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Last night I had to throw out some spoiled food. There was no good reason for letting the food go bad. A while back I made potato salad for a beach picnic and there were leftovers--maybe enough to eat as a side for one meal each night for a week. Well, I don't like potato salad that much and potato...

You know junk mail can be annoying. You might have heard junk mail creates opportunities for identity theft (those pre-approved credit offers can provide a scammer with just about everything they need to get moving on a new line of credit in your name). Either of those alone are two good reasons to stanch...

The other day the ambient air temperature in Tallahassee dropped to a pleasant sub-80s in the middle of the day--did you catch that? Well, upon walking in to the house, I noticed that not only was it cooler outside than inside, but the a/c was running. I realized, likewise, that it is nearly always under...

My co-worker was recently lamenting how many paper towels she goes through a day at work and decided to bring a cloth napkin to work with her. If only everyone would make that choice! But if you aren't ready to do without papertowels altogether, consider buying the type that are perforated into smaller...

Here's a totally random tip for making your life a tad more green. You know those plastic gravity tubes? The ones that stand upright on their lid, which is usually a flip top? I think they're most commonly used for things like lotions and hair goop, but I've also seen them used for kitchen...

According to the latest post on the "Green Living" forum at Blogiversity, those little "PLU" stickers you see on your fruits and vegetables at the grocery store aren't just there to help the cashier identify them. They also store valuable information about the methods used to...

From time to time I check in at the No Impact Man blog to see what's new. Something new-to-me on my latest visit is his April 21st post on recent work by journalist Michael Pollan ( whom I've blogged about before ).The post has a solid exposition of Pollan's thoughts on the current environmental...

In honor of Earth Day, here are five every-day suggestions for earth-friendlier living, plus one plug for the green forums at Blogiversity. Don’t dispose of non-biodegradable chemicals down the storm drain. In most municipalities, water that enters storm drains is not treated before being discharged...

What are you doing this Earth Day (April 22nd)? If you're interested in energy efficient building and remodeling, bio-appropriate landscaping, and other ways you can make your home, office, or yard more earth-friendly, you may be interested in checking out the Capital Region Green Products Fair and...

Over at Blogiversity's Forums department people are talkin' green. Not green like moola but green like eco. I jumped in briefly on Writer Lady's post about the greening of her home. She encourages people to share resources they encounter over there on the forum where they can be passed along...