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“Green” Your Holiday Meals
It’s easy with the following 7 tips to green up the holiday meal with both food and preparation – paring down, getting back to basics, and what the season is truly about – friends and loved ones! “Green” Your Holiday Meals 1. Eat local. Celebrate gratitude for the local environment by exploring what local foods [...]
Green Car Journal Names Finalists for Annual Award
Green Car Journal Names Finalists for Annual Award The results aren’t yet in on the Green Car Journal’s 2012 Green Car of the Year Award, but they have announced their five finalists for the coveted title. And the competition is…interesting. The fact is that there are so many “green” cars on the road these days, [...]
5 EcoChi Happier, Healthier Holiday Tips
5 EcoChi Happier, Healthier Holiday Tips 1. Make holiday meals memorable – Round or oval tables are the best shapes for feng shui-friendly dining. The absence of sharp corners and hard edges helps energy flow freely and gently through the room. If you do have a rectangular dining table, make sure your guests are not [...]
Halloween Safety: 13 Tips for Trick-or-Treating
Halloween Safety: 13 Tips for Trick-or-Treating Look out behind you: Here comes Halloween…that magical holiday when kids’ imaginations soar and anything seems possible! But Halloween has a spooky side, too. From carving pumpkins to skipping around after dark, Halloween offers its own unique hazards. For example, did you know that kids are four times more [...]
Autumn Maintenance For Your Green Grass
Autumn Maintenance For Your Green Grass Green eco-friendly gardening is a great way to give back to the planet and keep your family healthy in the process. Traditional lawns are environmentally taxing and have an excessive upkeep process. With winter fast approaching it is important to prepare your lawn now so it will be beautiful [...]
The Benefits of Eating Organic During Pregnancy
The Benefits of Eating Organic During Pregnancy While organic eating certainly has its fair share of opposition (mostly from those who are concerned about e-coli), there is a lot to recommend the practice, especially for women that are eating for two. You may well be concerned about the risks associated with organic foods, but frankly, [...]
Cutting Back on AC Usage and its Impact on the Environment
Cutting Back on AC Usage and its Impact on the Environment If you’re the kind of person who can’t (or doesn’t want to) imagine living without air conditioning, you’re not alone. Walking into a nice, cool house after roasting in the sun is a great feeling. The problem is that temperatures are getting warmer and [...]
Organizing Tips for Busy Moms
Organizing Tips for Busy Moms If you’re like most moms, it feels like you always have a million things on your plate. You have a job to do, kids to raise, errands to run, and tasks to accomplish. While you’re certainly capable of doing it all, it helps to have devices and techniques that make [...]
10 Easy Steps to Making Your Halloween EEK-O-Friendly
Kermit was wrong! It is easy being green on Halloween! Just make choices that are people-healthy, animal-friendly and Earth-conscious. We’ll show you how with these 10 simple steps: 10 Easy Steps to Making Your Halloween EEK-O-Friendly 1. Plan ahead to avoid last-minute shopping which often limits your choices. 2. When it coms to costumes, and [...]
7 Ways for Busy Moms to Eat Healthy
7 Ways for Busy Moms to Eat Healthy As powerhouse multi-taskers, moms are superheroes when it comes to getting stuff done. Just being a mother is a full time occupation. Some are even managing going back to college or have full time careers. If this describes you, it is important to realize that your time [...]




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