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Today's Photo Contest Entries:
- Komet (Italian Greyhound)
- Balloon Fruit Bowl Centerpiece
Today's Tips:
- Planning Your Garden
- Address Labels and Stamps
- Cheeses with Less Fat
- Get Rid of Monthly Storage Fees
- Storing Crochet Patterns
- Keeping Carrots, Celery and Radishes Fresh
- Saving Money on Utilites
- Bathroom Joke
- Sock Bottle Dog Toy
- Denim Dog Toy
- Masonry/Concrete Cleaner Recipe
- Cleaning Dishes and Wooden Cutting Boards
- Dry Cleaner Clothing Sales
- Measuring Shortening (Crisco)
- Sock Washcloth for Kids
- Fix Dripping Faucets
- Get An Energy Audit
- Water Saving Tips
- Parking Joke
- Coca Cola Cake
- Energy Piggy Bank
- Ground Cover Instead of Lawn
- Carrying Address Labels
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Compost
- Organic Lawns
- Personal Advice About a Parent with Alzheimers
- Clean Games for Adult and Teen Parties
- Using a Spin Dryer
- Use a Trusted Camera When Travelling
- Blue Ribbon Corn
- Corn and Noodle Casserole
- Barbecue Burger Mix
- Hearty History Dumplings
New Requests:
- 50th Anniversary Advice
- Sewing Ears Onto a Hood
- Preventing Cutworms Away from Tomatoes
- Flowerbed Suggestions
- Cat Smell Coming From Under Mobile Home
- York J. Chesterfield SAGE Background Handpainted Hydrangea Border
- Broken Glass in Dishwasher
- Bringing Life Back To My Lilac Bush
- Clip Art For Chore and Duty Charts
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- Greywater Systems
- Ecological Parties and Picnics
- Practical Eco-Tips
- Rawhide Lamp Shade Care
- Alternatives to Pesticides
- Earth2Kids.org - Kids Section at EDF
- Easy ways to eco friendly living
- Twenty Tips We Can Use To Conserve Water
- Frugal and Environmentally Friendly?
- Anyone Can Play a Harp with Confidence from the First Time They Try
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Today's Photo Contest Entries
Komet (Italian Greyhound)
This is Komet she is a 3 year old Italian Greyhound and is the sweetest dog in the world.
By Lora
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Balloon Fruit Bowl Centerpiece
This is a picture of a balloon "fruit bowl" centerpiece I made for a 50th birthday party. Everyone thought it was so cute!
It's very easy to do. I used a pack of mixed balloons, and used a round orange one, a round red one (tie on a piece of ribbon for the apple leaf), an oblong yellow for a pear.
Then, I added some of those long animal twisty balloons. You can buy them individually at most party stores. You'll probably have to blow them up with a hand pump, though.
For the bananas, blow up a yellow one about half way, and twist it in half. Tie the nozzle to the nipple. This makes two bananas. Do it again for a "bunch" of four bananas.
For the grapes, use a purple or green balloon, and blow it up halfway. Start twisting one inch bubbles, one after another, till you use up all the balloon. Bring the last bubble back and twist it around the first. Voila. Grapes.
Or, do it in red and it will look like cherries.
Put all your balloon fruit in a clear glass bowl, and wait for the laughter.
By zballoongirl
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Today's Tips
Planning Your Garden
Take time to plan your garden, on paper, to make the most of what space you have available. Keep track of the brands and varieties you use, that you might like to plant again, next year. Make notes on what kinds didn't work as well as you'd have liked, so you don't make the same mistake another time.
By Terri H.
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Address Labels and Stamps
I carry stamps and address labels in my car's glove box. You never know when you might need them. One of our local stores charges extra for postage stamps. They're high enough already!
By Terri H.
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Cheeses with Less Fat
If you're not choosy about what cheeses you have on your sandwich, salad, etc. White cheeses have less fat in them than yellow cheeses. I was told this by a nurse.
By Terri H.
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Get Rid of Monthly Storage Fees
If you have things in a storage unit, get into it, keep what you want. But sell or give the rest to the needy. Get out of paying those monthly storage fees! That's money wasted, that you could have invested or went on vacation with.
