doing their part to reduce their plastic bag use. Of the options given, half (50.0 percent) carry reusable shopping bags to reduce disposable bag use. While reusable bags were popular responses to the question posed: Only 8 percent responded that they carpooled. 25 percent enjoy using CFLs at home. 16 percent check our their ... read more

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Tagged basics, cfl, ideas, noteworthy, organicwaste, plasticbags

Published in Plastic


Reuse Revolution

Libuse Binder, January 5th, 2009

As you welcome 2009, do you find yourself fretting over your new batch of resolutions? Do you have some saved from last year's ambitious list? Wherever you fall on the spectrum, might I suggest one more item for the list? This is one that you can commit to for, well, let's start with the year, but let's hope it's one that ... read more

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Tagged basics, cdsanddvds, clothingandtextile, greenstyle, ideas, noteworthy, number1plasticPETE, number2plasticHDPE, number3plastic, number5plasticPolypropylene, number6plasticpolystyrene, productstewardship, recycle, reduce, reuse

Published in Household


Green Tech: The Future Is Now

Steve Uydess, January 5th, 2009

2008 will likely be remembered as the year that the green movement “made it” in mainstream America. While the reasons for the recent change in American attitudes are many and varied, skyrocketing fuel costs - and a brief glimpse of that future– no doubt played a part. Yet, whether your sustainable approach to life is based on long-term concerns about the ... read more

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Tagged airquality, basics, climatechange, computers, constructionmaterials, greenbuilding, ideas, noteworthy, recycle, reduce, reuse, waterquality

Published in Electronics


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