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Ten ways to go green in 30 seconds or less

July 4, 2010

Think you don’t have the time to get green? You do! Here are 10 easy eco-friendly steps you can try that won’t take more than 30 seconds. Recycle your old phone book: According to Waste-Free Mail There are enough phone books created each year to measure 106,700 miles when lined up end to end; enough [...]

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Real facts about toxic chemicals and your family’s health

June 25, 2010

One of my writing clients, Inhabitots has an excellent exclusive video interview posted. In said video Inhabitat and Inhabitots founder Jill Fehrenbacher talks to Dr. Alan Greene and gets the real facts about toxic chemicals and your family’s health. It’s a must see (check out the video below) or head over to the post to [...]

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Ditch paper towels and save $1,000 in five years

June 13, 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? So far we found that you can save $6,000+ if you switch from bottled water to tap and filtered tap water in reusable bottles and we also found that [...]

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Arguments for paper towel use – benefits of paper towels over cloth

June 12, 2010

Right now I’m on a bit of a paper towel kick. Paper towels are one of my pet eco-topics and once I get going look out. Hopefully I’ll be off this kick in a week or so and back to a more general eco-friendly post schedule. In general I think cloth towels can be used [...]

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Wait paper towels really come from trees?

June 8, 2010

Technically my title is misleading because paper towels come from forests not individual trees, but more on that below. First of all, to recap, I don’t use paper towels. I haven’t bought any in four or so years and while many advocates of paper towels note that non-paper towel users have a self-righteous attitude I [...]

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What if the store was out of paper towels?

June 7, 2010

If you’ve been following the save $50,000 by going green series then you know I’ve been comparing costs of items. Soon I’ll be comparing costs of paper towels vs. no paper towels. Before I go there though I figured I’d explain how we quit using paper towels at my house. I remember being a paper [...]

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Some eco-minded numbers to consider today

June 3, 2010

I posted this a while back at another blog of mine. The client I was writing for shut down their network, but this post I really liked because it reminds me to be more conscious. That said, I’m re-posting it here with some extra numbers added… As you go about your daily routines today and [...]

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Toxic America Premieres Tonight!

June 2, 2010

In case you haven’t heard, Toxic America premieres tonight June 2 at 8 p.m. ET on CNN, and it’s a must see for concerned parents. Toxic America is a special two-night investigative report with Sanjay Gupta M.D. that takes an in-depth look at how toxins affect us all. The first night (that would be tonight) [...]

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Green clean correctly with cloth towels vs. paper towels

March 19, 2010

One of the best green cleaning tips is to clean with cloth, not paper towels. There’s many reasons for this such as money savings, tree savings, manufacturing energy savings and more. In the last three or so years I’ve owned exactly two rolls of paper towels, but only because they were sent to me. Those [...]

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Poison Prevention Week – Homemade Green Cleaner Safety

March 19, 2010

It’s Poison Prevention Week 2010 and part of this week’s campaign is focused on the safety of household cleaning products. Sadly, Poison Prevention, the organization behind the event references Clean and Safe in the 21st Century (pdf) as the guide to have if you’re concerned about household cleaner safety. Clean and Safe is a guide [...]