Casasugar found out that liquid soaps frequently contain chemicals that aren’t good for you or the environment, and found a way to make liquid soap out of bars. The steps are ridiculously easy - it takes a while because at one point you have to let it set overnight, but the actual labor doesn’t require [...]

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If you’re looking for something to do with your plastic milk jugs before tossing them into the recycling heap, ReplayGround has the solution with instructions for making catchers out of them. No, they’re not catchers for any particular sport - you just throw stuff and try to catch it with these.
Make catchers out of milk [...]

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With the cost of water going up in many regions and concerns about conserving our natural resources, there are lots of ways to save the water we use at home. This one might blow you away: you can save a minimum of 584 gallons of water per year per person in your household by just [...]

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Water balloons are great for fun in the sun, but they tend to leave their plastic remnants everywhere. It’s messy and it’s not exactly eco-friendly.
Enter the Martha Stewart sponge ball solution (found via Betz White). You just cut sponges into strips, tie them together just so, dunk ‘em in water and voila - you have [...]

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Eating healthy and going green are two habits that can seem overwhelming if you try to do them all at once. It’s a good idea to incorporate changes one at a time so you don’t get frustrated with all the adjustments. Make a change, get used to it, then make another change. It’s not a [...]

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Different vegetables need to be stored different ways if you want to keep them fresh the longest time possible. AZSunstainably has a great PDF chart you can print off and stick to your fridge or a kitchen cabinet. It color codes different fruits and veggies to different storage methods so you can see at a [...]

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Not only is water a resource we should conserve, it’s a utility you pay for unless you live in an area where you have your own well. There are a lot of ways you can save on your water bill. They may not all be things you’re willing to do or that work for you [...]

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Now some US postal customers can get a postage-paid envelope from the US Post Office which lets you mail your useless old gadgets - even broken ones - to a recycling center instead of throwing them away.
Huh? Who’s paying for this? How does that work? According to the USPS, it’s a recycling company called Clover [...]

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Maintaining and caring for grass lawns is one of the most environmentally damaging aspects of everyday life in North America. Over 50% of residential water usage in the US goes to watering lawns, not to mention the chemicals that go into keeping the lawn green and the gasoline used to power lawn mowers or weed-whackers. [...]

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Although I’m a vegetarian, most of my friends are not, and my large extended family (mainly living in very small rural areas) are not used to cooking for vegetarians at all, which means I have to explain a lot when I’m invited over for a meal. As people get more aware of vegetarianism, and the [...]

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