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Summer breeze, makes me feel fine…
By: cherylterrace
There are few things I love more in a home, any-home-any-where, than a fresh breeze. Is there anything sexier than sheer draperies billowing in the moonlight (at least home-wise)? For me, the sensual feeling of warm air on my skin and smell of fresh...
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Fresh Flowers at San Francisco, California
By: janesroses
San Francisco is an fantastic locate for some reasons but one of its plethoras is those street sides blossom. These fantabulous flowers add surplus beauty to their streets, house and offices. These pleasant san francisco floral shops will help you...
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Help make Google's logo green for a day!!!
By: cmokc
In a national competition, Alexis Zaborac designed a Google logo supporting green technology. Her design is a finalist in Doodle4Google, and the national winner is determined by online votes. If you would like to see Google's logo go green for a...
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Free site for free spirits
By: kelking
Today sees the launch of a new site for people interested in all things Green and/or spiritual who are seeking dates, friends or community connections.
Ecospiritdating.com aims to build a bridge between two often like-minded communities: the...
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New Label from the USDA Helps Consumers Identify Biobased Products
By: AirDyeRobin
No doubt you've seen products marked natural, organic, or even eco-friendly. It's hard to tell if the claim means anything. And indeed, sometimes it's more than a bit of greenwash advertising. Fortunately, there are a few programs out there that you...
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Earth Day 2011
By: cherylterrace
April 20 is Earth Day. Prepare to get inundated with a billion things we can do, SHOULD DO, to save our planet!
(Most of these eco-tips are so obvious that I wonder what planet people are living on that don't ‘get it' by now…). Green...
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Solar Power Plants Stock Rise After Nuclear Power Plant Explosion in Japan
By: fidahossain
Upon the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan on Thursday, March 14, 2011, nuclear power plants have shown that they are not fully capable to withstand extremely powerful natural disasters. The earthquake and tsunami led to problems at three of...
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World Water Day
By: cherylterrace
Our bodies are made mostly of it (up to 70%) and we can't survive without it for more than a few days. However, this precious resource is something most of us take for granted.
Many of us do not know that New York City's water is considered one of...
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Romancing the Home
By: cherylterrace
It's that romantic time of year again. Prepare to get inundated with ‘the true meaning of love' (from the folks selling chocolate, flowers, jewelry and or lingerie). As a holistic interior designer I take a different approach and ask...
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DETOX - your home!
By: cherylterrace
It's still January and you've already cheated on your New Year's resolution of a new diet (one of the reasons I never make New Year's resolutions). Don't despair; as with meditation and Yoga, nowis the perfect time to begin again (and...
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AIRE Is Hosting a Free Solar and Weatherization Seminar Next Saturday
By: fidahossain
The American Institute of Renewable Energy (AIRE) is offering a free solar and weatherization seminar on Saturday, February 19th, 2011. The seminar is entitled FR-101: Solar and Weatherization Training: Free Solar & Weatherization Seminar....
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Year of the White Rabbit, a good time to Zen Your Den.
By: cherylterrace
Happy Chinese New Year, New moon in Aquarius, Candlemas (which is the midway point between winter solstice and spring equinox), Imbolic (which honors Brigid the goddess of creative inspiration and fertility)…and all New Beginnings! I love...
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Chevrolet Signs Deal to Weatherize 5,500 Homes
By: fidahossain
The weatherization of homes is in full-effect right now. Not only is the federal government funding programs throughout the nation, but corporations are also taking the initiative to be responsible over the weatherization of homes. Last week,...
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EDUCATING YOURSELF ABOUT GOING GREEN.
By: demco2
Many more people are getting interested in the Green Movement as is evident with the many programs out there for both the private and public sector. Federal government, state and local government programs are starting up in each state, city and...
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Solar Industry on the Rise: Start Your Career
By: fidahossain
The "National Solar Job Census 2010: A Review of the U.S. Solar Workforce" is a first-of-its-kind report that quantifies the current employment and projected growth rate of the United States' solar energy industry. The Census' study is...
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Solar Training Mandatory to Make Solar Thermal Installations Efficient
By: fidahossain
The United States solar thermal industry experienced a period of remarkable growth in 2008. But then with the economic situation worsening in 2009, consumer spending quickly dropped as well as the demand in the solar thermal industry. Slowly in...
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Half a Million Jobs to be Added during Governor Brown's Term
By: fidahossain
California's Governor Jerry Brown plans to add half a million jobs to the renewable energy economy during his term in office. On his campaign's website, he has outlined his plan and hopes to increase the renewable energy workforce in order to boost...
