Natural Living

Earth Day link love

Posted by on Apr 22, 2009 | 1 comment

I had a lot of fun researching this post for AltGlobe, which is full of links for ideas on how to celebrate Earth Day and make a difference in the future of the planet. Enjoy! Ten Ways to Celebrate Earth Day I also recently posted this piece about keeping your family healthy during the economic [...]

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More green hair care tips

Posted by on Apr 16, 2009 | 1 comment

Some of you know how much I LOVE my Lush solid shampoo bar (if you’re not familiar, you can read about it here). I am excited to report that I just discovered a way to get more use out of it. As with a bar of soap, when the shampoo bar starts to get worn [...]

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Clean, green, and solid

Posted by on Dec 3, 2008 | 1 comment

Today was only my second day using my new shampoo bar from Lush, and already I’m finding it hard to imagine ever going back to liquid shampoo. I was skeptical at first, but when the saleswoman said that one shampoo bar is equivalent to three 250ml bottles, I was intrigued. Not only does this make [...]

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My crafty Christmas project

Posted by on Dec 2, 2008 | 2 comments

The other day, I was making out a shopping list for a Target run, and one of the things I wrote down was “gift bags.” Gift bags. Little paper bags that will set me back about $1.79 each and probably end up in the landfill. Surely, I thought, there must be a more eco-friendly option [...]

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Can’t afford a hybrid? Try hypermiling

Posted by on Aug 12, 2008 | 0 comments

The September 2008 issue of National Geographic Adventure magazine featured an article on hypermiling, a practice of using deliberate driving techniques in order to maximize a vehicle’s fuel economy. Many of the methods described in the article seemed fairly intuitive, and yet I realized — even in today’s climate of record-high gas prices — that [...]

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