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What’s your cell phone radiation level? Is it safe?
Look it up with this tool: http://www.ewg.org/cellphoneradiation/Get-a-Safer-Phone My phone (Treo 650) has high radiation. In fact, among the Top 10 Worst PDA/Smartphones! (The super-popular iPhone 3G is not among the top 10, but it’s a high-radiator, too.) What to do? Should … Continue reading
Posted in efficiency, environment, health, recycle, sustainability, technology
Tagged brain, cancer, cell phone, Environmental Working Group
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how to get extra life from a printer toner cartridge: black tape
Don’t you hate having to replace the toner cartridge, especially when the printing seems to be fine? Surely, there must be more life in the toner. Well, here’s a workaround in the spirit of responsible consumption: use up what you … Continue reading
Posted in conservation, efficiency, energy saving, everyday, office, paper, sustainability, sustainable
Tagged printer, printing, toner cartridge
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could you wear the same dress for one year?
Sheena Matheiken is! 1 dress. 365 days. But then she has a strong creative sense of fashion, and an apparently bottomless collection of accessories in her closet to make it work. Not only is this a creative experiment and inspiration, … Continue reading
Posted in clothing, design, everyday, recycle, reuse, shopping, sustainability, sustainable
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Food, Inc. movie opens Friday (watch trailer)
Food, Inc., a new documentary about the US food supply opens today in NY, SF and LA. I wonder if it has anything new to say to those of us who have already read The Omnivore’s Dilemma and Fast Food … Continue reading
Posted in environment, everyday, food, health, sustainability
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kids after my creative-reuse heart
Alexandra Lehrer, 5, and her classmates at Beginnings Nursery School in New York are my kind of people! “I like building stuff,” she said. “If you throw everything away, there will be just a big pile of garbage, and you … Continue reading
Posted in children, conservation, environment, everyday, recycle, reuse, second life, sustainability, sustainable
Tagged art, creativity, Maker Faire, preschool
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when was the last time you vacuumed your refrigerator?
NEVER, probably. At least that was true for me until recently, when I cleaned the heat-exchange condenser coils, which are what cool your refrigerator by releasing heat. If the coils are covered in a blanket of dust, the refrigerator has … Continue reading
Posted in cleaning, energy saving, everyday, food, health, kitchen, sustainability, sustainable, utilities
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Yoplait and other no-no snacks
How bad can Yoplait be? Sure it’s way too sweet for me these days, thanks to tons of High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS), but hey, it’s yogurt. Apparently, HFCS is not the only problem. According to Good Guide’s Five Snacks … Continue reading
Posted in children, everyday, food, health, kitchen, sustainability, sustainable
Tagged GoodGuide, high fructose corn syrup, snacks, sodium, sugar, Yoplait
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got old Crocs? recycle them!
Just got new Crocs. The info sheet included their recycling program! Wear your Crocs until they’re all worn out. Drop them at a participating retail shop, which you can find on their site. (I found 11 places within 25 miles … Continue reading
Posted in children, clothing, environment, everyday, green products, recycle, second life, sustainability, sustainable
Tagged Crocs, donation, plastic, shoe
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water audit
Take shorter showers! That’s the big take-away for today’s Water Wise House Call. The Ssnta Clara Valley Water District offers it free as part of their water conservation program. I signed up a few weeks ago as part of my … Continue reading
Posted in conservation, energy saving, environment, everyday, kitchen, sustainability, sustainable, utilities, water
Tagged aerators, faucet, irrigation system, low-flow, shower, water audit
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fill your fridge, save energy and money
Two climate change-fighting volunteers from Green@Home came by for a housecall today. I learned, among other things, that my refrigerator is too empty. Why is this a problem? Because –here comes my simplified explanation–an empty(ish) fridge has little to “hold” … Continue reading
Posted in energy saving, environment, everyday, food, kitchen, sustainability, sustainable, utilities
Tagged freezer, refrigerator
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