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Do ecards and the Sunday comics an eco-holiday make? - No(el). Don't get us wrong - old copies of Bizarro make great wrapping paper, but if you occasionally need something a wee bit…



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• Investments Opportunities to Make Money

• Deals Sunday River Maine Skiing Vacation

Continue reading → Yule Save Trees

What's better than a screw…cap on your wine bottle? - A sustainable (cork)screw. Cork forests are endangered, but surprisingly, if we opt for wine with real corks instead of the newer…

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• Wine Modern 1900-Now Bottles Bottles Insulators Collectibles

• Wine Chillers Cellars Refrigerators Freezers Major Appliances

Continue reading → Tight and On Top

Wanna go green with your littl'un and avoid money- and time-sucks too? - Nurse yourself with the new, daily Mama Bite. Let all your friends who are expecting, or already have babies…

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• Nurse Womens Shoes

• Bottle Caps Breweriana, Beer Collectibles

Continue reading → Message in a Bottle

Wanna go green with your littl'un and avoid money- and time-sucks too? - Nurse yourself with the new, daily Mama Bite. Let all your friends who are expecting, or already have babies…

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• Nurse Womens Shoes

• Bottle Caps Breweriana, Beer Collectibles

Continue reading → Message in a Bottle

What enrages you most about dry cleaning? - From those damn hangers to toxins, there's a lot to choose from. Try avoiding Dry Clean Only labels and choose a greener cleaner to please your…

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• Stands Hangers Musical Instruments

• Clean Romance Books

Continue reading → No…Wire…Hangers…Ever

Are you debating whether to replace your kitchen surfaces? - Try rebutting this: Green countertops look great, have no known health risks (unlike granite's radiation), and incorporate…

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• Health Beauty Advertising Collectibles

• Medicines, First Aid Health Beauty Advertising Collectibles

Continue reading → Counter(top) Argument

Is your gas getting "jacked"? - If you don't ditch that body in the trunk (or anything else you don't need), it is. Take unnecessary stuff outta your car to make it more…

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• Grand, Baby Grand Piano Musical Instruments

• Racing-Auto Game Used Memorabilia Sports Collectibles

Continue reading → Grand Theft Auto?

Does a glance at your electricity bills make your voice go falsetto? - Chill. Just reduce your fridge's energy use - easy with our five fridge energy tips. Should be music to your ears.
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• Energy Star Ceiling Fans Home Lighting

• Energy Saving Light Bulbs Home Lighting

Continue reading → Cold Play

Is your complexion repeating high school? - Break out. Whether you're dealing with just the occasional zit or an everyday issue, there's no need for harsh chems. Instead, try products…

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• High School Romance Books

• High School Romance Audio Books

Continue reading → Facing Teen Angst

It's that time of the year again: What would Martha Stewart do? - She'd leave the tacky PVC holiday yard decorations at Kmart. Bring in the cheer with natural pieces (such as wreaths and…

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• New Year Holiday, Seasonal Collectibles

• Decorations Vintage Pre-1960 Halloween Holiday, Seasonal Collectibles

Continue reading → Martha’s in the House

Wanna zzz on safer pillows? - Say night-night on eco-versions. Sleep on pillows made from nonpetrol, humane materials such as natural rubber latex - and come tomorrow AM you'll be…

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• Pillows Textiles, Linens Antiques

• Pillows, Throws Cat-Domestic Animals Collectibles

Continue reading → Sleep On It - Get Cozy Week

Wanna slipper into something even cozier than your date's letterman jacket? - Take off your shoes, and get comfy in socks and slippers made from eco-materials - just the thing for…

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• Swamp Thing Superhero Modern Age 1980-Now Comics Collectibles

• Aerosoles Womens Shoes

Continue reading → Sock (’n Slipper) Hop - Get Cozy Week

Wanna control your dependence on hot chocolate? - No need to curb cravings if you've got fair-trade, organic cocoa lined up. It'll warm your body, ease your conscience, and maybe even…

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• Cocoa, Baking Chocolate Bakery, Baking Food Restaurant Advertising Collectibles

