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Am I Really Flossing with Teflon?

Most of us think of dental floss as one of those relatively insignificant bathroom products.  A forgotten toothbrush on a trip is always replaced; forgotten floss can wait until we get home.  But the...

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Groovy Green Livin GIVEAWAY and Product Review: Rotorcaps

“In trash we shall find treasure”.  That’s the tagline for a super cool company that recycles bottlecaps collected from Philadelphia bars and transforms them into unique pieces of jewelry.  Rotorcaps...

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RESULTS OF THE ROTORCAPS GIVEAWAY

A big THANK YOU to everyone that entered the ROTORCAPS pendant GIVEAWAY. The contest closed late last night and the random drawing was held-thank you to my husband for his phenomenal random drawing...

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Happy America Recycles Day-Celebrate by Using Less

That’s right; November 15th is America Recycles Day. Since 1997, communities across the country have celebrated this day as a way to raise awareness about the benefits of recycling and buying products...

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Green Battery Guide for the Holidays

This year I had a few goals in mind when buying gifts for my family: Keep it simple Buy gifts without a lot of packaging materials Use my reusable bags as much as possible Try to buy things that don’t...

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10 Ways to Green Up Your Holidays

The Holidays undoubtedly challenge our “greenness”.  Reduce, reuse and recycle can get pushed aside while we succumb to overeating, overspending and overdoing. With some effort it is possible for the...

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Lead Lurking in Reusable Bags

Reusable bags fill many car trunks, swing from the arms of environmentally savvy shoppers and can be seen in countless shopping carts exiting local supermarkets.  They come in all shapes, sizes and...

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20 Quick Ways to Reduce What’s in Your Trash

Every year people get rid of billions of tons of trash. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the average American produces about 4.4 pounds (2 kg) of garbage a day, or a total of 29 pounds...

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Softcup: Green and Reusable

This past week was school vacation week for many families on the east coast. We are big alpine skiers and try to spend our vacations out on the slopes. Although there hasn’t been much snow this season,...

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Give the Gift of a Plastic-Free World By Using Reusable Bags

Reusable bags are where it’s at. Are you in? Have you committed to using reusable bags whenever you can? Making an effort to use reusable bags is a simple change we can all make which will have a big...

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Reduce the Garbage-Switch to a Sustainable Lunch Box

Through August 31, 2010 Kids Konserve is offering Groovy Green Livin readers a 15% discount on all products -just enter the code “groovy” at check out. Wow! It is hard to imagine that children’s...

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Snack Attack-How to Make Healthy Choices for Salty and Sweet Treats

American’s love of sugary and salty snacks is undeniable. The supermarkets are filled with aisle after aisle of snack food choices. According to the Snack Food Association, in a single day (Super Bowl...

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I Love My Baggu-How About You?

Baggus are not just for girly girls-men will love them too! “What is a BAGGU?” you might ask.  Baggu is the “…bag of the future” according to Teen Vogue. It is an eco-friendly and stylish bag (sold in...

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9 Simple Steps to Recycling

This post was written a week or so ago, when it was still hot and sunny in the early morning and I could pull myself out of bed for a workout.  Now that fall has hit it’s not so easy and the early...

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One Click Away From Removing Unwanted Junk Mail from Your Mailbox

Do you come home everyday to find stacks of junk mail and unwanted catalogs in your mailbox?  In our house the junk mail ends up in the recycle bin before coming through the door.  What a waste of...

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Greening Your Apple Picking

After a picture perfect summer in the Northeast, fall is most definitely in the air. Although it is not “officially” here, the days are getting shorter, the nights are cooling off, the air is crisp and...

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Lead Lurking in Reusable Bags

Reusable bags fill many car trunks, swing from the arms of environmentally savvy shoppers and can be seen in countless shopping carts exiting local supermarkets.  They come in all shapes, sizes and...

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20 Quick Ways to Reduce What’s in Your Trash

Every year people get rid of billions of tons of trash. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the average American produces about 4.4 pounds (2 kg) of garbage a day, or a total of 29 pounds...

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Softcup: Green and Reusable

This past week was school vacation week for many families on the east coast. We are big alpine skiers and try to spend our vacations out on the slopes. Although there hasn’t been much snow this season,...

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Give the Gift of a Plastic-Free World By Using Reusable Bags

Reusable bags are where it’s at. Are you in? Have you committed to using reusable bags whenever you can? Making an effort to use reusable bags is a simple change we can all make which will have a big...

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