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A green way to treat cold sores

A green way to treat cold sores

We can chalk another green remedy to tea bags and honey. Yes, they can help soothe sore throats, and the tea can help with dark circles while honey helps blemishes and wounds. But they can also help with cold sores.

New place to e-cycle!

New place to e-cycle!

It's always a pain when you have to recycle an old computer battery, cell phone or another gadget, because it can be hard to find a place to recycle them correctly and (if you're like me) for free. Now there's a new option -- Staples!

Green ways to alleviate allergies

Green ways to alleviate allergies

It's allergy season. At least it is in our neck of the woods. My allergies are pretty much year round, but they get worse at the start of Spring and Fall. Here are some things I do to cut down on my allergic reactions.

Earth Hour is coming up

Earth Hour is coming up

Earth Hour is next week, March 31st at 8:30 p.m. Last year more than 5,200 cities participated in Earth Hour by turning off their lights. Earth Hour started in Australia in 2007 as a way to show that we can change the world. Since then, it's popularity has exploded all over the world.

Sealing up the bath/shower combo

Sealing up the bath/shower combo

This is another part in the continuing series on making our almost 60-year-old home more energy efficient. The main reason for our energy audit was the temperature in our nursery. In the winter, it was so much colder in there than the rest of the house. While in the summer, it was a lot warmer. Apparently, our master bathroom was the problem.

Free entrance to National Parks

20 April 2012

I'm not sure if it's in honor of Earth Day, but this weekend, you can get free admission to national parks. If the weather is agreeable, it would be a fun, free and green excursion!

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Free canvas bag at Target on April 22nd

18 April 2012

More green freebies in honor of Earth Day! Target stores will give out 1.5 million canvas bags to customers on April 22nd. If you're one of the first 250,000, you will also get a bag full of green freebies! I'm trying to highlight the green deals I'm seeing in honor of Earth Day this year. Please let me know if I'm missing any!

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Free tree at Lowe’s on April 23rd

17 April 2012

Lowe's is giving away 1 million trees in honor of Earth Day! Just go to a participating Lowe's on April 23rd to pick yours up.

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Another use for baking soda!

26 March 2012

Last week, I read an interesting green/money-saving tip in one of my mom's magazines. It recommended mixing a little baking soda with your facial cleanser to make a non-abrasive scrub.

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Replacing air vent filters

14 March 2012

This is part of a continuing series on ways we're updating our almost 60-year-old house following the recommendations of a home energy audit. We've made several easy, and mostly affordable fixes so far. One of the easiest was replacing the filter on our air vent.

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James Hansen talks about climate change

08 March 2012

Climate scientist James Hansen, who co-authored a paper in 1981 about climate change, recently spoke out about the importance of blocking the Keystone XL Pipeline.

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Prepping for duct work – surprisingly easy

20 February 2012

We had a home energy audit done a couple of weeks ago, and have been tackling the projects in the list provided. Luckily for us, we are able to do most of the repairs to our almost 60-year-old home by ourselves. Our ducts were apparently a mess. We didn't know anything about ducts, but I'm sure with the various updates over the years, our ductwork took a beating.

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