• Body Lotions Bath Body Store

Continue reading → Cocoa Addict - Get Cozy Week

Tired of getting shocked by your electric blankie? - It’s not the only reason electric blankets make our hair stand on end - they also produce electric and magnetic fields (EMFs)…

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• Lamps Electric Lamps, Lighting Collectibles

• Lamps Non-Electric Lamps, Lighting Collectibles

Continue reading → Shockingly Warm - Get Cozy Week

What if your thermostat just let you sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride? - You'd spend a lot less time twiddling knobs. Install a programmable thermostat to automatically use less A/C or…

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• Time Travel Romance Books

• Time Travel Romance Audio Books

Continue reading → Thermo Autopilot - Get Cozy Week

Are you voting green? - You are if you car pool to the polls. Assuming it's too far to walk, organize a carpool for next Tuesday with coworkers or friends, so nobody, er, forgets to vote, and…

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• Walk-Behind Mowers Lawnmowers Yard, Garden Outdoor Living

• Ken Same-Size Friends Friends Family Barbie Contemporary 1973-Now Dolls Dolls Bears

Continue reading → Carpolling (No, Not a Typo)

Wanna Earn(hardt) major green points? - Ready, set, go bio. If you gotta use disposable plate ware and utensils, opt for biodegradable options (often made from corn or sugarcane), and compost…

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• Plate Blocks Multiples Australia Stamps

• Engines, Multi-Purpose Outdoor Power Equipment Yard, Garden Outdoor Living

Continue reading → Starch Your Engines

Scary-high organic food prices freaking you out? - They're def enough to give you chills, so if you've only got a little extra to spend on organics, put it toward the produce items…

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• II Attack of the Clones Star Wars Science Fiction Collectibles

• Food Restaurant Advertising Collectibles

Continue reading → Attack of the Killer Tomatoes?

Wanna make(up) like a coal digger's daughter? - Smudge on some minerals. Eco-mineral makeup gives a natural glow - not a synthetic one. No pickaxe necessary.

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• My Minerals Eye Shadow Makeup Store

• Tru Minerals Sets Kits Makeup Store

Continue reading → Miner’s Mug

What drug habit do we all need to break? - The habit of chucking unused medication. When we flush meds down drains or send them to landfills, they can make their way into rivers and even drinking…

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• Drug Store Retail Establishments Advertising Collectibles

• Flush Mount Chandeliers Home Lighting

Continue reading → Controlling Substances

What drug habit do we all need to break? - The habit of chucking unused medication. When we flush meds down drains or send them to landfills, they can make their way into rivers and even drinking…

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• Drug Store Retail Establishments Advertising Collectibles

• Flush Mount Chandeliers Home Lighting

Continue reading → Controlling Substances

Want a wallet that doesn't look like Bull? - Rather than grin and Bear it, opt for a new eco wallets - made with materials such as recycled leather, they're now lining Biter pockets…

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• Leather Handbags

• Leather Womens Shoes

Continue reading → Wallet Street

Is it OK to bat your trash into the toilet? - Stee-rike. Keep your plumbing and the Earth cleaner by pitching stuff you might think is flushable into the garbage can instead (flushing it just…

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• Toilets, Toilet Seats Bidets Bathroom Plumbing Fixtures Home Improvement

• Garbage Disposals Kitchen Plumbing Fixtures Home Improvement

Continue reading → A Winning Pitch

Drawing a blank when it comes to greening your gourd? - Smarten up with our carved-pumpkin plan. From lighting it up with beeswax candles (rather than oil-based ones) to…

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• Pumpkins, Jack-O-Lanterns Contemporary 1960-Now Halloween Holiday, Seasonal Collectibles

• Paper Lanterns Lamps Home Lighting

Continue reading → Don’t Know Jack(-o’-lanterns)

Drying off with threadbare towels? - Quit. Give 'em up for new, eco-friendlier ones made from bamboo and organic cotton. When it comes to getting you dry and cozy, they are the winners.
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• Towels Accessories Golf

