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Wed, Jan. 12, 2011
Green Cleaning
Posted by BethArky
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Decluttering My Way To Happiness

When I left my first job at a small-town Colorado newspaper back in the '80s -- yes, Virginia, once upon a time there were such opportunities for recent college grads -- I resold the few pieces of furniture I'd bought from neighbors, entrusted my plants to a friend, wedged the rest of my...
Tue, Jan. 11, 2011
Green Cleaning
Posted by RealMomofNJ
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How I Clean My Kitchen Sink

This year, instead of the usual resolutions to lose weight and exercise more, I thought I'd try something new. I'd make small, daily efforts around my house so that it'd be cleaner and better organized. Yes! This is something I can actually stick with. But where to start... I decided to begin with...
Mon, Jan. 10, 2011
Green Cleaning
Posted by sheila.B
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Making Blue Jeans Green

How sustainable are your blue jeans? Not as much as they could be, according to the New York Times. In this article, Planet Home author Alexandra Zissu writes that many fashion houses are abandoning organic denim, partly because it generates an expensive price tag and partly because they are...
Tue, Dec. 21, 2010
Green Cleaning
Posted by sueh
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Tips From Sue: How To Load a Dishwasher

I know from years of experience at friends' dinner parties that loading a dishwasher can be a very personal thing. My friend Sandy turns her dishes so they face one way. When she's not looking, her husband rearranges them so they face the other. Gwen won't wash anything glass on the...
Thu, Dec. 02, 2010
Green Cleaning
Posted by BethArky
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How Sponge-Worthy Is Your Kitchen?

The holiday season brings its perennial questions: "Do you prefer your stuffing inside or outside the bird?"; "Have you been naughty or nice?"; and, if you are wise enough to invite guests who pitch in on cleanup, "Which sponge do you use for the dishes?" I had a hunch that, like me, most people...