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Know Your Onions & When to Use Them: Yellow, Red, White
Know Your Onions & When to Use Them: Yellow, Red, White Onions — they’re used in a wide range of recipes, from breakfast to supper and nearly every ethnic cuisine. To help you get the best results, here are a few facts about each type and how to decide which onions to use. • Yellow [...]
What Happens When You Don’t Change Your Refrigerator Water Filter?
What Happens When You Don’t Change Your Refrigerator Water Filter? Have you been putting off changing the filter in your refrigerator? While this may not be the most exciting chore on your to-do list, it is an absolute necessity. The water filter in your fridge is designed to keep drinking water tasty and clear of [...]
CeeLo’s GreenHouse Foundation to Spread Eco-Education in Atlanta
CeeLo’s GreenHouse Foundation to Spread Eco-Education in Atlanta Many celebrities have thrown the considerable weight of their social status and the contents of their sizable bank accounts behind charitable causes. Bill and Melinda Gates started their own foundation to promote health, education, and equal opportunity across the globe, George Lucas started the Lucas Film Foundation [...]
What to Put in Green Gift Bags for An Eco Friendly Birthday Party
What to Put in Green Gift Bags for An Eco Friendly Birthday Party So, you’re preparing for your child’s birthday party and you’ve decided that this year, you’re going to go with a “green theme”. You’re having the party outside, you’re serving the food on recyclable plates, you’ve opted for having them play in the [...]
Inexpensive Vs. Expensive Green Home Improvements
Inexpensive Vs. Expensive Green Home Improvements For those who own homes, an occasional trip to the hardware store is inevitable. From burnt-out light bulbs to broken rain gutters, the items on your to do list are constantly multiplying. Next time you revise your list, consider green solutions for your home improvement needs, as there are [...]
Green Media Dangers
Green Media Dangers One of the best ways for a modern family to reduce the amount of clutter in their home while also encouraging entertainment providers to produce less potential waste is by taking advantage of all of the online media streaming options for music, movies, or TV shows. After all, even those of us [...]
Do It Yourself: 3 Eco-Friendly Projects for Your House
Do It Yourself: 3 Eco-Friendly Projects for Your House Going green around the home can mean a lot of things. Some green additions require major home improvements such as installing solar panels or upgrading to a tankless water heater, while others are just small tasks like converting to CFL or LED bulbs and conserving water [...]
The Difference between Upcycling and Recycling
The Difference between Upcycling and Recycling Reducing our resource consumption and reusing whatever we can is important for a great many reasons. The economy is still totally stagnant, and being able to avoid buying new as much as possible keeps money in your pocket that can be put towards other things. But the environmental reasons [...]
Bikestorming: A Mission to Make Bikes the Main Transportation
Bikestorming: A Mission to Make Bikes the Main Transportation When you think of urban transportation, you probably have visions of freeway gridlock as thousands of commuters cram their cars onto a roadway intended for a fraction of the vehicles that actually use it each day. Or perhaps you are a bit greener in your thinking, [...]
Teaching Your Kids to Eat Local and Organic in College
Teaching Your Kids to Eat Local and Organic in College Getting your child to eat right is nothing if not a chore, and once he flies the coop for the halls of higher learning you’ll have even less control over what he chooses to shove down his gullet. There’s a reason the freshman fifteen is [...]




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