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Go Green with Today’s Tip

Today's Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference: Toss your synthetic kitchen sponge and buy a sponge made fro cellulose fibers instead."Synthetic sponges are made from nonrenewable resources and are often soaked in chemicals like triclosan that have antibacterial and antimicrobial properties. Triclosan is also a pesticide that could destroy aquatic life. … [Read more...]

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Go Green with Today’s Tip

Today's Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference: Buy an LED Flashlight for emergencies."Flashlights that use light-emitting diodes (LEDs) produce a strong white light using 90 percent less energy than a traditional bulb and last up to 50 percent longer. Unlike traditional bulbs, LEDs contain no glass casing or filament so there is no chance the bulb … [Read more...]

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Go Green Review & Giveaway: Bagnesia Kit

If you are like me, you have good intentions when it comes to living a greener lifestyle. But life gets busy and things you had intended to work on get forgotten. One of the easiest ways to incorporate being green into daily life is to use reusable shopping bags. I have about a million of them- you probably do too. Most of mine came free from various promotions. Yet it's rare that I actually … [Read more...]

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Go Green with Today’s Tip

Today's Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference: Rethink your holiday wardrobe.The book suggests asking a friend if she has a dress you can borrow to wear to a fancy holiday party. If that is not an option, try consignment stores. The bonus is that not only will you get a dress for a fraction of the price, you can consign it again when you are done with … [Read more...]

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Go Green with Miss Brittany’s Organic Fun Dough (Giveaway)

There are so many organic options these days- not just fruits and veggies! I recently received Miss Brittany's Organic Preschool Fun Dough for review. The kit was created by a preschool teacher and includes 5 colors of dough, an apron, shaped blocks for decorating and a rolling pin. Everything included in the kit is 100% organic including the dye in the ink on the packaging!You can't really go … [Read more...]

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GO GREEN Review & Giveaway: HappyBaby: The Organic Guide to Baby’s First 24 Months

10 years ago, when I first became a mother, organic foods weren't generally available. There were no Whole Foods in our area, we had a store called the PCC that I would have had to drive an hour to get to. When organic milk became available I immediately switched to it, knowing I didn't want my daughter to consume the hormones in regular milk.Now the choices are endless, and the information can be … [Read more...]