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Plants that improve indoor air quality

Plants that improve indoor air quality

It's easy to see pollution in the air from vehicle exhausts, factories, and power plants. What's not so easy to see, is air pollution in your home, and it may be even worse for your health. Luckily there's a solution, and part of that is a group of common houseplants that will help scrub your ai

Posted bySteveon07.2.2010inSimple Living

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London's Unpackaged Grocery Store Eliminates Wasteful Packaging

London’s Unpackaged Grocery Store Eliminates Wasteful Packaging

Unpackaged, a small grocery store in London England, is operating with a unique concept; sell products without any wasteful packaging. Beginning it's life as a small market stall in 2006 before soon expanding into a full fledged store, Catherine Conway started Unpackaged because she believes the

Posted bySteveon01.21.2010inSimple Living

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5 Beautiful Rain Barrel Designs

5 Beautiful Rain Barrel Designs

Collecting rainwater is a great way to be eco friendly and to reduce your water consumption, but many people turn up their noses at the thought of having a big ugly plastic barrel on their porch.. Well don’t worry; now you can save water without sacrificing style with these 5 beautiful rain ba

Posted bySteveon07.31.2009inSimple Living

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Amazon's 'Kindle' is next step towards paperless culture

Amazon’s ‘Kindle’ is next step towards paperless culture

Earlier this week online giant Amazon.com released a digital reader called the Kindle, a device that has great potential to revolutionize the way we read. While ebook readers aren't new, Amazon's offering brings several new features to the table. Chief among the green features of this device are

Posted bySteveon11.25.2007inBooks, Simple Living, Sustainable Tech

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Pesticides in Produce

Pesticides in Produce

A simulation done by the Environmental Working Group shows that people can lower their pesticide exposure by 90 percent by avoiding the top twelve most contaminated fruits and vegetables and eating the least contaminated instead. Eating the 12 most contaminated fruits and vegetables will expose

Posted bySteveon08.22.2006inSimple Living, Society

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