Tag: Tips
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Avoid Buying Toxic Jewelry for Kids This Holiday Season
If you’re buying jewelry for a little girl this holiday season, take steps to make sure you’re not giving gifts that contain hazardous substances. One step might be to look at where you buy the jewelry. A recent report by the Washington Toxics Coalition (WTC) shows that Walmart is selling jewelry with alarmingly high levels…
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5 Ways to Include Superfood Hemp in Your Meals
High in protein and healthy fats, and low in cholesterol and sodium, hemp truly is a superfood. No other single plant source has the essential amino acids in such an easily digestible form, nor has the essential fatty acids in as perfect a ratio to meet human nutritional needs. Hemp also is a good source of…
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7 Eco-Friendly Fabrics That Will Green Your Wardrobe
The clothes we wear and the textiles they are made from can damage the environment and make us sick. Good thing there are some eco-friendly alternatives. Check out these seven fabrics, courtesy of Green America: 1. Bamboo—Bamboo is a hardy, highly renewable grass and is generally grown with few chemical inputs. The fabric also has…
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How Living With Less Can Help You Live More
Do you sometimes feel that your possessions are running your life? Are the things you’re consuming actually consuming you? As Annie Leonard details in The Story of Stuff, Americans live in a world of excess and spend a considerable amount of time shopping. At the same time, there’s no sign that owning more things makes people…
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10 Ways to Use Less Plastic Every Day
Plastic waste has become a pandemic—on land as well as in the world’s oceans. What can just one person do about such a global problem? Take these simple steps, courtesy of World Ocean Observatory: 1. Avoid buying items packaged in plastic. Look for produce and other items that aren’t over-packaged. Buy food in glass jars rather than…