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Advocacy for sustainability: Green building design and green living Use your next casual lunch date, family visit, or dinner party as an opportunity to inform people about how green buildings help the planet. Here are some basic points that you can share with anyone looking to rent or buy a home or business space. Read more


Save the world by shopping Consumers hold more power than they realize. When you buy a product, you are really telling that company that you approve of their business practices, whether those practices are environmentally sound or not.  The power is in your wallet. Read more


Green lessons from the Mediterranean When you live in a foreign country, you tend to go through stages of rejection, disillusionment and acceptance. But when you return to your home country, you may find yourself romanticizing the experience, remembering only positives and glossing over or forgetting the negatives. Read more


How to avoid Green Fatigue Confession time: Are you tired of being green?  Do you find yourself thinking it's not worth the effort? You may be suffering green fatigue. Green fatigue, that general malaise from disillusionment with eco-friendly practices, has its roots in several potholes of blame. Read more


Go green with eco-friendly packaging In our consumer-oriented society, packaging is everywhere. As well as littering urban landscapes, plastic bags and bottles also choke wildlife on land and in the water.  There are a number of strategies that we can all adopt at home (or at the office) to counter this preventable waste and pollution. Read more


Organic clothing versus non-organic clothing Organic clothing does not mean you need to wear lettuce as a shirt. Natural fibers, like cotton and wool, grown without additives, create wonderful eco-friendly clothes. This article discusses the pros and cons of organic and non-organic clothing, and more. Read more


Green your office Going green in your office is easy, effective, and may make you more efficient. If you are in a position of authority, you could publish policies that make everyone's office eco-friendly. Read more


Easy ways to reduce your carbon footprint Making changes to your environmental lifestyle can be a lot like going on a diet. If you make small changes to improve your diet, they are likely to stick with your over the long run. Read more


Don't just recycle - precycle Proper precycling, planning buying activities to reduce waste, can greatly improve your recycling efforts while decreasing trash volume in our landfills. Read more


How to plan an event the green way If you're in charge of organizing an event, there are a number of ways in which you can extend your green lifestyle practices to ensure that the event takes place in an environmentally healthy manner. Read more


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