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  • 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.

  • Conservation With Kids

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

  • The Quest for Eco-friendly Toys

    For the first year and a half of my son’s life, he was content to play with an empty shoe box or a handful of crinkly scraps of wrapping paper.

  • 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.

  • How Does Your Garden Grow?

    Forget the grocery store -- the new go-to spot for the freshest produce? Your backyard. These five steps will get your garden up to planet-friendly speed in no time flat.

  • Transform Your Trash

    Think twice before tossing out that paper towel tube! Check out these simple ways to get more life out of old items.

  • 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?

  • Eco-eating: Jam

    The sweet-sour burst of berries is no longer limited to summer. Take the sustainable route by preserving fruit at the peak of their seasonal flavor, and you'll be spreading blueberries and raspberries across your toast all winter.

  • 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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  • 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?

  • 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?

  • 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!

  • 3 Eco-resolutions Any Family Can Keep

    Make your New Year's resolutions really count by going green in small but meaningful ways.

  • The Quest for Eco-friendly Toys

    For the first year and a half of my son’s life, he was content to play with an empty shoe box or a handful of crinkly scraps of wrapping paper.

  • 5 Easy Ways to Green Your Home

    As a couple, my husband and I were naturals to become part of the green movement. But it was the birth of our daughter that deepened our commitment to making easy household changes.

  • Eco-eating: Jam

    The sweet-sour burst of berries is no longer limited to summer. Take the sustainable route by preserving fruit at the peak of their seasonal flavor, and you'll be spreading blueberries and raspberries across your toast all winter.

Simple Steps

  • Quiz: How Well Do You Reuse?

    Reusing is a key component of the three R’s (reduce, reuse, recycle). But how well do you do it? Take this quiz to find out if you’re a single-use junkie, a quick-tosser or a savvy re-user who breathes new life into everything that crosses your path!

  • Throw a Green Birthday Party

    Birthday parties are an essential part of childhood, but they can also be a major source of waste. Fortunately, there are ways to celebrate without skimping on the fun. Make these simple shifts to your party planning and give the kids a day they won’t forget.

  • 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.

  • Did You Know? 4 Surprising Eco-facts

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

  • Perk up Your Picnic

    Who wants to eat indoors when the sun is shining so brightly? It’s easy to make your outdoor picnic as green as it is delicious with these five easy tips.


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