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Do you own your house or do you rent? We have talked a lot about how to green your house if you are a homeowner. However, if you rent, you may not have a landlord who will put solar panels on the roof. Have no fear though, there are plenty of things you can do [...]
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Paper lanterns have long been symbols of joy and celebration throughout Asia. Believed to be first created in China and fashioned from oiled paper stretched over bamboo frames, paper lanterns were used to celebrate happy events like weddings and births. Beyond that, they served a practical function of lighting homes and streets. They even served [...]
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The Oscars brought more than emotional moments and award-winning movies. Several guests chose to use the venue to make a statement that organic clothing could be gorgeous and red-carpet worthy as well. Suzy Amis Cameron, wife of director James Cameron, graced the red carpet with a gown designed by Michigan State senior Jillian Ganz. Ganz, [...]
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If you’re not lucky enough to have bamboo in your yard, here’s a way to bring some luck to your household. Lucky bamboo is a symbol of luck and success because of its rapid growth, strength and fortitude. Actually a resilient member of the lily family, lucky bamboo plants are found in households and offices [...]
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While bamboo is a traditional staple in ancient art, it has gone largely unrepresented in modern artistry. In East Asia, ancient Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples were often decorated with carved bamboo shoots and Zen paintings featuring the bamboo plant but modern artists veered towards oils on canvas or hard metals for their work. One [...]
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Rachel McAdams, known for her roles in Mean Girls, The Notebook and The Family Stone, recently put forth a unique call to action to help the environment. McAdams would like for women around the world to make the switch to bamboo underwear. That’s right – changing your underwear can help change the world. “A sexy green [...]
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Knitting evokes the image of little old ladies sitting around their nursing home in rocking chairs stitching together scarves and blankets and sweaters for all their grandkiddies. But knitting is not for just for grandmas anymore! After suffering a downturn in popularity in the 80s when efficiency and modernity were all the rage, knitting is [...]
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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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Referred to as “the Black Diamond” in Japan and Southeast Asia, bamboo charcoal fibre use is an emerging trend in the fashion industry as manufacturers look to combine fashion with function. Green Earth News previously wrote about the numerous benefits of bamboo charcoal so it should come as no surprise that those benefits extend to [...]
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We are a country that loves to mix tradition with modernity. We carry laptops and seek out vintage clothing; we restore historical houses using stainless steel appliances, and now more electronics companies are choosing to incorporate traditional materials into their electronic designs. Due to its tensile strength and natural beauty, bamboo is a popular material [...]
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Bamboo makes its way into beauty products As a country, we are conscious about what goes into our bodies. We search for organic foods, the right supplements and the purest juices and teas. So, how can a population so worried about what goes into their bodies be so casual about what goes on our bodies? [...]
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Meaning “union” in Sanskrit, the practice of yoga is based on creating a balance of emotion, action and intelligence through the development of strength and flexibility through a performance of poses. Through exercise, breathing and meditation, yogis believe that we can attain harmony within ourselves and our environment. There are numerous benefits to practicing yoga: [...]
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We’ve officially kicked off our new year and if you’re on one side of an argument, a new decade. Many have resolved in the coming year to make their lives a bit greener, but some would say that the only thing more popular than making New Year’s resolutions is not keeping them. However, these goals [...]
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With an increasing focus on the environment and the very timely World Climate Conference, 2010 is the year that many are choosing to go green with their New Years’ resolutions. It can be as simple as switching to reusable bags for shopping to cancelling catalog subscriptions that fill up our mailboxes. In that spirit, Green [...]
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Since the 1950’s, we have been intoxicated with man made products, especially when used in sports. Graphite golf clubs and graphite-ceramic tennis rackets, plus the ever present plastics have become the backbone of equipment manufacturing. So it is a radical break from this trend when bamboo becomes the material of choice for sportsmen. Today, more [...]
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I’m not exactly sure what this says about our society, but when my daughter went off to college her dorm room was approximately the same size as a prison cell, and furnished nearly the same as well. Besides the beds and two pressboard desks, the only other furniture was a 40 in. wide by 36 [...]
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At malls across the country, kids are eagerly lining up to sit on Santa’s lap and share their wish list. It’s easy to imagine that safety and sustainability of resources aren’t part of the criteria they use in making their lists, but thankfully there are toys out there that combine both the parents and children’s [...]
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