Entries from December 1969 ↓

Nature of the Yeast

Want naturally healthier popcorn? - Top it with some nutritional yeast. At its core, one of our fave condiments is great for your health since it packs in necessary B-vitamins and satisfies…

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Biters of Hazard

Where can you find the dukes of hazardous chems? - They're a quick ride in the General Lee away. Take potentially dangerous chems - from antifreeze to pesticides - to a nearby…

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Perspire Desire - Fitness Week

Spend more time thinking about your hot boot camp instructor than your workout clothes? - Hel-lo? It's unlikely you'll get anywhere near his medicine balls wearing sweatpants from…

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Super Biters - Fitness Week

It's a bird…it's a plane…it's… - …superfood. Spandex onesie or not, drinking superhealthy superfoods such as açai and kombucha will get you a little closer to…

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Helmet Hair Day - Fitness Week

What's worse than the cowlick you get from protective headgear? - Global warming - by a hair. If you can get past the untamable 'do issues, this Friday is National Bike to Work Day,…

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Behind Bars - Fitness Week

Does your energy bar taste like it came from the prison cafeteria? - Yum, yum. We've never been to prison, but if we did go, the things we'd most like to have there with us would be: 1)…

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Take It Outside - Fitness Week

Wanna fight off waste and weight gain at the same time? - There's a better solution than kicking the treadmill every day. Hang up your gym membership and try getting your exercise outside to…

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Your Civic Duty

Got stimulus package money to burn? - Uncle Sam wants YOU…to spend, spend, spend. As the Biter patriot you are, consider blowing that $300-$1,200 wad on an eco-investment to stimulate…

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Your Civic Duty

Got stimulus package money to burn? - Uncle Sam wants YOU…to spend, spend, spend. As the Biter patriot you are, consider blowing that $300-$1,200 wad on an eco-investment to stimulate…

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Nipple Sips

Get a peek at the type of plastic in your baby's bottle? - It's an eyeful you'd probably rather avoid. Unfortch, many baby and adult water bottles are made from plastic that contains…

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The Art of Eco-Gastronomy

Ever seen da Vinci's "The Last Supper"? - Then you know food can be art. And that's what the founders of Slow Food International - a nonprofit devoted to bringing…

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Long Time No C

Wanna C someone you probably haven't seen in a while? - C a renewed you - just dab on some eco vitamin-C personal care products for fresher skin in no time. You'll C what we…

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Fire Extinguisher

Think you need a big, strong firefighter to put out your blaze? - Nope - you can handle it just fine. Switching off the pilot light on your fireplace or furnace during warm summer months will…

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Here’s Two Moms!

Are two "World's Best Mom" mugs better than one? - Sure, if you've got lesbian parents. But no matter which way Mom swings, you can do better than a rainbow-emblazoned…

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Playing Computer Limbo

How low can you go? - Pretty low if you're talking PC energy, it turns out. The newest computers on the market are also the greenest computers on the market as more manufacturers decided to…

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A Wine-Wine Situation

Who loses when it comes to organic wine? - (As if we'd ever write a tip bashing wine.) Both you and the planet win, hands-down, when you choose biodynamic or organic versions of your…

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Here Comes the Grooming

Are you walking down the beauty aisle? - Say "I Do" to greener styling tools. Getting hitched to eco-friendlier beauty instruments is a piece of three-tiered cake with…

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Scrap Happy

How can yesterday's table scraps feed hundreds? - Of worms, that is. Easy: Compost your organic waste and use the soil for your garden or houseplants for smiles all around.

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Band Aid

Is your fave musician on the cutting edge? - The cutting edge of green, that is. Increasingly, the answer is yes - performers and music fest organizers are eco-fying their acts by carbon…

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Gray Matters

Water waste making you insane in the brain? - H2-no, if you're reusing bath, kitchen, or laundry water, so consider hooking up a system that directs gently used water (called gray water)…

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Dried-up Old Prunes

Are wrinkles always a bad thing? - Of crease not. Just look at organic dried fruit, which lets you taste nature's candy all year round - plus, the healthy antioxidants it packs might even…

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Bite: the Big Ones

What were the biggest bites of early 2008? - So far this year, we've tipped topics from water heaters to weed-eating goats. You nibbled, snacked, and occasionally feasted on a few -…

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Water Cooler Effect

Wanna talk office politics? - You could start a rainforest rally next to the coffee stirrers, or you could just post our Top 10 Easiest Ways to Green Your Office in the break room bulletin board….

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Shake a Stick at Odor - Spring Cleaning Week

Got a stink that won't let you unplug your nose? - No need to "plug-it-in, plug-it-in." Instead, hit that stink with a stick: reed aromatherapy diffusers,…

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Dirty Laundry - Spring Cleaning Week

Are all laundry products as clean as they seem? - We wish. Many contain ingredients you don't usually want anywhere near your personal affairs (animal tallow, anyone?). Try our fave goods to…

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Hot, Steamy, and Heavy-duty - Spring Cleaning Week

Why are our windows all fogged up? - Oh, that's just our steam carpet cleaner. If your carpet matches your mind - it's dirty - avoid noxious spray carpet-cleaner chems, and…

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Maid to Order - Spring Cleaning Week

Want a cleaning service specially tailored to Biters? - Order in a green maid. It's as easy as phoning up a local service, or asking your current one to use green cleaning products that you…

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Rub It Out - Spring Cleaning Week

Is it gonna take more than elbow grease to de-grime your place? - Sounds like you need an eco-cleanie in a bottle. Our top picks for every kind of home cleaning will help freshen up your…

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Quack Us Up

Oink you craving some fuzzy love without the long-term commitment? - Say "cluck you" to euthanasia. Moo-ve your butt and volunteer at a farm sanctuary - a safe haven…

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White Picket Picketing

Wanna cross the white picket line? - Go on, be a scab. Hedge the white picket fence and go for a living one - a natural wall for privacy around your yard made from live shrubs, trees, or…

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