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News and ideas for a sustainable world

February 6 2012

Composting 365: How to Keep Your Compost Pile Working Year-Round

Sustainablog - Dead of winter is a great time to start.

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Green Living Ideas

Make Your Own Hydrating Sports Drink

You don’t have to purchase your revitalizing quencher.»

Green Living Ideas

How to Pack a Healthy, Zero Waste Lunch

Simple ways to make the planet (and yourself) healthier.»

Green Living Ideas

Make Your Own Air Fresheners

Clear the air with something that won't poison you.»

Sustainablog

How to Make Your Own Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products (with recipes)

Do-it-yourself squeaky cleanliness.»

Insteading

Handmade Holiday Gift Idea: Mason Jar Cookie Kits

Enable your loved ones to make an awesome cookie.»

Green Living Ideas

Eco-Friendly Dinnerware Choices

The gorgeous holiday feast has been planned, but what will you serve your meal on?»

Green Living Ideas

Heritage Turkeys for a More Sustainable Thanksgiving

America's breeds of yesteryear are more flavorful.»

Sustainablog

10 Ways to Recycle Vinyl Records Creatively

Take those albums you never listen to and turn them into something timeless.»

Insteading

How to Make Your Own Fruit Jam in 30 Minutes or Less

A quick spread is only as far away as the freezer.»

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Treehugger

Milking Backyard Goats in Urban San Francisco (Video)

Raising backyard chickens is so 2010.»

Environment News Service

High Levels of Mercury Found in Fish Jerky

Often recommended for health, fish jerky has 5x the recommended levels of mercury.»

Yes! Magazine

10 Tips for a Zero-Waste Household

Bea Johnson’s yearly waste fits in a quart-sized jar. Here's how you can reduce yours.»

The Good Human

10 Toxic Ingredients To Avoid When Shopping

Use this list when you look at the label.»

Inhabitat

U.K.'s Unpackaged Grocery Shop Nixes Wasteful Packaging

What do you get when you combine clever marketing, a cute shop and delicious food, but eliminate the packaging?»

Popular Mechanics

Common Pavement Sealer May Lead to Unhealthy Homes

Sealer wears away to expose carcinogenic compounds that can be tracked indoors.»

Inhabitat

Rent a Living Christmas Tree in San Francisco

As an alternative to clear-cutting, the SF Environment Department and Friends of the Urban Forest are offering trees for rent, which will be replanted after the holidays.»

Environment News Service

Sustainable Landscape Industry Takes Root in Texas

Some say the landscape industry will continue to thrive only if it adopts more environmentally-friendly growing and selling methods, and embrace sustainability.»

California Green Solutions

Heat Pump Retrofit Saves Money, Energy

AirGenerate has developed a heat pump retrofit that can more than double the energy performance compared with a standard electric water heater, using nothing more than the air surrounding it.»

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