August 2010

Cloth Diapers: Safe for Baby

August 29, 2010

Even if you’re not worried about the impact of disposable diapers on the environment (18 billion go into landfills every year…and they’re not biodegradable), or you don’t mind paying upwards of a thousand dollars a year for the pleasure of throwing them away, perhaps you would be interested to know that the diapers you are so happily tossing in the trash could be harmful to your child

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How to Green Your Garage

August 13, 2010

An interest in eco-friendly pursuits has no doubt led you down a number of paths where your home is concerned. Perhaps you have installed a recycling center complete with color coded cans for every conceivable product that can be re-used in some way. Or maybe you have chosen to forego traditional means of energy in exchange for non-polluting sources like solar or wind.

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The Benefits of a Green (Eco-Friendly) Roof for Your Home

August 11, 2010

As we slowly, yet continually, deplete our world’s natural resources, we should begin to attempt to adjust our lifestyles to find newer, environmentally friendlier ways to live. Who knows what the world of tomorrow will look like for our children if we don’t start taking care of the world of today. The Green Revolution reevaluates every single thing we do, from grocery shopping to the cars we choose to drive to building new homes, in order to do just that.

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Major Health Benefits Associated with Having and Maintaining a GREEN Home

August 4, 2010

“Going green” has typically meant bringing mindfulness to our habits with an eye to their effects on our water, land and air. “Treading lightly on the earth” meant doing what we could to lessen the environmental violence of human beings on the planet. Still, unless they had an asthmatic child, many people have never stopped to think what green household changes should be made to protect themselves and their loved ones. Today, with health care costs skyrocketing and the population living longer, it’s important to take steps to green our homes for the sake of our own and our families’ health.

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An Eco-Friendly Room for Your Child

August 1, 2010

How can you teach them about sustainability and instill them with an environmental consciousness when the fabrics that fill their rooms are part of an ongoing process that pollutes the planet with harmful pesticides and fertilizers? Don’t even get started on their toys! It’s a lot to worry about, but luckily there are a lot of products available for the green parent on the prowl for an eco-friendly kid’s room.