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• Turn Something Old Into Something New

  Upcycling -- the process of breathing new life into unused objects -- makes a great family project and is more doable than you may think. The best part? You’ll be going green while creating something beautiful and functional at the same time.

• It’s Never Been Easier to Be Green

  Helping the planet doesn't have to mean making big changes. These seven no-fuss, nearly instant tweaks to your everyday life will help your family go green the easy way.

• Fun Earth Day Activities for Kids

  It's time to show your love for the planet! Celebrate this Earth Day with our kid-friendly activities and crafts.

• 10 New Ways to Green Your Spring-cleaning

  Get your home ready for spring with an all-over cleaning that's efficient and eco-aware.

• Future Fashion: Eco-conscious Style

  The growing world of planet-friendly clothing will soon have your closet boasting some green along with your old duds. Here's what you need to know about eco-conscious style.

• Getting Wise(r) About Waste

  You try to avoid single-use packaging and carry a reusable tote to the grocery store, but did you know there are other ways to create less waste in your life? Try these easy tips for cutting down.

• Go Green -- and Save Money

  These 6 tips make it easy to help the planet without digging deep into your wallet.

• Clear the Clutter for a Healthy Home

  Follow these 5 easy steps to organize your way to well-being.

• Favorite Fall Family Activities

  Looking for ways to enjoy the season? Try these five fun autumn activities for the whole gang.

• What’s My Carbon Footprint?

  Greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide emissions, fossil fuels … unless you're an environmental policy wonk, an earth activist or an ecosexual (a new breed of online singles looking for sustainably committed partners -- seriously!), it’s hard to keep all of today’s green-minded jargon straight.

• Green Your Commute

  Whether you're ready to ditch your car keys completely or just want to find ways to become a more planet-conscious driver, these easy tips will help you go green while getting around.

• Should You Switch to Energy-efficient Lightbulbs?

  Compact Fluorescent Lights, otherwise known as CFLs, have come a long way since they entered the lightbulb market a few years ago.

• How Green Is Your Bathroom?

  A few simple steps can turn your bathroom into one super-efficient room. Here, some easy-to-implement suggestions that will help you save money and energy in one of the most-used areas of your home.

• Reusing and Recycling 101

  Reduce, reuse, recycle: We all know the phrase. While reducing what you use is one thing, understanding the difference between reusing and recycling is another.

• Green Glossary: Sustainable Manufacturing

  Purchasing products that have been produced in a sustainable manner is an eco-wise choice to make. But why is that, exactly?

• Kid-friendly Conservation Lessons

  This summer, give your kids an eco-education with fun (really!) lessons and activities that will teach them how to love the planet.

• Could You Go Water-free?

  For 24 hours, I went on a water diet. No, it's not the next fad in weight loss; it was an experiment to help me lighten up on water usage.

• A Planet-friendly Summer Vacation

  When it comes to mapping out your summer vacation, it's easy to consider the planet while you plan. Here, our top five budget-friendly travel tips to help you save money and natural resources.

• How to Slash Your Electricity Bill This Summer

  Take the heat off your wallet with these five simple green tips.

• The (Air) Drying Chronicles

  Several years ago, in an effort to reduce my ever-increasing electric bill, I challenged myself to break a bad habit. Instead of dropping my laundry in the energy-guzzling dryer, I would become an air-dryer.

• Be a Green Guest

  No matter where your family is traveling this summer, you can make your trip a little greener by giving eco-friendly hostess gifts. Here, some easy ideas.

• That’s a Lot of Water!

  Want to cut back on your water consumption? It's easy! Try these everyday ways to conserve one of the planet's most precious resources.

• Green Lessons From Kids

  Planet-friendly parenting has never been easier: You can shop for sustainable baby clothes online, scour blogs for healthy recipes and chat with other green-minded moms on discussion boards. But don't forget about the tiny resource residing right under your roof!

• Save up for Family Fun

  Small changes can equal big savings -- and big fun! The money you save from these easy eco-adjustments can pay for some quality family time.

• Top Tips From Eco-experts

  These easy eco-tips from experts make going green at home a snap!

• Green Glossary: Earth Day

  Some holidays are represented by bunnies and eggs, others by pumpkins and candy. But what's the scoop behind the holiday that honors the one thing we all share -- Earth Day?

