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  Use Your Old Stuff-- Don't Toss It!

  Sometimes, being environmentally friendly means buying more responsibly made products. Other times, it means doing what you can with what you already ...

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  Beautiful Dirt

  Well, there are a lot of things that you can do to get started on a more self-sufficient lifestyle. The only problem is that a lot of these things see...

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  Vinyl Record Bowls: Blasphemy or Awesomemy?

  There are a lot of different things that people do to turn old, useless junk into something usable. Not only is this great for the environment, but it...

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  Natural Cleaning Products

  So while I may not be a fan of advertising campaigns that use the term “Not your grandmother's BLANK”, I cannot deny my infatuation with J.R. Watk...

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  Seventh Generation is In

  So, let me ask you something. Have you ever wondered why the only cleaning supplies you find in the store come with incomprehensible ingredients and c...

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  Get a Little Creative

  What kid doesn't love crafts? In school, they are doing the same old boring stuff every year that we did when we were in school. Glue this, color that...

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  For Those Taking it a Step Further...

  Keeping in line with my love of sustainable literature, I want to talk about something that may be more broadly applicable than the “Urban Homestead...

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  Earthopolisciousness

  I give you the one and only: Earthopoly. It's like "Monopoly" but with "Earth" instead of "Mono". Get it?! Now, while it might seem a bit odd to as...

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  And... Books.

  There's been a whole lot of talk here about how to make yourself look good or how to give great toys for the kids this holiday season, but what about ...

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  Oh, Eco-Toys. How I Love Thee...

  Christmas is bearing down on us like a bullet train, and there are only a few more days to get your orders in for those “regular” shipping orders....

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