JC Penney has announced some interesting changes to its pricing structure. It is effectively eliminating sales, except for seasonal price reductions on certain types of items and clearance for things that haven’t sold after a certain period. I think this kind of move is long overdue. I’m not much of a shopper, but I’ve noticed [...]
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A new year, a new you and many common resolutions include how to improve one’s fitness. From quitting smoking to quitting drinking to reducing stress and working out more, each New Year brings a new opportunity to better ourselves and of course, that brings more trends to coincide with our goals. After the gluttony that [...]
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Happy New Year (almost)! 2012 cometh, and if you listen to certain New Age types you know what that means: the end of the Mayan Calendar, and therefore the end of the world. Maybe. But probably not. The rational thing to do is recognize that no civilization, however arcane and exotic it may seem, has [...]
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If you’re home and reading this blog post, I raise my coffee cup to you for opting out of the Black Friday madness and perhaps taking advantage of Green Earth Bamboo’s amazing holiday sale! Of course, you could just be getting home from busting those door-buster savings! Either way, it’s time to prep for yet [...]
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With eco-friendly fall fashions in mind, it’s time to stock up on wardrobe staples that provide for endless outfit options throughout the fall and winter. And one way to keep a personal style inventive and unique is having the right accessories on hand. Accessories can dress up any outfit and makes interchanging wardrobe pieces easy [...]
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In the northeast Indian state of Tripura, scientists at the Department of Forest Research and Development have introduced new methods of cultivating bamboo which promise quicker establishment and higher yields of a crop that is already characterized by its heartiness and speed of growth. The process involves growing bamboo in environmentally controlled conditions, then using [...]
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Modern Family kicked HBO off their Emmy pedestal; Jane Lynch announced her gay agenda (“check with Rachel Maddow about court time, take pick-up truck in for an oil change. Never mind, I’ll do it myself.”) and behind the scenes, the Emmy Awards gave a prize to the environment as they chose to go green this [...]
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The sun has barely risen this morning yet already, thousands of holiday Santas have finished shopping for everyone on their nice list. Black Friday is in full swing and while many would think that the name comes from the fact that this shopping day will put retailers “in the black,” so to speak, we can [...]
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In my last post about living green, I briefly talked about cleaning out your closets in the spring and in the fall. So this season, while you are putting away your shorts and tank tops, take a look at ways that you can green your wardrobe. Here is a short list of what you can [...]
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As the use of bamboo increases worldwide, the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan recently launched the Bamboo and Rattan Products Ideas Competition. This contest encourages submissions from any individual or organization in the world and the only requirements are that they are made from bamboo/rattan and the must relate to one of the four [...]
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From Victorian times where men would retreat to their studies with smoking jackets to the bulky dressing gowns of the 1940s that women could wear around their homes, the history of loungewear has existed predominantly behind closed doors. Only in the 1970s did it become acceptable to wear loungewear outside the house, but people were [...]
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