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The problem with owning a good water bottle…

May 21, 2011

Is that you don’t always notice the best new (and super cool) reusable water bottles as they arrive on the scene. Take, for instance, the Klean Kanteen Reflect Stainless Steel Water Bottle with Bamboo Cap. BEAUTIFUL! This is for sure my new wish list bottle. The Reflect bottle actually came out last November. I’ve been [...]

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Green New Year’s Goal – No More Bottled Water

January 4, 2011

Today we’re going to look a little closer at one of this year’s green challenges for eco-families – stop buying bottled water. WHY TAKE ON THIS GOAL? There are dozens of great reasons why you should quit buying bottled water. However, since we’ve already gone over that at Growing a Green Family, I won’t bore [...]

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Does it help when stores ban plastic bags?

September 18, 2010

So, here in Portland, local Fred Meyer stores (I believe a total of ten) banned plastic toss-away bags as of August 1st.  This happened, according to a Kroger/Fred Meyer news release (pdf), because of a new mess of laws that may go into affect here in Portland, Oregon that will ban bags in some places [...]

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Ditch plastic disposable water bottles and save $6,000

May 28, 2010

Currently I’m running an experiment here at Growing a Green Family. Can the average family of four save $50,000 in five years simply by living green? I’m hoping yes, but $50,000 does seem a little high. In any case the first green money saver we’ll look at is bottle water vs. water in reusable water [...]

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Ten cool BPA-free reusable water bottles for kids + bonus art bottle

May 24, 2010

Read other popular Growing a Green Family posts! Subscribe to Growing a Green Family to see even more green family tips. We just looked at ten fab BPA-free reusable water bottles for adults but kids have different needs. Reusable water bottles for kids need to be absolutely chemical and BPA-free, easy to hold, unbreakable, light-weight, [...]

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Ten BPA-free reusable water bottles for adults

May 24, 2010

Summer is smack upon us and now, more then ever it’s a great time to just say NO to toss-away plastic bottled water. With this in mind here are ten awesome BPA-free reusable water bottles perfect for summer and all year round. Oh, and soon I’ll post ten more just for the kiddos so stay [...]

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Green Product Review: uscanteen Stainless Steel Canteen & Como Carrier

May 23, 2010

Review summary: Total water bottle bling made for folks who want to be eco-savvy and stylish. Last year I got a uscanteen to try out and it offered style for sure (but a price tag to match), good usability and a few cons. Read on to see what I thought. Product: Each uscanteen is comprised [...]

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Green Product Review: Klean Kanteen Classic Reusable Water Bottle

May 15, 2010

Review summary: It’s getting to be time for some new water bottles around here. About four or so years ago I bought two Klean Kanteens – one for me and one for Cedar and they held up fairly well and we liked them. Recently my Kanteen somehow vanished off the face of the planet (it [...]

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