By Terri
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Storing Crochet Patterns
I always store my crochet patterns in a binder and I put them in sheet protectors. That way they don't get dirty at all and it helps me keep them organized.
By Daffy
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Keeping Carrots, Celery and Radishes Fresh
My grandma grew up on a farm and always kept her cleaned and sliced carrot sticks, celery sticks, and radishes submerged in water in closed containers in her refrigerator. This has worked great for me and will keep these items crisp and fresh for about 2 weeks.
By truerblue
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Saving Money on Utilites
Tips for saving money on utilities. Post your ideas.
Keeping Power Bills Down
To keep your power bill down, use your electric clothes dryer as little as possible. Either hang your clothes outside, or hang your clothes on hangers in your shower to drip dry or get a clothes rack (this can be set up both, outdoors or indoors). I hang most of our clothes and let drip dry in the shower. Also, I use the nails I put up on our deck to use for hanging Christmas lights to hang clothes on hangers to dry in the light summer breeze. We sure can tell a difference in our power bill if I forget and toss a few loads of wash in the dryer!
By Terri H.
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Bathroom Joke
The word "Minute" depends on what side of the bathroom door you're on!
By Terri H.
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Sock Bottle Dog Toy
My dog loves to chew on empty 20-ounce pop bottles, so I made an inexpensive variation of that. Take a 20-ounce pop bottle, drop a couple of dried beans inside, and put the cap on tightly. Slip the bottle inside an old tube sock and tie a knot in the top of the sock. My dog loves to chew on these and toss them around.
By truerblue
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Denim Dog Toy
I had some leftover denim from shortening a pair of jeans, so I stitched up two pieces which made a tube about 3-inches by 6-inches. I stuffed this tube with some craft stuffing I already had and stitched the last side closed. My dog had a good time chewing on this and shaking it around in her teeth. Plus, the denim was so durable, it took a while before she was able to puncture the denim.
By truerblue
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Masonry/Concrete Cleaner Recipe
Ingredients:
1 part vinegar
1 part ammonia
1 part borax
Directions:
Mix together and apply. Let sit for a short time and rinse well.
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Cleaning Dishes and Wooden Cutting Boards
When visiting my elderly father recently I noticed that his dishes, glasses and everything in his kitchen were covered with a grimy film. He explained that to save money he was cutting his dishwashing liquid with water (1/4 soap and 3/4 wanter) and using much less than the recommended amount dishwasher detergent. I say this waste of money, because there is no savings if you become ill from the germs accumulating in a dirty kitchen! You don't have to use a huge amount of soap, but please use full it strength to kill germs!
Also he uses a wooden cutting board for everything and rather than cleaning it with soap, he uses only wanter and then oils it. This is an old-fashioned and dangerous practice. Germs get in to the wood. Oil becomes rancid when out in the air. Best to use a non-porous plastic or glass cutting surface and clean it with soap and vinegar after each use. Food poisoning is more than unpleasant -- it can often be life threatening! Why take risks?
By Mary
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Dry Cleaner Clothing Sales
Lots of dry cleaners will have a sale a couple times a year to sell off clothing that has never been picked up. It can be a good place to find some nice things and many times they are only sold for what it cost to clean the item.
By Robin
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Measuring Shortening (Crisco)
Before you measure your Crisco or other shortening you should rinse your measuring cup with cold water. Pack shortening into the wet cup and it will slide right out in one piece instead of sticking to the cup!
By Robin
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Sock Washcloth for Kids
Put a bar of soap inside a sock for your children to use as a bath wash cloth. It won't slip out of their little hands and they will have a good time getting clean.
By Robin
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Fix Dripping Faucets
By fixing drippy faucets or a running toilet, you'll not only save on your water bill (if you have one) but you'll also save thousands of gallons of water.
By Terri H.
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Get An Energy Audit
If you're paying more for utilities than you think you should, maybe a home energy audit is what you need. It can identify ways to save hundreds of dollars a year on heating and cooling. Ask your local utility company if they can do one for free or for little cost to you, if not see if they can refer someone who can.
By Terri H.
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Water Saving Tips
Tips for saving water. Post your ideas.
Adding Fabric Softener
While doing your laundry, try adding your liquid fabric softener at the correct time. By running the rinse cycle over, you'll be wasting 10 more gallons of water.
