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Home Winterizing and Holiday DIY: On the Couch With Apartment Therapy


We don’t want to think about winter unless we have to, but it is about time we start prepping our homes for the cold season. This week’s roundup of Apartment Therapy posts includes some good tips for winterizing your home, and some fun projects and things to add to your shopping list to get ready for the holidays: … More »

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Home Winterizing and Holiday DIY: On the Couch With Apartment Therapy

The Best of Re-Nest: On the (Eco-Friendly) Couch With Apartment Therapy


We usually pick our favorite Apartment Therapy posts for a weekly dose of their excellent home design advice, but this week we decided to focus on their eco-friendliest posts, from Re-Nest, their green home design site. We found our favorite homes, stuff to add to our wish lists, and tips for getting on the eco-friendly track: … More »

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The Best of Re-Nest: On the (Eco-Friendly) Couch With Apartment Therapy

Infographic: How We Really Feel About Eco-Friendly Companies


Global companies are certainly trying to be more eco-friendly (or at least pretend to be) but is the effort really worth it? This infographic examines if “going green” is making a company more or less favorable in the eyes of consumers around the world. … More »

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Infographic: How We Really Feel About Eco-Friendly Companies

Eco-Friendly Menstruation 101: 10 Products to Green Your Period


Many a gynecologist has told us that menstruation is a blessing, not a curse, but no matter how “natural” it is, we’re not always so optimistic. For the most part, we tolerate our flow more than we embrace it. Nonetheless, there are a few things we can do to take the pain out of our periods. Unfortunately, some of those things — like bleached tampons, plastic pantyliners and the occasional plastic-wrapped chocolate binge — are not so kind to the environment.

We found 10 products to help you eco-fy your menses (that don’t involve becoming a hermit in the forest for one week every month): … More »

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Eco-Friendly Menstruation 101: 10 Products to Green Your Period

Home Decor Tips: On the Couch With Apartment Therapy


Halloween weekend has us more concerned with where to go out than staying in, but Apartment Therapy reminded us that we can put some ghoulish touches on our home decor for the season, too. We picked some of our favorite posts from the past week, including a few projects to help you prep for Halloween. Check out our favorite posts for the week: … More »

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Home Decor Tips: On the Couch With Apartment Therapy

Greenpeace + Kimberly-Clark Kiss & Make Up


Greenpeace has been on the defensive with Kimberly-Clark for a good long while now; showcasing their dislike of Kimberly-Clark’s tree use with their “Kleercut” campaign. However, in big news today, Kimberly-Clark has revised their standards, set new greener goals, and Greenpeace has called off the campaign.
Greenpeace, worked with Kimberly-Clark on its revised standards, which include obtaining 100 percent of the company’s wood fiber for tissue products, including the Kleenex brand, from environmentally responsible sources. The revised standards will help protect Endangered Forests and increase the use of both Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified fiber and recycled fiber.
By 2011, Kimberly-Clark has [...]

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Greenpeace + Kimberly-Clark Kiss & Make Up

Non-toxic summer fantasy toys


Seasons Natural Toys is just about the most adorable toy store on the planet, and they’re lined up with the planet as well. Their toys are safe, non-toxic, made with natural materials, Waldorf friendly, and they support creative active play. If you’re living green, your kids can be too with these summer-friendly toys.

Season’s Original Treehouse – BEST toy ever. So darn cute and way fun, this amazing treehouse comes with access from all six sides through windows and doors, trap door, skylights and tower ledges. Kids can pretend to excess with cool extras like the look out tower, swings, rope [...]

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Non-toxic summer fantasy toys

Are books giving you guilt?


Books are just crammed full of paper aren’t they. Sadly, many of us can’t live without them, (self included), so what’s a tree hugger to do? It is a problem. You can buy recycled content books, but they’re few and far between (ahem, write your fave publisher and ask that they print on recycled content [...]

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Are books giving you guilt?

Shop responsibly & donate to an eco-cause


If you want to shop, but shop for an eco-cause, there are plenty of places that allow you to not only shop but to make a difference by donating a percentage of your purchase to an eco-cause of your choice.

Green Any Site: Green Any Site (GAS) (shown above), you can easily donate a portion of [...]

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Shop responsibly & donate to an eco-cause

What are the greenhouse gases


For those of you already heavily involved in environmental issues you’ll already know this stuff. However, greenhouse gases can be confusing if you’re new to this. Everyone is all greenhouse this and greenhouse that. Well, here are some basics.

What are greenhouse gases?:
There’s a collection of chemical compounds, both naturally occurring and some man-made, found [...]

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What are the greenhouse gases