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Ecotech Institute Opens Its Doors To New, Progressive Facility In Aurora
By: CTCSG
Ecotech Institute, the first and only college focused entirely on preparing America's workforce for careers in renewable energy and sustainable design, today announced that students are now taking classes in its brand new facility. Located at 1400...
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Home for the Holidays
By: cherylterrace
The Holidays are a festive, and often frantic, time of year with family and friends gathering together. The setting for all these celebrations takes place in our homes, where creating comfort for our guests is the primary focus. A warm welcoming...
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Bird watching.
By: jessicarossi
Bird watching.
you learn more than just about birds...
It is hard for a lot of people to understand the excitement of bird watching, especially individuals my age (early twenties). There are many more hobbies that don't require as much...
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Ry Cuming Goes ‘Green' on the Tour Bus and Rides Pitch Black:
By: smithal
Hailing from the Far-North Coast of Australia, musician Ry Cuming was a bleach-blonde surfer who spent his days on the beach and in the water. At the age of 18, he was discovered while playing in a hotel hallway in Costa Rica. His debut album...
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Buying organic.
By: jessicarossi
Buying organic.
free-range, natural, sustainable, oh my!
Many of us let the monetary expense stop ourselves from buying organic foods. Don't get me wrong, some can be quite expensive, and some foods may not be worth buying organic, but...
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Thinking of donating to an environmental cause? Learn some basic differences between environmental non-profit organizations.
By: jessicarossi
Thinking of donating to an environmental cause?
Learn some basic differences between environmental non-profit organizations.
In an age when individual giving and social responsibility is heavily stressed, it is important to differentiate...
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EcoStapler Review
By: Thegoodbanana
A stapler without staples? What a concept. It sounds like something you'd find in Elroy Jetson's backpack…and it kind of looks like it too. The future really is coming on quickly. This handy little ‘stapler' holds paper together by...
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Autumn - A Time to Reflect.
By: cherylterrace
September, the garden has cooled, and with it my possessiveness- Robert Finch
My Moms house burned down a few weeks ago. She lost everything. Ironically, my brother, sister and I were trying to get her to think about moving since my dad died,...
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TOILET BOWL CLEANER
By: Thegoodbanana
President's Choice Green Toilet Bowl Cleaner vs. Toilet Duck Thick Liquid Toilet Bowl Cleaner
Have you ever sprayed a duck in your toilet? Er...perhaps I should rephrase. Have you ever sprayed the cleaner-toilet duck- in your toilet? If you...
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5 Reasons Steel Buildings are Better Than Whatever Else You Were Considering
By: bguides
In recent years, steel framed buildings have become the preferred construction type, especially for commercial, institutional, industrial, and agricultural markets. The results have been so positive in these realms that steel frames are even...
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Save Trees - Save the Environment
By: angellic22
Today, when environment is being polluted so rigorously, everyone has only one question on his / her lips and mind that is how to save environment from being polluted. How to protect earth from disaster? The strongest way to protect environment is...
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Bring on the Night…
By: cherylterrace
One of the things I miss most living in NYC is seeing nighttime stars. I grew up camping and have many wonderful nocturnal memories counting shooting stars and guessing at constellations. City life detaches us from that primordial nighttime sky...
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Enjoying your Home this summer with a STAYCATION.
By: cherylterrace
I have been super busy helping my client's gear up their homes for summer entertaining. Since many folks are choosing to stay home instead of traveling this year we are focusing on making their abodes more fun and welcoming for guests, doing it in...
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Alcon Lighting Embraces LED Landscape Lighting
By: alconlighting
With green technology becoming more important and prevalent, LED lighting stands at the forefront of this eco-movement. Alcon Lighting, a Los Angeles-based lighting and electric supply company has fully embraced LED lighting and they are rapidly...
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Royal Botanical Gardens atrium wins national steel design award
By: bguides
Diamond + Schmitt Architects were just awarded a national steel design award of excellence by the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC) for their work on the Royal Botanical Garden's new atrium in Burlington, Ontario. CISC said their work...
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A Pitch for Native Plants
By: AGreenLady
One of the best ways to help the environment when it comes to your garden and landscaping is to use native plants. Home owners are always looking for ways to beautify their landscaping, and are looking for plants and trees that are aesthetically...
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Gulf oil crisis volunteers needed! (But you don't need to leave home to help out.)
