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special delivery.
It’s Friday afternoon, rush hour is creeping in and your job depends on getting that package from one end of town to the other in a timely manner. Who you gonna call? Your local bike courier! While sometimes fed ex or ups may be necessary for long distance runs, if your goods are local, put ……
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tag, you’re it.
Here at Green Is Sexy, we like to think that little gestures make a big difference. Then what can be done with those little plastic bread tags that pile up in your drawer? We discovered that they can be recycled and have seen rulers made from them. See? Little things can add up! If your local ……
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obey the one bag rule.
Regardless of whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat, spend some time with the Green party the next time you plan an event. Events can suck lots of resources, from energy to water and typically generate a whole lotta trash. For your next event, try keeping the trash to one bag and see ……
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glass half full.
Because you’re sexy, you’re trying to conserve water by reducing shower time, running the dishwasher only when it’s full and skipping a flush or two, right? Well, here’s a tiny way to reduce your impact: Find ways to use those half-empty (or are they half-full?) glasses of water you have sitting around your house. Not ……
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green-vite.
We salute you, sexy ones, as you keep coming to us with great ideas on how to throw a green event. Check out the February spotlight on John and Allyson Lindsley’s green wedding, complete with ideas on how to keep your impact low, but your style and class high. One specific to consider? The invitation! ……
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coffee’s for the birds.
You’ve probably heard of free trade coffee but how about shade grown or bird friendly coffee? Coffee is an enormous agribusiness and therefore requires an enormous amount of land to get that morning joe into everyone’s mug. Often, precious ecosystems and ancient rainforests are bulldozed to make way for our caffeine needs. ……
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wax poetic.
Now that the plastic shopping bag has been eclipsed by the reusable, cloth bag, it seems all plastic is under the microscope. Which brings us to the sandwich bag. Oh so convenient, oh so wasteful. It helps to wash and reuse the baggies you already have but if you want to slip ……
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tissue issue.
Unless you’ve gone back to the hanky, disposable tissues seem to be a real must have. But how do all those innocuous little white squares add up once they leave the waste bin? According to a Green Seal report, paper products make up a whopping 40% of the garbage in U.S landfills and ……
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scrape your way into shape.
You may know by now that washing dishes in a dishwasher uses less water than washing them by hand, but regardless of your preferred method, remember Dish 101: scrape your dirty dishes clean before you put them in the dishwasher or begin washing them. You’ll save on rinsing water and get a little arm toning ……
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foie gras faux pas.
Being a responsible Earthling means showing respect to the planet and all the things on it: people, vegetation and animals. This time of year, we see foie gras popping up on special menus all over the place. Since many people are unaware of what this “delicacy” is exactly, we thought we’d fill ……
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