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» Soapnuts - nature's detergent
By Green Living Tips | Published 05/2/2010 | home , garden , clothing , cleaning |

The natural world provides us with all that we need for cleaning and washing without having to resort to environmentally harsh synthetic chemicals. For example, the soapnut; nature's own detergent!

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» Earth friendly weed killer
By Green Living Tips | Published 04/28/2010 | garden |
Instead of using environmentally harsh chemicals for killing weeds, here's some common household products you can use, plus some harm minimization tips for when you do have to resort to a popular commercial herbicide - glyphosate.
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» Electricity, line loss and emissions
By Green Living Tips | Published 04/27/2010 | home , energy , business |
Your household or business electricity related consumption and associated carbon emissions could be as much as 6 - 10% higher than you think due to an issue called "line loss".
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» Greening inkjet cartridges
By Green Living Tips | Published 04/22/2010 | home , business |
It's becoming a more common practice to recycle or refill ink cartridges now, but a majority of inkjet cartridges still wind up in landfill after a single use. Another issue often overlooked is the ink itself. What's in it and what are the alternatives?
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» Green mothers day gifts
By Green Living Tips | Published 04/20/2010 | family |
If you observe Mothers Day, why not treat your Mom to a green gift this year? You'll not only impress her, but do Mother Nature a favor with your earth friendly giving too!
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» Cellophane: a green plastic?
By Green Living Tips | Published 04/17/2010 | home , business |
Degradable and biodegradable bioplastics based on plant materials seem like recent innovations, but they've actually been around for a very long time. One example is cellophane. But how environmentally friendly is it?
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» Green funerals and burials
By Green Living Tips | Published 04/13/2010 | family |

Before the final curtain is drawn on our lives, we can make environmentally friendly choices as to how our funeral and burial is to be conducted.

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» Attacking mold
By Green Living Tips | Published 04/9/2010 | cleaning |
As with most other common commercial chemical cleaning concoctions we use; there are more earth friendly alternatives to killing and removing mold.
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» The Clean G 15% discount
By Green Living Tips | Published 04/4/2010 | coupon discounts |
Green Living Tips readers can get a 15% discount on hand made cleaning supplies, pure beeswax candles and jewelry from The Clean G - grab the coupon code and learn more about The Clean G!
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» Greening the Internet
By Green Living Tips | Published 04/1/2010 | energy , business |
As we work on play on our iPhones, surf web sites or perhaps even work on our own web sites, there's not just the electricity consumption at our end to take into consideration, but on the service providers side as well. As active participants of the Internet, we need to mobilize to encourage online and telecommunications companies to green their power sources.
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And so it begins!
Published 11/23/2006
Well, my first blog post on Green Living Tips. I'm very pleased to have finally launched the site; it's been in planning for a long time and while I've opened the doors now, it's nowhere near what I...
Climate - what is El Nino?
Published 11/23/2006
El Niño is a phenomenon in ocean-atmospheric systems in the tropical Pacific, the effects of which have major consequences for weather around the world. Climatic disturbances from an El Ni&nt...
Packaging you can grow
Published 11/23/2006
This is very clever - an organic skincare company has introduced enviromentally friendly packaging that you can not only recycle, but grow. All of Pangea Organics product boxes are made using 100%...
Global warming tipping point
Published 11/23/2006
You may have heard of the Butterfly Effect - a part of chaos theory. The saying goes something along the lines of this: "A butterfly flaps its wings in China and a hurricane forms in (insert place ...
Land rehabilation pioneer
Published 11/24/2006
Peter Andrews is an Australian horse breeder and farmer with a passion, or some might say obsession with the land. Over a period of decades, Peter has formulated a number of theories on land degrada...
Ethanol and the environment
Published 11/26/2006
All the buzz about ethanol as an alternative fuel really had me excited. Ethanol is made from plants such as wheat, sugar cane and soy beans - in fact, just about any plant matter can be converted i...
Big Coal and climate change
Published 11/27/2006
Xstrata Coal big wheel, Peter Coates, informed a climate forum held in Sydney, Australia this morning: "I stress whatever we do just in Australia will have absolutely no impact on world climate." N...
Deciduous trees and carbon dioxide
Published 11/30/2006
During the daylight hours, plants produce oxygen. At night, they consume oxygen and release carbon dioxide. All things are in balance in this respect as while it is night in some places it is daylig...
Supermarkets and the environment
Published 12/1/2006
I've often thought of major chain supermarkets being at the cutting edge of cost reduction, but our local supermarket has me puzzled about some of their wasteful methods that certainly aren't e...
Latest green living tips added
Published 12/3/2006
The following is a round up of the latest non-blog articles added to Green Living Tips over the last week (to December 3 2006). Hope you enjoy the articles! Earth friendly holiday season tipsA doze...
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