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Green Eating While Reading

greenlagirl — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:28:16 -0700

Whether you're contemplating a vegetarian diet, thinking about planting a new tree in your backyard, or considering a winter garden, a new eco-foodie book's out to help you make some green decisions. Check out the reviews to see if you should pick up—or download—the whole read: >> Deciding between a ficus tree or fig tree? You’ll likely choose the latter after reading Public Produce: The New Urban Agriculture by Darrin Nordahl. According to Jen Boynton at TriplePundit, Public...

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Fingernails & Your Health

savasthi — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:24:56 -0700

Eyes may be a window to the soul, but it seems that fingernails are a great barometer for our health. I learned this after reading an article on WebMD about how our fingernails' color, texture, surface, and other details give experts insight about what is happening inside our bodies. In fact, our fingernails can tip us off to both relatively minor health concerns, such as a mild case of dermatitis (or itchy skin) to serious ailments, including heart disease, diabetes, respitory...

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Plastic: Not-So-Fantastic

ElizaS — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:15:01 -0700

Welcome to LIME's Organic Living blog, where organic lifestyle expert Eliza Sarasohn - author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Organic Living - tackles your questions on the ins and outs of living la vida organica. This week, Sarasohn identifies the toxic culprit lurking in kitchens everywhere: plastic. Most kitchens have a jumble of mismatched plastic containers gathered in some far-flung cupboard. While it might be difficult (if not impossible) to do away with all of them, keeping an...

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Green Gourmands on the Go, Part I of III

NG — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:30:44 -0700

As an enthusiastic traveler, I’ve developed a fondness/borderline obsession for street food. From puffed rice bhelpuri to rice noodle soup, ice-cold chicha morada to fresh-crushed sugar cane, hot dogs to hot dog, I’ll try anything being sold from a pushcart or taco truck at least once. Carts make it possible to serve fresh-cooked food to a hungry public at a much lower price than what the same food would cost at a restaurant since the overhead is much lower. And what with the...

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Say Cheese: Whitening Without Frightening

TheGreenMakeupArtist — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:33:17 -0700

White teeth do a lot of talking. They talk about their owner—they say, "Hey, she's healthy, she's neither a smoker nor a heroin addict, and she practices good hygiene." Furthermore they say, "She's happy." It may seem as though I'm obsessed with the ability of cosmetic products to make us look happier. Maybe you'd rather look younger. Fine, white teeth will also make you look younger. Our teeth naturally yellow with age, thus whiter teeth take us back to our prime. One...

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Become an Eco-preneur

jgrough — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:38:10 -0700

This fall I had the chance to write an article about three eco-preneurs. Rianna not only started her own holistic beauty line, Organic to Green, she also launched ReuseCycle, a program where she collects, sanitizes, and reuses glass bottles from local restaurants (she then packages her products in the bottles). Shallom of Urth Caffe is teaching farmers around the world about sustainable, shade-grown coffee beans. And Jeana from jclaypottery is making bowls in a community workspace full of...

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Pretending to Text

AbigailLewis — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:32:05 -0700

One of the great things about having Facebook friends across the age spectrum is finding out what's going on in other subcultures. If you're on the social networking site at all, you probably know that there are all kinds of special interest pages, but one that popped up today made me, well, sad. It's called Pretending to Text in Awkward Situations. Nobody, at any age, is immune from awkward situations. I've had my share of tripping over my feet, blushing and feeling foolish. When I was in...

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November’s Recycling Project: Freecycling

E.B.Boyd — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:36:39 -0700

This is the third in a series of four year-end recycling projects. September’s project was printer cartridges. Last month’s was cell phones. This month's is freecycling. Next month’s is computers. The 19th-century English decorative artist William Morris once said, “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful." And yet, inevitably, our homes seem to fill up with things that are neither useful nor beautiful. Or perhaps they were once useful,...

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Weather-proof Biking

NG — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:17:30 -0700

Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage! Blow! King Lear might not have been an all-weather cyclist, but he certainly knew about battling the elements. And as any winter rider can attest, battling the elements is definitely the reality of year-round cycling. Fortunately it doesn’t take a lot of fancy gear to keep you rolling — and though the prospect of biking through the winter can be somewhat daunting, the prospect of spending every damp-day commute on overcrowded public transportation is...

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Simple Ways To Cut Calories Without Feeling Deprived

Micaelad — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:15:32 -0700

Staying healthy and fit is hard work. It also takes a lot of effort, especially during the holidays. Life gets busy and counting calories isn't always possible. As the New Year approaches, think about incorporating some of these simple yet effective ways to cut calories without feeling deprived. Watch the empty calories from beverages. Don't drink your calories away with juices, regular sodas or alcohol. Juice, while healthy and good for you, has a lot of sugar. Try cutting down...

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