Green Living and Doing the Dishes

How to Do the Dishes the Green, Healthy Way
I know what you're thinking. Dish washing. She's writing about how to do the dishes. Why? Because there a safer, greener, healthier ways to do dishes. And washing dishes in a dishwasher is necessarily the most environmentally friendly method.
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Boxed Water is Better than Bottled Water in Plastic

Boxed Water Vs. Plastic Water Bottles: Green, Sustainable, Renewable, Recycled Products
Last year, when my family attended Festival of the Arts in Grand Rapids we discovered a nifty green alternative to disposable plastic water bottles: boxed water. Boxed Water is Better packages drinking water in paper cartons.
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Safe, Natural Healthy Green Spring Cleaning Kit

Natural Green Spring Cleaning Products Supply Kit
Spring cleaning=green. Or it should. Often, spring cleaning puts a drain on the environment with the use of toxic chemicals, cleansers and products. Want to create your own healthy, safe, green, eco-friendly cleaning kit? Here's an inexpensive recipe.
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Green Spring Cleaning: Eco-Friendly Stain Prevention and Removal

Green Eco-Friendly Stain Prevention and Removal: Blood, Wine, Tomato Sauce, Chocolate
The best way to treat stains is to prevent stains from taking hold in fabric. Green, eco-friendly stain prevention and removal involves using less earth-invasive techniques. Here are green tips for blood, chocolate, tomato sauce, wine and grass stains.
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Green Household Maintenance: 3M Scotchgard Product Review

Spring Cleaning Tips: 3M Scotchgard Fabric Protector Now Environmentally Friendly
3M Scotchgard is a fabric spray protector. Scotchgard was a household name when I was a kid. To 'Scotchgard' became a verb meaning to spray with Scotchgard to protect the fabric. Scotchgard is now made with environmenally friendly formula.
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Green Health and Nutrition Tip: Sprouts and Seed Sprouter

Healthy Vegan Cooking with Alfalfa, Broccoli, Soybean, Radish, Clover and Onion Sprouts
Lady Greenwise's healthy green tip of the day: grow your own sprouts and add them to soups, salads, sandwiches and slaws for a crunchy, healthy, burst of nutrition. Recipes and sprouting suggestions included.
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The Complete Home-owners Guide to Recycle, Reuse, Reduce, Repair, Re-Sell and Remove

Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Re-Sell, Remove
Eco-friendly ways to clean your home, purge your things and help the environments. Green tips for complete household purge and clean-up
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'Green' Toy Companies and Childrens' Products

Best Toy Companies and Reasonably Priced Toy Products for Childrens' Gifts
Most of us are counting our pennies. When we buy a kids gift, we want it to be creative, well-made and enjoyable. Some product and toy manufacturer's have a better reputation than others. Here are 'quality for price' gifts for kids.
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AVG Anti-Virus Software Review: Free Download

AVG Anti-Virus Anti-Spyware Software Review
In six years, I've gone from computer illiterate to repairing and maintaining my own computers. Everything I learned has been through trial and error. I've used many software programs. AVG Anti-virus software has given the best performance.
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Safe Driving Habits: Driving in Ice, Snow and Winter Weather

Driving Your Vehicle in Snow, Ice and Winter Weather
This year marks my 30th year of driving a Michigan winter. And many of those wintery, icy roads were driven in a less than ideal vehicle, especially in the college years. Driving on snowy, icy roads or in blowing snow takes certain skills.
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