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I love Halloween but every year I find planning the perfect costume (or costumes if you have little ones) to be expensive, time-consuming and often wasteful. So this year I plan to create an absolutely free but no less dramatic costume by practicing an inherent green living practice: reusing! By following these five simple tips, [...]

You’d be hard-pressed to find a bag that’s more eco-friendly and sustainable than the Nature Bag. Highly minimalistic and biodegradable, Nature Bags are made from a plant called tropical kudzu, a type of trailing vine. Members of the Khmu tribe in Northern Laos (a landlocked country in Southeastern Asia) make the bags through the Lao [...]

You’d be hard-pressed to find a bag that’s more eco-friendly and sustainable than the Nature Bag. Highly minimalistic and biodegradable, Nature Bags are made from a plant called tropical kudzu, a type of trailing vine. Members of the Khmu tribe in Northern Laos (a landlocked country in Southeastern Asia) make the bags through the Lao [...]

1. Recycle Religiously – We know, it’s been said a million times before but home offices can be particularly deceiving when it comes to recycling. Since the average home office has just one wastebasket, everything – from paper scraps to old batteries to plastic water bottles – often gets thrown in it. Having a handful [...]

Household tools that actually work rarely come greener than Casabella’s Eclipse Cleaning System. A space-saving system that combines eco-friendliness with innovation and smart design, the Eclipse system is comprised of a lightweight aluminum pole, a bucket and three interchangeable heads for wet and dry cleaning: an angled broom, a microfiber sponge mop and a curbed [...]

I’m a big fan of the color blue and my Macbook (as a freelance writer, I rarely leave home without it). Subsequently, I was thrilled when GreenSmart requested MEH review one of their eco-friendly laptop sleeves. Not only was I (conveniently) in the market for a new one, the sleeve looked stylish and durable – [...]

With the ever-growing buzz of green living reaching fever pitch, it comes as no surprise that there are those hoping to cash in on the trend. Case in point: there are many companies – large and small – that have adopted a false eco-spin in hopes to sway consumers and boost profits. So how can [...]

All around the country millions of children (and their ecstatic parents) are gearing up for another school year to begin. For many, back-to-school is synonymous with buying “stuff”; from school supplies to shoes, it’s time to restock on everything the kids will need for the upcoming year. Lest you think being green and back-to-school shopping [...]

As concerns of global warming mount, there’s a collective outcry among environmentalists and the public to find more energy-efficient power sources. For years, coal has been a primary energy source but recently, renewable energy sources have provided a viable alternative. What is Renewable Energy? A renewable energy source is one that is self-sustaining, such as geothermal energy, [...]

A vegan diet is one that excludes the consumption of any animal products, including meat, eggs, and dairy products. In addition, some vegans also do not consume any foods processed using animal products (for instance, bone char is often used in processing refined white sugar). Vegan diets tend to be inherently green, since they rely heavily [...]