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Greening Your Outdoor Furniture

There is a lot of focus on indoor air quality these days and greening everything from fixtures to finishes to furnishings. The same principles of eco-conscious, socially responsible and non-toxic content can...

0 comments    home house home decor
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Folk Remedies For Heartburn

Apart from the practical ways given above for fighting heartburning, there are many natural and folk remedies that work wonders. Many people are quite skeptical about these remedies, but there are individuals...

0 comments    health how to food
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Greening Your Kitchen

The first home I purchased was a small condo with a tiny kitchen. Despite being the most space limited room in the house it always filled up with visitors who strolled right past comfy couches only to lean against ugly countertops. The reality is that people spend a lot of time indoors and most of our waking hours in the kitchen so the greener it is the better.

1 comment    home house green living
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Biodegradable Pots and Planters

When not recycled or reused, plastics are a major contributor to landfills accounting for up to 25%. Conventional petro-based products use up precious resources, contaminate the environment and interrupt natural processes. In the past, this has posed an eco-dilemna for gardeners who rely on planters for starting plants and growing seedlings. Today, biodegradable pots offer earth friendly options.

4 comments    home pet garden
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How your job and your neighborhood’s “Walkscore” affects your ability to walk 10,000 steps per day

Walking is the most natural form of exercise for humans. Some walk for exercise, while others walk just to live and work. Either way, when you measure how far you walk every day you get a sense of the relative healthfulness of your life.

3 comments    health exercise walking
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Sparkling Sponge

Microbe, a micro-organism, especially a disease producing bacterium – Gage Canadian Dictionary A environment with moisture, specks of food and places to multiply is a paradise for germs. This is what...

5 comments    health home environment
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Turn Your Lazy Internet Into A Healthy Business

Do you need your significant others permission to start your own on line home based business? Or are you alone and you got,"The lazy Internet Blues"? More and more people are just hanging out on line all...

2 comments    family how to friends
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Green Decking Options

Outdoor living spaces often become the favorite “rooms” of the house because they lend themselves to seasonal traditions and festivities. From enjoying summer BBQs to a quiet swing in the...

1 comment    home environment home improvement
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Why Go Green And What To Use To Clean The Get Clean Healthy Home Kits contains a nifty array of practical solutions;

http://totalhealth.mysite.com/ :-) As I've mentioned before, I've been a steady user of the distilled white vinegar/baking soda/salt/lemon approach to cleaning for many years. But I recently decided to try...

0 comments    health cleaning mother earth
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Slow-Release Fertilizers: Better Buy for the Money & the Environment

It can be a bit overwhelming to shop for garden fertilizer these days. There are endless products to choose from that all seem to promise bigger and better results. When looking for the best buy, remember this basic gardening principle: you can’t rush Mother Nature. You’ll find that slow-release fertilizers are made with this in mind.

0 comments    home gardening garden
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