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Women as Greenfluencers Part 4: Crafting

The craft revolution has taken our generation by storm. In the last few years, crafting became seriously cool. Just check out CRAFT.com, Etsy.com, the success of Ravelry.com, the popularity of Stitch ‘N Bitch groups, and so on, and you’ll see that crafting is some serious stuff. It’s also a hobby (or obsession) comprised mainly of [...]

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Paint Headaches and Toxins: A Safer Alternative

You know the smelly paint fumes that go hand-in-hand with the headaches and dizziness that soon follow after slapping a fresh coat of color on your walls? Yeah, that stench comes from chemicals that are used to create paint, toxins that can affect your health even years after you have finished your do-it-yourself project. But there are [...]

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The Greening of Summer Music Festivals

Some of the biggest music festivals this summer are gaining notoriety not only for their concert lineups, but for the sustainable practices that will be implemented during the events. Recycling concert goers’ garbage, using recycled paper, and banning the use of Styrofoam by food vendors are some of the many steps Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, [...]

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Wildfires

I read this article about a wildfire in California that threatens homes near Yosemite. I keep on thinking, why don’t we build upwards in the city? People building too close to the wilderness will always be threatened by wildfires. Every time I hear about these fires, I think about this line that line [...]

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Project Green-way

On last week’s episode of Project Runway (which Bravo seems to have on heavy rotation and should be easily re-watchable), the contestants were challenged to create a “green” cocktail dress. Designers were instructed to use materials that are environmentally conscious and derived from natural materials. As a result, most pieces were constructed from organic cotton [...]

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Going Vegetarian Isn’t The Whole Story

While visiting all of my favorite green haunts on the web today, I took an interesting quiz to measure my carbon emissions. Created by the Global Footprint Network, ecofoot  gives you a cute little avatar and asks a series of questions to determine how much of an impact you make on the environment. I was surprised [...]

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