Green Living on Shine

Four (fast!) ways to green your cooking tonight

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Okay: We know that it's important to eat seasonally and locally (it takes less energy to get food from plant to plate that way) and that we should fill our recycling bin to the brim whenever possible. But there's more to going green in the kitchen: according to Kate Heyhoe, author of Cooking Green (Da Capo Press), appliances account for 30 percent of our household energy use, and the biggest guzzlers are in the kitchen.

House Beautiful: Easy Ways for Recycling Non-Everyday Items

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I recently did an interview for the Huffington Post where the reporter asked me what to do with non-everyday items. Sure, we all know to recycle paper, plastic, aluminum cans, etc. But what about things that you have to replace once-in-a-while like light bulbs, computers, mattresses, toner cartridges and even sneakers?

Like most people, I am quite busy and hate a big hassle. So I try to make recycling quite simple and convenient. And the good news here is that most of the time, its absolutely FREE! Many large chains like Wal-Mart, Staples, Home Depot and others have started recycling programs. Green Scout Report put together a quick cheat sheet with no hassle solutions the next time these non-everyday items start to pile up:

3 Ways to save water (and money too!)

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Recently, I was at a friend's house and we were in the kitchen. My friend turned the faucet on and then got really passionate about our discussion. She proceeded to stand at the sink, talking non-stop for over two minutes while the water ran, unused. I wanted to jump out of…

Count down till Earth Day--what are you going to do for Mother Earth?

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The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970. That first Earth day launched the environmental decade. The American people stood up for Mother Earth that day and showed their deep concern about the deterioration of our environment and the rape of our natural resources. The objective of…