• Go Green for Earth Month

  April is Earth Month! It's easier than ever to give your kids a clean, green home and inspire them with easy suggestions.

• Easy, Eco-friendly Spring-cleaning

  Get your home ready for warmer weather with these simple, green cleaning tips.

• Green Glossary: Filtered Water

  You know that tap water is great for the environment -- it keeps single-use plastic bottles out of the trash -- and filtered water is the safest way to drink from the tap. But how does a filter work, exactly?

• Green Your Kid: Getting Wise About Waste

  These easy trash-reducing tips will have the whole family going green and having fun.

• The Family That Greens Together ...

  These three easy strategies will have you and your family going green in no time. Bonus: They'll also save you a bunch of money!

• Are You Getting the Most From Your Tap Water?

  Tap water is more eco-friendly than the bottled variety. Here’s how to make sure your tap gives you the clean, pure water you want.

• Eco-eating: Homemade Granola

  What could be greener than granola? Whip up your own batch: It’s planet-friendlier than the store-bought stuff -- and just as tasty!

• Give Your Office a Boost

  You've made some green tweaks in your home -- but what about your office? Here's how to take the first steps.

• Beyond Bottles: A Better Way to Hydrate

  Ditching bottled water is one of the easiest ways to protect the planet and slash your spending. Often sold at a 4,000 percent markup, bottled water accounts for about 2 million tons of landfill waste annually -- and its production and shipping guzzle enough fuel to power 250,000 homes for a year!

• Green Glossary: “Locavore”

  Carnivore, sure. Omnivore, OK. But locavore? Eating local is all the rage, but what does it mean to be a locavore?

• Eco-eating: How to Pickle

  Ever found yourself with pounds of beets from a CSA surplus? Or knee-deep in cucumbers from a buying spree at the farmers market? That extra produce no longer has to suffer a rotten fate. Waste less by learning how to pickle like a pro.

• Conservation With Kids

  Teach your tikes how to go green with these recycling, conservation and reusing activities just for kids.

• Turn Your Old Clothes Into Something New

  Every season I make sure to do a closet cleanout -- out with the old and in with the new, as they say. But why not take the old and make it new again?

• 6 Ways to Go Green for Back to School

  It's that time of year again -- get ready to sharpen those pencils, dust off those books and head back to school! This year, make your kid's back-to-school routine easier on the planet with these six easy adjustments.

• Low-impact Laundry

  As the mother of a 2-year old boy with an unrelenting affinity for mud pies and finger paints, I spend most of my free time doing laundry.

• Green Your Kid: Gardening

  It's never too early to teach kids how to protect the planet. Start your child on the path to eco-awareness by showing her how to have fun in the garden.

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• Beyond Bottles: A Better Way to Hydrate

  Ditching bottled water is one of the easiest ways to protect the planet and slash your spending. Often sold at a 4,000 percent markup, bottled water accounts for about 2 million tons of landfill waste annually -- and its production and shipping guzzle enough fuel to power 250,000 homes for a year!

• What’s My Carbon Footprint?

  Greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide emissions, fossil fuels … unless you're an environmental policy wonk, an earth activist or an ecosexual (a new breed of online singles looking for sustainably committed partners -- seriously!), it’s hard to keep all of today’s green-minded jargon straight.

• Give Your Office a Boost

  You've made some green tweaks in your home -- but what about your office? Here's how to take the first steps.

• Three Days to a Greener Home

  Sure, eco-awareness doesn't happen overnight. But it can happen over three days.

• Low-impact Laundry

  As the mother of a 2-year old boy with an unrelenting affinity for mud pies and finger paints, I spend most of my free time doing laundry.

• Three Easy, Money-saving Tips for Your Household

  There are times when one good thing leads to another, like when making simple eco-changes at home leads to big savings!

• Ready, Set, Reuse! Halloween Edition

  Looking for ways to repurpose Halloween goods after the spooky season? These tips make it easy.

• Green Your Kid: Gardening

  It's never too early to teach kids how to protect the planet. Start your child on the path to eco-awareness by showing her how to have fun in the garden.

• How Does It Work? Energy-efficient Lightbulbs

  Compact Fluorescent Lights, otherwise known as CFLs, have come a long way since they entered the lightbulb market a few years ago.

• Green Glossary: Sustainable Manufacturing

  Purchasing products that have been produced in a sustainable manner is an eco-wise choice to make. But why is that, exactly?

