New clothing comes with a hefty carbon footprint. From producing and dyeing the fibers and shipping the fabric to factories to making the clothes and getting them to stores, clothes often travel all over the world before they make it into your closet

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Selby Takes Thrift Shopping Online

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Accumulated more ties than you know what to do with? Want to make up for all those lame Christmas and Father’s Day gifts you and your siblings gave dear old dad and granddad?  Consider giving those closet-ridden neckties a second life by repurposing them into a new quilt. Or better yet, have a professional do it.

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Repurposing Old Neckties into New Quilts

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Natural gas is sometimes touted as a clean fuel source . What folks are discovering, though, is that the process for extracting natural gas is far from clean. Hydraulic fracturing , or “fracking” is a technique for extracting hard to reach natural gas deposits

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The Dirty Side of Natural Gas and What You Can Do

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Not too long ago, we talked a bit about mixing your own scents to avoid the toxic chemicals in store bought fragrance. The recipe called for adding 40-60 drops of essential oil in a 2oz.

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Reader Tips: Making Your Own Perfume or Cologne

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Remember thredUP, the awesome online clothing swap service ? Well, they’re taking things in a new direction, shifting their focus to clothing for kiddos! Their new tag line really says it all: “Clothes don’t grow

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Swap Services for Kids and Grownups Alike

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Why 88 degrees, 25% humidity and a 16mph NNW wind is better than any commercial clothes dryer. It is days like today that I’m convinced I have one of best clothes dryers in the world.

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The Best Clothes Dryer. Ever.

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Hey folks, I'm excited to report that No Impact Man is out in paperback this week (borrow it from your library or share with friends a copy from your local bookseller , Amazon , or BN.com ). Anyway, I've been doing a new round of press interviews so I thought I'd let you in one email interview I just did. Why did you decide to begin this experiment?

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No Impact Man now out in paperback–An interview with Colin Beavan

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Shannon of Free Spirit Knits has put together a headband tutorial for old jumpers/sweaters that have been accidentally washed in hot water.

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EcoDIY: ruined jumper turned headband

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