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Composting Christmas: Put Your Holiday Scraps to Good Use Composting Christmas: Put Your Holiday Scraps to Good Use
When the holidays come to an end, what can you do with your evergreen wreath, decorative pine cones and egg shells from your holiday baking? Learn how to put your holiday scraps to good use with this composting guide from Anna Getty's "I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas."

7 Cool Gifts Made of Recycled Materials to Close the Loop 7 Cool Gifts Made of Recycled Materials to Close the Loop
Recycling is virtuous, but it's only good for the planet if all those bottles and such are made into useful products people want to buy. Here are seven ideas on clever, useful products to give, add to your wish list, and feel good about because they're made of recycled materials -- from glass and plastic bottles to flip-flops!

3 Ways to Give Twice: Creative Ideas for Gifts that Give Back 3 Ways to Give Twice: Creative Ideas for Gifts that Give Back
Happiness doesn't come in a box ... yet nothing beats the feeling of giving an exquisite gift. Behold, 10 double-happiness gifts that also give a world of compassion. Get ideas and our top picks for gifts that support vital causes, fair wages and inventive recycling or repurposing of discarded materials.

Top 10 Green Gift Wrap Ideas Top 10 Green Gift Wrap Ideas
The most brilliant ways to wrap your gifts, in merry and bright eco-friendly alternatives to single-use wrapping paper.


Blogs

Cheryl Terrace

Room Resolutions: Decluttering & Redecorating Ideas for the New Year

Try eco-decorator Cheryl Terrace's top three ideas to lighten up your home for the new year — and get great ...

Annie B. Bond

Do Natural Window Cleaners Work?

Don't think eco-friendly natural window cleaners really work? Gotten streaks when you've tried them in the past? Try these nontoxic ...

Ginny Figlar Colón

3 Places Where Germs Survive a Typical Spring Cleaning

These three little jobs target germs that congregate in places that don't make the spring cleaning list.


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Compost A to Z: Complete Guide to Composting

Flush the Poo, Not the Planet

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Childcare Centers Going Green: A Guide for Parents

Earth Day Around the World: Celebrations to Inspire You

Accidentally Eco: Cheap and Lazy Is the New Green

9 Money-Saving Green Steps You Can Take in as Little as 10 Minutes

How to Program a Digital Thermostat to Slash Utility Bills

50 Ways to Reuse Your Yoga or Fitness Mat

10 Most Important Ways to Be a Virtuous Consumer

Dryer Sheets or Fabric Softener: Which Is Greener?

Nice Day for a Green Wedding: How 5 Couples Did It + Resource Guide

NRDC Publishes Green Scorecard for Tissue & Paper Towel Brands

Healthy Halloween! 5 Tips + 3 Recipes

Gaiam Media

How to Make Compost How to Make Compost

John Schaeffer from Gaiam Real Goods shows you how to make compost at home — even in the city.

Why Compost? Why Compost?

Tom Szaky, CEO of organic fertilizer company Terracycle, on why composting is a win-win for every American.

Happier You, Cooler Planet Happier You, Cooler Planet

Global Brain author Peter Russell explains one way to change your happiness quotient and your eco footprint.


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