By Terri H.
Editor's Note: If you don't have a dispenser in your machine, set a timer so you don't miss the rinse cycle.
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Parking Joke
Sam went to court and received a fine for parking his car in a "No Parking" zone.
"Do you have anything to say?" asked the Judge.
"Yes," he replied, "They shouldn't put up such misleading notices."
"What do you mean?" the Judge asked.
"The sign said, "Fine for Parking Here."
By Terri H.
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Coca Cola Cake
FOR CHOCOLATE LOVERS:
- 2 cups flour,unsifted
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 sticks butter
- 3 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 cup Coca cola
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs,beaten
- 1 tsp soda
- 1 1/2 c mini marshmallows
Combine flour and sugar in bowl. Heat butter,cocoa and COLA to a boil,pour over flour and sugar mixture,mixing thoroughly.Add buttermilk,eggs,soda and vanilla,and marshmallows. Mix well.Bake in a 9x13" greased pan at 350 degrees until done. Icing: 1 1/2 cups butter 3 tablespoons cocoa 6 tablespoons Coca Cola 2 cups powdedrd sugar 1 cup Pecans. Mix till smooth and creamy.
By Sharon,Ky
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Energy Piggy Bank
I got tired of finding unneeded lights on so we developed a penalty piggy bank for offenders in the family. Every time someone leaves a light on (that they no longer need,) and another family member notices, they have to put a nickel in the piggy bank (I have young children, you could use a dime, a quarter or whatever penalty you want.)
For the littlest member of the family, I gave him permission to turn off the light switches if they are on and no one is using them. Through this, we have increased the energy awareness in our household and I find far fewer lights left on. Because they have to pay it from their allowance, they seem to get the point a lot quicker.
By Selena
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Ground Cover Instead of Lawn
Use the space where your lawn is growing to grow food or at least use some kind of living ground cover that you do not have to use up natural resources to water, fertilize, weed, and cut.
Roy
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Carrying Address Labels
Carry address labels in your wallet/purse to use for sweepstakes entries you might encounter during shopping. Do everyone you can, you never know. You can't win, if you don't enter. I won a child's bicycle a few years back, by doing this. We gave it to the 'Toys for Tots Program' around Christmas time.
By Terri H.
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Compost
Reducing, reusing, recycling and composting saves energy, landfill space, and natural resources. These measures also keep our air cleaner because they help reduce pollution, when compared to manufacturing with raw, virgin materials. Compost when possible. Each person creates nearly 100 lbs. of food waste a year.
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Organic Lawns
Consider organic lawn care. The chemicals you put in your yard and on your lawn go affect our drinking water and wildlife.
By Susan - Everett, WA
If anyone has any tips for having an organic lawn, please share them.
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Personal Advice About a Parent with Alzheimers
Onset of Alzheimers in elderly parents is not easily recognized. Personally I feel that depression is one of the first noticible signs, often brought on by death of a loved one (In my Mothers case she lost a husband and 9 year old grandson within 40 days of each other.) She chose to move to a small apartment to make a new start but the change seemed to sink her into deeper depression. If I could change anything I'd have tried to keep her in her own familiar environment.
Lack of mental challenge seems to contribute to its onset. Encourage elderly to read or to sew or quilt or bring them puzzles, anything they have an interest in to keep their mind challanged. The hardest thing I found, as did many of our family is recognizing that the remarks they make or the strange things they may do are not typical of the parent that we are used to.
Don't take things personally. They really have no control over the personality changes they are going through. You MUST keep this in the back of your mind. Hopefully someday there will be help for those elderly suffering from this disease. I hope this article will offer some helpful advice to others who may be living through this and maybe my experience can benefit someone else.
By Sharon,Ky
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Clean Games for Adult and Teen Parties
What's In The Bag?
Fill a brown paper bag with SILLY clothes, glasses, hats, etc. and pass it around a circle to music as you would musical chairs. The one stuck with the bag, takes something out and has to put it on. Gets a lot of laughs!
Gift Take Away
Another fun game is to have 4 wrapped gifts. Each person writes their name on 4 scrap pieces of paper and you draw names. When all 4 are claimed it becomes a TAKE AWAY. EX: I want Jane Doe's gift. The last 4 drawn gets to keep theirs.
