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Eco-Friendly Counter Tops Made from Cement and Reycled Glass

Eco-Friendly Counter Tops Made from Cement and Reycled Glass

IceStone's Cradle to Cradle certified surfaces are not only free of petrochemicals and VOC's, they're beautiful, too!

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Discover Your Inner Artist With Eco-Friendly Wall Murals

Discover Your Inner Artist With Eco-Friendly Wall Murals

Looking for an easy, eco-friendly way to spruce up the indoor decor without going all out on a wall paper or paint project?

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6 Reasons Why You Should Be Cleaning Your House with Lemon Juice

6 Reasons Why You Should Be Cleaning Your House with Lemon Juice

The humble lemon can be a powerful, versatile addition to your cleaning regimen.

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Borax: The Unsung Green Cleaning Hero

Borax: The Unsung Green Cleaning Hero

Baking soda and vinegar are the superstars of natural, home made cleaning supplies, but there is a lesser-known player that’s key to a good green cleaning arsenal: borax Borax is a little bit different from its cousin, boric acid. Boric acid is a great insecticide. Borax, on the other hand, is a salt that’s [...]

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Green Clean or Marketing Greenwash?

Green Clean or Marketing Greenwash?

Let’s be honest here: everyone is “green” these days. Marketers have co-opted that word to sell us everything from clothing to cleaning supplies, and they’ve managed to obscure the word’s real intention in doing so. Through deceptive packaging and vague claims, large companies are after well-intentioned consumer dollars. It’s buyer beware when looking for [...]

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Cleaning Green: Baking Soda Power!

Cleaning Green: Baking Soda Power!

Last week, we talked about cleaning with vinegar, and it got such a great response, I thought it would be fun to take a look this week at vinegar's best friend: baking soda.

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Cleaning Green: An Ode to Vinegar

Cleaning Green: An Ode to Vinegar

Plain old vinegar has so many uses beyond being a delicious addition to salad dressing and critical for making pickles! You know you can use vinegar as an all-natural hair rinse. Did you know it’s a great disinfectant, too? Toxic cleaning supplies contribute to poor indoor air quality, not to mention the damage they do [...]

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Bamboo Flooring and Furniture: Green or Greenwash?

Bamboo Flooring and Furniture: Green or Greenwash?

We’ve talked about the pros and cons of bamboo here before, when the FTC decided to crack down on green claims about bamboo fabrics. Now, eyes are turning to products like furniture and flooring made from the fast-growing grass.

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Recycled Cardboard Speakers by Origaudio

Recycled Cardboard Speakers by Origaudio

Origaudio cardboard speakers let you and your friends listen to music from your iPod without pretension or the need for additional batteries. Everyone travels with their music these days. Those white iPod earbuds are about as ubiquitous as the ears they are supposed to stay in. The problem is that sometimes you don’t want to be [...]

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White House to LEED by Sustainable Example

White House to LEED by Sustainable Example

For years environmental advocates have yearned for an ally in the White House. It’s all well and good to tell the rest of the world that they have to live more sustainably, but what about leading by example? Not since the days of Jimmy Carter and the solar panels has 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue truly been [...]

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