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Recycle Your Old Magazine Files: 12 DIY Ideas
Has the paperless convenience of the digital age left you with unused magazine files? If so, don’t despair! Here are 12 easy ideas for repurposing those forgotten magazine containers: 1. Plastic Bag,...
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The Sustainable Bride’s Guide to Alternative Wedding Gift Registries
(image source) More and more sustainability-minded brides (and grooms) are foregoing traditional wedding gift registries in favor of alternative registries. These alternative registries tend to fall...
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Slow Fashion 101: Upstream and Downstream Approaches for a More Sustainable...
With summer now in full swing, you may be feeling the need to breathe new life into your wardrobe with some new warm-weather garb. However, if tragedies like the recent factory collapse in Bangladesh,...
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The Truth About BPAs: What’s Bisphenol A and is it really that bad for you?
(Image Source) It seems like BPAs are everywhere lately; BPA-free water bottles have never been more in vogue, and more and more companies are beginning to eliminate BPAs from their products. But what...
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Upcycled Grocery Bag Holders: 10 DIY Ideas
Why pay good money for grocery bag holders like this one, when there are endless ways to make your own? Here are 10 easy-to-make examples of DIY plastic bag holders from upcycled materials: 1. Wipe...
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36 Awesome DIY Wreaths from Upcycled & Repurposed Materials
Nothing says Christmas like a pretty wreath on the door. Unfortunately, those fresh evergreen wreaths aren’t cheap, and it’s been pretty well established that those plastic wreaths and trees are bad...
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The Hand Washer’s Dilemma: Why foam soap is your most sustainable option
(image source) The average American washes his or her hands as often as 10 times per day. It’s a habit so ingrained in our daily routine that we rarely give it much thought. However, if you’ve ever...
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Bar Soap + Bath Puff: A sudsier and more sustainable shower gel replacement
Although I’ve known for years that bar soap a greener choice than liquid body wash, I refused to give up my bottled shower gel–that is until now. The reason I liked liquid body wash was the luxurious...
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DIY foam soap, the lazy girl’s way!
As I explained in last week’s post, foaming hand soap contains fewer chemicals, requires less water, and is easier to refill than regular liquid hand soap. But, if you decide to make the switch to...
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Paperless Response Cards: Why it’s OK to make guests RSVP for your wedding...
(image source) Given my affinity for all things sustainable (and my Mr.’s aversion to spending any money ever), online RSVPs were an obvious choice for us when it came to designing our wedding...
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