Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Nov 23, 2009, 8:17 pm
Are you ready for a green Thanksgiving celebration? If you are struggling to come up with ways to be eco-friendly and still celebrate in style then just follow the three L’s for a truly green Th...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Nov 21, 2009, 2:57 pm
We have been using the Berkeley Institute of the Environment carbon footprint calculator to track our average ecological impact and our progress is shown below. When we started tracking our carbon foo...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Nov 20, 2009, 2:22 pm
Here we are at the start of the Holiday season, around our house, Thanksgiving plans are in full-swing! What can we do to get our holiday season off on a green foot? A lot! How about shopping for you...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Nov 20, 2009, 10:07 am
The Our Everyday Earth news feed is alive and running! You can subscribe to it today and get all of our latest green news and eco-living hints and tips. http://feeds.oureverydayearth.com/OurEverydayE...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Nov 19, 2009, 6:22 am
I was contacted yesterday with a request to write an article about a relatively new company and I approached the request with equal amounts of skepticism and intrigue! The request was to write about a...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Nov 17, 2009, 7:53 pm
I’m always on the lookout for new green products and last week I found another great addition to th our everyday green household. Scotch Brite have come up with an awesome product for any eco wa...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Nov 15, 2009, 7:57 pm
We experienced a family crisis late last week, everything in our house started to break, our happy infrastructure was literally falling apart. First to quit on us was our fridge water dispenser, close...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Nov 9, 2009, 9:12 pm
As I was sat at yet another red light on my way home last night I noticed that the annoying red light was alot brighter than usual, and it seemed to be made of lots of tiny lights instead of the usual...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Nov 8, 2009, 9:56 pm
Have you ever wondered where all of our old computers and out dated electronics go? The shocking answer is usually that they go to a landfill but one company is making treasures out of e-trash and the...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Nov 6, 2009, 6:36 am
#1 Wind turbines silently turn as the sun sets on the first full day of Spring. Wind Turbines Silently Turning Together http://www.flickr.com/photos/flidais/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 #2 The Brooklyn win...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Nov 4, 2009, 7:52 pm
It’s time once again for another Our Everyday Earth Green Competition and this month we are giving away a wonderful bracelet made from 90% recycled materials. Our Earthshop has our full range of...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Nov 2, 2009, 8:27 pm
I was recently invited to take a tour of a local Texas recycling center which is operated by the AbitibiBowater’s Recycling Division. Casey Gray is a “Business Recycling Consultant” ...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Nov 1, 2009, 6:16 pm
We had lots of entries for our October giveaway contest and the lucky winner is; Huguette English CONGRATULATIONS! We will be mailing her favorite which was the EttaSays! collar with red stitching f...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Nov 1, 2009, 12:25 pm
My post today has nothing to do with being green, I just wanted to share a cool photograph. It’s been a lazy Sunday so far and I caught this image of our Pitbull “Huckleberry” sunbat...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 30, 2009, 1:52 pm
Fall seemed the appropriate time to talk about worm composting. Worm composting is a way to recycle food waste into a rich, dark, earthy-smelling soil conditioner. This type of composting is somewhat ...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 27, 2009, 8:36 pm
Photo by: Momster Its almost Halloween and along with the season comes the carving of the pumpkin.  The pumpkin carving ritual isn’t complete until you have cleaned out all those seeds. Here ...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 25, 2009, 9:40 pm
What could be greener than a traditional pumpkin carving contest? Pumpkins are all natural, completely bio-degradable and they unite families at this time of year in an earth friendly activity. These...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 24, 2009, 8:18 pm
Have you ever wondered whether you can buy a wonderfully soft plush toy which is also good for the environment? Well now there are a range of super cute stuffed animal toys made by Mary Meyer, they ar...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 20, 2009, 1:49 pm
If you are anything like alot of people, you have probably never heard of soap nuts. I know I hadn’t, until this article I read the other day. Soap nuts, also called soapberries, washing nuts, o...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 18, 2009, 8:20 pm
Our sunny Texas subdivision is host to a wealth of wildlife including possums, skunks, snakes, lizards, toads, squirrels and hawks to name but a few! Today we had the pure luck to witness a meetig o...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 16, 2009, 7:14 pm
Halloween is almost here and we have been trying to find creative ways to green our Halloween! Have you got lots of old spotlight bulbs ready to be recycled? We replaced all of our old incandescent sp...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 16, 2009, 1:57 pm
Fall has arrived here in Texas. The cooler weather makes me think about the holidays and decorating. There are so may ways you can dress up your house for fall, Harvest parties and the holidays in a e...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 14, 2009, 6:04 am
Have you ever wanted to know how long it would take to walk somewhere, or better yet, wanted a detailed walking map to your destination? We always use Google Maps to plan out our journeys but now ther...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 7, 2009, 6:41 am
It’s almost time for the ghosts and ghouls to haunt our streets again so we put together the Our Everyday Earth top ten list of green Halloween costumes! These spooky Halloween “get-ups...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 6, 2009, 6:02 am
