I love reading the excellent feedback you guys share, and once again there were some great responses that felt like they deserved the spotlight. Here are some excellent reader tips on adding green to small spaces and on reusable menstrual products .

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Reader Tips: Small Space Greenery and Menstrual Products

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This is sort of a touchy subject for some, and I know talking about reusable menstrual products might seem a little….well…gross. Bear with me, though! Switching away from disposables isn’t just about cutting back on waste – it’s about saving money and taking our femininity back from marketers who just want to sell us disposable products month after month

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Reusable Menstrual Products Help You Reduce Waste, Save Money

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It’s easy to quench your thirst for greenery when you’ve got a big back yard of your own, but what about apartment-dwellers or folks with just a small porch to work with? Never fear! There are lots of fun ways to add some plant life, even in smaller spaces. 1

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Three Ways to Add Green to Small Spaces

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Remember The Uniform Project ? Sheena Matheiken wore the same little black dress for a whole year to raise money for the Akanksha Foundation, which focuses on education for Indian children. Thanks to Sheena’s efforts and that little black dress, the Uniform Project raised over $100,000 and put 273 children into school! Now, the project is back for its second iteration

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The Little Black Dress that Does a Lot of Good

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Swimming pools may not be the “greenest” of our creature comforts. And some people might argue that there is no such thing as a green swimming pool at all

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12 Ways to Green Your Swimming Pool (Without Actually Turning it Green)

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Remember the amazing Repurposed Pallet Adirondack Chair (PAC) from designer Shelton Davis?

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Build Your Own Pallet Adirondack Chair

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Don’t you just love playing with Flickr ? I was clicking around the other day and stumbled across this awesome house made from something I’d never heard of before: cob! This house isn’t made of corn cobs but of a mixture of clay, straw, and sand. Cob is sort of like the mixture used to build adobe homes, and it’s super resilient! Structures made of cob can last hundreds of years

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Flickr Find: Beautiful House Made of Cob

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In a world of fast fashion styles change with the season, and it’s pretty tempting to hit up Forever 21 or H&M for cheap, made in China versions of the latest trends. The problem there is that keeping up with what’s in style often means supporting sweat shop labor only to purchase cheap garments that fall apart after a dozen washes (if you’re lucky!). This adds up to tons of waste every year

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New Dress a Day: Refashioning Fast Fashion

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In case you are way actually looking for some more DIY projects in addition to the ones you put off over the winter, we’ve selected 14+ handy how-tos and tutorials to inspire your summer-friendly green upgrades. Grow Potatoes in a Barrel – In this era of a sluggish economy and a growing awareness of the benefits of gardening at home, there has been surging interest in growing vegetables at home.

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13+ Cool DIY Projects for a Hot Summer Day

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Store bought fragrances can be pretty nasty stuff. Environmental Working Group (EWG) tested 17 popular perfumes and colognes and reported an average of 14 mystery chemicals , with some brands containing as many as 24! Thanks to a legal loophole, fragrance companies don’t have to disclose what is in their recipes. Meanwhile, 66% of the chemicals that EWG found are not tested for safety

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How To: Make Your Own Perfume or Cologne

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