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IceStone Countertops, A Green Alternative

IceStone is a new alternative kitchen countertop material. It is 75% recycled glass and completely recyclable for your eco-friendly kitchen.

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Marmoleum Flooring:The New Linoleum

Marmoleum flooring is the new floor of choice for people interested in green building materials. You may remember it as linoleum.

4 comments    home environment toxins
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Homemade Toys: Safe, Inexpensive and Wonderful

With the latest recall of over 1.5 million toys by Mattel there is a new concern for the safety of toys. Safe, homemade toys are great gifts and they are classics, having stood the test of time.

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Eco-Friendly Paints: Low-VOC Options for the Environment

Conventional paint has never had a good reputation. It’s smelly, messy, old versions contained lead of all things and over the past decade it’s been tagged as a major indoor air pollutant. Today, thanks to consumer demand for healthier paints that perform, manufacturers are offering low-VOC options that are better people and the environment.

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Eco-Friendly Kids' Rooms

Is it time to create a child friendly as well as eco-friendly kid’s room for your child? Research has shown that kids who grow up in a creative, mentally stimulating environment get higher test scores,...

4 comments    children environment green
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How to take a Drinking Water Sample

Here's a bit of information that can be real helpful if you're in an apartment or if you're a homeowner and you want to take a water sample and have it analyzed. Sometimes folks don't read instructions that...

3 comments    how to water drinking
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Organic Paint For Your Home

The great indoors is three times more polluted than outside. According To EPA Studies, it is considered to be among the 5 top things that are hazardous to humans. That is a scary thought, especially when you...

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EarthBorn Clay Paint is a European paint with no VOCs, and comes in many colors.77

0 VOC Paints for a Greener Living Environment

VOCs are Volatile Organic Compounds that are released into the environment everyday. Greenhouse gasses are made up of VOCs but beyond that, nearly every item in our home releases these toxins into the air we breath. There are two truly 0 VOC paints on the market. Read about them here.

2 comments    health advice home
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How to Colorwash Walls as Cheaply as Possible!

To colorwash walls as cheaply as possible start with quality paint...and then water it down. That's it! You are now going to extend your paint about 3 times. I used a free 2 oz. paint sample to do the two...

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Environmentally Friendly Paint

I've recently moved into a fixer-upper home and my latest renovation project is the little 2nd bathroom on the main floor. As I dithered over my paint colour choices, I started thinking about what kind of...

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