A brand new recycling center has just opened in McKinney, Texas and it promises to revolutionize recycling in the local area. The IESI McKinney recycling facility is called a Material Recovery Facilit...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 2, 2009, 9:45 pm
Did you know that a whopping 46 percent of home energy use is actually energy loss! In other words, there is no productive energy use at all! Here are 10 simple ways of reversing this energy lose, by ...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 2, 2009, 5:48 am
October is finally here and it’s time for another Our Everyday Earth giveaway competition. YOU COULD WIN a wonderfully eco friendly EttaSays! recycled rubber dog collar! Our October freebie gi...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 1, 2009, 8:36 am
We had lots of entries and thank you all for the interest in the Our Everyday Earth September giveaway… The winner of the fabulous UrthBags “Elle” clutch purse is Laurie Murley, CON...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Sep 28, 2009, 9:22 am
Fall is my favorite time of the year. I love the cool crisp mornings, although we haven’t had many so far this fall, more will be here soon.  This is a great time to get out the bike and take a...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Sep 27, 2009, 4:09 pm
Do you enjoy recipes with beans but wish their was a “no gas bean” alternative? We wanted to share our no gas bean cooking secrets and a new “super bean” which is now being gro...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Sep 24, 2009, 10:39 pm
October is just around the corner and we wanted to run a top five list of things you can do to make it a Green October!So whether you’ve been neglecting your eco ideas or nurturing your green si...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Sep 23, 2009, 6:20 am
We were looking for local events which specifically focus on raw foods and found a great festival. The Raw Spirit Festival is the world’s largest and leading raw vegan, healthy-living, eco-peace...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Sep 22, 2009, 6:21 am
The Heard Natural Science Museum in McKinney, Dallas, TX is holding some wonderfully eco friendly “eco adventures canoe trails” sessions. You simply register online and show up on the day ...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Sep 18, 2009, 9:04 pm
I am amazed at all the products that can be made from bamboo. From household items to the entire house! This tall, hearty grass is a renewable resource. One of the great things about bamboo is that it...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Sep 14, 2009, 8:39 am
Sunflowers in our backyard We live in a suburban community, but I still really enjoy nature and the beauty that surrounds us. Most of my nature loving is in our flower garden, I love working in it, w...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Sep 12, 2009, 10:39 am
During the past months, there is no doubt that times have been tough, for many it has been, and continues to be a very difficult road. Forced or involuntary simplicity is seldom fun, but can be good f...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Best Blidgets - A Blog Widget Review Site - Sep 12, 2009, 10:11 am
This jewelry slideshow / gallery is a wonderful showcase of custom handmade and eco friendly jewelry. Lots of artisan hand crafted bracelets and necklaces make up this eco chic jewelry gallery. The be...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Best Blidgets - A Blog Widget Review Site - Sep 12, 2009, 10:07 am
Lots of art related articles, artistic hints and tips, art news and a wonderful art gallery. The artists and the Luna Azul Studio write every week about their artwork and how to paint with watercolors...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Sep 9, 2009, 6:27 pm
After several years of debating this issue with my wife, I finally searched the web for answers. Not that I need to prove my side, because once again, I think I am right, but to prove my point, I need...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Sep 8, 2009, 7:43 am
... consumed by these everyday appliances whilst not in use is known as Phantom Power Loss. By implementing some easy household practices ... Electric” quest to cut down the amount of power ...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Sep 7, 2009, 10:43 am
Out for a walk the other day, I noticed a couple of old automobile tires leaning against the trash bins at a business. That got me to wondering, what do they do with all those tires? Apparently, disca...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Sep 1, 2009, 5:34 am
YOU COULD WIN a fabulous UrthBags “Elle” clutch purse which is made from recycled materials by the wonderful UrthBags company. Our September freebie giveaway will provide one lucky winner...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Aug 31, 2009, 9:04 pm
We had a great response to our August giveaway competition and we are proud to announce our winner; Amy J is the proud winner of the 7″ PanDigital photo frame and we look forward to hearing fro...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Aug 31, 2009, 11:51 am
Tomorrow is the beginning of National Mushroom Month, so in honor of this auspicious occasion I thought I would do a followup on my mushrooms blog a couple of weeks back.  Did you know that Mushrooms...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Aug 29, 2009, 3:23 pm
I just received my Utility bill today and was first, very happy to see it was much lower than last year due to our efforts at water conservation and also because the bill included a card that describe...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Aug 26, 2009, 12:00 pm
Project Green Summit 2009 The annual WFAA Project Green Summit is coming to Fort Worth’s Bass Performance Hall on September 15th 2009. The event will open at 11AM and will showcase green and ...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Aug 24, 2009, 4:20 pm
New rose garden with organic soil, in the beginning In March I blogged about our new Rose garden, we used organic soil, compost and mulch. We are so proud of how it has thrived over the past five mon...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Aug 21, 2009, 1:58 pm
Etta Says - Recycled Rubber Dog Collar As we’ve mentioned before, we are at full capacity at our house when it comes to our fur babies. We have five, count them, five dogs…yes you read t...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Aug 19, 2009, 12:42 pm
On September 19, 2009 the City of Arlington is hosting Eco Fest Arlington. This event is a free, family oriented event that will take place at the Levitt Pavilion/Founder’s Plaza in Downtown Arlingt...
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