Guess The Definition
One last fun game is to use the dictionary. Divide into teams of 3. Find a definition of a word not commonly used. 2 of the team makes up a false definition and the 3rd tells the correct one. Others guess who gave the correct definition. Example: tintinabulation (the tinkling sound of bells pealing). This sort of quietens down things but is a lot of fun.
By Sharon,Ky
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Using a Spin Dryer
Besides using the "solar dryer" (clothesline) you can get a spin dryer. They spin at 3000 RPM to wring as much as an additional liter out of your clothes.
I have twins and use cloth diapers. Air drying makes them scratchy and stiff. Plus, in the winter it often rains several days in a row.
L. from Texas
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Use a Trusted Camera When Travelling
NEVER buy a new camera when you plan to take pictures you will not be able to replace. Last year we bought a new camera for my Daughter to take on her senior trip to Washington DC. She didn't clearly understand how to use it and ended up ruining her pictures of Arlington Cemetary, etc. ALL the important things she wanted to keep photos of. She also took along a couple of $5 disposable ones and did manage to get ones of friends. Fortunately friends loaned her negatives of things they had and we paid out the NOSE having them copied.
MamawKC
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Blue Ribbon Corn
Ingredients:
- 36 ears of sweet corn
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup half and half
Directions:
Cut corn from cob and place in roaster pan. Melt butter and drizzle over corn. Add half and half and mix. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Place in freezer bags. Cool to room temperature and freeze.
By Robin
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Corn and Noodle Casserole
Ingredients:
- 2 cup noodles (cooked)
- 1 egg
- 1 can cream style corn
- 3/4 cup Velveeta cheese
Directions:
Combine all ingredients and place in casserole. Top with buttered cracker or bread crumbs. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
By Robin
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Barbecue Burger Mix
Ingredients:
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
- 1/4 cup chopped celery
- 1 can tomato sauce (1 c.)
- 1/8 tsp. pepper
- 1/4 cup catsup
- 1 Tbsp. vinegar
- 1 Tbsp. sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp. salt
Directions:
Cook meat and vegetables until meat is browned. Drain off fat. Add remaining ingredients, mix well. Cover. Simmer 20 minutes. Serve on hamburger buns.
By Robin
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Hearty History Dumplings
Ingredients:
- 1 egg
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
Directions:
Beat egg and salt, then add milk and baking powder. Can make stiff and roll into balls and drop into soup or just dropped as they are from spoon dipped into hot soup first.
By Robin
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50th Anniversary Advice
My parents will be celebrating their 50th anniversary on 7/2/2005. I am planning on having a 2pm-5pm "event", with finger foods, cake, and punch. I can't seem to find any information on this type event. All that I've been able to find involves dinner, toasts, etc. Is a come and go not appropriate? What is it called? (celebration/reception?)
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Sewing Ears Onto a Hood
My baby daughter has a boring blue hooded sweat jacket that is in need of ears or eyes on the hood. Any ideas how I can do this?
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Maydo
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Preventing Cutworms Away from Tomatoes
When my father-in-law was alive and gardening, he used to put something around tomato plants and other plants to keep cutworms away. I cannot remember what it was. If anyone out there could help me remember, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
AngieFoy
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Flowerbed Suggestions
What type of flowers would be pretty in a flowerbed with light purple pansies? They are the only flowers that appear to have survived the winter months and I haven't a clue as to what else to fill it in with. Something that will do good this summer and I won't have to wait to see bloom next year? I'm not a patient gardener.
MamawKC
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Cat Smell Coming From Under Mobile Home
I need some serious help here. We are planning on selling our house but we have a huge problem. About 3 weeks ago this god awful smell came through the whole house. We thought maybe a mouse had died in our registers or something like that, so a couple days later we had someone come in and clean our registers and put a spray into all of them to get rid of the smell. Well guess what, that didn't help.
So days go by and we couldn't figure out what the smell was or what had caused it. We live in a mobile home so my husband went under the house and all in the insulation there was cat feces and it wreaked of urine. So we bought cat spray's and sprayed it all under the house... the smell still came in. Someone suggested bleach, well that worked for a bit because your nose was so immune to the bleach you couldn't smell anything else and the smell is still here.
