green living

Coincidentally Green: Saving the Planet When you Least Expect It

Posted 1 week 21 hours ago by Myscha Theriault

Green Living

It struck me recently as I was working on something in the kitchen that what I was doing was actually quite eco-friendly. The funny thing was, I made the actual choice as a budget strategy. So I started thinking, were there other areas of my life where I was being “coincidentally green”?

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Extreme Green: Part Two of My Quest for Solid Hair Care Products

Posted 11 weeks 5 days ago by Myscha Theriault

Green Living

With your interest and mine caught from my previous post on solid hair care products, I decided to continue the quest. My product tests and discoveries follow, including an unscented solid conditioner from a company that may not be on your radar yet. Read on.

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Extreme Green: Save Travel Stress and the Planet with Solid Shampoo!

Posted 13 weeks 4 days ago by Myscha Theriault

Green Living, Art and Leisure

Constantly maxing out your liquid toiletries allotment at the airport? Looking for a way to go super green with regards to reduced product packaging? Check this out!

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What to Do With All Those Coffee Mugs

Posted 16 weeks 2 days ago by Myscha Theriault

Green Living

A while back, Julie wrote a great piece on affordable gifts for five dollars and under.Afterwards, there was some discussion between those who enjoyed gifts packaged in coffee mugs and those who did not. Regardless of the debate, one thing was clear. There are more than enough of these things floating around out there. What to do with them if you happen to have a large batch kicking around?

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Confessions of a Temporarily Trashy Eco Sinner

Posted 16 weeks 4 days ago by Myscha Theriault

Green Living, Real Estate and Housing

I like to do my ecological part. I’m no eco-goddess, mind you.  I don’t necessarily research the recycled packaging content of my bagged flour purchases, nor have much of a care whether the fabric in my T-shirt is organically grown. But my husband and I each implement more than our fair share of active, conscientious strategies to support the well being of the world we live in. This month however, a situation arose which will impact several of those efforts, at least for the short term.

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The Plastic Bag Dilemma: Seven Strategies for Coping

Posted 18 weeks 17 hours ago by Myscha Theriault

Green Living

Doing your best to remember cloth totes, but forgetting them from time to time? Is your storage container for those plastic grocery bags overflowing? Your secret is safe with me. Let’s see what we can do to put them to use.

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When Going Green is Classy

Posted 19 weeks 5 days ago by Myscha Theriault

Green Living

I’m all for doing my ecological part, but sometimes the Earthy- crunchy look is just not what I’m going for. While developing my recent post on having a green holiday, I got thinking . . . when can going green be classy?  Following is a list of times, suggestions and situations where the green choice is definitely the classier choice.

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I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas

Posted 20 weeks 6 days ago by Myscha Theriault

Green Living

Yes, I am buried in more feet of snow than I can count right now. And as festive as that looks, a trip to the beach would be nice. But I’m not talking about skipping the snow. I’m talking about simple steps you can take, even at this late date to have a “green” eco-friendly Christmas holiday. Read on.

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Bang Up Ideas for Bandanas

Posted 29 weeks 6 days ago by Myscha Theriault

DIY

Looking for some cheap, super easy DIY ideas with lots of color? Look no further than the classic bandana. Following are twenty suggestions for using these simple squares of fabric to make your life easier.

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10 Easy Ways to be Nicer to the Environment and Your Wallet

Posted 31 weeks 2 days ago by Nora Dunn

Green Living

Live Earth

Here are ten easy ways for improving both the environment and your lifestyle. Implement just a few of them and you'll likely see a benefit to your bank account at the end of the day too.

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Twenty-five Things to Do With Old Jeans

Posted 33 weeks 4 days ago by Myscha Theriault

Green Living

Got some old jeans you can’t bear to part with? Have a few pairs given to you that don’t fit, but want to put the fabric to use? Here are twenty-five ways to either jazz them up for further use, or give them a new function.

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Ten More Ways to Go Green and Save Money

Posted 41 weeks 3 days ago by Myscha Theriault

Green Living

Night shot of Europe from space
Loved the last list of ideas for going green and saving money? Here are ten more strategies to expand your green repertoire.

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10 Ways to Go Green and Save Money at the Same Time

Posted 43 weeks 2 days ago by Myscha Theriault

Green Living

planet earth

Want to help the environment, but not too keen on all of the expensive suggestions floating around out there? Here are 10 frugal ways to incorporate green living into your life without throwing your well laid budget plans to the wind.

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Prefab Fab - This ain't yer grandma's double-wide

Posted 1 year ago by Andrea Dickson

Filed Under: Green Living, Real Estate and Housing

Are prefabbed homes the wave of the future? Judging from some of the magazines that I receive (Sunset, Metropolitan Home), it sure looks like things are heading in that direction. I stumbled across an ad for Modern Cabana, a company that makes an environmentally smart answer to that toolshed that your Uncle Jim used to use as his home office because Aunt Arlene wouldn't let him have the garage. Seeing this stylish little structure got me thinking about all the prefab designs that I've been leafing through over the past couple of years.

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