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How does one middle class midwestern family live an eco-friendly, locally-supportive, globally-conscious lifestyle? So many options and so many are contradictory (globally aware but not especially green, green but not locally supportive, locally supportive but not globally-conscious). What to do, what to do?

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Midwest Green · 1M ago

A Blissmo Bonanza!

Once again I have been single-handedly stimulating the economy and keeping FedEx, UPS, and the postal service in business. It has been a Blissmo kind of week. I talked about Blissmo here. Long story short, I get a monthly box of eco-friendly goodies and e-mail offers on other good stuff. I’m a born

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Midwest Green · 1M ago

Bathroom Renovation: Green paint–green job?

The bathroom renovation is done – nearly – as I type this the door is off and still not painted. But I think doors on bathrooms are overrated. Actually, I just think that given I have no time now but will have more in about a month that the door may have to wait a [...]

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Midwest Green · 2M ago

Spring Break– I need to go to work to rest

I’m on Spring Break from my academic job – and I’m exhausted! When last I posted we were in the middle of the bathroom redo. We still are. The plumbers are 99% done – a part was missing from the faucet set for the sink, and a couple other plumbing niceties are needed to make [...]

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Midwest Green · 2M ago

Another Adventure in Home Improvement

It was clearly designed in another era, perhaps another planet. It was a bathroom with shag carpeting. Zebra-striped shag carpeting. I’m sure it looked snazzy in its day, especially with the black tub, black sink and black toilet (which was a little scary for toddlers and adults alike). The car

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Midwest Green · 4M ago

The Tale of the Missing Rooster

In 2006 we did a major kitchen renovation. I was very picky about the details and found the hardware for the cabinets online at D Lawless Hardware. I think I was shy one knob so I needed a 2nd order. One knob was going to cost about $1.22, but shipping was going to be $10.75. [...]

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Midwest Green · 6M ago

Happy Recycling Day

Today, November 15th, is America Recycles Day (which apparently follows National Recycling Week – who knew?). It makes no nevermind to me because everyday is recycling day in my world. What I wanted to share, however, was this very neat, very informative, info-graphic from reusethisbag.com.

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Midwest Green · 6M ago

An Oily Taste in My Mouth

It has been just over 18 months since the Deepwater Horizon accident and it seems that everywhere I turn I hear or see another BP or BP sponsored advertisement. First I started seeing these videos on my desktop Weather Channel gadget, videos about the employees at BP. Then it was the Gulf coast to

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Midwest Green · 7M ago

Bliss with Blissmo

Somewhere I stumbled over blissmo and blissmobox. Blissmo offers organic and eco-friendly products at substantial discount (there is a special every couple of weeks). I’ve ordered a couple of items. One I can’t talk about because it’ll be someone’s Christmas present, the other was a %50 discount f

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Midwest Green · 7M ago

Stamping in a greener world

I mail decreasing numbers of envelopes now that I do most of my bill paying online. Still, every now and again I need stamps. These stamps called right out to me! They are the USPS Go Green (forever) stamps. I like to think they mean that we should go green forever, but really it just [...]

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Midwest Green · 7M ago

1978 musical – Seein’ the Light

Got 15 minutes? Check out this industrial film from 1978 made for Allied Chemical. It’s a pro energy-conservation bit. It’s amazingly timely. (and I think I had her haircut in 1978).

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