• Towels Breweriana, Beer Collectibles

Continue reading → Throwing in the Towels

Too scared of germs to take public transit? - No need to freak. Yep, buses, trains, streetcars, and subways harbor plenty of bacteria, but keeping your hands clean using our techniques below…

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• Public Timetables Paper Railroadiana, Trains Transportation Collectibles

• Buses, Taxi Cabs Transportation Collectibles

Continue reading → Taking the Fright Train

Is your cash (not to mention electricity) evaporating every time you wash the dishes? - Not if you turn off your dishwasher's drying cycle. Just flip a switch and watch energy savings come…

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• Dishwashers Built-In Dishwashers Major Appliances

• Dishwashers Portable Dishwashers Major Appliances

Continue reading → Breaking the Cycle - $avings Week

Would your parents disapprove of your workday lunch costs? - Don't crash your motorcycle over it. Just try bringing your lunch in reusable containers a couple times a week to conserve cash…

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• Lunch Boxes John Deere Agriculture Advertising Collectibles

• Tee Times Green Fees Golf

Continue reading → Leader of the Pack - $avings Week

Is your household waste-line out of control? - Understandable, since overpackaged products result in overstuffed landfills. Buy in bulk instead, and shed high waste and grocery costs.

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• Bulk Seeds Flower Seeds Plants, Seeds Bulbs Gardening Plants Yard, Garden Outdoor Living

• Household Advertising Collectibles

Continue reading → Bulk Up to Slim Down - $avings Week

Got what it takes to survive on the streets? - With the cost of gas these days, maybe not. Increase your road IQ by checking our top five tips for getting better miles-per-gallon (and…

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• Halcyon Days Decorative Collectible Brands Decorative Collectibles Collectibles

• Sesame Street Animation Characters Animation Art, Characters Collectibles

Continue reading → Street Smarts - $avings Week

What were the biggest Bites of July-September? - Over the past three months, we've tipped topics from beach gear to breastfeeding. Some made you feel like makin' love, and others…

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• Beach Handbags

• Love Romance Books

Continue reading → Bite: the Big Ones

Why do they call it "radiant" floor heating? - 'Cuz it's almost like feelin' the sun's rays under your feet (whoa-oh). Underfloor heating cuts your energy bills and…

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• Furnaces Heating Systems Heating, Cooling Air Home Improvement

• Heating, Cooling Air Home Improvement

Continue reading → Walking on Sunshine

Wanna try cooking oils that aren't just one-trick ponies? - Shine your spotlight on organic coconut, flaxseed, and hemp oils. Drinkable, edible, and rub-able, all of 'em offer…

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• Bath Oils Bath Body Store

• Incense, Herbs, Oils Wiccan, Pagan Religions, Spirituality Collectibles

Continue reading → Talent Show in a Bottle

Think you could pass it? - The bar soap, that is, 'cuz the verdict's in: Bars are eco-friendlier and cheaper than liquid latherers. Plain(tiff) and simple.

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• Deals Stevens Pass Washington Skiing Vacation

• Deals White Pass Washington Skiing Vacation

Continue reading → Bar Exam

Is your manger lookin' kinda mangy? - Then say rock-a-bye-bye to your mattress. Donate or recycle it instead of sending it to the landfill, then start counting sheep on your new…

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• Sheep Animals Collectibles

• Putting Greens Aids Training Aids Golf

Continue reading → Putting Your Bed to Rest

Is trashing your fall leaves such a big deal? - 'Tis. Especially if you load yours into plastic bags, which preserve leaves in landfills for, like, ever. Instead, turn leaves into mulch for…

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• Plastic By Material Dolls Dolls Bears

• Plastic Buttons Sewing Collectibles

Continue reading → Mulch Ado About Nothing?

