http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:28:17 -0700 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:32:51 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m12d7-Cool-ecofriendly-pet-gifts-for-the-holidays?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner We know you pet lovers would never forget gifts for your best furry (or hairless in my case) friends! Since it sometimes seems like our critters consume (and destroy) everything they own, we can help reduce their carbon paw prints by giving the... Eco-Product Review pets holidays Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:32:51 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m12d7-Cool-ecofriendly-pet-gifts-for-the-holidays?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m11d30-Buy-Green-and-Local-This-Holiday-Season?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner With dwindling paychecks and growing responsibilities, sometimes it’s hard to justify all that holiday gift buying. But when you buy local and eco-friendly, you help sustain the community’s economy, giving back to the growing green job... eco-tips Eco-Product Review organic crafts beauty home holiday Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:06:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m11d30-Buy-Green-and-Local-This-Holiday-Season?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m11d25-Green-and-money-saving-holiday-gifting-tips?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner Save those gift bags, bows, and ribbons. Why spend money on gift wrap and gift bags when you can reuse perfectly good ones you receive?   Use those leftover bows and ribbons to adorn gifts wrapped with household items like calen... recycling reuse eco-tips holidays Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:02:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m11d25-Green-and-money-saving-holiday-gifting-tips?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m11d23-Green-holiday-shopping-on-a-budget-gives-100-to-charity?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner Find fashionable gifts on a budget while contributing to a great cause at The Wardrobe Boutique. The upscale resale boutique, which donates all proceeds to The Career Wardrobe, offers special buys and promotions for the holiday season. Get... eco-fashion Philly Eco Pioneers crafts discount Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:06:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m11d23-Green-holiday-shopping-on-a-budget-gives-100-to-charity?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Preserve-your-kids-artwork-and-unclutter-your-fridge-with-Print-Art-Kids?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner If you save almost everything that your kids create you can reduce the refrigerator door overflow by repurposing the artwork with PrintArtKids. PrintArtKids will transform your child’s artwork into notepads, holiday cards, note cards, notebooks... reuse Eco-Product Review kids Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:38:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Preserve-your-kids-artwork-and-unclutter-your-fridge-with-Print-Art-Kids?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m11d9-skinnyskinny-Opens-Retail-Store-in-New-York-Soon-Available-in-Philadelphia?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner After all that "sixth borough" hoopla a few years back, we realized how many people were commuting between Philadelphia and New York. For all the frequent Bolt Bus and Acela riders, skinnyskinny has launched its flagship retail store at ... Eco-Product Review organic pets beauty home health Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:05:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m11d9-skinnyskinny-Opens-Retail-Store-in-New-York-Soon-Available-in-Philadelphia?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Crazy-Crayons-give-new-life-to-old-crayons?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner Remember that segment on Sesame Street where they go to the Crayola factory? As kids we watched with wonder as millions of shiny new crayons were produced on the assembly line. In fact, more than 12 million crayons are made in the U.S. everyday &ndas... recycling kids Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:48:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Crazy-Crayons-give-new-life-to-old-crayons?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m10d29-More-Cute-Organic-Baby-Clothes?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner I can barely keep up with all the adorable, organic onesies popping up on the market. At this point, my baby has a wardrobe that would be completely sustainable – if it could just sustain spit-up stains. Here are a couple of my new favorites.Ab... Eco-Product Review organic baby Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:26:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m10d29-More-Cute-Organic-Baby-Clothes?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m10d27-Green-Paper-Company-Offers-Free-Shipping-Incentive?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner Businesses who want to make their purchases from a truly green office supply company can now get the bargain and convenience of the big box retailers with GreenLine Paper Company's Philly Greenserve program. This month the company begins a fre... Philly Eco Pioneers office discount Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:26:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m10d27-Green-Paper-Company-Offers-Free-Shipping-Incentive?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m10d26-Germaphobe-plus-ecomaniac--EO?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner Being a germaphobe and an ecomaniac tend to not mix. It sometimes takes a while to accept the fact that things needn’t smell like bleach to be “clean,” and to get used to limiting paper towel waste.EO Products full line of hand sani... Eco-Product Review home health Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:42:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m10d26-Germaphobe-plus-ecomaniac--EO?