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Secondhand Shopping Smarts To Keep You From Bugging Out

One of my favorite ways to live greener is also at the very essence of frugality – shopping secondhand. From designer consignment to flea market…

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Support Bill to Ban BPA in Baby Products

Thanks to my friends at PennFuture for the heads up on this new BPA bill being proposed in Pennsylvania. New research from the University of…

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More Eco-Friendly Beach Essentials

While working on my eco-friendly beach essentials segment for NBC, I was pleasantly inundated with amazing new products I wanted to feature! Unfortunately, I only…

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Trading Down: When Safer Isn’t Really So

In Sunday’s Philadelphia Inquirer, Greenspace columnist Sandy Baurs wrote about how in an attempt to fireproof foam products, manufacturers have been exposing babies and children…

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Green Party Favors on NBC 10

From my post a few weeks back on eco-friendly party favor options, here is the segment from NBC Philadelphia’s “10 Show” today. Do you have…

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It’s My Party and I’ll Give What I Want To – Eco Party Favor Ideas

As a not-so-perfect green mom, I try not to be critical of other people’s choices. In fact, part of my imperfection is a bit of a…

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Crazy Crayons Give New Life to Old Crayons

Remember that segment on Sesame Street where they go to the Crayola factory? As kids we watched with wonder as millions of shiny new crayons…

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Was Plastic Better In The 70s?

According to a new study, most plastics — even those marked BPA-free — leach hormone-like chemicals. It’s a worrisome finding, as it’s probably easier to…

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IKEA – I Think I Love You?

Trying to live sustainably and ethically, I’ve tried to shy away from big-box retailers. I’m certainly not immune to lure of a Target shopping spree…

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