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DIY – Boy’s Sweater Vest from a Man’s Sweater
Dana used a sweater vest her son already owned as a guideline. If you don’t have a sweater vest, use one of your son’s shirts as your guide. If there’s a nice waistband on the sweater, you’ll want to use that for your vest. With the same method used for the armhole binding, measure around your entire neck (front & Got an old sweater that doesn’t fit you anymore? Instead of tossing it out, up-cycle it into a new sweater vest for a little tyke.
The Go Green Blog
- Thursday, March 11, 2010
Drugstore Eco Beauty: Physicians Formula Organic Wear
tried the pressed powder, too, and while it’s a wee bit on the chalky side unless you use a really light hand, it worked well enough and warranted a super-low hazard score of 2 at Skin Deep . Like any girl born with naturally pale, sparse lashes, I rely on mascara to keep me from looking like a creepy Children of the Corn extra. And since I’m not a big fan of putting carcinogens and other toxins adjacent to my eyeballs, I am always on the lookout for great natural, non-toxic mascara – and damn, is there a lot of hype for a little drugstore product called Physicians Formula Organic Wear
Eco Chic
- Thursday, March 11, 2010
Greening up your Spring Cleaning
A couple of years ago after being fed up buying bottles of “green” window cleaner that never offered a larger sized re-fill version–I started making a few of my own cleaning products for everyday use around the house. Use up what you have and then if you can try to reuse the spray bottle container. and use one of Dad’s old undershirts or even Since then I have enjoyed a home free of that stinky cleaning product smell-which absolutely nauseates me just thinking about it, and keeps my lean budget a little meatier. I
Green Life Smart Life
- Thursday, March 11, 2010
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Fossil-Funded Group Succeeds in Spreading Lies About How Much Water Desert Solar Uses
The Heartland Institute, the infamous fossil-industry-funded climate denier group that faked 500 scientists to deny climate change, is now creating a new fake narrative about water use in utility scale solar. They did a very thorough job of disseminating their 500 supposed skeptic climate scientists story; as Desmogblog notes – helpfully [...] [ Fossil-Funded Group Succeeds in Spreading Lies About How Much Water Desert Solar Uses from Green Living Ideas ]
...Tags: Tags: Carbon/ GHG Reduction Solar Energy/PV climate denier group desert environmental groups fossil-funded lies Mojave solar thermal The Heartland Institute utility-scale solar csp water water for power generation water use desert solar water use in electricity compare
Green Living Ideas
- Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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Uses for wood ashes
If you have a wood heater or fireplace, here's some uses for the ashes and charcoa While the northern hemisphere is approaching the tail end of winter, there's still quite a few cold days ahead!
Green Living Tips
- Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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Glitter-Sized Solar Panels Use 100 Times Less Silicon to Generates Electricity
Solar energy used to have the opposite problem: the large size of photovoltaic panels needed to produce energy was considered prohibitive for many [...] [ Glitter-Sized Solar Panels Use 100 Times Less Silicon to Generates Electricity from Green Living Ideas ]
...Tags: As a preschool teacher, glitter is part of my world. These tiny, shiny flecks are loved by little children, yet are detested for the problem their tiny size makes clean-up.
Green Living Ideas
- Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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Using trees in public spaces
On cannot simply go and plant forest nursery stock of the kind that is used in woodland and forest planting and expect them to grown and do something. Residential areas should enjoy tree canopy cover of at least 25 per cent to alleviate the impacts of climate change, with 15 per cent canopy cover in mixed-use or commercial areas. In this context it would be nice to also goo back to the avenues of fruit trees that used to by Michael Smith The environmental, economic and social benefits of trees are well known, I should think, and have also been well enough documented in many places. Trees have an immense role to play in the built environment and we have been neglecting this for too long.
Green (Living) Review
- Saturday, March 21, 2009
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Mitigating Climate Change Through Food and Land Use
More than 30 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions arise from the land use sector. Thus, no strategy for mitigating global climate change can be complete or successful without reducing emissions from agriculture, forestry, and other land uses. Agricultural soils can be managed to reduce emissions by minimizing tillage, reducing use of nitrogen fertilizers, and preventing erosion. Author: Sara J. Scherr and Sajal Sthapit ISBN 13: 978-1-878071-91-0 Paperback 50 pages Summary Land makes up a quarter of Earth’s surface,and its soil and plants hold three times as much
The Green Changemakers
- Thursday, June 4, 2009
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Abby’s Blog: Kids Helping the Earth – Using Fallen Trees
The wood could then be used for building shelves, cabinets or furniture.
ve learned a lot about trees and the forest as my parents have been building the house, and I know using a fallen tree is the best way to give it a good life.
Tagged: Abby's Blog, Green kids, Kids Helping the Earth, Using wood from fallen trees
...Tags: This week a tree fell in our yard. It was a huge oak tree.
Green Life Smart Life
- Sunday, July 19, 2009
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Uses for vodka
Vodka has many other uses besides drinking i Got a bottle of vodka lying around you don't want? Don't throw it out!
Green Living Tips
- Sunday, November 15, 2009
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Recycling used engine oil
Millions of gallons of used engine oil are dumped annually instead of recycled. Learn more about the importance of recycling used engine oil and where you can find collection point Aside from the direct environmental issues, it also means millions more of gallons of crude oil needs be extracted.
Green Living Tips
- Monday, October 26, 2009
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Alternative uses for beer
Pick up some tips on alternative uses for beer in this first article of a series on the topi Did you know there's many green applications for wine, beer and spirits around the home that can replace environmentally harsh chemicals?
Green Living Tips
- Friday, May 8, 2009
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Vanilla extract uses
Learn more about vanilla, pick up some tips for using vanilla extract when it's past its best before date and how to make your ow Vanilla can be handy around the home as a green alternative to other products, but did you know that not all vanilla is created equal?
Green Living Tips
- Thursday, November 5, 2009
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