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Tried-and-true-green-beauty-basics?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner With all the buzz about green beauty, there are new products popping up every day. From established brands making new eco-friendly claims (which may or may not be true) to eco-trailblazers gaining popularity and new cutting edge brands, it can be con... Eco-Product Review beauty health Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:23:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Tried-and-true-green-beauty-basics?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m10d12-Greater-Philadelphia-Green-Business-Program-offers-resources-for-best-green-business-practices?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner A new initiative for city businesses, The Greater Philadelphia Green Business Program's commitment focuses on a checklist of green operational practices designed for office users. Once a key company leader has signed the commitment, the company will ... Philly Eco Pioneers office Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:25:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m10d12-Greater-Philadelphia-Green-Business-Program-offers-resources-for-best-green-business-practices?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m10d5-Earthas-Handbags-and-Accessories-at-Big-Green-Earth-Store?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner In addition to being my neighborhood’s one stop shop for all things green, Big Green Earth Store is the U.S. distributor for Eartha’s Handbags & Accessories. Based in the northern part of Sumatra Island in Indonesia, Eartha’s cr... eco-fashion Philly Eco Pioneers Eco-Product Review Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:59:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m10d5-Earthas-Handbags-and-Accessories-at-Big-Green-Earth-Store?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m9d30-Bamboo-Pet-Water-Bottle-Cruncher-toy?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner Dogs love having something new to chomp on, and anything that tweets or crunches is always a winner. The Bamboo Pet Water Bottle Cruncher toy actually creates a use for old plastic water bottles. It encases the bottles in a heavy duty canvas with a t... Eco-Product Review pets Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:31:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m9d30-Bamboo-Pet-Water-Bottle-Cruncher-toy?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m9d25-Big-and-Small-Ways-to-Green-Your-Printing?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner Greening your printing can be as simple as not printing unless you really need hard copies. When you do need to have paper in your hands, you can reduce paper and ink use by reducing your documents’ default margins, printing in lower quality gr... eco-tips Eco-Product Review office Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:45:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m9d25-Big-and-Small-Ways-to-Green-Your-Printing?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m9d22-Learn-to-DIY-at-Instructablescom?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner Image courtesy of Frtiz Bogott Recently a crafty friend turned me on to Instructables.com, a web-based documentation platform where people share what they do and how they do it.The free site allows you to browse and post your own DIY ideas and c... reuse eco-tips crafts Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:59:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m9d22-Learn-to-DIY-at-Instructablescom?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m9d17-Click-your-way-to-a-better-world?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner  With the whole world stretched for money, charitable giving has seen a sharp downturn in 2009. Fortunately there are ways even people without a dime to spare can make a few quarters appear for their favorite causes. Several Web sites and even F... eco-tips Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:28:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m9d17-Click-your-way-to-a-better-world?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m9d13-Ecofriendly-tools-for-the-ultimate-green-act-breastfeeding?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner Entering a new routine of breastfeeding, I join a tradition as old as time. Luckily, there are modern developments which help ease the process, while keeping it one of the greenest things a new mother can do.Traditional Medicinals was founded in 1974... Eco-Product Review baby Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:35:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m9d13-Ecofriendly-tools-for-the-ultimate-green-act-breastfeeding?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m9d8-EcoSMART-Bug-Repellent?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner Mosquitoes love me. And they love me even more when I am pregnant. However, just the smell of OFF makes one pretty sure it’s not just toxic for insects. Since I was not among the PETA fanatics who criticized Obama for swatting a fly, I was desp... Eco-Product Review pets Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:30:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m9d8-EcoSMART-Bug-Repellent?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m9d4-QA-with-the-EcoLiving-Examiner?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner Since I’ve been writing this column and sending out my newsletter, people have been coming to me with their green dilemmas. I am happy to be a source to help answer those burning questions, and if I can’t answer it I am happy to find an e... home Q&A Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:02:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11486-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner~y2009m9d4-QA-with-the-EcoLiving-Examiner?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-EcoLiving-Examiner