Think you need solar panels to get in on green energy? - Nope - use that opposable thumb to pick up the phone or write an email to your local energy company asking it to offer a green option…

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• Solar Panels Alternative Solar Energy Electrical Solar Home Improvement

• Alternative Solar Energy Electrical Solar Home Improvement

Continue reading → The Power’s in Your Hands

Do you buy less to save more? - Time, that is. The express line might save you a couple minutes right now, but if you fill up your cart, and later, your fridge, you'll make fewer overall…

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• Line Terminal Tackle Fishing

• Time Travel Romance Books

Continue reading → 10 Items or More

Got skillz to rival a Jamaican track star? - Keep the pace with eco-friendlier running shoes. Check out green trainers that allow you to keep up with the best of 'em, even if your phone…

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• Men Shoes Running Exercise Fitness

• Shoes Running Exercise Fitness

Continue reading → A Good Run for Your Money

Wanna write your name without uncapping a pen? - No hand gestures necessary. Try an electronic signature service, so you won't have to print, fax, and overnight every contract that comes…

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• Signature Club A Blush Makeup Store

• Signature Club A Eye Shadow Makeup Store

Continue reading → Sign(ature) Language

What's a must-have for green Seattleites? - Besides a recycled umbrella. Let your friends in the Pacific Northwest know that Ideal Bite is moving into rainy territory (and maybe even win…

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• Northwest Airlines Aviation Transportation Collectibles

• Pacific Rim Ethnographic Antiques

Continue reading → Bitin’ in the Rain

Got a phobia of prefab homes? - Ditch your shrink…and your preconceptions. Today's prefabricated, modular home looks nothin' like Grammy's double-wide, and offers green design…

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• Manufactured Homes Real Estate Opportunities

• Green Light Bulbs Home Lighting

Continue reading → Prefab Housing Complex

Can you sharpen your mind by opening your mouth? - We sure think so. Feed your brain with nature's best noggin enhancers - way more palatable (and effective) than chomping obsessively on…

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• Seed, Feed Companies Agriculture Advertising Collectibles

• Feed Sacks, Flour Sacks Linens, Fabric Textiles Collectibles

Continue reading → Food for Thought

Has your mug become a "magnate" for fine lines? - For the price of a few gallons of Texas tea, you can start to lose some of those crevices. Organic face oils play down imperfections no…

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• Face Powder Makeup Store

• MAC Face Powder Makeup Store

Continue reading → Face Oil Tycoon

Time to get rid of that holdover from the '70s? - We're not talkin' international man of mystery; we're talking about the Austin Powers-era carpet under your feet. Were you…

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• Austin British Automobiles Advertising Collectibles

• Mystery Romance Books

Continue reading → Un-shag Me, Baby

Do you bring your pets to work? - Unleash a lint brush on your clothes - one without the tape you have to replace. It'll make fur a less wasteful way to dehair your duds.

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• Work Womens Shoes

• Pets Animals Barbie Contemporary 1973-Now Dolls Dolls Bears

Continue reading → Petting Your Pants - Start Your Day Week

Do you count on your coffee beans for more than just taste? - We mean besides giving you the ability to function normally. Check your coffee label for the perfecta trifecta before you…

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• Coffee, Tea Advertising Collectibles

• Lipton Coffee, Tea Advertising Collectibles

Continue reading → Bean Counter - Start Your Day Week

Want better $&%@#@$ teeth cleaners? - Watch your mouth - and check our picks for eco toothbrushes, toothpaste, floss, and mouthwash. They forgo less-sustainable ingredients and sure…

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• Picks Musical Instruments

• Sharks Teeth Fossils Rocks, Fossils, Minerals Collectibles

Continue reading → Dirty Mouth - Start Your Day Week

Want cereal that's magically delicious? - You'll go cuckoo for the puffs we got. Opt for organic cereals that are full of gr-r-reat healthy grains that have more going for them…

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• Grand Champions Model Horses Horse Animals Collectibles

• Puffs, Sponges Wedges Beauty Tools Makeup Store

Continue reading → Breakfast of Champions - Start Your Day Week

Wanna make your showers Green(wich)? - First, figure out how long(itude) they are. See how much time you spend between getting in and toweling off, and try shaving off 30 seconds - just for…

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• Time Travel Romance Books

• Time Travel Romance Audio Books

Continue reading → Shower Time Zone - Start Your Day Week