By: TimS
Coverage of the far-reaching environmental damage caused by BP's oil well continues on every news channel. By now we're accustomed to seeing how workers are confining ocean-borne oil with booms and man-made sand bars, saving oil-soaked pelicans, and...
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From Apathy to Action: What YOU can do about the Gulf Coast oil spill TODAY.
By: docgee
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save tigers
By: vernongetzler
It's very painful we have lost lots of animals species God made us human to protect them but we are so busy in our personal life and we forget our all this kind of responsibility they are helpless to protect their own species but are not, we can...
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METRO Biofuels and The Doe Fund Team Up to Turn Used Cooking Oil From NYC Restaurants Into Biodiesel
By: jabrams5
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BP Oil Spill - What can we each do as individuals?
By: PRDottie
Hello fellow Greens,
With the crisis in the Gulf, my thoughts have been on what can I do to further lessen my impact on the world's oceans?
So I went hiking in my neighborhood this morning and on the way picked up trash in the street and put it in...
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Choices for the Green Fitness Shopper
By: AirDyeRobin
A number of the staff here are into fitness. And as such, we're always on the look out for new high performance, green fitness wear. Naturally, we want athletic shoes and apparel that has the latest technical textiles, plus we want them to be...
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Ten Reasons To Avoid Eating At Restaurants
By: theorganicpersonalchef
10 Reasons to Avoid Eating at a Restaurant
By Chef Vanda
Eating healthy meals at home, prepared with your specific tastes and needs should be the ultimate goal. All right, I admit I like eating at restaurants every once in a while but if you are...
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Helping people have a healthy home and healthy body with healthy product information
By: Healthyone
The public deserves the right to know what they are putting in and on their bodies and using in their homes. They have the right to know that the government is not protecting consumers from harmful ingredients in daily used products. There have been...
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Your Liver-Bi Nice to it
By: healthylife4
High Cholesterol
Hormonal Imbalances
Blood Sugar Imbalances...
You can go after each symptom individually or you can actually go to the root cause of it.
Did you know that the liver is the biggest gland in the body & performs many...
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Household Cleaners May be One Cause of Breast Cancer
By: tinktm
University Studies Show Household Cleaners May be One Cause of Breast Cancer
In recent studies conducted by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, researchers found many household cleaners emit...
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Green or
By: norlandou
By Nikolette Orlandou
These days, with everyone striving towards a more "green"…everything, really… and with so many companies and products claiming to be green, eco, earth-friendly, etc., one has to ask, "How green is this product...
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Paper Bags or Plastic Bags?
By: johnhsieh0923
Just when you thought abandon plastic bags from supermarket and go paper is the green things to do, do you know trees are chopped for every paper we use on this planet. Paper bags comes various forest where logging industry create a massive...
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Asthma Attack in Children: Preventable
By: tinktm
There's nothing more frightening than witnessing a child's asthma attack, listening to her wheeze and cough and fight for every breath--and sharing her panic.
Fortunately, pharmaceutical advances have resulted in a whole new class of drugs that...
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5 Ways to Cure-Asthma Naturally
By: tinktm
Cure Asthma Naturally by eliminating toxic household cleaners from your home.
Below is an excerpt from the American Respiratory and Critical Care Institute written by Dr.Jan-Paul Zock.
His findings on the relationship between common household...
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
By: tinktm
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a 10,000 square mile area in the middle of the Pacific ocean.
First discovered in 1997 by self trained ocean researcher Charles Moore, he named the stretch of ocean between the UK and China The Great Pacific...
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GO GREEN KIDS MUSIC!
By: lifeofriley83
There is a need to not only teach ourselves about 'Going Green' and about 'Climate Change', but to teach others also. What about teaching children? Do they even know what 'Going Green' is? Of course, they see 'Green' advertisements all over the...
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Luxury Car Brand going Green for the Long Run
By: begreen
Mercedes Benz has announced that in seven years they will no longer be selling any petroleum-powered vehicles. This is the first announcement of its kind and a bold statement that I hope will be followed up by most other automobile manufactures at...
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GREEN BUILDING FOR ALL IN SANTA MONICA
By: JodiSummers
GREEN BUILDING FOR ALL IN SANTA MONICA
The City Says All New Construction in Santa Monica Subject to Green Building Requirements
Not to be outdone by Los Angeles' Green Ordinance, and by West Hollywood's bold steps, the City of Santa Monica is...
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