Green Your Life
Over 6,500 tips, ideas and answers to make life easier (often involving less stuff).
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One woman making one green change in her life each day and showing how possible it is, with some bumps on the road so it’s not all dreamy greeny touchy feely.
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Treehugger.com’s How to Green Your Life Guides
Outdoor sports, kids’ toys, accessories, weddings, pets, coffee & tea, recycling, women’s personal care, water, gifts, electricity, wardrobe, meals, gardening, basics, community, sex life, electronics, baby, dishwasher, cleaning, furniture, work, gifts, lighting, car, heating, public transportation, books… you name it, they probably got it, awesome resource!
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Swiss Miss’ Simple Living Manifesto
72 ideas to simplify your life (with supporting articles included)
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From a website about what women are doing to be green today, this page has green tips for Home & Garden, Baby & Family, Beauty & Fashion, Food and Travel & Transportation, among others.
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Environmental Choice or EcoLogo Certified Products
Consumer products, available in Canada, verified to be environmentally friend by Canada’s Environmental Choice program, associated with Environment Canada. Tips often also accompany product details, and “green” cleaning material is also prominent on these sites.
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National Resource Canada’s Fuel Consumption Guide
For driving and vehicle maintenance.
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Flex Your Power Residential Energy Savings Guides
Centre for Energy (appliances)
Centre for Energy (Heating and Cooling)
Home energy saving tips, including appliance energy rating and performance reviews.
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Consumer Report’s 20 Free Ways to Save Energy
There are also some other tips to save energy with a small monetary investment that will definitely pay off soon.
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Consumer Report’s 50 Ways to Save Water
It’s like what it sounds, 50 ways to save water.
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Energy calculators.
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Ratings and Reviews of Green Products by Consumer Reports.
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Proper Disposal of Pharmaceuticals 1 & 2
Guides by the State of Minnesota (1) and the US EPA (2).
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For printing shops.
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Bite-sized ideas for light green living. All the little stuff you can do, basically.
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Saturday, January 12, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Eco news, views and product reviews for busy folks looking to cultivate a greener, more sustainable lifestyle.
Friday, February 22, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Consider also Green Talk which is a personal point of view of going green around the house and garden. Posts range from green building, gardening, and green living content based upon my own personal experiences. The blog seeks to illict the help of its readers to help each other to live a greener lifestyle.
Don’t forget Fake Plastic Fish, which is about using less plastic in your life and EcoStreet, which is a general green living blog and forum. (2 of my reads.) Anna http://www.green-talk.com