Air fresheners like Glade Plug Ins and Febreeze have millions of marketing dollars behind them, but do we really need to spray chemicals all over our homes to keep the air fresh? A recent report revealed just how toxic those cans of freshener really are . They contain harmful chemicals like formaldehyde and ” fragrance ” and are linked to breast cancer and birth defects

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Five Healthy Alternatives to Air Freshener

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Hi Folks– Just a little news about the No Impact Project , the non-profit effort I started to help people to become engaged citizens through both lifestyle change and community and national political involvement (from both sides of the aisle). 1.

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Want to help spread the eco-word? Work for the No Impact Project!

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We recently had an inspector take a peek at our house, and he made a few recommendations about how to save on energy costs. A couple of his suggestions were things we do already, like weatherstripping around doors and windows, but there was one tip that I’d never heard before and thought I’d pass along to you guys: insulating our pull-down attic door

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Winterizing Tip: Insulate Your Attic Door

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I’ve long been interested in the tiny house movement and admired the homes and the resolve of those who live in them.  I am particularly fond of tiny houses with wheels, but that is another story altogether.   My family of four has recently moved into a smaller house (all four of us, plus the two dogs are unlikely to ever fit into a tiny house, so smaller will have to do for us) and in the process of doing so, we’ve had to get rid of some of our excess stuff.  We’ve shed furniture mostly, but I’ve also cleared out and passed on clothes and toys to make our home less cluttered.

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Tiny Houses & the Shed Project

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“I'm worried that students will take their obedient place in society and look to become successful cogs in the wheel – let the wheel spin them around as it wants without taking a look at what they're doing. I'm concerned that students not become passive acceptors of the official doctrine that's handed down to them from the White House, the media, textbooks, teachers and preachers” –Howard Zinn And as far as I'm concerned, it doesn't just go for the students

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Crowd-sourcing our way to a better world

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