My husband sprayed it on the wood under the house and replaced all the insulation that was wrecked but the smell still returns. I've bought some of those battery operated fan smelly things and put them in the registers... THE SMELL IS STILL HERE.
I need some major help ,it wreaks in our house but it's coming from under the house and in through the vents, what do we do? I need another solution that's going to work, we are going to be selling our house and I don't think people will want to buy it with this awful smell. What next?
Natasha M
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York J. Chesterfield SAGE Background Handpainted Hydrangea Border
Desperately seeking "York J. Chesterfield SAGE background handpainted hydrangea border", just one roll. If you know of someone who has one please let me know, even less than one roll will help. It was a popular border and was sold at Home Depot Stores as well. Thak you very much!
Susan from Ohio
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Broken Glass in Dishwasher
How do I remove the bottom screen etc. parts to remove glass out of the dishwasher, it makes a bad grinding sound, so I didn't get it all out obviously.
ferretmom
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Bringing Life Back To My Lilac Bush
I have a two year old Lilac bush. Last year it developed white mold. I sprayed it with mold killer from the store. This year not a leaf or a bloom, but I broke a thin branch and it still looks like it has some life. What should I do? Any help?
Thanks,
Mom1
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Clip Art For Chore and Duty Charts
Does anyone know of free clipart that I can get online, for chores and daily duties? I'm trying to put together a chore/activity chart for my kids (we're all tired of me having to remind and nag all the time!). I need pictures for things like teeth brushing, putting toys away, homework, doing dishes, hanging up clothes, etc.
Lynne
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Greywater Systems
By Ron Williams
There are lots of people out there both on the Internet and in books, suggesting that you use your grey water from the washing machine to water the gardens. But they are very short on the practical side of things about exactly how do you do it.
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Ecological Parties and Picnics
If you are having a party or picnic it is often easier to buy disposable utensils, plates and cups to save time when cleaning up. By doing this you end up throwing a lot of paper and plastic away.
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Practical Eco-Tips
By Wendy Oldenbrook
1. Bring a Dish to Pass.
Have a potluck get-together with your
neighbors. Developing a sense of community can lead to many other
eco-friendly activities such as carpooling, low-impact entertaining,
and resource sharing (such as borrowing a leafblower instead of buying
a new one.)
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Rawhide Lamp Shade Care
By Mission Del Rey
Rawhide lamp Shades - Professional Secrets to shade life
Mission Del Rey's southwest rawhide lamp shades are works of art perfect for Cabin lighting and Lodge décor. You don't have to settle for paper or faux materials when genuine hand laced rawhide shades are not only beautiful and functional but affordable too.
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Alternatives to Pesticides
By Susan Sanders-Kinzel
Instant solutions to pest problems can be harmful to the environment, pets, wild birds, fish (when the run off goes downstream) and beneficial insects (ladybugs, honey bees). Pesticides are poisons, they can kill or harm more than just insects. Using pesticides are like taking prescription drugs. Sometimes the benefits must be weighed against the side effects. Using pesticides also is responsible for developing genetically resistant insect species.
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Earth2Kids.org - Kids Section at EDF
Here are the ecological tips for this week including a great kids section at the EDF, a hydrogen car, and using newspaper instead of paper towels.
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Easy ways to eco friendly living
By Colleen Moulding
Cut back on using the car. Walking will keep you fit, save you money and save all those poisons getting into the atmosphere. Use public transport when you have to travel and share supermarket and school runs.
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Twenty Tips We Can Use To Conserve Water
Presently in some parts of the U.S. there are drought conditions. Ness, a regular "Clipper" contributor sent us these tips. They are from Rodale Press and we received their permission to print them.
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Frugal and Environmentally Friendly?
As I look for ways to save money, I often discover that while trying to save money and live a frugal life, I also end up doing things in an environmentally friendly way. Since today is Earth Day we are starting a new Brainstorm that deals with just that. What tips do you have that are both good for the environment and your pocket book? Here's a few to get the ball rolling.
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Anyone Can Play a Harp with Confidence from the First Time They Try
By Raphael Weisman
A player at any level of skill can draw soothing music from a harp
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