• Could You Go Water-free?

  For 24 hours, I went on a water diet. No, it's not the next fad in weight loss; it was an experiment to help me lighten up on water usage.

• The (Air) Drying Chronicles

  Several years ago, in an effort to reduce my ever-increasing electric bill, I challenged myself to break a bad habit. Instead of dropping my laundry in the energy-guzzling dryer, I would become an air-dryer.

• Green Lessons From Kids

  Planet-friendly parenting has never been easier: You can shop for sustainable baby clothes online, scour blogs for healthy recipes and chat with other green-minded moms on discussion boards. But don't forget about the tiny resource residing right under your roof!

• Top Tips From Eco-experts

  These easy eco-tips from experts make going green at home a snap!

• Green Glossary: Earth Day

  Some holidays are represented by bunnies and eggs, others by pumpkins and candy. But what's the scoop behind the holiday that honors the one thing we all share -- Earth Day?

• Green Glossary: Filtered Water

  You know that tap water is great for the environment -- it keeps single-use plastic bottles out of the trash -- and filtered water is the safest way to drink from the tap. But how does a filter work, exactly?

• Are You Getting the Most From Your Tap Water?

  Tap water is more eco-friendly than the bottled variety. Here’s how to make sure your tap gives you the clean, pure water you want.

• Green Glossary: Vampire Energy Drain

  Did you know your appliances use electricity even when they're turned off? It’s called vampire energy drain.

• Eco-eating: Homemade Granola

  What could be greener than granola? Whip up your own batch: It’s planet-friendlier than the store-bought stuff -- and just as tasty!

• Green Glossary: “Locavore”

  Carnivore, sure. Omnivore, OK. But locavore? Eating local is all the rage, but what does it mean to be a locavore?

• Eco-eating: How to Pickle

  Ever found yourself with pounds of beets from a CSA surplus? Or knee-deep in cucumbers from a buying spree at the farmers market? That extra produce no longer has to suffer a rotten fate. Waste less by learning how to pickle like a pro.

• Turn Your Old Clothes Into Something New

  Every season I make sure to do a closet cleanout -- out with the old and in with the new, as they say. But why not take the old and make it new again?

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• Surprising Ways to Save Water

  Water may not seem like a precious resource -- you just turn on the tap and out it flows -- but green-living experts like Crissy Trask, founder of GreenMatters.com and author of It’s Easy Being Green, will tell you otherwise. Here, four creative ways to save water.

• Did You Know? 4 Surprising Eco-facts

  Get your family thinking with these four head-scratching green questions -- and the interesting answers behind them.

• Wash Wisely: Save Water While Doing the Dishes

  Cleaning dishes is an inescapable chore -- but not all washups are created equal. A few easy adjustments can help conserve time and water.

• 5 Easy Ways to Green Your Holidays

  Try these quick tips to add an eco-element to your holiday celebrations.

• Raising a Planet-friendly Child

  It’s never too early to start your little one on a green path. Here are four easy ways to introduce him to eco-friendlier living.

• 6 Simple (and Fun!) Ways to Green Your Halloween

  Like most holidays, Halloween gives parents lots of opportunities to make a greener choice. This year, celebrate with sweets, costumes and decorations that respect the planet, without skimping on the spooky fun. Try these easy, unique -- and creepy! -- Halloween ideas.

• Green Renewal

  Whether you’re redecorating one room or starting major renovations, here’s how to make your home greener for both your family and the planet.

• Bug Off!

  Summer pests can ruin the happiest of gatherings. This year, keep bugs at bay at every outdoor gathering with these safe and planet-friendly options.

• DIY Energy Assessment

  To save energy at home, you first need to know how much you’re using. Home energy assessments are a simple way to pinpoint your energy consumption and the best ways to save.

• Better for Baby

  It’s easy to give your wee one a healthy head-start with safe, eco-friendly choices. Here are five ways to protect the planet and your bundle of joy.

• 5 Ways to Save Energy -- and Money -- Today

  Saving energy really can be as simple as the flip of a switch! Celebrate Earth Hour on March 26 by joining the millions of people worldwide who turn off their lights for an hour at 8:30 p.m. in a stand against climate change. Then consider these five simple ways to keep the spirit of Earth Hour alive every day.