Recycle Your Clothes? It's Easier Than You Think.
You've probably been recycling your clothes for years, though you may not think of it that way. But every time you donate your worn shoes, outdated dresses, and old blouses to the Salvation Army or Goodwill, each time yo

House Cleaning? Use a Fly Swatter, Not a Sledge Hammer
  The way we're being told to clean our homes these days, you'd think we were all living in breeding grounds for small pox, typhoid fever, leprosy, or some other awful disease that practically kills on contact. We're not. We ARE living in a world that we share with billions of "germs," most of which are perfectly harmless. In fact, many docto

Environmental S.O.S. For Water-Soluble, Biodegradable Bottle Caps
OK, all you entrepreneurs, scientists, techno-twits, and geeks - let alone captains of industry who are looking for a way to make an honest-to-goodness difference. Take another look at these photos of baby birds that are dying because they're eating plastic bottl

The Environmental Tragedy of Plastic
It's easy to overlook the environmental impact of plastic when it's so convenient to just throw it away. But as these photos by photographer Chris Johnson shows, there's no "away." A lot of what we think we've safely disposed of ends up in a huge, tox

Organic Vodka & "Green" Gin
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